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Evening star., 1925-06-23
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Evening star., 1925-06-23
RICE CAKES

Form cooked rice while warm
into fiat cakes. Dip in beaten
egg and then roll them in In
dian meal until thoroughly
coated. Fry in lard (butter is
not so good for this purpose).
Serve with butter,
Evening star., 1925-06-23
MENU FOR A DAY.

tNtNN NSthANS- -Nl"lJ bOil u u.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Pea Soup.
egg Salad.
Bread and Butter.
Orange Bavarian Cream.
Lemon Snaps. Iced Tea.
DINNER.
Hamburger Roast.
LyonnaiSe Potatoes.
String Beans.
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes.
Tapioca Cream.
Coffee.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

INC OOWDOys OUOTy
Be that theory as it may. 1t is in
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

sleeping within the stars in open de-
fiance with the warnings issued to
us by the red men.
A Wierd HaIlmcinatiOn
We slept like children until short
ly after midnight, when all hands
were simultaneously awakened by an
unearthly roaring sound, and it
seemed as if the earth was rolling
and tossing with a billowy motion.
We started to our knees in amaze
ment, and there was an unearthly
light upon the whole earth. Looking
toward the rock, we could see a
sheet of flame bursting from it, a
flame that resembled the phosphOr-
escent glow which is found around
dead fungi in the swamps, only it
was q hundred times more brilliant
and mor intense.
On all sides of us the prairie was
rolling and tossing like an angry sea.
Our saddle horses had been piCketed
a few hundred feet away, and they
were sorting and sweating in terror.
Finally as we were still watching, a
light o intense than all the rest,
leaped high in the sky from the rock
and seemed to literally touch the
stars. Then our horses, completely
terror stricken, ran upon the picket
pins, snapped the ropes and gallOped
away.
We were too scared to move from
the position to which we had sprung.
all of the Indian lore about the rock
being the home of the dead and CO.
wardly Indians reviewing itself in
our minds. We were hypnOtized
AS we gazed, the flames began to die
away, slowly at first, and then faster
and faster, playing up and down fol-
a time, like the aurora borealis, and
finally the %ydropped back into the
earth, and again, the foot of the rock
and the shadow Of the place was al
that we could see.
The HOrdes of Red Warriors.
We considered the spell haC
passed and we tried to break the aw
ful silence which had gripped us anC
left us tongue tied, but our lips re
fused to utter the sounds we framed
and, as we looked spellbound at on,
another, suddenly the whole plail
surrounding US was bathed in
light of mysterious origin. Tt was Al
pale as the moonlight, and it lighte,
up objects with the brilliancy of tn.
sun. Everywhere there was an aw
full silence, so deep that even GU
breathing seemed to be sadly out o
place. I could hear my own hear
beat and the thrObs of the organs 0
life in the bOsOms of my companion
sounded in my straining ears. Final
ly there was a noise like the beat
ing of a distant tom-tom far down il
the bowels of the earth. Louder an
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

louder it grew until finally it rolled
out in great volume, and something
impelled US to look at the rock, and
there we saw the shadOwy forms
which soon became palmer and plain
er and finally melted into a great
army OF warriors, decked in war bon
nets and war paint, and armed with
BOWS and arrows and spears, while
in the hair Of each was the eagle
feather which proclaimed him to be
a warrior. Marching at the head was
a tOm-tOm beaten of super-human
size and warlike bearing. Without
looking to the right or left, without
noting us as we Quivered and sweat
in terror, the hoard marched past,
the nearest coming within a few doz-
en- feet of our beds. They marched
away across the prairie and when the
last of the army which seemed to
number thousands had passed from
the SHADOWS of Smoking Rock, they
ali chanted a war song.
Return of the Defeated Army
AS we strained our eyes, some my
steriOus forces exerted themselves.
and the entire army of warriors
seemed to be lifted into the air and
disappeared as if by magic. Suddenly
one of the boys recovered his powers
of speech, and gripping my arm with
q grasp that seemed to sever the
flesh, he gasped, my God! Look
there! He pointed to the far distant
hills. We followed the direction Of
his hand and could then see Indians
running toward us. There were
thousands of them, and they came
with the swiftness of an arrow. All
we're headed for Smoking Rock and
they rushed by us as blindly as they
had marched past us an hour before.
But, all of their defiant air was one
Their eagle feathers procIaiming
them warriors had disappeared.
Their raj bonnets were bedaggled.
and as they passed we saw that each
of them had been shot from behind,
and arrow or spear shafts were pro
jecting from their shoulder blades
and backs, and some of them were
shot so full of arrows that their
backs resembled that of a pOrcupine.
We did not sleep that night. We
pinched ourselves until we were
black and blue trying to convince
ourselves that we were not dream
ing. When daylight came, and il
followed of the longest waits
ever experienced, there was never a
happier coterie of cow punchers in
the Badlands. OF course, we had TO
walk back to camp. Our saddle
horses had stampeded clear back to
the home ranch. From that day to
this, said the old timer, there has
never been a cowboy who has had
the nerve to sleep for a night beneath
the shadow of Smoking Rock.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

It was still so wet that we could
not cook our supper, other than to
make some coffee with some dry
wood that the driver had placed in
one of the wagons. It started to rain
early in the evening, and we were
compelled to remain up all night,
using our blankets to hang around
the inside of the covered wagon to
keep out some of the rain. During
the night it became necessary to
hitch the horses to the wagon and
pull the wagons out of the hollow,
or we would have been washed
away.
By morning we were a sorry look
ing lot. However, the sun was
bright and warm, and we had a good
hot breakfast. We remained in
camp all that day, drying out our
clothing and blankets by spreading
them on the s~agebrush. We were
miles from any houses, the nearest
being at Sun River. Finding an
abundance of wild green's growing
close by, we secured enough for a
welcome addition to lunch,
Across Big Muddy Flats.
The Big Muddy is named for
fairly large lake which was once at
that point, and where it was always
muddy, and through which the wa
gOn road then passed. It. was neces-
sary to shovel the mud from the
wheels continuously to make travel
at all possible over this stretch
There was a thin crust dried on top
of this mud and we women were able.
to walk over it by walking fast. If
we stood still for one moment, our
feet would break through. It was
impossible to stop for rest, and, being
very tired from carrying my baby, I
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

xvYHEN General Alfred Sully
NA/ vas asked in 1864, by Major
w Bracket, while the two were
leaning against a scOriO bluff IN the
heart of the Missouri bad lands one
hot July day, what he thought of
the country, the general responded,
81 think it is He'll with the lid off.
Had the general gone a few miles
farther south hat day, his opinion
would have been emphasized by see
ing the apparent fires of He'll burn
ing: for, on a bluff, not many miles
from where the general and his
troops we're that day located, on an
expedition which brought the first
white man to the bad lands, there is
a fire which is burning to this day,
it is stated. And. this, the Oldest ira
ditions of the Indians of the DakOtas
says, has been burning for all time.
Sacred to the Indians
This fire, ("Smoking rock" 1t is
called by the Indians) had ever been
sacred to the tribesman of the Da-
kOtas and even to the cowboys who
rode the ranges of that territory in
the later years. Hardy and fearless
as these red men and frOntieTsmen
were. they had q reverence for the
mystery which surrounds the rock,
and it was seldom that any Of them
could be induced to visit it. Many Of
those who have visited the place tell
strange stories Of their experiences,
some even go so far as to assert that
the rock is haunted by the spirits Of
the Indians who possessed and in
habited the country long before the
white man discovered gold in the
Black Hills and in Montana.
1t is claimed that the rock is held
sacred to the memory Of the red men
who were pressed westward by the
white men in their quest of yellow
metal, in an invasion which resulted
in a bitter warfare between the two
races, an enmity which had it's be
ginning with the injustices Of the
whites and did not end until the In
dians, Outnumbered and driven from
post to pillar, finally surrendered and
gave up their boundless domain for
the privilege of living as wards OF
the government on reservations.
Legend Of Smoking Rock
Like everything else that is out oil
the ordinary in the West, an Indian
legend surrounds the story of "Smok.
ing Rock" and the following tale
about this extraordinary formation
has been handed down to US by the
red men.
Smoking Rock is the entrance tC
the spirit land, where the spirits o.
those Indians who fell with theil
backs to the enemy, while running
away before the real battle began
are resting there, whimpering as dC
the old women when their youth anC
usefulness have fled. They avail
there the coming of some Messiah
who will make their hearts brave
again, and lead them once more
courageous and fearless, agains
the curse of the white mans invas
ion of their lands.
The Cowboys Story
Be that theory as it may. 1t is in
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

cattle companies, telling of their
experiences on their first visit to
Smoking Rock, is so realistic and so
awsOme that, since that time, there
have been comparatively few who
have been courageous enough to re-
peat the visit.
What these cowboys saw on the Oc-
casion of their visit to the rock has
been told around many a camp fire
on the roundup. 1t is said that,
while these cowboys have had occa-
sion to visit the vicinity Of the rock
in the performance of their duties,
that no COW outfit would camp within
miles of Smoking Rock, under any
circumstances.
One night a group of cowboys, en-
route back to their ranges. after TAX
ing a shipment of cattle to the rail
road, camped within sight of the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
An Overland Trip from Helena to
Fort Benton IN 1876; Heavy Rains
and Mud Cause Many Hardships

This is the story of the expeF-
fences of one pioneer Montana
family on a trip from Helena to
old Fort Benton before the days
OF the railroad, as told by Mrs. Gus
Senieur. In these days of griev-
GUS road conditions in Montana,
it is at least COnsOling to herein
learn that the pioneers experience
ed conditions much worse than do
present-day travellers.
INSTEAD Of taking this trip from
Helena to Fort Benton in the reg
ular coaches which left the former
place every day, making connections
at the old trading post town with the
boats bound for Bismarck and the
states" we decided that it would
be much easier to travel by private
conveyance although the trip in this
manner consumed much more time,
We cooked u own meals and camp
ed at the end of each day, thus los
ing much Of the travelling time gain
ed by the coaches through the accom-
mOdations Of the stage stations
along the route.
Through the Canyon.
In the party besides myself and
child were an old lady and her hus-
band and a daughter Is years of age
a young nan and our driver. The
distance to be covered between the
two points was about $50 miles and
we were six days completing the trip
The first day out, we drove about
So miles and made the best time OF
our journey. We passed through a
long canyon in which was a small
stream, winding in and out so many
times that it was necessary to cross
it on "a different bridges. The
night after we traversed this canyon
there was a terrific rain storm which
washed out every one OF those
bridges, and if trip had been de.
layed another day we would have
been compelled to travel over tho
mountain, which would have made
the trip much longer and would have
been much harder travelling.
Reach Sun River Crossing.
The second day it rained cOntinu
ously and the travelling was heavy
1t was still raining when we mad,
camp that night. The women sIep.
in the wagons and the men wrapped
themselves in their blankets an,
bunked under the wagons, as bes
they could until the rain became s,
heavy that they were forced to shell
ter under the wagon tarpauliEs. Thi
camp was at Sun River CrOssin,
where there we're then about sl
houses and a stage station. i final.
decided to take nay baby and 60 q
the hotel where we could get a goo,
nights rest. The next morning th.
weather vas BtiII threatening, ans
Itravel was very slow. We could no
build a fire 70 cook lunch. SO wet.
forced 70 be content with a col
meal. After permitting the horse
to rest for a few hours we proceed
ed, and after dragging slowl
through deep mire we reached TIL
Big Muddy. e was stilf cloudy am
had tae appearance OF more rain, s
cur driver selected 8 low pIac
the driver feeling that we would B
more protected there Sc M did rain
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
Loosen Up That Cold
With MuSterOIe

Have MusterOle handy when a cold
starts. 1t has all Of the advantages
of grandmOther's mustard plaster
WITHOUT the blister. Apply it with
the fingers. You feel a warm tingle
as the healing ointment penetrates
the pores, then a soothing, cooling
sensation and quick relief.
Made Of pure oil Of mustard and
other simple ingredients, MusteroIe
is recommended by many nurses and
doctors. Try M~usterOle for bronchitis,
sore throat, stiff neck, pleurisy, rheu-
matism, lUmbagO, Group, asthma,
neuralgia, congestion, pains and
aches Of the back or joints, sore
muscles, sprains, bruises, %chilblains,
frosted feet, colds Of the chest. II
may prevent pneumonia and "flu."
Jars and Tubes
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

low of the rock and thus defy the
spirits Of the Indians who guarded
the old Indians not to do. We all
picked up our beds shortly after sun
down and moved them to within 100
yards Of the biggest crevass at the
foot of the rock, and there we made
them down again, and we're soon
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

m HE legends handed down to us by the chiefs of the various In
ian tribes who inhabited the West prior to the white invasion,
= in most instances, are beliefs sacred to the redmen-a part of
their religion. Their every action of war o peace was governed
by the medicine" which was given to them from some legendary
source. 1t is stated that such frOntieFsmen a 8 Bridger, and others
who spent almost a lifetime in the Indian country became firm be-
levers i'm many Of these legends and myths and carried their own
medicine" pouches. This legend Of Smoking Rock" demonstrates
the actual influence that this particular Indian belief had uDOn the
cattle men and prOspectOrs of the eaFly-day BadIands section Of
Montana, Wyoming and the DakOtas, bordering the Black Hills.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

formation, and, from experiments
made by sounding the prairie, we
concluded that the burned out area
was composed Of several hundred ac-
res, for the ground sent forth a hol-
low sound for several hundred yards
on each side of the rock.
Satisfied that we had seen all
there vas to see, we spent some time
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
THE LEGEND OF SMOKING ROCK" THE HOME OF WARRIOR
LEGIONS WHO DIED WITH THEIR BACKS TO THEIR ENEMIES

Smoking Rock is one Of the pc
culiar Badlands formations near
the Black Hills country, and was
for years held in awe by both
whites and Indians because OF its
perpetual fire and smoke, and,
more, because of the Indian le-
gend surrounding its history and
significance.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

smoke naturally followed these up
and out, as with a man-made chin
ney.
We spent the day examining the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

deed cruel to endeavor to disparage
these many religious beliefs of
the Indians. The legend renders
the formation interesting, to state
the least, and the story told
by a number Of cowboys in the
employ Of one Of the early-day
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

amusing ourselves, as cowboys will
do when on a pleasure trip, and fin
ally we bantered one another and
dared each other to sleep in the hol-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
Copyright 1922 BY H. schnitzmeyer.

rock. When all were seated around
the camp fire, the following story
was told by one of the old timers of
the party:
1t was in the early days of the
range cattle business, when a bunch
of US we're working in the Kildeer
mountain region, that we decided to
visit Smoking Rock, and see for
ourselves if there existed any of the
terrible things described by the In
dians in their legends. When we an
nounced our intentions to an Indian
who was a member of the party, we
told him, as we'll, that we proposed
to build our camp fire under the
shadow of the rock. At this, he set
up a howl of protest, declaring that
if we were daring enough to go
there. he was satisfied we would new
er return. He was confident that the
bad spirit that guarded the rock
would have our lives for daring to in
wade a locality which was sacred to
the Indians. We scoffed at the pro-
tests Of the old Indian. Rigging up
la pack outfit, five or six of our
party started out one afternoon, for
Smoking Rock, determined to inves-
tigate the mysteries of this fOrma-
ton, and learn the reason why a
cloud of smoke emerged from its
summit. It was q long days Jour
lney away from camp, so we made
camp the first night at a little glade
at the foot of the slope leading to
the rock, where there was excellent
water and plenty Of wood.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13
They Reach the Rock

Alter an uneVentfuI night, we
saddled our horses and rode Ieisurely
to the rock and spent the remainder
Of the day Investigating it. We found
that the rock but served as a Chin
ney for underground fires which had
smOuldered for many years beneath
the surface. Looking down the
%crevasses which covered the surface,
we could e the glow Of dull fires
beneath MS. and the secret Of the
place was sOOn evident. We were
convinced that il was nothing but a
coal mine that had been fired from
some unknown source. ia the long
ago, and that It had been slowly
burning for years, for there was no
draft to tan the flames, and the only
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-13

CONTINUED on Agricultural Paeel
Evening star., 1925-02-08

Washington weather are wary of such
signs. They are not whetting up the
garden tools or neglecting the coal
bins. They are not putting their
heavy Winter wraps away in moth
proof chests. They are bracing them
selves, on the contrary, against the
cold to come. For March is yet to
pass, the month of buster, and this
year the month Of inauguration, which
is traditionally a time of harsh winds
and biting temperatures. Yet there is
comfort in the feeling that every day
brings the real Spring nearer and that
within few weeks the city will be
freed entirely from the grip of Win
ter, and then Washington's true eli
mate will be manifest. The birds will
sing and the parks will show their
green and the shrubs their soft tones
of budding.
Evening star., 1925-02-08
An Historic Building Site.

In The Star last Monday was print
ed a news item stating that a pro-
posal had been made for the acuui-
sition of the entire square. west of
the House Office Building for the
erection of an annex office building for
the use Of members of Congress. In The
Star of February s. 1875, is an article
reprinted from the Boston Journal
telling of improvements that had just
been made on that property, as fol-
lows:
Gen. Butler is just completing
three large and elegant houses di-
rectly south of the Capitol, at the
corner of New Jersey avenue. They
are constructed of Cape Ann granite
and the corner house has a handsome
portico Of the same material. This
the general has built for his own
residence. The next one is for sale,
and the third, which adjoins the
Coast Survey, is rented to that bu-
reau as a fireproof place of deposit
for it's valuable electrotypes and en-
grayed copper plates. The houses
are better built than any others in
washington, with spacious staircases,
solid doors in place of veneered work,
and mosaic floors of rare wood.
These buildings occupy the site
originally built on by Thomas Law,
a brother of Lord Ellenborough, who
amassed fortune in the East Indies
when Warren Hastings was governor
general there. and came here, It is
said. to avoid testifying in the ia
nous Hastings trial. Bringing let
Evening star., 1925-02-08
A February ThaW.

A tradition of Washington climate
has for years been that January was
usually marked by "thaw," period
of warmth which disposed of all the
early SHOWS and gave false promise
of Spring. This was followed invaria-
bly, by a cold spell covering most of
February, and often lasting until the
middle of March. This year conditions
are different. January has not been
a thawing month, but, rather, a freez-
ing one. There has been more snow
in January this season than for long
time, and the average temperature
has been unusually low. The "thaw''
has come in early February. 1t is
welcome. 1t has cleared the streets
of virtually all the snow and ice re-
The season, indeed, seems to have
shifted by two or three weeks. Some
may attribute this to the ground hog,
others to a mere chance of the ele-
ments. At any rate, here is the Sth
of February with uncovered ground,
with a perceptible greening of the
turf and with a general laying off of
muffling wraps. The goloshes of
week ago are put away. Chains have
been taken from the wheels of motor
cars and the rutted and pitted pave
ments are jolting the traffic in re-
minder of the severe experiences of
short time ago when the city was
in a deep-ridged coating of ice.
But those long in experience with