The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-12
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fresh and the bright streams come
tumbIing out Of the snOw-banks.
There you can hunt the elk, the deer
and the antelope, when their skins
are fit for dressing; there you will
find plenty Of bears and mountain
sheep.
"In the autumn when your horses
are fat and strong from the noun
tain pastures you can go down into
! the plains and hunt the buffalo, or
trap beaver on the streams. And,
when winter comes on you can take
shelter in the woody bottoms along
the rivers; there you will find buffa-
10 meat for yourselves, and cotton
wood bark for your horses; or you
may winter in the Wind River valley,
where there is salt weed in album
dance.
1.-THE Crow country is exactly in
the right place. Everything good is
to be found here. There is no coun-
try like the Crow country"
Such is the eulOgium on his cOun-
try by ArapOOash.
The origin Of the Crow nation of
Indians, and how these redmen
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Crow country has always been a
mystery so far as the white man is
concerned. Many theories have been
set forth, but none have given the
exact origin of these people. The
Crow chiefs " story Of his people
is most interesting.
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1t is spring and the Crows have
made camp on the Big Horn, pre-
pared to meet the white fur traders
who are soon due to arrive from Big
river and up the Yellowstone.
The green grass and the budding
cOttonwoOds which border the stream
so far as eye can penetrate, lend a
verdure to the rounded swells which
rise and fall where the narrow val
ley terminates. Beyond is the rugged
outline of a horizon that is broken
by high Buttes which mark the foot
hills of the distant mountain range.
Away to the west barely visible in
the purple haze of the evening is
the dim outline. Of the Continental
Divide.
Up and down this stream at this
time of day we see the boys bring
: ing in the many horses-hundFeds
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safe from the envious eye of some.
: possible marauding Blackfoot band
: Down in the valley amid the silvery
, cOttOnwoOds and the cOpses of will
2 low and touching the banks of the
; river stands the rugged circle Of
l tepees. There are all grades Of
, lodges, some old and some new-all
, made of buffalo skin, and each ter
minating at its apex with a sheaf Of
cross poles and the smoke flap brown
1 and scroched. Some arep lain; others
l are painted with a variety of colors
: and signs, setting forth the coups
i of the owner.
Here and there is a tepee larger
than the others and with many decor
y atiOns-the home of a chief. Enter
s ing one of these, a splendid leather
n lodge, we find an old chief seated
beside a glowing fire. He has many
young visitors for this is the night
d Of story telling.
All is Quiet-nOt a word is spoken
D.; by the youths. The old warrior has
l. lighted his pipe. Finally the old man
( breaks the silence.
u "HO, my sons, it is tonight that
1 am to tell you the story Of your
u people. 1 will tell it as my grand
father told it to me many moons ago
Up-Sah-RO-Ku, The Crows
"Our people call themselves Up.
sah-ro-kU. None of our chiefs or ole
men can remember what was the or.
l. iginal meaning of that name. Our
10 Great Spirit gave us that ne me wheI
He created the Crows. Some of Oul
a people say that it means sparrow
Hawk" while others say that the
)r name means Powerful Eagle
ID The name that we are known By
/; among the whites-"CrOWs"- is
1t name which originated solely will
this white race, and, for my part,
l. know not where or why that namt
k was given to US.
- There is a legend in my family
OF handed down through many genera
lions, that the first white men tn
RI Crows saw were upon the shores o
N a great water, so great that the fur
Their shores could not be seen and tn
Crows did not know how far thi
no great water extended. This, my sons
M was in some far distant country, bu
where it Was or what was the nam
in of the water, u people do no
n know. These men were white. The
of had boards and dressed about tn
nv same as the white men do today. Gu
IT'S people saw only two Of them an
aw these travelled along the shore in
he boat. And, so far as we are able t
Iss learn, this happened about two huI
dred Of the white mans years age
= To these white men, our peOpl
gave the name people who live O
the Water; but in later years, th
Crows called them Mahr-stah-sht
J dab, OF the "YeliOW-eyed People," b
whinh fhau ara Still n.Ilna