The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

own country, very angry n with a
much dimished force.
'Arapoosah, was, however, a great
friend Of the whites, and even the
Fort Mckenzie fur trading post was
looked upon by him with friendly
eyes,. In the days when the great
white chief, Captain Bonneville and
his party passed through the Crow
country, these white men found pro-
lection and welcome in ArapOoash's /
lodge. The reason that ArapoOash
made the expedition against Fort
Mckenzie "a because he was angry
over the fact that the traders gave
ammunition to the Blackfeet and
would not give it to the Crows.
His Dream Horses
'"ArapOoash had a powerful medi-
cine. One time he described two
horses which he said he had been
told by. his medicine in dreams, Wered
in the Piegan camp. One of these
horses, he said, was a pinto with a
black spot on each flank; his ears
we're red and he was otherwise Pc
culiarly marked; and the other horse
was gray with odd markings. He
said that he must capture these hOrs-
es and a party of warriors accOmpan-
led him when he started out for this
purpose. ArapOOash and his warriors
came upon the Piegan camp at night;
they crept into it and succeeded in
getting the two horses, with which
they escaped, and when it became
light enough for them to see the
horses they had taken, they found
that they were marked exactly as
ArapOOash had described from his
dream.
The Mare With Twin Colts
Another time, ArapOOash dreamed
that there was in the Piegan camp, a.
mare that would that spring give
birth at one time to two colts. He
made up his mind to capture
this mare for a present to
his wife. He was laughed at
when en- asked for a party to ac-
company him, for the braves thought
it was impossible in that no mare ev-
er had two colts at one time. They
said that ArapoOash's medicine had
tricked him, but he was sure that
his medicine was right, and finally a
few warriors went with him. They
found the camp and captured the
mare. And, my sons, just as the old
chief had said, she was the mother of
two colts born shortly after the party
reached the Crow camp.
The GrOs Ventres Punished
zone time while ATapoOash was or
a visit to the River Crows (the eros
Ventres or Ah-mah-chay), his fav-
Orite bay horse was stolen from him.
He demanded that it be given up but
the eros Ventres refused to do so.
This made the old chief very angry,
and he said, But you would not do
this if you knew me. I am ArapOO-
ash; you know my name, but you do
not know what 1 can do. I will leave
you now, but 1 am angry, and before
long you will learn Of my power
"He moved away from the eros Ven
tres one days march, camping early
in the afternoon. The day was a fine
one, with not a cloud and no sign OF
any coming storm, but ArapOOash
told all his people to fasten their
= lodges with stay ropes and make
= them strong. The sun had finished
2 its walk to the west, and every one
. of the Crows grew very uneasy. They
knew that ArapOOash had planned
something, but they feared that his
medicine vas failing him. Sudden.
Ily they heard the sound of four LOUD
q blasts from a horn come from the
lodge of the old warrior. At once
S the wind began to blow so strong
t that the lodges rocked to and fro
e like the limbs of trees, but they were
S fastened we'll and did not fall. Rail-
began to fall just as though mucl
water was being poured from TIT
It sky. Every draw was turned into
river and great lakes were formed il
: the low places. Then, as it ceased tt
n rain, great hail stones fell, some o
It them as large as a mans fist. Afte
It a time the storm passed, and ArapOO
f. ash said, Perhaps now they will re
IT turn my horse
"The next day the Crow party re
n manned in their camp. They all I'm
is derstOOd by this time that the storr
-e had been brought on by their oil
chief, and a watch was kept in the di
q rectiOn Of the GrOs Ventres village
The sun had hardly ceased his wal
to the west when a large party o
foot and on horseback was seen CON
L ing toward the Crows. When the
al came near, it was seen that the lead
- er was the head chief of the Gre
L Ventres, and that he was leading
bay horse, the n that had been stO-
- en- from ArapOoash. Behind him 70
lowed a number of men with pac
animals carrying robes and other al
le ticles meant for a present to ArapoC
I'd ash. These we're all spread out b,
fore the old Crow chief and the Gre
e, Ventre chief said:
ut owe have doRe wrong and HAY
been punished. Your horse was tai
It. en- and we refused To return II w
d. left US in anger yesterday mornin.
and last night there came a terrib.
If storm of rain and hail that soake
lie, our houses (the eros Ventres live
a, in dirt lodges made of earth and wi
OK loWs) so that many Of them fell
9s, and are destroyed, and the Othe.
DIS we're. filled with water. The Ia
n beat down our orr and pumpkin
and our fields that in the mOrnir