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The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
WERE
EXPERT THIEVES
A BROKEN STICK WAS EVIDENCE
OF TRANSACTION WHEN RED
MEN GAVE AWAY HORSES

Stealing from an hereditary enemy
among Indian tribes in eastern Mon
tana a half century and more ago
became a fine art. The moral element
involved was hardly taken into ac-
count. All expeditions undertaken
against an enemy tribe were not dis
cussed and arranged at councils. FIRE.
quentIy a warrior would confer with
one or two of his intimate friends.
They, in turn, would inform one or
two more, until the party was COM
posed of from five to six Indians.
At the appointed hour each Indian
would quietly steal out of camp I'M
der owe of darkness. A rifle, some
light clothing, a blanket, or light robe
and a lariat or two was all the per-
sOnal equipment each Indian ar
ried.
In the summer time everything worm
by the Indian was of a green color. The
blanket, moccaSins, and the Indians
face and hands were painted in the
same color. If the horse wa not dun
cOlored or a roam, the animal would be
painted green. In winter the horses
chosen were as white as the snow. The
Indians, however, considered it to be
more Skillful to move without mounts.
They were wonderfully adroit in trail
ng through the country. Their method
+ advance was to scan the region in
lhich they were operating from a high
m1nence. They crept along from one
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Courtesy of Great Falls Tribune.

A. w. Miles was born in Vermont,
believe, June 20, 1859. He died May 7,
1888, at Livingston. His widow, his son,
Daniel, and two married daughters liv-
ing in Los Angeles, Calf, survived him.
Livingston can boast its share of
hOnored pioneers. James Thompson, a
trail blazer of Montana, with his two
brothers, Will and Floyd, opened n Of
the first grocery stores in Livingston
in 1882. They prospered, made a COM
petence, and a few years ago retired
total, and went to make their home in
the milder climate of the coast. James
located at San Diego, and there suf-
fered the loss of his faithful wife. Like
all the Montana pioneers away from
their old home, he welcomes acquaint-
ances from the state he loved in youth,
and helped build up.
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depression to another under cover Of
ridges and bluffs. Their approach upon
the enemy was as Stealthy as wolves.
The Grow and Sioux tribes were her.
editary enemies. Raiding parties form
ed in each tribe made frequent forays
each upon the other. The Indians be-
came adept in judging weather condi-
lions. If the night was dark and the
wind blew, it was considered the better
for making a stealing raid. The attack
was not made until about midnight
when the unsuSpecting enemy Indians
would be asleep in their tepeeS. Avoid
ing the guards, if any were on the look
out, the raiders would crawl into camp.
unfaSten the horses, move as many as
they could, or wanted, depart quickly
for a reasonable distance and then
commence the race for life. They knew
that at dawn when the theft was dis
covered, the enemy, mounted on the
fleetest horses left, would pursue them.
The raiders were generally prepared to
ride for two days, with the night in
%tervening, otherwise they stood a good
chance of being overtaken. Long,
roundabout circuits to reach their own
IdlllP od1Cly WClC lIOG lllllCQuCllU Ol UllC
part of the raiding Indians.
Relatives in the camp from which
the Indians departed to raid an enemy
camp exercised great concern for their
safety. 1t would be a sad mission If
they returned and some of their party
had been overtaken and killed. On the
other hand there was great rejoicing if
came back and brought evidence of
their proWess. If successful, the meth
cd of approach to the home camp was
spectacular. A messenger appeared on
a high bluff where he halted until he
was satisfied that his appearance in
he village would cause come conster-
nation. The party would down
he incline of the divide, or the side of
he butte, on into camp, go to
heir own lodge, 0 to that of the primo
pal chief and diSmount. il
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Der the little 2X6 building he started his
hardware store in. His family lived
upstairs.
From this small building the late A.
w. Miles wa able to expand, enlarge
buildings and stock, and by strict at
tention to business eventually buy out
his partner and absorb the entire con-
troll of the business. A few years later
he bought what was known as the post
office block, and into this he moved
his hardware store, added machinery,
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and did a good business. A fire de-
stroyed his buildings and most of his
stock; but A. w, though badly crippled,
lost no time in building up a bigger
Hotel block. The block accommodates
the Park hotel, the Miles drygoods and
hardware stores and many office build
ings. He was an active, progressive
citizen, and built up many enterprises
that now go under the firm name of
the A. w. Miles company, under the
general management of his son, Dan
iel Miles.
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| Immediately the members of the tribe
would swarm around the party, unsad-
die their horses, properly care for them,
when they were invited into the lodge
of the chief, or into a council. For re-
freshment, food and water would be
placed before them. After the feast
there would follow eloquent recitals COW
ering the result of the expedition.
The demonstrations were spectacular,
especially if the raiding party brought
back some horses. They were regarded
as heroes and brave warriors. The
whole camp would gather at night
around the fire. The warriors, each of
them in turn, would relate their ex-
periences. An attentive audience lis
tened to their exploits and hazardous
adventures. Frequently some member
of the tribe would strike the drum to
signify an endorsement of the state
mentS made. 4
During the ceremony, which was
known as counting the coos,' some
times a member of the raiding party
would pause in his remarks. He would
approach a member of the tribe. per-
hapS another a little later, and to each
he would say:
II make you a present"
1t was at once a salutation and a
gesture, and while it was in progress,
the Indian, speaking, would hand to
the tribal friend whom he had desi-
gnated is the recipient, a small piece
broken off the end of a stick which he
held in his hand. This gesture was
equivalent to the presentation of one
the stolen horses.
At the opportune time the next day,
he Indian companion who was for
innate enough to have been designated
IS a recipient, would take the piece of
he stick to the corral. Here he would
elect his pony, horse or mule. This
7as the method frequently employed by
yhich the stolen property was given
way.
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tile tribes. Several times parties ever
crossed the river and fired from want
age points at the troops and harassed
them in various ways. The entire body
of Grow scouts was set on foot by the
Sioux running off their horses.
1.-THE troops IN their march down the
river stopped at various points, includ-
ing near the site of Billings, across from
the mouth of the Big Horn, at Big Por-
cupine creek, and finally across from
the mouth of the Rosebud. The base
camp was across from the Rosebud for
| several weeks before the troops from
the east came to Montana. Patrols of
troops worked along the north side of
the river, keeping that section free from
hoStileS.
when the Grow scouts were recruit
ed, several squaW men went along as
interpreters. Among these was Thomas
LaForge, whose life is recounted by DR..
T. B. Marquis in Memoirs of a White
Crow" A chapter of the book is de-
voted to his experiences while with
Gibbons command.
"LaForge told of a blacksmith and
three soldiers who went. out into the
hills to kill antelope and were killed
and scalped by the Indians. Their
bodies, however, he said, were loaded
On horses and brought back to the
main camp.
After the coming of Terry and Gus
ter, the command was on the Rose
bud for several days, completing plans
for the campaign. Custer was urged,
according to some reports, to take with
him on his march up the Rosebud and
across to the Big Horn, the troops of
the Second cavalry, but he refused any
other than the troops of his own, the
Seventh cavalry.
Terry, who was in command of the
entire campaign, with the infantry
detachmentS which had come from Fort
Abraham Lincoln, the howitzers that
Custer also refused and other units,
accompanied Gibbon and his command
back to the mouth of the Big Horn
along which they moved at the same
time that the Far West was ascending
the same river to be at the beck and
call of the supporting columns.
Some of the soldiers who were with
Gibbons command are still living. MI.
Sampson is writing to several he knows
Of, asking them for more definite in
that will be useful in estab-
the facts about the death of the
two soldiers. 1t is probable that others
will be found who will recall the in
cident and who can assist in determin-
if the graves in question are those
mentioned in the department letter"
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II didn't get to see him. Appar-
emily he's going to double for Frag-
onet in that scene tomorrow. He's
with Dram now"
That's lucky for Montez," OBJ
served Tubby las we'll as for Bret.
Come to think of it, why wouldn't
Bret Paul make swell movie hero?"
Il guess he would, Tubby."
10 wakened next morning with
- out having heard from Bret. She
wondered if he had received her
message and was ignoring it. Per-
hapS he did not want to talk with
her at all, now that he was so con-
temptuouS of the man he thought
she cared for.
Perhaps he believed that a girl
who would be interested in Fragonet
deserved nothing, not even common
courtesy.
10 could understand his contempt
for Fragonet. No two men, she
thought, we're ever more unlike. To
boy like Bret Paul who had
worked hard always for what little
he could gain from life, Peter
Fragonet must appear to be the
epitome Of WorthleSSneSS. And now
Bret, proud of his own physical
proves, had seen FTagonet branded
with cowardice.
1t must have hurt Bret that 10
had said never a word about the
day she was pitched unconscious
from the sailboat. And it must have
hurt still more when he saw her ac-
cepting the attentions of Marsh
and Barston-and Fragonet himself.
Whatever was to happen in the flu
ture between her and Bret, she
must find him and patch up the
past.
Her resolve was easier made than
carried out. All that day Bret, with
his hair darkened, and dressed to re-
semble Fragonet in the role of a
forester. was busy with Drann's
company. While Fragonet kept to
his room, the company went through
the scenes which had resulted in
such a fiasco the day before.
10 hung about the lake shore
with Tubby most of the day, pre-
tending interest in the filming; in
reality she was hoping to have a
word with Bret. But Bret, quite
literally, spent most of the day in
the lake or in Drann's speedboat.
The only member of the company
10 had a chance to talk to was Lol-
tia Montez, looking none the worse
for her experience of the day be-
fore.
You don't know how frightened
you had me yesterday" 10 told her.
Montez smiled. Those things
will happen. And it certainly WASN'T
Fragonet's fault. Dram goes in
sane sometimes when he gets an
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| idea into his head, and Fragonet
had told him he didn't think he
could handle the scene"
You knew it, too?" asked 10,
amazed.
The other nodded.
And yet you went ahead with it, y
The actress shrugged. Its part OF
the business she said.
THEN Montez was called by
Il Dram, and 10 saw her no
more that day. Neither did she see
Bret
The director worked his outfit like
mad until the sun was weak behind
the trees, and it was rumored that
he planned to leave for Hollywood
sooner than he had originally in
tended.
The near-tragedy had disturbed
his ego, for he knew that almost
all who had seen it held it against
him. u
Dram found it no longer pleas
ing to show off before the Specta-
tors who lined the shore of the lake.
And he knew, too, that Fragonet
probably would be relieved indeed
to get away from the stares of the
men and women to whom he had
been 8 hero one day and a coward
the next.
Unable to have even a moment
with Bret during the day, 10 told
herself that she must go to his cot
tage that night. She mustn't let
another day go by without telling
Bret she appreciated what he had
done
Even now he was likely to believe
she was turning to him only be-
cause Fragonet had made a fool
of himself at Crest Lake. But it
isn't true that Fragonet made a fool
of himself, " 10 thought Stoutly. 1T
was Dram who made a fool Of
him."
She had dinner earlier than usual,
to escape the guests in the dining
room and the long after-dinner
conversations which usually went
on over the coffee and cigarets.
Then, smiling her thanks at the
house boy who had served her, 10
left her table
But in the lobby she encountered
Douglas Marsh.
Hello, 10! Had dinner already2
hoped you'd take it with me.
Have you anything planned right
now?"
why no."
Good! Join me in a deni-tas
at least. We must have a party for
the movie crowd and I want to talk
it over with you. Dram has decided
to leave day after tomorrow. That
means the party has to be tomorrow
night. Rather short notice. but"
he grinned at her, Il guess we can
show 'em good time"
"Of course" 10 said.
Come in and sit down with me
and we'll make plans"
Silently 10 accepted Marsh's arm
and returned to the dining room
with him.
TO Be Continued
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SOrOritieS

Beta Chapter. Phi Theta Delta
Sorority, will entertain with a sup
per Monday night at the home Of
Miss Betty Hancock. 1903 Finley.
Lambda Alpha lambda Sorority's
business meeting will be at 8 Mon
day.
An ice cream and watermelon So
cial will be held by the Broad Rip
pie Townsend Club at 5 today
night in the $500 block on Belle
fontaine-st. All club members and
their friends are invited to attend.
Ladies' auxiliary of Truth Center
Of Applied Christianity will hold its
monthly meeting in Brookside Park
Wednesday. Dinner at 1890 will be
followed by talks by members. The
Rev. Edna F. Mauzy. pastor, will
give reports of the national con-
venSon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
A Woman S
Viewpoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ONE tragic phase of the New
~ Freedom is the movement to
absolve children from responsibility
to parents.
The plants of the old are pitt
full rs they grasp with renewed hope
each fresh scheme concocted by
demagogues and idealists. Yet any
one even vaguely familiar with our
political system must realize that
nine-tenths of them are worthless
and deliver the deserving old to the
mercy Of the undeserving politicians.
You can't breed something into
a social order that is not first bred
into the citizens who make up that
order. And invidually speaking. we
are fast coming to the place where
parents are regarded as a burden.
This is not a blanket Indictment, of
course, but the signs point in that
direction.
Some time ago our intellectuals
began the movement away from re-
SponSlbility. Duty became rather
a funny word. The doctrine of in
dividual freedom was perSistently
preached, and women began in in
creaSing numbers to abandon good
husbands for bad lovers. walk out
on their children. and turn their
parents over to institutions. And the
men did the same thing. All to
find the mythical liberty which is
supposed to develop the person.
atty into something awe-inSpiring.
Throughout this period, il the
matter of family happiness. we have
steadily gone from bad TO worse.
For diSlOyal sons will inevitably
make disloyal husbands and dis
loyal citizens and maybe diSloyal
fathers. When a persons sense of
duty toward his nearest is gone, he
has become untrustworthy in all
respects.
Whether we ever succeed in eS-
tabliShing a graft-proof form of So
cial security remains to be seen. ]
hope We can. But I still believe old
people will have a grievance against
society when their children are no
longer willing TO share food, home
and happiness with them.
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the possibility of squeeze, if one
opponent should be long in both
hearts and diamonds.
lie won the first diamond trick
l. Il with the ace, led his single
ton spade to the ace in dummy, and
returned small spade to be ruffed
in his own hand. Dummy was put
in with trump lead and another
spade was ruffed by declarer, this
time with the queen of clubs.
Declarer now laid down the ace
Of clubs, followed by the eight, and
continued with the last small club
from dummy.
On the first two trump leads West
could spare two diamonds, but the
third trump had him squeezed.
South had carefully preserved his
four hearts, so a discard from that
suit would be fatal. and to discard
another diamond would make the
king and six good in dummy.
By playing in this manner de-
clarer took full advantage of his
opportunities. He did not give up
the chance of a 3-3 break in hearts,
but gained the added possibility of
a squeeze in the two red suits.
Note that the squeeze would not
work if applied from the South
hand, for West would have spades
to discard on the trump leads and
could thus protect both hearts and
diamonds. Declarer had to remove
these valuable spade discards from
the West hand before the squeeze
could be eXecutd.
Copyright. 1885 NEA Service. Incl
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TOR nearly four centuries persons
l. derided the idea that gold could
be found in the hills of Quebec, a
discovery the great French explorer,
Jacques Cartier. had made when he
landed in North America in 1884.
The Indians along the Sakuenay
River had told him of this precious
metal and he jubilantly took some
samples of it back to France.
But metallurgists of the day told
him this was nothing but iron py-
rite. fools gold" and that it was
worthless.
In 1911, however, real gold was
found in northwest Quebec and Car
tier was indicated. Now gold
mining brings a revenue of S12,-
100000 annually to Quebec. some of
the same rock which Cartier took
back to France. yielding from $40
to SIS a ton
France honors this explorer, how
ever. not for the gold he brought
back. but for his great land dis
covery, in stamps issued on the
400th anniversary of his famous
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
CHURCH WOMEN TO
HOLD LAWN PARTY

The lawn party of the Women's
Club Of st. Joan of Arc Church,
which was to begin this afternoon,
will continue tonight on the school
lawn. Mrs. George Evard and
Mrs. c. T. Brady are general chair
men.
Committees are as follows: Din
ner, Mesdames Clara Slattery and
Francis Ohleyer; country store, Mes
danes James Swartz and Albert
Lamb; fish pond, Mesdames Thomas
Pagan, Fred Davenport, Victor
Becherich; candy, Mesdames A.
Behr and Albert Engle; ice cream,
Mesdames James Shaw and WILDER
Meyers: archery, Tom Behr; bingo,
James Brady; drinks, George Hoff-
man; features for children, Mr..
Pagan, Mr. Davenport and George
Rice: lighting, Thomas Farrell, and
feature. Mesdames James Stone and
G. w. Johne.
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Bride tO-Be Is
HOnOred With
Linen Shower

A linen shower and bridge party
was given today by Miss Martha
Metcalf at her home, 817 E. 44th-st,
in compliment to Miss Deloris Nc
Daniel whose marriage to Herbert
A. Sweet will take place Aug. %.
The hostess was assisted by her
mother, Mrs. H. P Metcalf. Yellow
flowers centered the table which
was lighted with blue tapers.
With Miss Mcdaniel and her
mother, Mrs. I. w. Sturgeon, guests
included Mrs. J. c. Sweet, St.
Petersburg, Fla; Mrs. Gordon
Thompson, Mrs. c. Basil Fauset
and Misses Elizabeth Hadley, Caro-
lyn HiCz. Vera Grey Hinshaw, Han
nah Hadley, Marjorie Metcalf,
Helen Gearen and Mable Espey.
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MISS HEGARTY IS
FETED AT PARTY

Miss Agnes Hegarty whose mar
riage to John Griffin will take place
Aug. "a, was honored at a surprise
shower given yesterday by Mrs.
Patrick J. Sheehan and Miss Ann
McGoran at Robinhood Inn.
Guests with Miss Hegarty in
cluded Mesdames James Hegarty,
Michael Griffin, Daniel j. Leblanc,
Howard Robertson. IeMoyne Lam
bert, Kenneth James, Frank Muir
ply, Milton Nicholas, Wayne Eu-
bank, Frances Sneed, A. P. Johnson.
Ed Cruise, and June Hartzog and
Misses Thelma Cook, Mary Ryan,
Rose Honecker, Irene Roelm, Mar
garet Murphy, Aileen Ostheimer,
Virginia Taylor, Ruth Klann, Marie
Roeder, Betty Jane Watkins, Nora
Sheehan, Julia Sheehan. Helen
Tucker, Dee Winkler and Mary Ann
Hegarty.
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PaStebOard
Rooms Made
By Children
Girls Work Feverishly
Modelling Miniature
Furniture.
BY BEATRICE BURGAN
Times Woman's PAGE Editor

Emmy Jean Haerle and Dorothy
Painter. cousins. keep their eyes on
the wastebaskets at their homes
They pounce on the empty match
boxes. bright colored bits Of paper
and material, stray beads, paste
board and any number Of odd
articles which suggest some useful
ness to them.
Emmy Jean, daughter of Mrs.
Elsa Painter Haerle, and her cousin
Dorothy, daughter of Mrs. oscar
Painter, have outgrown their dolls.
Their latest amusement has been
the design and construction Of
miniature rooms. and the match
boxes. paper and odds-and-ends
have gone into the making.
Brown-eyed Emmy Jean likes red
and when she designed a miniature
bedroom suite. she worked 1t out in
a red and white color scheme. The
dressing tables, its drawers formed
by tiny match boxes. has a ruffled
red skirt. and the tiny round stool
has a ruf1ed skirt. too The dress
ing table IS complete to wall mirror
tiny hand mirror, comb and brush
and lamp.
The base Of the lamp is made
from a wooden bead and the shade
is of pleated paper. The chaise
lounge Of the suite is beruf1ed, too,
and the chest of drawers is made
from a set Of tiny match boxes,
painted red and white The drawers
have tiny knobs to facilitate their
opening.
Dorothy's roll top desk would
amaze a business man with its
completeness. The top really rolls,
and Dorothy took great care in
FASTING brown strips of paper in
rows to represent the sections Of the
roll top. Inside are pigeon holes,
tiny drawer and desk blOtter. Be
sides drawers down one side, the
desk has a pull-oUt shelf. Dorothy
went to the tool box in search of a
screw, which she made the swivel
chair which whirls around easily.
The upright piano which Dorothy
made from a box and brown paper
has a keyboard with the correct
number of black and white keys,
and pedals. An empty thread spool
forms the base of the green and
white ping pong tables, with its tiny
net of gauze and its ball-a pearl
bead The paddles are so tiny that
they are difficult to hold
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CHIFFON COSTUMES
POPULAR IN TOWN

Dark chiffons are about the incest
kind Of costumes for warm days in
town. During the hottest weather
you can wear white accessories with
your navy chiffon jacket dresses. On
cooler days, use navy blue ones.
With black chiffons and sheers, pink
touches are even smarter than
white
One nice summer outfit includes
black chiffon dress with pleated
shoulder cape, pink straw hat with
black band and a huge, feathery
corsage Of pink flowers, posed at the
neckline in front.