Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-27
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feet. (And just as an aside the Black
feet are so called because their moe
casins were black from the color Of
the dirt In the hunting country
One day a scout came In with news
that a war party of Blackfeet were APP
preaching. The Grows made medicine
and prepared for war
Bill accompanied the Crows and had
an inspiration.
Long Horse, you keep out of sight.
Wen pow-wow with the Blackfeet and
challenge their chief TO fight you II
they win they can hunt here, II they
lose they'll return 70 their own hunt
ing ground"
Long Horse squeezed his legs slight
" and his stallion, the largest horse
ever seen by Indians in Montana, gave
a loud wheeze, wheeze that might
have come from suddenly pumped
bellows.
"Ug." he replied.
It so happened that the chief of
the Blackfeet was a crafty and brave
warrior, who conserved the strength
of his braves and whose medicine man
had promised great personal victory.
He heard Bits proposition, Bill for
getting to state that Long Horse was
twice the Blackfeet's size, and accept
ed. The two tribes agreed TO abide
by the decision.
The joust was one King Arthur and
his knights would have enjoyed.
1t had the David and Goliath scrap
cheated, only it didn't get the pub
ncity.
1t was something like the David and
Goliath incident, only better, for the
two chiefs we're mounted, and each
was armed with a shield, lance, toma-
hawk and knife.
BIackfeet Chief TrembIed
Perhaps the Blackfeet trembled when
he saw the towering size Of his OPP
ponent. Some present stoutly main |
tanned that sparks flew from the nose
Of Long Horses stallion.
The warriors charged, the ground
echoing to the pound of their horses
hoofs. Each conferred his lance true
on the others shield and with a crack
heard for q mile the two we're I'M
seated, and the Blackfeet's war pony,
also was tossed back on his launches
due to the superior weight OF the
stallion.
But the fight was over. Like David
from Goliath, as destroyer's
torpedo sinks a battleship,
Long Horse was dead. His very mo-
nentum and his weight was his UNI
doing, for the Blackfeet spear had
penetrated his shield, his heart and
was jutting out eight inches behind
MS back.
The victor's knife flashed, but he
iidn't scalp Long Horse, just cut off
me Of his braids at the roots. Bill
mad TO talk the Grows into keeping
heir word.
They tied Long Horses body over
lis saddle and brought 1t to his camp.
5q1aws walled over 1t all night and
when dawn came the medicine man
had prepared Long Horses trail tol
he happy hunting ground,
8Eankess fer shroud
A platform was built in a large
cottonwood tree and on 1t. shrouded
a his blankets and buffalo robes, thel
,ody Of Long Horse was placed to
leep.
One day, years later, came a Scot
scientist from the University Of Dub
Ia, and he visited at the camp Of
Blu Bowie. The Scots name was DR..
angus Mcpherson and he was very
amy.
On hunting trip one day he spied
he platform tn the cottonwood and,
eing curious, climbed the tree. In the
ears the trees branches had curled
round the bier OF Long Horse and
leld tt tenderly from harm, but were
lot 30 close as to prohibit proper
entilation Of the aerial vault.
Finding the bones Of Long Horse IN
erfect condition, excepting for few
goiren ribs, and amazed at its gigan-