The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-11-13

Canadian reserve to the north of
US; the Pikunis, some of whom
are here. and the Blackfeet. He
said that the reservation was ap.
proximately one hundred miles
square. and that we were sitting
within three miles of the western
boundary. which was the eastern
boundary of Glacier National
Park. Jim told US that he had
gone to school at Carlyle. the
famous Indian school of the early
nineteen hundreds. located in the
state of Pennsylvania. He told
US that he had married a white
woman from New York state. and
that she was teaching school at
the Heavy Breast school on the
south fork of Cut Bank creek.
Jim. his wife and three children
lived there in the tcachcrage.
Upon inquiry it was learned
that all country schools in this
territory had a "Teacherage."
This was usually a separate house
and large enough to accommo.
date one or several people. com.
fortably. In many cases the dis.
trictS won't hire a single woman,
for tho schools are too far out,
and the winters too bad. II is too
hard for them to get anyplacc in
case Of sickness or emergency. In
most cases the woman is the
teacher. the man works part or
all the time at something. too
In this case. Jim said. while his
wife taught. he trapped. He had
just been up the North Fork to
see about his beaver traps. as he
caught them alive in the summer.
kept them until winter when the
fur was prime. and then sold
them.
About nine-thirty pm. Jim said
he better be going. lie got up
and stretched. looked and said.
Right In through here where
your camp Is there was q hell
Of an Indian fight one time"
said. "liOw Gomez"
oh. just what I've heard the
old fellows say" Then he went
on. "A camp of Pikunis was camp.
cd about a hundred miles to the
east and a little north. in the
Sweet Grass Hills one fall. under
the leadership of Chief Red Horn
when q small band of Flathead
Indians. from west of these noun.
| tains. came over here on a horse
stealing expedition, got into Rcd
/ Horns rcmuda one dark night
and got away with about fifty or
sixty head.
The Pikunis couldn't do much
about 1t until morning. when Red
Horn started in pursuit with IS
warriors craving Flathead blood
The trail led them into the edge
Of Canada. then back over tn.
hump. The Devils Wall Trail wa.
q passable one and entered thu
main ridge Of the Rockies. JUS
north of Hudson Bay Divide. Rec
Horn. anticipating thing like
this. had cut across with part Of
his men and was waiting fol-
them.
! On the evening Of the second
day. they made contact with the
Flatheads between Duck Lake
and St. Mary Lake. Three Flat
heads and one Pikuni were kill
cd there. but the Flathcads got
away with their loot and headed
south sixty miles farther to Mar
las Pass. The Pikunis caught
them again right here on Cut
Bank Creek. killed AID s:alpcd
them to q man. Thea for years.
until Red Horns death. the In
dams came here every fall 10
celebrate one Of their largest
victories over the Flatheads." lie
went on. In the morning you 90
about two hundred yards up In
there" sweeping his hand to the
west. land you will find the
!. circles Of the lodges where their
camp was. and that hasn't been
so many summers back either"
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