What to see in America . Close of Day, Two Medicine Lake © R. E. Marble mountain lion are seen. Trout abound in the lakes andstreams. At Browning, in the Blackfeet Reservation, which is justeast of the park, several thousand Indians assemble early inJuly for an annual reunion. They put up their tepeesin a great oval camp beside Willow Creek, and go throughmany old-time ceremonies that are very curious and fas-cinating. The names of some of their present-day leaders areLittle Dog, Bear Chief, Jack Big Moon, White Quiver, andCrow Eyes. In southern Montana, not far from what is now thevillage of
What to see in America . Close of Day, Two Medicine Lake © R. E. Marble mountain lion are seen. Trout abound in the lakes andstreams. At Browning, in the Blackfeet Reservation, which is justeast of the park, several thousand Indians assemble early inJuly for an annual reunion. They put up their tepeesin a great oval camp beside Willow Creek, and go throughmany old-time ceremonies that are very curious and fas-cinating. The names of some of their present-day leaders areLittle Dog, Bear Chief, Jack Big Moon, White Quiver, andCrow Eyes. In southern Montana, not far from what is now thevillage of the Crow Agency, occurred the encounter betweenthe gallant Custer and the Indians late in June, 1876. Fewevents in the great Northwest have been more tragic andmelancholy. Not one of the whites survived to tell thestory, and all we have learned cf the details, except what the 352 What to See in America. Flathead Riveh battlefield itselfdisclosed, hascome from thehostile red the low-lands flows thewinding, tree-fringed LittleBighorn River,and between theAgency and thebattlefield, three miles distant, is a level stretch of pasturage. Then youcome to hills rising in a long and often steep sweep to ahigh ridge that overlooks all the country for miles this ridge the battle was fought. It is a dreary spot,entirely devoid of trees or other marked features. The soilis full of small stones scantily hidden by growths of sagebrush,prickly pear, and tufts of coarse grass. For a mile alongthe hillcrest is a scattering of white gravestones, each markingthe spot where a soldiers body was found. Some of these , occur in groups,I others singly;and they are apathetic indica-tion of the fiercestruggle of thetroops to defendand disentanglethemselves fromthe fierce clutchof their savageenemies. Occa-St. Marys Lake sional stones are
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