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MAD WOLF, LAST GREAT ORATOR AND CHIEF OF OLD-TIME FIGHTING BLACKFEET, WAS FRIEND OF THE BLACK ROBES

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into camp. We saw them when the 'o? suddenly lifted. They were in the very center of the camp and were Preparing to drive away a herd of horses. We killed all four, but when we made no further sign of revenge, the Gros Ventres .thought we were afraid and became very insolent. One of the warriors rode to a butte, over­looking our camp and called out:

They Defy the Blackfeet.“ ‘You Blackfeet are cowards. You

have short horns like buffalo calves and are helpless and unable to fight. We intend to kill all of your warriors

finally returned to the Blackfeet after warning the Gros Ventres that the Great Spirit would undoubtedly punish them for their wickedness.

The things I will now tell you happened in the spring, at the time when we were beginning to gather buffalo tongues for the Sun-dance. Scar Cheek accompanied us to the Cpyress Hills, where the buffalo were plentiful. Early in the moon when

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ÜpP IN Glacier park within sight of the Crown of the Continent, or the Triple Divide, where the

watershed divides between the Pa­cific ocean, Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, may be seen Mount Mad Wolf, which rears its crest proudly to a height of more than 10,000 feet, and stands a fitting monument to one of the greatest chiefs of the Blackfeet nation of Indians, after whom it was named.

Mad Wolf will go down in the his­tory of the Blackfoot nation as one of the greatest war chiefs, orators and mediicine men that the tribe ever had. He died May 28, 1902, and no chief of the Blackfeet ever passed away amid greater sorrowing in the tribe, by whom he was loved and re­spected. The loss of his voice at the tribal councils was keenly felt. The old men of the nation shook their heads sadly. They said the greatness and glory of the Blackfeet had de­parted: that the young men who were growing up did not understand and were indifferent to ancient customs and traditions.

Mad Wolf well remembered the first visit of Father De Smet to the Blackfeet in 1846, for at the time of the coming of the great mission­ary he was a renowned warrior and becoming one of the leading men of the tribe. He used to tell the story of Father De Smet’s coming as fol­lows:

FILM STAR MEETS CHIEF TWO GUNS

Indians. It was told by White Grass, a medicine man, as follows;

When Mad Wolf was a young man he was chief of a war party that crossed the Rocky mountains against the Faltheads. Two of his brothers also started but turned back before they reached the Flathead country.Mad Wolf and his party returned by way of the Cut Bank pass. After crossing the summit, they entered the dense forest near the head of the Man From Hollywood Refuses at canyon. Mad Wolf was in the lead, First to Smoke Indian’s Cigaret, while the others followed in two se- But Later Sees Opportunity forparate columns along each side of Publicity; Asks Picture Privilegethe trail, as was the custom of war parties in those days. They rode in silence because the trees were so dense they could not se^ fr.r in ad­vance.

“Suddenly Mad Wolf stopped und signed to the others that h« h» •!* rhoes. Consequently, they’resomething ahead. The Blackfeet ln. n* »er shined., Hollywood didn’t like mediately ambushed themselves /nj aim, for that reason. But the movie the trees. A war party of Kootenai ; tans Ù*.. - A know this. He photo- Indians were returning from an expo- graphed woi.a* r<*ully. He was a big dition into the Blackfeet country, star, a bip' >oa * drawing card. They ran into the ambush and there This summer’ ’on took him

to Glacier nation:.; pai k . He was welcomed with open armt* by other visitors, who were thrived to have a film hero in thiir midst.

While strutting around Many Gla­cier hotel veranda, he suddenly came upon an Indian, smoking a cigarette. The Indian paid little attention to him and the movie star was piqued.

The film actor had never seen a real Indian before, but being a brave he-man from the wild and wooly west he walked right up to the war­rior, just like that.

“Have cigarette?” asked the In-

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WINDMILL GENERATES ELEC­TRICITY TO RUN BLOCK

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ARROGANT MOVIE FIGURE GETS SET BACK BY FAMOUS

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berries are ripe, according to custom, the most prominent young men were sent on a buffalo hunt to secure raw hide for binding together

Experiment at Culbertson, If Suc­cessful, May Save Railway Com­pany Thousands of Dollars in Up­keep Automatic Safety Devices.

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of man the air is being harnessed by a railway to provide means of protection and safety in an experi­ment that bids to save the Great Northern railway a half million dollars annually, should it be suc­cessful.

On a windmill at Culbertson^Tn Roosevelt county,, much resembling the old fashioned water pumping mill in common use years ago, sets a small electric generator, attached to a large wind propelled wheel by means of a pulley. As the wheel is driven around by the wind the pulley drives the generator at high velocity, furnishing from 200 to 300 volts of electricity.

The electricity produced is trans­formed from direct current to alter­nating current which is carried out in wires from Cnlberston along 26 miles of main line automatic block signal lights east to Bainville and west to Brockton on the main line. Here it is stored in batteries specially adapted and ready for instant use upon the approach of either east or westbound trains.

Eastern Railways Watching.The experiment, which will last

during the winter. Is watched eager­ly by many large eastern railroads and is said to be the greatest labor saving device conceived since the ad­vent of the electric block signals.

At present great expense is in­curred by the company and a perplex­ing problem presented to officials in the maintenance of the automatic block system.

Storage batteries are now in use by the company and must be re­charged at regular intervals. A chem­ical compound of great value is used and large quantities bring the cost of maintenance to a very high figure.

It was with this in mind that C. A. Dunham, superintendent of sig­nals on the Great Northern railway sought for cheaper means of carry­ing on.

Movie actors are a queer lot. Some of them are quite up-stage. This tale is about a star who goes around with his head so high up in the air that

’be never gets a chance to look at

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was a fierce battle.“Mad Wolf, as chief of the party,

was entitled to the first shot. He singled out the leader, but the Koote­nai chief was very brave. Although badly wounded, he ran into the thick woods, where Mad Wolf killed him.While taking his scalp. Mad Wolf re­cognized on his belt the scalps of his two brothers who had started with him, but who had turned back.He hurried back to his people, who by this time were hard pressed and were retreating. Mad Woif now, aroused to great courage and daring, rallied the Blackfeet to another at- dian. tack and soon turned the rout into a victory. They killed all of the Koot­enai, except one old squaw. After scalping the dead, they clothed her in a soft, tanned buckskin dress or­namented with elks’ teeth, and with leggings and moccasins decorated with porcupine quills. They painted her face black, and giving her a warm blanket and a sack of dried meat, set her free with the prayer that the Sun would take pity on them just as they had pitied this helpless enemy.”

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“When Big Lake was our head chief, an expedition made up from the clan of Small Robes (a Blackfeet secret society) crossed the Rocky mountains to visit the Flathead In­dians. They met there a Black Robe (Father De Smet). He was a good man, so they pursuaded him to re­turn with them. We named him Long Teeth because of the appear­ance of his teeth. He lived with us for a long time, occupying a large tepee near the center of the camp, in which he kept his religious out­fit and held his ceremonials. He had a large bell which he always rang be- Tore beginning.

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cigarettes,” replied the screen man. Which is not a gentlemanly way of talking, at all.

‘“Aw-right,” said the Indian.The movie upstart took out a sil­

ver cigarette case and pulled from it a highly perfumed Toreador.

Say,” said the movie actor, stand­ing still, “I want some respect from you. Do you know who I am?

Mov-um actor.Right. I’m a pretty popular fel­

low. Everyone goes wild over me. V7ho are you?”

Chief Two Guns White Calf.”“Ha ha. That’s a funny name. I’m

Mr. Riddle.“Zat so?” from the Indian. “Who

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* •“Whenever our hunters or war­riors returned to camp he visited their lodges, and taking them, with their wives and children, to his big tent, bade them all kneel down and give thanks to the great spirit for their safe return. He taught the people to rest every seventh day, and on that day to remain in camp and not to go off on war and hunting ex­peditions. On the seventh day ho al­ways held an important ceremonial, which began in the morning and last­ed until midday.

One spring, just after the big rains, when we were camped close to the Rocky mountains hunting grizzly bears, Long Teeth rang his bell and rode through the camp announcing that it was the seventh day and that he would hold a ceremonial. It hap­pened that a man named Motokis, when he heard the bell, began pre­paring for a hunt. His wife made objections and said they should go together to the ceremonial. But Mo­tokis derided her and scoffed at the ceremonial, saying defiantly that he intended to go on a hunt and kill a bear. He ordered his son to bring in the horses and go with him on the hunt.

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■Mad Wolfs Last Talk.

Mad Wolf was a great orator and wise in council, and advice to his tribesmen was always good and al­ways conservative. On more than one occasion he kept them from tak­ing the warpath against the whites, telling them that it meant death and sorrow to the tribe in the end. He faced the end stoically. He knew the Red Men’s race was run and that nothing of their old glory remained, or could ever come again to exist as it had in the past. He advised the Blackfeet to follow the ways of the white men. In his last speech, he said in part:

“You have all heard of our K-ach- sino (Great Grandfather, President), who calls us his red children. He is the only one upon whom we can de­pend, and we must now look to him, as in the past we have prayed to the Sun God. He lives far away toward the rising sun, but I shake hands with him now, for our hearts feel good toward him. Let everyone keep away from firewater and send your children to school. If they can learn the talk of the white man. they will be a great help to us, for the ways of the white man are on top now. I shake hands with all of you, my chil­dren. I wish that you may feel the sunshine of joy in your hearts and that you may have no trouble. What I speak with my mouth, I feel In my heart. Farewell.”

Death of Mad Wolf.It is now 23 years since Mad Wolf

died, but his memory is green in the hearts of those still alive who knew him best. Just before his death four large crosses of light appeared about the moon, a sign which the Black­feet believe portends that a great chief is going to die. He was ill but three days. Ear Rings and White

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MAD WOLF, the famous Blackfoot Indian Chieftain, whose story of the experiences of his people with the Jesuit missionaries, of whom Father De Smet was the first to visit them, is an interesting object lesson of the simple faith of the Red Man in the teachings of these “Black Robes.

“I’ll disregard your insults. Let’s have our pictures taken together. It’ll mean a lot to you to be photo­graphed with such a celebrity as me.”

Naw.“I’ll give you an autographed pho­

tograph. Here it is.He gave the chief a picture.“Here,” said Two Guns, “my pic­

ture.”He gave the movie star a nickle.“What’s this?”

Me pose with buffalo for heap pile nickles. Have peace smoke?” asked the Chief, preferring one of his cigarettes.

The screen star gladly accepted and became very solicitous to get the Chief to pose with him in order to tie his publicity craving to a real veh­icle.

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the poles of the sun lodge. Among those selected for this honor were Seven Head, Lazy Boy and Prairie Chicken. They killed a buffalo bull

and will take your women and child­ren prisoners.’

■Got Idea from the Farmers. » >Through Minnesota and North Da­

kota a large number of farmers have constructed windmills for the pur­pose of generating electricity for the farm use. Many of the mills furnish power for milking cows by machinery and washing clothes, lighting houses and many of the various farm and household labor saving devices.

Visits to these farms proved the, efficiency of the generator. It was not long after Mr. Dunham’s sug­gestion that arrangements were made to erect the windmill and with the in­stallation of the automatic blocks from Wolf Point to Williston It was decided to experiment with this ad­aptation. It was then necessary to ar­range for changes from direct to al­ternating and back to direct current.

The somewhat windy atmosphere of Montana was selected for the ex­periment and George Manihowske, inventor of the Aerolite, was called to Montana to install the mill and

“The following day, when the sun , was high, we saw objects moving on

and were taking off the hide when | a distant ridge. At first we thought they were surprised by a war party it was a herd of buffalo, but when of the Gros Ventres and were killed. | they came nearer we saw that a large

“When it was known that three of j party of Gros Ventres was approach- our leading young men were killed ing. They flashed mirrors into our there was mourning throughout the camp and made signs, daring us to entire camp. Our warriors held a come out and fight. Our people council and decided they would fol- hurriedly prepared for battle. The low and punish the Gros Ventres, warriors marched out fully armed, Scar Cheek, the Black Robe, walked while our women followed carrying through the camp admonishing the additional powder and bullets. Scar people; Cheek, the Black Robe, also came up­

on the battlefield to encourage the warriors and to help our wounded,

j It was midday when we started to i fight, but the sun was setting before i the Gros Ventres were in flight. We I followed them till dark, shooting them down like buffalo and taking their saclps. Sitting Woman, who was their war chief, saved himself by hiding in the underbmsh. We have always taunted him with this fight; even his own people ridiculed him. After this battle, 8kar Cheek had great influence over noth the Black- feet and the Gros Ventres.

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“This guy’s none of them cigar store Indians,” the vanquished movie hero soliloquised, as he democrati­cally took a light from the Indian’s smoking cigarette.

ir.iBlack Robe’s Warning.My children, my heart is heavy!

because these men were killed, and it makes me sad to hear the women mourning and to see them cutting themselves. But I warn you not to go to war against the wicked Gros Ventres. The Great Spirit is watch­ing. He will punish them and help you if you remain here and pray.’

“The Blackfeet were afraid to dis­regard the warning of the Black Robe and they dW not go to war, but continued their mourning for the dead warriors six days and six nights.

Soon after this a heavy fog set­tled down on the plains. The war party of the Gros Ventres, surprised that we did not pursue them, re­turned. Four of their warriors, hid­den in the thick fog, stole unobserved

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“Long Teeth and others warned Motokis not to go. But it was in vain. Motokis laughed at all of them and started with >.is son toward the mountains. Soon after the ceremon­ial, when the sun was high, the boy rode into camp at a gallop, shouting that a grizzly bear was killing his father. He said that soon after he and his father had entered the moun­tains they discovered a grizzly bear turning over stones and bunting for grubs. The bear did not see them,

Motokis directed his son to hold the horses while he crawled up to kill him. Motokis circled around for

approach through the trees, but the bear turned and made a sudden charge. The boy saw the grizzly rise

its hind legs and sieze his father, who fell with the bear standing over

He did not wait longer but

£Grass, skilled doctors of the Black- feet were called without avail. Mad Wolf grew steadily worse. It was the second night of his illness that Ear Rings said: “Mad Wolf, you should make your farewell talk, for your sickness is hard to cure and it 1» doubtful if you recover.” But the chief would not think of death. At early dawn of the fourth day he sud­denly raised himself. He said: “I want to go alone into the open, that I may see the blue sky and breathe again the fresh air.

He walked slowly to the door, and when outside the watchers heard him speaking. Gives-to-the-sun, his wife, hastening to him, found him kneel­ing, his face toward the rising sun, with his arms outstrtched and pray- - ing to the morning star, which had already risen and was shining on the face of the dying chief. She heard him exclaim, “Wait!” and when she hurried to his side, he said: “Do you not see standing there the ghost of my old friend. Double Runner? He says he is waiting fo^me, and it now is time for me to go with

Morning Plume, one of the watch­ers, ran out and caught the dying chief in his arms. Mad Wolf sank back, as if tired. Reaching out he took the hands of his wife in his own, and looking up, tried to speak. She heard him say, “I love you and I love Morning Plume, also, these last words. Mad Wolf passed to the Spirit World over the “Wolf Trail” (Milky Way), the path worn across the heavens by the traveling spirits of many generations of the Blackfeet.

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generator.The entire wheel of the mill and all

parts attached turn with the chang­ing of the wind. A specially prepared belt, weatherproofed under patent, runs about the exterior of the wheel, furnishing means of turning the motor.

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Fight With Kootenais.The old men of the Blackfeet tribe

used to tell many stories of Mad Wolf’s prowess as a warrior in the old days. One stofy they related was of a party he led against the Flathead

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Harris Directs Experiment.The entire process is simple and

depends entirely upon the winds. The maximum number of revolutions per minute of the wheel is 27, at which speed the force and velocity of the winds opens the blades and allows the excess pressure* to slip through. The principle of airplane construc­tion is involved in the placing of the blades not on mechanical center but upon the actual center of centrifugal force.

As the experiment will be made solely at Culbertson, so that it may be under careful surveillance of L. T. Harris, general foreman of con­struction of signals on the Montana division of the railway, many cur­ious people inquire daily in regard to the large windmill.

Should the mill prove a success for railroading purposes in this section, it is predicted by many in this lo­cality that Montana will have many such mills in rural communities for the purpose of furnishing light, heat and power.

Many farmers in Northern Mon­tana have announced the intention of purchasing a windmill for conven­ience. • -

The initial cost is small compared to many electric systems now in use and the strong winds that ride ram­pant over the north state plains may eventually be brought to practical use.

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onA BLACKFOOT INDIAN WAR PARTY

of the early days. These intrepid abori- ines were familiar with every mountain and pass of what is now Glacier park, and many of their war and hunting trails led through valleys and . beside lakes streams that now attract tourists from ery part of the world.

rode as fast as he could to camp. The caught their horses and followed

where they The bear had

menthe boy to the place, found Motokis dead, killed him. and then covering the body with dirt, had gone away. They followed the bear to the edge of the timber but did not dare to go fur­ther, fearing that the grizzly might have supernatural power.

“The Blackfeet firmly believed that death came upon Motokis be­cause he had not obeyed the Black Robe. From that time the Blackfeet believed that Long Teeth was en­dowed with supernatural power. When some of the women saw that their lives were made easier by his good influence over their men, they said that the Black Robe’s power was very great and advised everyone to obey him. The three clans, Worm People, Buffalo People and Small Robes became his followers and were

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Iobedient to his teachings.Plume, the great war chief and lead-

of the Worm People, was the first man to be baptized by him and many people then followed his example.

Battle With Gros Ventres.“When Long Teeth left us and re­

turned to the Flatheads, he sent two Black Robes (Priests) to take hto place.Cheek, because of a mark on his face, and the other Short Man. Short Man remained with the Blackfeet, but Scar Cheek went eastward to visit the Gros Ventres.

When Scar Cheek appeared in the Gros Ventres camp he was roughly treated.robes making him wear a buffalo skin coat and leggings, like them­selves. Scar Face remonstrated, say­ing he would rather be killed than stripped of his robe and have his ceremony ridiculed. The young men scoffed at him and treated him with so much indignity that Soar Cheek

■o—Havre Attorney Exonerated.

Recommendation that the disbar­ment proceedings against Victor R. Griggs, attorney of Havre, be dis­missed, were made to the Montana supreme court by W. T. Pigott, Hel­ena attorney named by the court to hear testimony as referee. “The re- fere finds that the accused did not commit any of the subornations of perjury specified in the accusation, and that he is not guilty,” says the opinion. Griggs was charged with having induced one witness in each of four cases to give false testimony.

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