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CHAPTER VIII. 



ABOUT THE CROWS AND Sioux Roek pictures Rotten Belly and his Crow 

 warriors Sioux in pursuit sagacity of the Sioux preparation for a 

 battle royal Crows file out for battle the Sioux attack the Crows 

 overpowered a phantom white horse joins the Crows the Sioux are 

 panic-stricken Crows victorious Long Hair small pox two braves 

 sacrifice themselves more rock pictures. 



The country around Pryor Creek was, in early days, a 

 favorite resort of the Indian tribes of that region. There 

 was an abundance of game, consequently many skins were 

 to be had. Here many victories were celebrated by the joy- 

 ful wardance, which was the outcome of many fierce, des- 

 perate battles. All the way from the mouth of the canyon 

 to the mountains, the scenes of past conflicts are pictured 

 upon the stone walls and upon every available rock, in true 

 Indian style. Warriors of the Crow tribe who still linger 

 around the spot, fraught with so many pleasing recollec- 

 tions, love to interpret the pictures and figures cut in the 

 rocks and wax eloquent over the recital of the events they 

 represent. Often in their excitement, in order to express 

 the intense hatred which they retain for enemies long since 

 passed away, they fire volleys against the rocks, where their 

 adversaries were wont to ride to and fro in battle array. 



These pictures upon the rocks are to them what the 

 written history of our country is to us. And even a small 

 pile of stones may be the symbol of a great epoch in the 

 history of their nation. Rocks and stones are sometimes 

 placed in such a manner as to describe the position of the 



