Notes on Memories of a Bear Hunter 



Bowles under the style Reed & Bowles a trading 

 post on Big Spring Fork of the Judith River. This 

 trading store was in operation in 1875, an d at the 

 same time there was a small branch store at the 

 mouth of the Judith River, known as Ft. Claggett. 

 About 1909 Reed was in a soldiers* home near Los 

 Angeles, California. He died in Seattle, Washington, 

 in the summer of 1912. 



38. Lovell H. Jerome graduated from West Point 

 in the class of 1870, and for some years saw service 

 on the plains. At the battle of the Bear Paws, at 

 the close of the Nez Perce War, he was captured by 

 the Nez Perces, and held in their camp until ex- 

 changed for Chief Joseph, who was in General Miles' 

 camp. Mr. Jerome is a resident of New York City. 



39. Many Indian tribes are forbidden by their 

 traditions or beliefs to handle the skins of certain 

 animals. The Blackfeet and perhaps the Crows may 

 not except in the case of certain persons possessing 

 peculiar powers use or handle the skin of a bear. 

 In the same way the Cheyennes may not dress the 

 hide of a wolf or a beaver unless certain ceremonies 

 have previously been performed. 



40. The custom of the blood feud no doubt was 

 universal among all Indians, but usually the killing 

 of a relative might be compounded for by the giving 

 of presents. On the other hand, in the heat of a 

 quarrel, two or three persons might be killed before 



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