260 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



Catlin's portraits of the Crow Indians as they used to 

 be in former days, I could not find these tamed and 

 cooped-up Lords of the Prairie very interesting. 

 They were all dressed more or less in European 

 costume, and we passed two couples man and 

 woman driving in buggies ! 



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THE HOME OF THE PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE, SAGE-BUSH PLAIN, 

 BIGHORN BASIN 



The costume affected by the male Indians I saw 

 in the Crow Reservation consisted usually of a Euro- 

 pean coat, waistcoat, and trousers, plus a blanket worn 

 like a kilt, fastened round the waist and hanging to 

 the knees. They nearly all wore moccasins of 

 untanned hide of their own make, but no socks. A 



