APPENDIX B 
SPECIMENS FROM CROW-FLIES-HIGH VILLAGE 
The specimens listed here are mostly from cabin 1 at Crow-Flies- 
High Village. Generally they appear to date between 1880 and 1900, 
but a few are even more recent. Wire nails, in particular, may be 
regarded as early 20th century. It is not at all unlikely that a few 
members of Crow-Flies-High’s band occasionally utilized the cabins 
at the village near Sanish, even after they had returned officially to 
the reservation. The village itself is only 1 mile from the northern- 
most boundary of the reservation. John Goodall, the homesteader 
here, may also have used these structures. 
Pieces of wagons, leather straps, and numerous buckles show the 
importance of horses and horse-drawn vehicles to these people. Toys, 
such as cap pistols, harmonicas, wheeled vehicles, and dolls, attest to 
the interest of parents in supplying the children with such items 
from the white man’s world. While informants denied the use of 
stoves, pieces of them found in cabin 1 indicate otherwise. At least 
some of the people had used stoves in this village. Tin cans were 
numerous, but in most cases brand names, being lithographed or 
glued on, were absent. 
“Lewis’ Beauty Tobacco,” together with the figure of a woman, 
and “Mixture Smoking Tobaccom Four Oz.,” were lithographed on 
one can recovered. Other brand names were pressed into the tin can. 
These included the following: 
“Sensation Plug Tobacco” 
Packing and Provision of St. Paul 
Absolutely Pure Lard 
(5 Pound Can) 
Price’s Cream Baking Powder 
The Most Perfect Made 
12 Oz. Size 
One tin lid was sample stamped “American,” evidently a brand name. 
Other items from the site included these: 
Tron garden tool part 
Wheel from a toy vehicle 
Sleigh bell 
Knife handle (2 specimens) 
Table knife (2 specimens) 
Metal button from a pair of pants 
Small doorknob 
Ornamental metal cup 
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