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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
7
Sioux leaders led by Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses traveled to Crow Agency to seek peace. Crow warriors received 70 horses in a ceremonial display, ending hostilities and starting a fragile accord amid long standing rivalries and prior raiding.
An advertisement extols Carnation Milk as economical and versatile for beverages and cooking. It highlights double richness, homogenization, and purity from selected herds, with recipes for cocoa coffee and orange nog using Carnation Milk and diluted forms. It invites readers to request a free Carnation Cook Book.
The article recalls the 1877 founding of Fort Missoula and the Bitter Root campaign led by Chief Joseph. It describes how the last big Indian battle site survives as the lodge of the Officers' Club, preserved after decades of decay and repurposed to honor western Montana's pioneer era.
Libby now offers several up to date touring camps along the Kootenai river and on the Roosevelt highway. Al Hamill has erected small Satngee on the riverbank and Charles Johanson plans a cluster of visitor houses with attached garages and modern electrical facilities. The new sites will enhance Libby as a summer stopping place.
Butte resident Mark Schilling, 75, a longtime businessman and western pioneer, died after a lengthy illness. Immigrating from Germany at 13, he traveled from Nevada mining camps to Butte and operated a cigar room for many years.
A fragment from a 19th century journal describes a trapper party wintering on the Yellowstone in 1835 or 1836. It details their duties, the buffalo scarce grass, fires in buffalo skin lodges, social debates, humor, and encounters with Indians, with Bridger and Meek named as figures of wit.
In the Northwest many tribes used conical pole lodges with robes or mats while on the move, but permanent homes varied. Kootenais wove reed lodges, Nez Perces lived in straw and mat houses, Salish groups covered lodges with earth, and Walla Wallas dug subterranean winter homes with a ladder to a roof hole. Summer shelters were lighter and tepees remained common for travel.
Dr. MaBelle True reports that Crow children educated alongside white peers show strong learning, clean habits, and cooperation. While some adults remain cautious, health authorities note progress in TB and trachoma control, field matrons active, and girls continuing traditional dress.
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