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The Mysterious Crow History and Wars on the Plains
The article traces Crow origins from southeast beginnings through legends of white ancestors and possible Welsh links. It recounts early white contact by John Colter and Lewis and Clark, migrations from the Flint river area, and tales of Paducas roots. It covers 18th–19th century wars with Sioux Cheyennes and Blackfeet, including the 1822 smallpox epidemic and a massive 1822-23 campaign that devastated Crow populations and altered their bloodlines through captive wives and shifted traits. It ends with a Blackfeet/Little Plume account of Crow seeking peace with the Blackfeet after years of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone River
Montana
North Platte River
Madoc
Prince of Wales
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Missouri
Plains
Upper
John Colter
Lewis and Clark
West
Pacific Coast
Clark
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Flint
Kansas
Kansas River
Lewis
Upper Platte
North Fork
Platte
Paducas Fork