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CHAPTER XIV. | ||
Great Loss of Horses in the Mountains—Destructive Battle with the Black Feet—Storming of their Natural Fort—Trouble with the Cheyennes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XV. | ||
Short Account of Pine Leaf, the Crow Heroine—Twenty Days' Battle with the Cheyennes—Return of the Village to the west side of the Mountains—Letter from M'Kenzie—Visit to his Trading-post at the Mouth of the Yellow Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XVI. | ||
Departure from Fort Cass—Capture of Squaws—Battle with the Black Feet; with the Cheyennes—Great Success of the Crows in stealing Horses—A successful Fall for Beaver—Return to the Fort with Peltry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XVII. | ||
Victory over the Cheyennes—Treachery of the Snake Indians—Loss of six Crow Warriors—Victory over the Snakes and Utahs—A Mountaineer killed—Trouble in the Wigwam—I am disgraced—Great Sacrifice of my Father's Property—Three Whippings for violating Crow Morals—Great Battle with the Re-ka-ras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XVIII. | ||
Departure from the Fort with the Crows—I am elected First Counsellor of the Nation—Death of the head Chief—I am appointed Successor—Last Moments of the Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XIX. | ||
Departure from the Fort—Arrival of Fitzpatrick and Party at the Crow Village—Hairbreadth Escape from a Massacre—Rescue and Restoration of Property to the Owners—Departure of the Party—My Return to the Fort—Escape from Black Feet—Defeat of the Crows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XX. | ||
Excursion to the Fort—Arrival of Long Hair's Village—Building of a new Medicine Lodge—Triumphant Entrance of my little Wife into the Lodge—Attack on the Crow Village by the Siouxs—Meeting of the two Crow Villages—Visit of the Grovans—Visit to the Grovans and Fort Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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