Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout (1921) (14778191942)

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Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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rwise pun-ishing them. Mr. Williams, the southern agent ofthe Crows, forbade their leaving the reservation,some of the warriors disobeyed, stole some of thestock and killed two of the squaws of the Pegans.It was the threatened arrest of the warriors by theagent that brought affairs to a climax. Members ofthe tribe began preparations for a battle that wouldwipe out the agent, whites and all other m-truders. Suspicion was aroused because of thesudden demand for cartridges at the post store..•Mbert Stevenson was waiting on the line of bravesin the store, accepting the silver money of the Indiansfor cartridges. His brother was standing behmd thecounter loading his own rifle, and quickly realizingthe meaning of the purchases he swept all the car-tridges on the counter off behind it and ordered theIndians to file outside. When they were out thestore doors were barricaded with barrels of sugar,and all was put in readiness for the siege. TheCrows at once began the attack on the store firing
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^^^^2--^^-^^^ HISTORY OF MONTANA 1025 several shots, though no one was hit. Albert Steven-son suddenly realized that ten thousand cartridgeswere stored in the barn within plain view of thered men. He volunteered to leave the store and goto the barn. The Indians grabbed him as soon ashe dropped from a window to the ground, but heexplained that he was going out to feed the horses.The Indians were distracted by something going onat the agents office and all ran in that direction.Reaching the barn Mr. Stevenson poured severalsacks of oats over the cartridges hiding them com-pletely, and they laid there for several weeks un-molested. Later in the week a party of soldiersarrived, and a brief battle was fought just behindwhere the Indian schools stand. A few were killedby the gatling gun, and the rest gave up the fight.Some of the leaders of the insurrection were roundedup and sent to Leavenwortji as punishment, and afew became so obstreperous that they were sent on.south to Florida where th