Thursday, October 14, 2004


This is Crowheart Butte in central WY. Centuries ago, the Crow Indians led by Chief Big Robber clashed with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians under Chief Washashakie over the surrounding hunting grounds. Chief Washashakie challenged Chief Big Robber to a man-to-man fight atop the butte to settle the issue (maybe he was outnumbered). Chief Washashakie proclaimed that the winner of the fight would eat the loser's heart. Washashakie won. Asked years later if he actually ate the other man's heart, he replied, "A man does foolish things when he is young."
Jeb Butler

1 Comments:

Blogger leil said...

Hi--great pictures, but please spell Washakie's name correctly in your descriptions.

November 30, 2005 at 11:38 PM  

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