The Crow Tribe's Lost Dog's

Helena Independent. A few weeks ago, while X. Beidier was at Junction, whieh is on the Northern Pacific Road, about a mile and :v aalf west of the Big Hom Tunnel, a lot of X.'s people, the Crow Indians, took it into their heads that they would likt' to have a railroad excursión to visit some of their relativos down near Mandan. So X. and two or thne other near "rienda of the Crows went to work, and, by a liberal use of the telegraph, soon effected arrangements for railroad transportaron of the Indians, and two box ears were put at their disposal. Into these cars abont thirty families were erowded, and the excursión moved off. Each family had an average of ten dojjs. and as no menua were provided for the transporta tion of tbc etnfínoo these faithful servanls of the Crowtribe (about 300 of them) were compelled to walk. ïhey nianaged to ke"ep up with the procession until the Big Horn Tunnel was reached, and when the "Fire Wagon" darted into the tunnel the 3anmes struck over the bil], with the purpose of heading tlie train off on the Dther side. When they reached the ipposite end of the tunnel, however, :he Indian excursión liad already pass;d and gone out of sight like an odorferous dream. But the dors, supposng their masters were still "ín the big ïole, remained there for several davs, latiently peering into the tunnel openng. A week or so af ter the Crows :ame back, but found that their dogs ïad disappeared. Some had died from oo much lead in tho blood, some had )assed. broken-hearted, down the ringng groovfs of change, and others had cerflummexed on general principies. The Indians had stayed awav until the