Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Thus tve've traced M outaw-za's history to her entrance into staiehood Seen the trials that she has suffered and her roi-nance and her glory, Lived her crises over with her and in summing up our knowledge l7Ve hcwe always found her faithful, this our state, good old Montana ' By VNIABEL J. GATES '27 A Jerk Line Outfit in 1883 B

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In the next year all the Sioux tribe except Sitting Bull was conquered, He and followers were fleeing to take refuge in Canada. Next the Nez: Perce's rewolted and were trying to leave the country But were captured and Chief Joseph was placed on a reservation. Then the S ions' once more rezfolted' when lfVot-'aka brought the ghost dance By which all tlze whites would leave them' and their hunting grounds be -restored. Thus this nation, weakened, broken, failing in- all warpath tactics Came at last to seek religion, as the only resource left them To regain their land and power, to once more have life and freedom. But the governnzcnt sent forces to subdue these cereinonies And through blunders. cared nor heeded, there occurred that. frightful in-urder ' Of tlze cainp at lflfounded Knee where reigned supreme the small pon: scourgings. Thus tlze Indian was conquered, thus enslat-'ea' on '7'0S6t UGli0llS.T Steamboat naffigation is now reinforced by pack trails Through tlze Bosenian pass where Bosenian and .lint Bridger were so well known. ' Thcn there came the pony express and with it Bill Cody figures., In the tense nerve racking risks accompanying those precious packets But the telegraph soon en-ded all the duties of the ridersj Then there was tlze stage coach. with its I-ndian attacks and danger Finally obliterated by the couiing of the railroad. The first line built in M ontana was the Utah Northern railroad? Then the North Pacific line lnen sent the S tewens erpeditioni To survey our plains for their tracksg this was the first expedition Authorised by our goivrnment since the one of Clark and Lewis. Now tlze east and west united as the two N. P. lines were joined By the golden spike soon driven at the junction of the two tracks. Next there followed reclamation so with transportation iuiprozied Manufacturing and farming canie in logical succession. ' Cattle raising entered and with it cauze the open ranges, V Caine the cowboy with his pany, canie the rustler and tlze horse-thief. A nd soon after canie tlze sheep herds with watch dogs to fight the wolf packs. 9 Now the state is well dewelopea' and is promised statehood entrance If she fulfils some conditions listed by tlze federal'con-gress. This she does and then lhfontana reaps tlze spoils of her persistence And is listed with the others as one of the U. S. A. ' '1R90. 'tsandex-s, p. 245. 51873. 11853. UISSH. rSanders, p. 278. 5Sande1's, p. 313. 1Sande1's, bp. 351. '

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