Plenty Coups
The boy was Plenty Coups, who would later become known as one of the Crow people’s most celebrated leaders. In his visions, he saw the buffalo slowly being replaced by cattle and all the trees slowly being uprooted, except one. The tribe leaders back then interpreted this as a sign that the “white men” would soon gain control over the lands. The tribe leaders also believed that the vision stated that the Crows needed to form an alliance with the settlers to survive.
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