W. A. ALLEN, AUTHORTHE SHEEP EATERS
BY
W. A. ALLEN, D.D.S.
THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS,
114-116 East 28th Street,
New York.
1913.
[Pg 2]Copyright, 1913,
by
W. A. ALLEN
[Pg 3]This Book Is Affectionately
Dedicated To My Friend
Mrs. Clara Dallas.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | AN EXTINCT MOUNTAIN TRIBE | 7 |
| II | THE OLD SQUAW'S TALE | 12 |
| III | THE GOLD SEEKER IN THE MOUNTAINS | 21 |
| IV | STARTING FOR THE PAINT ROCKS | 30 |
| V | A TALK WITH LITTLE BEAR | 35 |
| VI | CURIOSITIES AROUND PAINT ROCK | 45 |
| VII | THE STORY OF AGGRETTA AND THE RED ARROW | 54 |
| VIII | CLOSING WORDS | 72 |
THE SHEEP EATERS
CHAPTER I
AN EXTINCT MOUNTAIN TRIBE
[Pg 7]The Sheep Eaters were a tribe of Indians that became extinct about fiftyyears ago, and what remaining history there is of this tribe isinscribed upon granite walls of rock in Wyoming and Montana, and in afew defiles and canyons, together with a few arrows and tepees remainingnear Black Canyon, whose stream empties into the Big Horn River. BaldMountain still holds the great shrine wheel, where the twenty-eighttribes came semi-annually to worship the sun, and in the mostinaccessible places may still be found the remains of a happy people.Small in stature and living among the clouds, this proud race lived ahappy life far removed from all other Indians.
[Pg 8]The Shoshones seem to be a branch of the Sheep Eat