tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14984946.post6384857666031794936..comments2024-01-26T09:49:11.201-07:00Comments on Historical Fort Benton: The Saga of Pitamakan, the Pikuni Blackfeet Joan of ArcFort Benton Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12287219949649537358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14984946.post-73877645452468957432015-02-01T20:39:53.453-07:002015-02-01T20:39:53.453-07:00Three years ago I was having a waffle for breakfas...Three years ago I was having a waffle for breakfast at the Luna Restaurant in East Glacier.<br />I saw an old man eating oatmeal in the booth next to me.<br />I had been wondering how Running Eagle had been killed by the Flathead.<br />I asked the waitress, who asked the cook, who said to ask the old man; I did.<br />Without looking at me he just said, "Many stories, many stories.<br />The waitress said, "Well that's the only thing that is true."<br />When I later returned to Idaho, a lady friend and I discovered that that man, in his nineties, was Earl Old Person, a controversial Blackfoot Chief, who had told her the story of Running Eagle on a flight from Denver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14984946.post-87946359416447253082011-04-25T11:27:08.222-06:002011-04-25T11:27:08.222-06:00So glad you enjoyed the story about Pitamakan--one...So glad you enjoyed the story about Pitamakan--one of the great stories about one of the most beautiful spots in Glacier Park. I love the Two Medicine.Fort Benton Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287219949649537358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14984946.post-69938740875541856572011-04-25T11:13:36.333-06:002011-04-25T11:13:36.333-06:00I have been to the Falls more than half a dozen ti...I have been to the Falls more than half a dozen times during my pre-teen and teenage years(60's), and I'd never heard of this story. A great story about a beautiful spot.MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.com