George Reed Davis interview, 1867.

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George Reed Davis interview, 1867.

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In his reminiscence (1896), George Davis discusses the circumstances surrounding the death of John Bozeman in 1867. (SC 608) This collection contains a two-page handwritten reminiscence dictated by George Reed Davis on April 21, 1896, discussing the circumstances surrounding the killing of John Bozeman by Piegan Indians.

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Bozeman, John, 1835-1867

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Davis, George Reed., 1824?-1919.

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Goerge Reed "Crow" Davis was a native of New York, born about 1824. He served in an Iowa regiment during the Civil War. In 1867, he was an employee and interpreter for the U.S. Government during the negotiations of a treaty with the Crow Indians at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. He married into the Crow tribe and was given the name "Yellow Tobacco." He died March 2, 1919, at the home of his daughter Margaret Howe in St. Xavier. He is buried in the Custer National Cemetery at Crow Agency. Fro...