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3 unusual facts about Thomas Leforge


Thomas Leforge

Thomas H. Leforge (1850–1931) was the author of Memoirs of a White Crow Indian, his highly detailed account of living among the Crow Indian nation during the mid-to-late 19th century, first published in March 1928 by The Century Company at the hand of one Thomas Marquis, and republished by the University of Nebraska Press.

Leforge joined the Montana militia in 1867 in the Bozeman, Montana and Livingston, Montana areas, acquiring both military experience and acquaintance with native Americans tribes and ways (including raiding parties by Piegan Blackfeet, his father working near Fort Ellis, Montana.

His family set out in prairie wagons with experienced guides on the Bridger Trail variant of the Bozeman Trail.



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