G. . SNELL • LAWYER • BILLINGS, MONTANA

March 21 , 1940.,

Hon. :r~ ert llowtail Crow Agency, Montana

Dear Robert:

We s aw in public press that you were g oing to b e in Billi ng s last Thursd ay, and planned to drop you line before c~ to Billing s to ask you to call at our office and see us . Ne neg lected to do that .

We are chairman of a committee in the Kiwanis Cl ub wh ich now has the resp onsibility of p utting in p lace t h e g ranite marker with the bronze tablet embedded at Plenty Joups' g rave . We would like to h a this done sometime · in late May or early June . No detai ls h ave been worked out to date . Roy Greene , an artist in our Kiwanis Club , has prepared a model . The Ana­ cond a Copper Mining Company has prepared t he bronze p laque and it is now in our possession. It is a beautiful thing .

1Ve have a c omm ittee in our Ki wenis Cl ub who will locate the big granite b o ulder w_ich will b e p laced near t he g rave . Ne under­ stand there · are t iV O oth g raves located near the grave of Plenty Coups . 'Je woul d like to kno ~ t h e nantes of the persons in t h ese graves and t heir relationship to Plenty Coups .

We p lan to clean off a small area around t hese graves and put in p l a ce a good iron fence . ~ ~ wo ul d like to get your dea of the size of t he p lot which should f enced. '.Ve have had suggestions from t wenty feet to t h irty feet s quare . Me have a nursery company located in Portland, Oregon, which is willing to g ive us some hearty everg reen Ju nipers to p lant insid e the i r on fence . ,'_ e have also been thinki ng about putting in p l ace a flag pole so that a United States flag could be kept floating in the day time from this pole . The flag pole wou l d be metallic .

We would to maRe the d edication of t his marker a big event . We t h ink that t here are a number of national characters who wo u ld be interested in taking part in the ceremonies o f dedication. We are at a lo s s to know to whom to tV rite in order to start the whe e l s in motion in reg ard to this matter . We also think that some of t he news week movie people would be _:_ nterested in taking p ictures of the dedication. ife wo u l d want a ll o f the Indians to be present dressed in their colorfu l costu.mes. \Ve k no you have g ood ideas along these lines and we wis h you 0 11 write us fully • • - 2 -

Robert Ye l lowt ail, Crow Agency, Montana - March 21 , 1940. or b etter yet , call at our office and see 1 1_S in the course of the next few days •

. e \Jill appr ec ~_ ate your continued cooperation in this matter .

Very truly yours ,