Baptist minister at Pryor (for Crow) and interpreter for Chief Plenty Coups - Died in 1937 - See John Frost, 64, Indian Minister, Billings Gazette, October 27, 1937, p 1. He was the son of Dr. John H. Frost, a Union surgeon during the Civil War, and Strong Face, part-blood Indian woman. Worked for rancher, Tom Kent. Attended Carlisle Indian School. Went to Washington DC with Plenty Coups during the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Wife was Mary Amelia. Their son Harry Frost was killed at Crow Agency in 1949 - See Car Accident Kills Crow, Billings Gazette, June 19, 1949. Learn more about Frost in Red Men of the Big Horn, by Coe Hayne, 1929.
Subject (TGM)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Plenty Coups, Chief of the Crows, 1848-1932. Translators--United States.
Rights Management
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Contributors
Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 47,036,116 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 4398 x 5656 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
Date Digitized
2007-02-26
Relation
Learn more about Frost in Red Men of the Big Horn, by Coe Hayne, 1929. See Car Accident Kills Crow, Billings Gazette, June 19, 1949.
