OK Solborg: 00:00

I wanna again welcome you to the 4:05 Coffee Break. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water, blah blah blah blah blah. He says that every day. Let's see what's happening. Spring wheat, $5.09 a bushel.

OK Solborg: 00:12

550 pound steer calf, not moving at this point in time. Give it about six weeks. So I'll share with you what a 946 pound steer calf will bring you. $3.32 a pound. Multiply that out and you get $3,140 for a 946 pound steer calf that's not yet ready to slaughter.

OK Solborg: 00:41

That's a lot of money. A butcher hog in Iowa, 62¢ a pound, and a 100 pound fat lamb in Billings, a $1.98 But guys, there's more, much more. Okay. Okay.

OK Solborg: 00:54

Now listen. History lesson. History question. Listen carefully, class. Was it chief Sitting Bull that was active in the Bear Paw Battlefield?

OK Solborg: 01:08

Yes or no? Second history question. Was it chief Joseph in the battle of the little bighorn? Yes or no? How'd you do?

OK Solborg: 01:22

The answer to both of those questions is no. False. I mixed up the names to test your knowledge. It was chief Sitting Bull in the battle of the Little Bighorn, and it was chief Joseph in the Bear Paw Battlefield. Listen.

OK Solborg: 01:39

On June 25, while camped along the Little Bighorn River, Sitting Bulls Village with approximately 7,000 Lakotas and Cheyennes were attacked by lieutenant colonel George Armstrong Custer's seventh cavalry. Sitting Bull, beyond fighting age, did not participate in the combat, though he did send his nephews White Bull and One Bull into battle with his own personal medicine to protect them. The battle resulted in the death of approximately 80 Lakotas and Cheyennes and the complete annihilation of five companies of soldiers under Custer's immediate command, end of quote. So I have a chief Sitting Bull story for you from local history. A friend of mine loaned me a book, and it's a big book, about the people that grew up in and around Glasgow and Opheim.

OK Solborg: 02:40

It's titled Homesteading, Our Heritage, North Valley County. On page 77, we have a story and history of Napoleon Joseph LaFornay. At the end of the count, it states that missus LaFornay died in 1934, and Napoleon went to live with daughter Eliza and son-in-law Frank Thompson in Havre. Napoleon died in 1943 and was buried in the Glasgow Cemetery. His daughter, Louise DeBray of Malta, followed in death by one day.

OK Solborg: 03:21

End of quote. Anyway, don't forget chief Sitting Bull from the battle of the little bighorn. Listen as I read, when Napoleon was 15 in the year of 1876, he was on a hunting foray, He and his horse were gorged by a wounded buffalo. Among other injuries, he suffered a severe skull fracture, which caused him trouble periodically all the rest of his life.

OK Solborg: 03:52

That same year, 1876, he was at Fort Woody Mountain, Saskatchewan, north of Glasgow when chief Sitting Bull and his followers entered Canada after annihilating general Custer and his entire force on the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Southern Montana. Sitting Bull's thousand teepee camp was set up on the flat east of the old fort With other young French Canadians, Napoleon several times saw the Sioux celebrate their victory at huge dances. Shortly afterwards, Napoleon's horses all disappeared. Knowing who had taken them, he invited one of his companions to go with him. The two rode into the vast camp of Sitting Bull and proceeded to round up the horses.

OK Solborg: 04:56

Promptly, they were surrounded by warriors and taken to the chief. Sitting Bull looked at Napoleon and perhaps noting his youth, turned to his followers and he said, he is a brave boy. Give him back eight of his horses. End of quote, end of story. I like that story so much, I wanted to share it with you.

OK Solborg: 05:26

Bravery was honored and respected. It took a lot of nerve to go into that huge camp and start gathering up your stolen horses. Chief Sitting Bull was pleased with bravery. I'll close with a bible verse, and it seems likely that young 15 year old Napoleon knew this verse from his youth. Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you.

OK Solborg: 06:00

He will never leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy thirty one six. Great verse, great story, great story of bravery and courage. Thanks my friend. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.