Name: Plenty Coups Peak

 

County: Park

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1100412W

Latitude: 442325N

 

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Elevation: 10925/3330

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Peak, altitude 10,925 feet, on eastern border of Yellowstone National Park, ... . Named for a chief of the Crow Tribe, Plentycoos (a corruption of Plenty Coups), who was a just and wise leader of his tribe. The Crows hunted over this section long before the white man appeared.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named in honor of Chief Plenty Coos of the Crow Indians. Plenty Coos is the Anglicized version of the Crow Indian name Aleek-ches-ahoosh, meaning "many achievements" or "plenty coups" (coup being the French word for "stroke" or "blow"). Though he was the son of a chief, Plenty Coos did not inherit his title but won it on the field of battle, for during his career as a warrior against the tribal enemies of the Crows he "counted coup" no less than 80 times. During the Sioux war of 1876-77, he led the Crow allies of General George Crook and performed valorous service at the Battle of the Rosebud on June 17, 1876, when Chief Crazy Horse of the Sioux fought Crook to a standstill and then retreated to the big Indian camp on the Little Big Horn River where the Sioux Chief was the leading figure in overwhelming Custer's Seventh Cavalry. 

Source: WPA

 

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Alternative Spellings: Plentycoos Peak, Plenty Coos Peak

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Plenty Coups Peak

 

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