Research Paper

Plenty Coup’s future: Shaped by vision

Jaylyn Massie

Plenty Coup’s Vision shaped his future, and his tribe’s also. because of his vision, Plenty-Coup’s future was predicted, and his life story came to no surprise. As told in his vision, Plenty Coup would have no children. Although Plenty Coup tried, the two children he had died at birth. When Plenty Coup was having his vision, the spirit-man showed him who he was going to be when he was older. he brought Plenty Coup to an old tree and pointed for Plenty Coup to look. there, underneath the tree, with a head dress sitting on his head, sat Plenty Coup. in this hallucination, Plenty Coup was very old and it was obvious that the old man was a chief. Sure enough, Plenty Coup grew up to be a chief, and lived to an old age. having that vision meant gaining spirit power.#In addition, Plenty Coup’s vision helped his tribe a ton and maybe even saved their lives. His vision taught them not to fight the white men, but to be friends with them. When Plenty Coup was telling his vision to the elders, one of the old men said, “the tribes who have fought the white man have all been beaten, wiped out. by listening as the chickadee listens, we may escape this and keep our lands.”# he was able to tell this by Plenty Coup’s dream. As was guessed, the Crow tribe did get to keep their lands when the whites came and formed a friendship with the whites, agreeing to be their allies. not only did Plenty Coup’s vision shape his future, but his tribe’s as well.