The 4 ways to count coup

By stealing a horse, touching and enemy, leading a war party, and knocking enemies down are all ways to count coup in the native american culture.

The first way to count coup is by stealing a horse. the chief after plenty coup earned his coups in World War ll. One way he counted coup was by stealing one of the german’s horse. In the middle of the night he went to steal a horse. this only took a matter of minutes by using his knife to cut the rope and calming the horse with his smooth words. “Whoa, whoa now, whoa now,” said Joseph Medicine Crow. He would sneak by unharmed, but to find out he stole a mule not a horse, although this was counted as a coup.

Another way to count coup was by touching the enemy. After knocking the enemy down with his gun, Joseph grabbed the enemies neck. the enemy begged for mercy, and Joseph spared his life by letting go of his neck. This  was another way to count coup because of him touching or grabbing the enemy.# One of the battles between the Crow and the Sioux showed much of counting coup. For example when he-is-brave-without-being-married struck one of the enemy Sioux with his arm showed a way of counting coup.#

Next leading  a war party was a great way to count coup. For example when Joseph lead his party in World War ll to complete the mission and all come back fine. To Joseph this was a hard part of the counting coup process, but when Joseph was in the war he didn’t realize he was counting coup . Plenty Coup had lead many war parties into battle, yet not all came back alive, although many battles where a victory.

The last way to count coup was by Knocking your enemy to the ground with a weapon. Such as when Joseph Knock the enemy down with his weapon and started to grab his neck. This actually showed counting coup two times because of the knocking down enemy with his enemy, and grabbing his neck considered touching the enemy. Also Plenty Coup knocked down two enemies with his gun one time in battle showing a way to count coup. He also hit a man with there coup stick knocking them down and running away.

The few ways of counting coup showed honor and bravery to the Native American tribes.

by jaden