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His name was Aleekchea�hoosh which means "Many Achievements". In his early youth he was known as Swift Arrow. Plenty Coups gained his name through nearly 80 exploits of bravery. At 25, Plenty Coup became chief of the Mountain Crow.

As a young child, Chief Plenty Coups had an image in which he could see a destruction of the buffalo herds; he also saw the way of the Crow life. This image gave people honest weight to a sensible course that they had been pursuing since the early 1800's.

He was the head of the scouts for George Crook as Crook was making his way to meet Custer. On the Rosebud River in Montana, Plenty Coups and his indian scouts saved George Crook from a Custer fate. The military unit, however, had to turn back.

In the peaceful years, he negotiated for right away of the Northern Pacific Railroad and government land payments for Crow land. In each case, the payments received were better than had been given to other tribes.

Plenty Coups took up and became a successful farmer and rancher, urged his tribal members to join the armed forces during World War I, and because he had no children, deeded his home and 40 acres to the government as a reminder of the friendship between the Crows and the whites.

Today, Plenty Coups' home is a museum for Crow culture and history.

Plenty Coups is buried in Pryor, Montana near his old home, now the museum.

Around 1885, the Crow moved to the reservation beside Yellowstone Valley of Montana. At that time Plenty Coups was having success at being a rancher, farmer, and an owner of a tiny General Store.