13 miles
away from Tommy Turtle in the Turtle Mountains Indian Reservation on the
property of St. Ann's Church, overlooking Highway 5 just west of town
in Belcourt, North Dakota, the two RV Gypsies saw the Four Arrows
Monument which was erected in 1985 for the town's centennial.
Four giant arrow shafts rise from 2-D arrowheads lodged tip-first in the
rock cairn that forms its base. The arrows symmetrically surround the
base of a life-size crucifixion cross. For some reason unknown to the
two RV Gypsies, the rock cairn has a blackened cattle skull nailed to
it.
On an adjoining side of the cairn is this inscription: "We wish to honor
our ancestors, who gave witness of 100 years of their Catholic faith and
their Indian traditions. They are the ones who speak today." |