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 52-t CROW WING CROYLAND 1825, by which they agreed to give passage to traders to New Mexico, and to remain at peace. They joined in 1851 with other Indians in a treaty giving the United States the right to run roads Crow Indians Chief in Full Dress. through their territory, and in return were to receive an annuity of $50,000 for 50 years; but the Sioux and Blackfeet often prevented agents from reaching the Crows to pay them. By the treaty of Fort Union in 1866 they gave lands for stations; and by a treaty in 1868 it was attempted to place both the Mountain and River Crows (in all about 3,600) on reser- vations in Montana. Under these treaties the annual payments in 1872 were about $64,000. They obtained horses at an early day, and be- came expert hunters and warriors of the plains. They are tall-, well made, and remark- able for the extraordina- ry length of their hair. Catlin painted a chief whose hair swept the ground as he walked. They dress buffalo skins for lodges and attire till it is perfectly white, and the Crows and their lodges are easily recog- nized by this clean appearance. CROW WING, a central county of Minnesota, bounded N. W. by the Mississippi river ; area, about 590 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 200. The Northern Pacific railroad crosses it, and the St. Paul and Pacific railroad is to be extended through the S. W. part. The estimated value of farm productions in 1870 was $6,362 ; of live stock, $9,075. Capital, Crow Wing. CROYDON, a market town and parish of Sur- rey, England, on the London and Brighton rail- way, 10 m. S. of London ; pop. in 1871, 20,325. The houses are mostly well built, and the streets, the main one a mile long, are paved and lighted with gas. It has an elegant and capacious church of freestone, built in the 15th century, two modern churches, several chapels and schools, a hospital, an almshouse richly endowed for the maintenance of 34 decayed housekeepers, a literary and scientific institu- tion, a handsome town hall, a barrack, a jail, breweries, bleacheries, and calico print works. The manor of Croydon (called in the Domes- day Book Cruie-dune, chalk hill), together with a royal palace, was given at the Norman conquest to Lanfranc, archbishop of Canter- bury, whose successors resided here for a long time. The palace has been gradually rebuilt since 1278, and the oldest portion now left is of the 14th century. In 1780 it was converted into a calico factory, which has since been abandoned. A girls' industrial school is taught in the old chapel. In consequence of the fa- cility of communication between Croydon and the metropolis, it has of late years become the residence of large numbers of persons doing business in London. Many fine dwellings have been added to it, and its population has rapidly increased. CROYLAND, or Cropland, a town of. Lincoln- shire, England, at the confluence of the Welland Croyland Abbey. with two smaller streams, 8 m. N. of Peter- borough ; pop. in 1871, 2,413. It is a place of much interest to antiquaries, partly for its curious triangular foot bridge, dating from the reign of Edward II., but chiefly on account of the ruins of a famous and magnificent abbey, a portion of which is still used as a church.