lawl India: ii THE if TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S. n ii tn a 1 I Qifts That IDill Please Fadeless Flowers Of Canvas and Ribbon tx n V fled in the night. in his flight, And in air Uplifted high As ghastly trophy bore The brave heart that beat no more Of the White Chief with yellow hair. LONGFELLOW TA,e foemen Rain-in-the-Fa- ce SHERMAN JOHN HE foregoing verse Is actually by Longfellow, though you may doubt It. Incidentally, It la worse history than it Is verse. Also In many books you will find Ing the portrait of a dian In savage finery and under it the 11 this chpuoii, i xr TT" n Ognllala Sioux who killed General ' V Custer" of which more later. I Well, In Colonel Shields' recent Mt book, "Blanket . ndians of the Northwest." (Vechten Waring company. New York) Is a chapter in which snow-shotells how he ran 300 miles on in a blizzard in three days by far the most remarkable run in all history. raised Ugh, what a discussion that chapter has all over the West I For the West will never get of through talking about Custer and the battle Little Big Horn Klver, June 25, 1S76. Now, of course, anyone who has ever traveled on snowshoes and has been In a South Dakota blizzard has a positive opinion as to the truth of the Indian's story. Incidentally the world's record for a hundred mile run Is 13:26:30. However, the: serves a double purpose story of It makes Interesting reading and It has brought out some reliable facts concerning the legend that the Sioux chief boasted that he would kill Custer and eat his heart and actually did carry out his boast. According to the story told to Colonel Shields while by the Sioux In December. 1873 or 1874, Standthe at tribe his of a with portion quartered Bising Itock agency, about 75 miles south of altercation an into got marck, with four white men and killed two of them In as he claimed. He was captured, taken to the agency, and thrown Into Jail, "a temfloor." porary, unfinished log structure without a There were six or eight Inches of snow on the In ground that had blown in through the openings the walls, and the prisoner's "only means of keening from freezing was to keep walking constantly about the room." This cruelty to Indians was practiced on the orders of General Custer then In command at Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck. General Custer ordered that "If alive, Khould be thrown Into Jail and punished as severely as possible, pending the time when the d could be convened and the culprit course, of And this meant, a In of legal way. that he would be hung or Mint." When tills order swore was rend to the prisoner, his of as the author on Custer General vengeance sufferings. He swore that If he ever got out he would kill Custer In a fight. If possible, and If not, then at longer range; that he would cut his heart out and carry It away as a trophy." Some time before the Custer massacre. escaped from his prison with the assistance of two friends, who "handed him a pair and a blanket In which a piece of of snow-sho- e dried buffalo meat was rolled." The buffalo meat fell out as he adjusted the blanket, and so he started out "Into the desert. In the midst of a howling blizzard, at nightfall, with only one blanket, without a mouthful of food, without a weapon of any kind, when the temperature was probably forty degrees below zero and the wind as blowing thirty mil.' an hour." "He told me the story of his great run and I will tell It to you In his own words as nearly as I can recall Ihem," report Colonel Shields: Whcr "I asked Mm, through an Interpreter. flld you go when you es.'ned from the Jnil at Standing Itock r lie Mild: " 'I went to the camp of my friends, at the base tf Woody mountain, tn Canada.' "How fur Is that? I asked. "Three hundred miles as the crow files.' "'How long did It take you to make the runf " Throe days and nights " 'Do you mean to tell me Hint a man can run hundred mlhs in twenty-fou- r hours, on snow-hoand another hundred In Ihe next twenty-four- , and another hundred In the next?" "He said. 'I did It.' " 'How often did you sleep on the wayT " 'I didn't sleep at all. I itnew I dared not Sleep. I dared not even sit down to rest, for If I bud. Under the terrible fatigue and hunger and strain from which I suffered, I would have lost conscious fjess, a stupor would have overtaken tue, and I would havo frozen solid in half an hour. T was fleeing from the persecution, the wrongs, the outrages Inflicted on me ami my people by the white tnea. I was rolnc to hit friends and had defer- - ii vSw flJ' DICKINSON good-lookin- h jlL rl&a& J It "goes without saying that bags of all sorts are among those glfis that are always welcome. There are many new ones this year made of coarse canvas, or unbleached linen and trimmed with narrow satin ribbon and ribbon flowers. Baby ribbon may be drawn through the interstices of the canvas. Drawlhg threads out of either the canvas or linen makes 11 possible to weave wider ribbons over and" under the remaining threads, in borders or ornaments. Flowers cut from cotton or linen, In various colors, are applied to the linen bag and buttonholed along their edges with cotton floss or yarn. A case for holding playing cards and a bag which may be put to various uses are shown above In gifts suited to either men or women. Flowers made oi petals cut from paper tape and coated with colored sealing wax, are among the novelties that add to the cheerfulness of homo and Christmas this year. A cluster of them in several different colors-- , la a vase that Is also coated with the wax, makes a very pleasing bouquet for the living room or dining table. The colored wax is a substitute for paint and a small alcohol flame becomes the brush for making the fadeless blossoms. A Decorative Pen Sweets for Christmas 1 court-marti- dls-lose- "Raln-ln-the-Fac- e hnnd-to-han- d e, 'You cannot think of anyone who will not be delighted to receive a gift n like that Illustrated here. It Is a glasses filled with Jelly, preserves and marmalade, very attractively arranged In a wicker basket. The tin covers of the glasses are lacquered with black lacquer and a white gummed letter Is placed In the center of each one. A spray of fruit or blossoms painted on the lid with sealing wax, together with the letter, tells the kind of Jelly or preserves the glass contains, as apple, with a spray of apple blossoms and the letter "A," or currant with a cluster of currants and foliage and the letter "a" Sealing wax In several colors simulates shirred ribbon on the center glass which contains marmalade. half-doze- mined to reach them. I knew the do that was to keep going. I ran only way I could most of the way. Occasionally I would slow down to a walk to recover my breath and recuperate my strength a little; then I would forge ahead again.' "'What did you eat on the way?' I asked. He said "Raln-ln-the-Fac- e : " 'Browse. When I would cross a dry coulee I would break off a handful of brush, willows or and eat It as I ran across the next plateau, maybe ten miles, or twenty miles, or thirty miles. Then when I crossed another coulee 1 would break tff more and eat that as I ran. " "After running two days and nights and the greater part of the third day, late in the afternoon the wind lulled, the snow cleared from the air for a few minutes, and I saw the dim outline of Woody mountain towering away Into the sky. That gave me new hope, new courage. I knew the camp was not more than twenty miles away, and I knew I should reach It. I put on a new burst of speed, and after running a few miles more the wind lulled uguin, the air cleared, and I snw the outline of the great blue forest that surrounds the base of the mountain; and I saw three little columns of blue smoke curling up among the trees.' " Is, with equally The Indian told Colonel .' substantial detail, how he foi... his friends, how they welcomed him, how he collapsed In their arms, and knew nothing for two days and nights. F. Berry, official photographer and scout with Custer's forces, was at Fort Lincoln during the was In Jnll there. He give. time this "plain, unvarnished account" in the Wisconsin box-elde- r, . I. Times 'In 1874, the Seventh United States cavalry was out scouting along the Yellowstone. Dr. and n trader by the name of Ballran : Hol-zlng- stopped to pick up some miwt agates while the command moved on. A little Inter the horses owniil by the two men came up to the command riderless. The scouting party started back to see what happened to Holzlnger and Ballran and discovered they had been shot. They scouted around to ee who bad killed them but there was no trace of Indian or white man to be 'The next summer the Sioux Indians were hold-Ina big war dance at Standing Itock and between the dunce some of the warriors would get up In the center of the circle and relntc some of the; brave deeds of the band. A handsome young chief stepped Into the circle and told the Indians how he had killed two men on the Yellowstone, shooting both. When he hnd finished he received great applause from the Indians. This Indian was g Chief Itnin Reynolds, General Custer's funioiu scout, was present watching the dancers and heard the chief til how he had killed the two men. The next diiy he returned to Fort Lincoln, the army jwist. located near Bismarck, on the west bank of the Missouri river. Reynolds told General Custer relate how he had heard Chief Id deed. On the next ration day. General Custer sent his brother, Capt. Tom Custer, and 100 soldiers of the Seventh cavalry, together with some officers, to Standing Itock, to arrest Ihe Indian chief for the killing of the two men. "Captain Custer discovered Chief In the traders' store and with some soldiers grubbed the chief, wrested his rifle from him and ordered Mm to mount a horse. The party hemled for Fort Lincoln, and tijm their arrival there was placed In the guardChief house to await trial for murder In the spring terra of the Vnlled States court. Two men who had been cuught stealing oats and other grain from the government at Lincoln were also In the same guard honse awaiting trial at Fargo. Friends of the two grain thieves cut a hole In the guard house to effect their escape and "Charles e c when the second was leaving he motioned to Chief to come. They made theli escape soon after taps had blown and all lights were then out at the post. started towards Standing Rock, keeping away from the trail and traveling by night. When he reached his old camp the In dians started hiui for the hills for fear the soldiers would come and get him. A small party accompanied him and they later beenme known as Renegade Sioux. Their band Incrensed until their number ran up In the thousands. The next time met Captain Custer was June 25, 1876, on the Little Big Horn river. In Custer's fight did not Contrary to reports Chief hate General Custer, but liked him and his wife. They often talked with him while he was in the guard-housHowever, the chief did hate the general's brother and sought vengeance against him. "At one time 1 asked the chief if he had seen Captain Custer and he remarked that he hail looked for and hnd found him. The Indians told me that the chief had mutilated the captain after the big battle. Tom Custer's heart was not cut out as the reports have It. General Benteen stated in a letter to me that he would make an affidavit to that effect. General Benteen and Iocte--r Porter were the two men who Identified him. Captain Custer's body was horribly mutilated." "There was no blizzard the night made his escape," Mr. Barry declares further. "I hesitate to comment, knowing Mr. Shields very well, but lilstorlans will grab such stuff as this and pass It on as authentic. Donne Robinson, secretary and superintendent of the department of history of the State of South Dakota, writes to the Literary Digest: lay dying at his home "When on Grand river. South Dakota, he was constantly attended by Miss Mary C. Collins, the very notable missionary, who was a doctor of medicine as well as of souls. He professed great remorse for the sins of his life, particularly his sins of mendacity, and confessed that It had been a great satisfaction In his sinful career to Invent whopjiers for the edification of the whites. "1. There Is no record that killed two men at Standing Rock agency in 1873-4- . The offense which got Mm In bad with the military was the killing of Holzlnger, the veterinarian, and Ballran, the sutler of General D. S. Stanley's expedition to the Yellowstone. This occurred on August 4. 1873. "2. The next winter appeared at Standing Itock agency and boasted of the murders he had committed. Word was sent to Fort A. Lincoln, and Cnptaln Tom Custer, brother of General George A., went down to Stnnding Rock to apprehend the culprit. He found him trading In the sutler's store, and slipping tip behind him threw a blanket over the Indian's bead and leaping upon him soon had hlin securely bound and took Mm a prisoner to Fort A. Lincoln. WlinteviT was harboring at this vengeance time was against Oil 'In In Tom arid not agnlntt the general. escaped from the prison. I "3. am not Informed of his whereabout during h's freedom; he tuny have taken himself to Woody Mountain. If so. It was not nearly 'three hundred miles as the crow files.' took no part In the Buttle "4. of the Little Rig Horn, on June 2.", 1878. He was way during the entire day, hut returned that evening. T. The body of General Custer was not mutilated, nor was that of Captain Tom. whose bearl hnd vowed to eat. If he ale any Rain body" husirt that night, It was not that of elthu e , For the writing desk or as a companion piece to the guest book, a pen with a feather quill for a handle makes a beautiful gift. Natural feathers are as marvelous and beautiful in their markings as flowers and those In neutral colors can be tinted If one wishes to brighten them. Many kinds of feathers, including those of the ostrich, are used for these decorative pens and. they make a gift suited to every grown-up. Christmas Candles Santa Remembers Baby MM irtrtik-ti- l III AVJf 'M f :t f This yeur's candle shades made of gay silks or of crepe paper are shown In such variety that every one may be pleased. Sparkling silver tinsel strays over some of them, adding a holiday glitter to the pretty colors through which the light gleams. A shade decorated In this way Is shown at the tight of the two pictured. At the left a foundation of plain paper Is covered with ruffles of crepe paper In two alternating colors. In this case white and green, and has daisies made of paper set about It. v r" is Santa Claim never forgets the babies and each year present their little belongings made In new and This year "right pretty ways. and bonnets seem even better A set to thnn their predecessors. match is shown above, made of fine flannel and trimmed with nnrrow satin ribbon gathered along one edge down. A frill of and feather-stKchenarrow lace finishes the cap. d For Little Garments Oil Cloth Table Sets . fir',.,- Ate::.- i ,?r- - ri e 9 e Cu' No hoUNCwhe will fno lo enlov itie table Mis of oilcloth with their borders of guy How? is i ,i fruits. They are much handsomer than the stenciled pieces and iiiiuiy women use them for the dinner as well a the breakfast table. These set consist of a centerpiece, plote dollies and smaller dollies. The fruits and flowers In the set pictured are In their natural color and the in A deep cream odor. Dew Cheerful th Hangers for wee garments make a gift for young children, esjie-clnll- y when Ihey look like doll. Here two are dressed up to represent a girl and a boy doll and a third I simply covered with rll.bon and decorated with ribbon flower. Llttl celluloid doll heads, vide and nnrrow satin ribbon and wire hunger with a little Ingenious sewing are all (hat U needed for the doll hungers. lovely