| Show STORIES OF INDIANS by elmo scoff loaton lii nes CH newspaper union STANDING BEAR WINS LIBERTY BY HABEAS CORPUS WRIT NCE upon u time a writ of habeas 0 ONCE corpus nas xi as smoked in behalf oc ot an sit indian and the tile decision in his case marked a new ciolli cio cli in the conduct at of our indian affairs that man tuan wai was standing brur bear uon ciu chu non nooshin ahin chief of the tile ponces in 1877 the decided to lemoie standing beura bears people from their ancestral homes in nebraska to indian territory in spite of his opposition he and nine oilier other chiefs were taken south to choose a reservation they would not select a place whereupon the agent refused 4 them transportation por tation home at night they slept in haystacks shivering vering nith tho cold their only food was raw ray corn com which they found in the fields their moccasins mocca aloe wore out affef Aft erCO IDO da a they reached the otoe reservation in nebraska and as they into the agents office they left bloody footprints on the floor ten days inter they rode 41 wearily into their home camp camb on ponies chich the otoes fotoes had given them in their absence an official of the indian department arrived to remove the doncas by force accepting the inevitable standing bear prepared to retrace hie his steps after atter a terrible journey during which two of standing bears children died the discouraged oneal settled in ln their new homes within a year a third of the tribe per fished then standing bears renes favorite sou son died in january 1879 be he took tho the bones of hie his sons and started once more to nebraska two to months later they arrived destitute at the omaha reservation they bor borrowed land and seed from the amab and were preparing to put in 1 a crop when soldiers sold lera appeared to arrest and return them to indian territory then public sentiment inter two tuo white lawyers offered te to defend the doncas and su sue w doat out ft a writ of habeas corpus although attorneys for tho the indian department contended that indians cere not persons within the meaning of the law judge dundy ruled against them thein and ordered tile prisoners released once I 1 avenged my wrongs with the tomahawk said standing bear rear but the white mans matis way ie Is better I 1 lay lily the tomahawk down for aver by this time standing bears benes case bad attracted national attention and a senate investigation of the ponca removal resulted in restoring them to their old homes heru here september 6 IK 6 standing bear died at the age of oi eighty years A number of hungarian partridges 4 and chinese pheasants have recently been distributed along the ashley creek by the vernal oun gun and rifle club these birda birds are aro protected by the state game laws tho the club Is doing all in its power to promote good hunting in this thi section |
