Show was a great warrior the death of old crow or Ho chiney at the advanced age of years oc burred last week near hinton I 1 T he was the oldest arapahoe indian and the highest official in the religious and social circles of the redskins he was famous among the indians of the southwest as the high priest or sa chem of the arapahoe lodges this tribe of indians has a main organization religious in its purpose which is composed of six degrees as follows the fox lodge the star lodge the tonkawa lodge the self man s lodge the crazy man s lodge and the dog soldier s lodge which is the high est degree or which corresponds in importance to the masonic thirty sec ond the Arapah oes in addition have a thirty third degree known as the sun lodge under whose auspices the well known sun dance is given during the celebration of which the pants fast four days and nights and until prohibited were accustomed to torture themselves and offer human sacrifices of all these degrees hochi ney alone knew the secrets with the single exception of white eyed an delope whom he had chosen his sue cessor and instructed in all the mys tenes Ho chiney is said to have fought in thirteen of the bloodiest battles of bor der warfare and although he gained great reputation as a fighter he was never wounded a fact that resulted in his being held in almost a super sti alous light by other indians one of the bloodiest battles in which he was engaged with thirty other Arapah oes an army was the battle of the against gen custer from this battle he was one of the few who escaped at another time he led a band of tribesmen against the utes and in turn a as sur rounded by these enemies all were killed except Ho chiney who escaped with two scalp these two scalps which he venerated greatly ere burled with him at the indian burying ground near on the south canadian aher these scalps he held sacred allowing no one to touch or see them A few years prior to hi death Ho chiney was accustomed to wear while dancing a belt from which dangled numerous scalps his var trophies and two of which were adorned with long yellow hair this aroused the indignation of the whites until the indian agent interfered for bidding Ho chiney from ever afterward wearing the scalp belt kansas cita journal |