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Show TARED BY SITTING BULL red M. Hans, Noted Scout, Guide, Philosopher and Friend of the Rosebud Indians. 1i H- h-ne Wnn-Orta (Ono Star, i r star) Lnuaa toinorinw. ' ' in lusaej nrounil every Jim tie l.o ebuil ngfncy ceaned jt Hr anl the llttlo cionilti at dls- m ii norn miltod nwny. On li or his yi ir thu Oocinmont I ( u nilona to the nUlu-lnnl- 1: II i Hie Koaubuil traerva- 3 but . il HirnMicH the luilliin t w k ii (inn rondi, lirblcea, etc., U i in si., per ilai for tholr " Tl j 1 KiuniblltlK nni1 M' it i number of tlio In- i i not itllsli tho idol of ' k nk 1 -h mi J uiBor of on ik t me iiithoiltleit thotiRht fi uhu to let Hie ln'JIaim know , t II r must -l i ad of scnillni! to a mill- IP it f i a hattnllnn of uliierontu, ) t nt t liniliu tor Ttetl JI. Hans, o e iy tribe of Western tn-? tn-? Li fctar, ' tho beat-known nf i i iinl man of netu In tho ' T( i in who, t IS pn.ts of r lan s chief of miouts and '''ii iho ainiii capacity for ' nntl other Lomm indcra, f 13 Jiiiimniiitory kttent from mill !'" I' u i Siou Indlnni knew tho 1 " i in iniiiliu tho next 'ii "Id mm ho w.us io- ! ' my man of whom , ' rr ilil iho man who : i luir toicil Hint wily mil iiniMi from his to- t mil ruriiiulcr lo tlm aln kniw lil in iib ' niir dan imler In Iho . '" ' i when (u ler anil IiIh til Tilt. mi IIB mill 1 i tin day Imck III J8W, , ' ' vv tuntlc I Kim, iho last . (' t. I nan iiRiilnRt tho . ' I" Mlklit man atuotl for- ',' iithci liuiid, unit fniiRlit ' " i b.ml until tho aol- , Irui that wits for only , ' but In thnre tcrrlblu ' 'f thilr number wtio tlK, in n tally uoiuiilitl. Anil i ,h ' llicil letl blintM , h' ' Mini lnri tho news that , .' ' Wnn fit hi would nnle, r. J t u m the work a- ,. ' "i l-one Ktar camo, roda t Hon for a fow hours, , a lemnlloii with iniiny l oio t of whom ho knew I, . ' Hun wint lurk to tlm I, ' fact that ha ns near , i n initial wits I'linuirh " a. fiirtli. i Iniiilile nnd ,l r . jt thu stipeilntiliilcnt ii with tho cold, Krny I , mire siith contiol uvt r "i a t ir nor by soft i 'ho years of IlKhtlnff lluii3, or Lone Htai, I , in tho saddle, scout- i r. ' in Iho cuniloy ot tho j 'In Indium knew him i ' n they thimaelvea weie Ink - 'luir moat di idly fou I I , iJimlly, btcnuso Hit If t '"ii and wiiiitlcruft, mil il, ...i.iiii uiivu linn run Jl ''"no Htllr IIOMT llfltl a .1 " '.ut jfnrs ot Indian li ' tin, fenr In which ha U r u 'I hint lo bo sent to ' me Iho fall of 1SJ0, I ' ti craze nnd "fthoat hi their heliiht Tor I " ml nt Ihe same 1 1 ma I , tonetl liicnpltiio HlttiiiK i I li 1 nt whlto mini to sec tl I ' '" Iho two liuvInK ') i "I hoini (liirittluii Iho I lj , ' 'ho klllliiB of HlttlnB H , Uan I'Ol'it. "1 'f Hut Irni.-lo cenl, I i ' " i no tho ilny iiicIiiiib ! " ' W'uinili'il Knoo, Hans if , "'I 'ile Uttlo Hut, Chief I " tollt worn sent nfter ( ' 'I Lind, who hail 1 tt the " t ti" wc'u tliicntiiiliiaT nn '"in two Uatliii; uplrlts went unions the hoatllcs nnd sccuretl their conaent to n turn tn tlic niceno. Tho Indiana worn nfrnltl of belns killed, but wete promised Immunity for past deeds. Three of tho b.inil, howcer, led by the meilielne man, cnunwlitl IlKhtlmt; to the death and sworo they would neier siirrentler. Tho inn 1 stnrtetl for tho reservation nnd camped for the nluht on 'W'oundeil Knee creek, seernl miles from tho inmp of the soldiers The follow InK moraine Hans went oir to the troops who were under the comm ind of den Torn) the nnd told that olllcei that a IlKht would surely octur unless the medicine man nntl his two suppoitern were nrreatetl btfnro the troops (nine up. rorstho did not think so, nntl nd niiced wllh the recti-la recti-la l. Cnpt Wallace. howeer, ngieod wllh Ixine Star, nntl with the scout, nnd I.lttlo Hit, rodo nhend ot tho troops ami went to tho party of In-dlnns In-dlnns to bo near nnd to pacify the tntillclne man 111 eent trouble came Hutltlenly a shrill, weird chant aroe from the metlleluo mini Ills two followers fol-lowers Joined In 'Look out'" jelled Hans, who knew thnt some one's death w ns Intended ' Thnt's the death sonir " linns, ft nni his imanclatlnn with tho Hlou, could Bpeak Iho htiKuntte like n until e, and undei stood tho nature of the death sonir I'rom their position neither I.nne Rhr nor I.lttle Hat could lire Cnpt. Walliiie did not understand under-stand tho deadly danger In which ho stool, nn I ndianced to meet tho slnff-Imr slnff-Imr tlio He held out his hmd to tho chief medicine tinn Tho Indian Krnspi'd It with his left hand nnd, Uko n Hash of Htthtnlnif, clioiv n tomahawk fiiim bonentli bis blanket with his rlKht. V, Ith n mlKhty blow he split the Ik ml of tho binic Caplaln thiouith to the link As the sin ktn m in dtoppe.1 dead, I.lttle Hit put a bullet throuKh tho medicine man's In art and started nn n run for the soldleis, Thl! wan the nlrtnnl for n Itcrm battle lo lieifln "Iho hoi tilth otltmpled to hend off I.lttlo lint nnd kill hi in but as fast as nn In-illan In-illan would run In front of tho llcelui; mnn, linns woul I f-li.mt. Hans killed nine Indians In leas than as tunny minutes, min-utes, nntl I.lttlo Hit csi iped without n. acrntch. Tho soldiers were so surptlsrtl nt the lltthtnlng murso of etents that they had taken no action up to this time. Hut the Inaitlon listed for only a moment mo-ment 1 bo cnnim-indltis ntllcer ordered "lire," nnd the deadly work began. There wpio about 'ISO Indians In tho bind, and these lminedlatil took tcf-uitn tcf-uitn In a raluo whence the soldiers could not drlio lliein. In Iho meantime den. rotiytho wrote nn onlir for lolnfniccnn.iitB nnd hitid-ed hitid-ed It tn Ixine film with Instructions to ninko for the nconcy, fiitirtecn miles away. The si out rondo the rltlo in thlrl-no tnlntiles. nnd flen Henry started hli troops back without kMwc them tlmo to plnio saddles on their horses, linns rn lo tlio simo horse hack to tho Initio, ninl arrived beforo the troops They reached tho sceno ono hour nnd twenty mlnutts nfter Tor-sjlho Tor-sjlho wrote the older, Hans coierlni; twinty-elRht miles In tlmt time, l'or this nnd the d ishlnB work In snilns I.lttle Hat tho (loierninent nao Hans a hnndsnino medal. The reinforcements enmo up, tho nat-llne nat-llne Run wns tinlned up the ralno In which tho lntllins had taken refiiKe, and dorens of the redskins were killed Tho rnlno has since been known ns "Illoody (lulch ltosebul Aitency ror-retpondence ror-retpondence HI IiuK (llnlio-nemocrat. |