Show I 0 Stories of o GREAT INDIANS By ELMO SCOTT WATSON W Copyright ht 1 Y is 2 N Newspaper w i tr Union ROMAN NOSES NOSE'S MEDICINE WAR WARBONNET WARBONNET WARBONNET BONNET FAILED HIM HIMA HIMA HiMA I CHEYENNE war party was attackIng attack attack- A A ln lag Ing a Mormon emigrant train on the Oregon trail As one of Its Us defenders defenders de de- fenders dropped to the ground mortally mortal mortal- ly 11 wounded a magnificent proportioned proportioned pro pro- portioned warrior dashed forward ton to count coup touch the fallen enemy enem The hat of ot the dead man had fallen oft off exposing his bald head As the red man struck the dead emi emigrant grant he shouted to the other Indians Your Roman Homan Nose has counted the tile first coup on the longest faced white whiteman whiteman whiteman man ever killed In many respects Roman Nose Hooked Hooked Nose of ot the tho Northern was the Ideal type of ot the Indian warrior Although he was not a chief Incidents of his hb great strength masterful personality and wonderful bearing are legion Once In a buffalo hunt his in brother-in- law drew his bowstring so powerfully that It broke The arrow was thrown high Into the air all as the sinew snapped Roman Nose happened to ride up close behind his companion at nt this Instant Reaching up he caught the shaft snapped It against ug his own bowstring and shot the buffalo dead deall A man of more mor reckless daring In battle never ne lived He lie had bad a war warbonnet warbonnet warbonnet bonnet the wearing of df which he fondly believed protected him from danger His faith In It was justified until the day of or the famous fight with Gen O. O A. A Forsyth's 5 52 scouts at Beechers Beecher's Island Colo on Sept September 18 1863 1868 Before going Into the battle Roman norann Nose told his companions that he felt sure he would be killed that day According to the belief the power of ot the war sear bonnet honnet would fall If It Ithe he ever ate ute anything that was taken from a dish with an Iron utensil That morning at a feast given glen by his friends the Sioux one of or the women who served ser the meal had used a fork to take tl the food from the frying pan When his ills friends s learned of or this they urged him to go through the ceremony of ot purification necessary to restore the power of the time war bonnet but Forsyth's For For- sy syth's th's scouts appeared before he could do so Therefore with the certain knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge that he would be killed Roman Nose assembled his warriors and led them on a charge against Forsyth Forsth He lie almost rode over two of ot the scouts who were concealed In some high grass a short distance from the main command One of these men fired Ored The Cheyenne fell from h J horse shot Eliot through the back and mortally wounded That evening e at sundown Roman Homan Nose died The strong medicine medicine medi medI- cine of or his war had tailed failed him himat himat himat I at last |