Show LITTLE WOLF CHIEF OF THE NORTHERN M MUCH f UCH has been written about Chief J 1 Josephs Joseph's retreat which won for tor him the name of oC the time Indian Xenophon Little Wolf Oh kum chief of ot the northern might well lay claim to that title for In ninny many respects respects respects re re- re- re his dash for tor freedom was even more remarkable than that of time the Nez Perce More than soldiers at one onetime onetime onetime time or another r tried to stop the flight of or Little Wolf and his little band of 70 men across the time Hat flat pla plains ns of ot Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas Dakotas There never was Wf such another journey since the time Greeks Creeks marched to the sea says George Bird Ct the ablest chronicler of this splendid migration When Little Wolf amid his compan- compan arms lon Dull Knife resolved In lu defiance of ot the government go to lend lead their people back to Montana 1 their agent In Indian Territory tried to persuade persuade per per- suade sunde them to stay one year more l however owe er the started and soldiers rs were sent after the fugitives Within a week weel they had fought them five times but failed to stop them Then the whole available a force of the United States army In the West was called Into action and six lines of ot military barrier were thrown out to stop Erie Hie fleeing The last line was far up In Montana showing what the army thought of these hard hard- riding har hard fighting warriors Stopping to fight when they were attacked attacked at at- tacked then going on after they had beaten off oft the soldiers Little Wolfs Wolf's people kept on until they had cut through three of the military lines JInes Here Dull Knife and Little Wolf sep sep- Dull DuJI Knife was captured and Imprisoned at Fort Robinson but LUle LU- LU le Wolf kept on until he lie reached the sand hills of Nebraska The soldiers were unable to find him Early in the spring he lie took up his Journey again and his band finally camped on the Little Missouri river In Montana He lie hind had reached his homeland homeland home home- homeland land at nt last Here lIere he was discovered by W. W P. P Clark loved and respected re- re by all the Che ennes as White Hat lIat their friend Persuaded by Clark Little Wolf Wol rent gent with him bun to Fort Keogh where he surrendered to General Miles Mlles The general Invited him to enlist as a scout end nd In spite of the hardships which he had hind just passed through Little LittleWolf LittleWolf Wolf accepted the Invitation and proved pro a valuable ally any against the hostile Sioux Little Wolf was finally finally finally final final- ly settled on the Lame Deer reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion Hou and died November 14 1004 CHIEF OURAY THE DICTATOR OF THE UTES To the Chiefs Headmen and Utes of or orthe the White River Agency You are hereby requested and commanded to cease hostilities hostilities hostilities hos hos- against the whites injuring no innocent person or any other further than to protect your own lives and properties properties prop prop- from unlawful and unauthorized combinations and desperadoes as anything anything any any- thing further will ultimately end In disaster dla dis- dis aster to all parties Signed OURAY UCH Is a document unique In IndIan In In- S SUCH dlan dIan history No other Indian chief had a secretary to whom he lie dictated dIctated dic die orders and there Is no other case on record o of a chief calling upon his warriors In this manner to lay Jay down their arms after they had shed white blood It Is Jg evidence of Ouray's greatness ess that his command was obeyed Immediately lu Iu 1879 Agent N N. C. C Meeker had trouble with the White River Rl Utes and called for troops to protect him Mai T T. T T T. T Thornburgh with a force of ot men marched to his relief The Utes took this as a declaration of ot war and amid attacked them on the Milk river In northwestern Colorado Part of them besieged the soldiers killing 13 13 Including the commander and woundIng woundIng wound wound- Ing lag 48 Others attacked the agency murdered Meeker and nine other white men taking taking- th five e women and ond children captives Then came Ouray's message and the Ute war was over Ouray The Arrow was born In Taos N N. M. M In 1834 He was baptized baptized bap bap- by a Jesuit priest and educated In a little Mexican school at Taos Taos Taos' where he be learned the Spanish tongue In 18 1850 0 he lie returned to the Utes who were then engaged In a bitter struggle gle with the Na and One day a war party of ot 30 Utes led by Ouray was attacked by Arap- Arap The chief rallied his warriors warn ors formed them In a hollow square and then In a fight lasting 14 hours they finally beat off ort their assailants Soon after arter this Ouray's only son was captured by the l From rom that day the Ute chief never allowed his tribe to rest from hostility toward them In later years ears he appealed to the government o to restore his son to toI him but the boy hn hind had become becom so much I an Arapahoe that he refused to come Because of or Ouray's knowledge of ot Spanish he be was made the government Interpreter to the Utts In 1850 and became head chief soon afterwards Ills HIs friendship toward the whites white was unwavering and he adopted some some m I I of oC their ways He had a well cultS i i farm on which he built a com cots house und and there there there-he re he died August Au August gust JUst 24 2 f |