| Show S tories 0 re 0 S of U 1 I EAT AT INDIANS j ja by E ll 11 0 scott co watson mix newsy RED CLOUD VICTOR IN AN AMERICAN WAR average school histories assert T THE that america lias has been victorious in nil fill of her wars but they are strangely silent about a conflict in which one man defied the power of the united states and dictated his own ovill terms or of ponce peace that man was nas red lied cloud Mak Alah plia pla luta chief of the ogallala sioux sious when government commissioners sought tile the light to build forts along tile the dozeman trail to tile the montana gold held fields red cloud steadfastly op doted this encroachment on the choicest hunting grounds of the sioux in a council of his people he dec declared fared dakotas I 1 am tor for war col 11 II U B carrington entered wyoming nevertheless to build the forts and red cloud sent him this defiant message 1 I shall stand in the trail A war fol followed lomed in which the lie ogallala Oga llila leader killed 81 soldiers under colonel fetterman near fort all kearney Kc arney this loss was avenged the next nest year when red cloud lost halt half of tile the warriors whom he sent against agal rist 32 soldiers in a wagon box bos corral despite this reverse red cloud remained m roaster master of the situation in lie he delivered his ultimatum to a pence peace commission the forts must be abandoned and all further attempts to open the montana road must cease more than that he fixed the boundaries of the lie sioux country to suit himself the commissioners agreed to every demand for the ogallala thief chief refused even to meet them thein until the garrisons had actually been with drawn ills victory was complete from the day he signed the treaty tie ne kept his promise to live at pence peace w ill mIll whites tes ninety one years old bolind almost deaf he sits dreaming dreadin amin of the past writes one who visited him then no wonder he Is irritated by the be idle information seeker who would be called back from the dreams of his youth sightless and infirm tie he Is 13 reliving the days of his youth when he sat on his horse as kill king the pride of the great sioux nation to his ears must come the ros rol of the hunt ns as the countless bison herd berd like a tidal wave rolls by and ngoan ngali the preat lay of his big lite when ills his red blanketed bond band swept down on the hailes halile qs ft troop even now lite his must seirin to stand stilla still as ghe ha live again that earful dakof the wagon mon ilos box fight when volien lie the pick of me sioux notion nation against st the riflemen on oil december 10 1000 the old mans ill ii earris earns ended and red cloud the greatest war chief of the sioux died CHIEFS NAME WAS AFRAID OF HIS HORSES G the sioux nor nar of 67 ma DURING ai hie e head chief of the Ogal lalas laa was nias a mail known to his people as Ta once a careless infer interpreter preter translated this name into english as old van man afraid ot of illi ails Ilor ses and this title with its implication of cou cowardice ardice stuck with him through ii history lil story accustomed Acclis torn ed ns As the white man was to curious indian names this one uns particularly interesting and many attempts were mere made to explain it it the literal interpretation that he feared his own horses was scarcely comell al montory to a war chief of the ogallala sioux then there was a story that lie owned a great many horses which he be was constantly afraid of losla losing tind that once when the shoshones Sho attacked ills his camp he fie left his family in the hands bands of the enemy edemy to run oft off ills hl horses more creditable was the interpretation of his being such a great chieftain that even the sight of his horses inspired fear in the hearts of his enemies the true interpretation of ills hla name as given by his big son young man afraid of lits l horses was ile he whose horse they fear literally tn his horse they fear it this arose from the th fact t that lint he had ft a vicious pony ills english name Is nn an example dot only of the frequent poor translation of ludlan lillian name by tile the white but also of the fact that hint some insignificant incident may lie DC the deciding factor in naming a great ili indian warrior old man abrald of llis borscs retained his position as head bead chief of the ogallala until 1873 at his death in the lot late e the name passed on to his son young man alan afrand of ills 1119 horses who he was prominent dur ing ghost dance troubles of 18 VOI after the troubles boere ere over ever a washington newspaper correspondent was sent seat to interview young man alan afraid the correspondent took an filter interpreter preter with him filla to the chiefs telle tepee young man abrald asked them to u dinner they at ate then wanting to do the right thing but not krit krimming ming whether bether it was proper to tip a biff indian chief the newspaper nuin limn dropped three sliver silver dolia dollars into tin tho liandi hands of the chiefs wife and had ills interpreter say fay in ili my country a compliment to A i mans wife nife la IN thought IL a double compliment the interpreter repeated the statement to young mim abrald who grunted rose left tile the tepee and camat cam back with with four more divest |
