| Show LITTLE WOLF CHIEF OF THE NORTHERN has been written about chief M MUCH josephs retreat which won for him the name ot of tile the indian xenophon little wolf oil oh kurn kum hKa kit chief of the northern might well lay claim to that title for in many respects ills his dash for freedom was even more remarkable than that of the nez perce more than soldiers at one time or another tried to stop step the flight of little wolf and his little band of 70 men across the not flat plains of kansas nebraska and the Dako dakotas tag there was such another journey since the greeks marched to the sea bea taya says george bird grinnell the ablest chronicler of this splendid migration when little wolf and his compan lon ion ln anni dull knife resolved in defiance of the government to lead their people back to montana their agent in indian territory tried to persuade them to stay one year more however No wever the Cheen Che ennes nea started and soldiers Bol diers nere mere sent after the fugitives within a week they had fought them five times but failed to stop them then the whole available force of the united states army in the west was called into action and six lines of military barrier were thrown out to stop the fleeing the last line was far up in montana showing what hat the army thought of these hard riding hard fighting warriors stopping to fight when they were attacked then going on after they had beaten off the soldiers little wolfa people kept on until they bad cut through three of the military lines here dull knife and little wolf separated dull knife was captured and imprisoned at fort robinson but little wolf kept on until lie reached the sand hills bills of nebraska the soldiers were ere unable to find him early in the spring lie he took up his journey again and his band finally camped on the little missouri river in montana ue ile had reached his big homeland at lost last here he was discovered by V IV P dark clark loved and respected by all the as white ilat hat their friend persuaded by dark clark little wolf went with fill him to fort keogh where he surrendered to general miles allies the general invited him to enlist as a scout and in spite of the hardships which he bad just passed through little wolf accepted the invitation and pro proved ed a valuable ally against the hostile sioux little wolf was final V 4 ly settled on oil the lame deer reservation and died november Noi ember 14 1904 |
