Show ALES cohe the CHIEFS by EDITHA 1 L WATSON SMUG SATANTA AND MID BIG TREE the excitement of a raid tho mint must hare have held liet a coald erable fascination tor for the clowns bore there were the gathering ot of a i wai war party the ceremonies the preparations the te aling out emy enec sense alert the first sense of the white ni men an and the mad g gallop llop down upon them ali cm feathers fly ing in yelling and hooting shooting then there thero wan was the battle itself in mitch the startled valto men sometimes ere victors but oftener not and the return to camp with the polls where the omen admired the war alors and hept for the slain the tho danger of such a raid only added to its excitement it was the great outlet of 0 the alowa people and when the tribe was as compelled by custer to como come in and settle on the reservation even the presence of fort rort sill in their midst could not top stop them from raiding sitting bear vu vas the loader leader ot of the principal klow war society San tanta white bear vas va second in rank and avocette Ado cette big tree was vas not lacking in imbor tince ya and samanta wen signers of the medicine lodge treaty of if by which the klowas agre agreed d to go on the reservation tt ere fiems to have been a a ajtai n t ai res er however with regard to raids for the three chiefs were lead ers era in these forays betau yas son while engaged in raiding in texas was kl ki ay iy y the unites bites the aged ahlet ae it aas was years old at the time visited the wl nan aged tj 0 collect his sob sot a bones these thee be tl tt d into a bundle and took them bulk back wl with him to oklahoma A special horse was assigned the task of currying cirr ying this bundle wherever the old chief might go and from this time until ills his death the bones of the son accompanied the father in may 1871 a year after letang yas Ws son was wa killed the three chiefs assembled a large war party and prepared tor for an at elaborate rail raid the warriors rode into texas ut et acted a wagon train and killed seven men inen porty forty one mules were added to their herd and tie tle success of this exploit was the subject tor for much boasting after the indian fashion fash loa the agent at fort sill heard beard the news direct from who codd not keep keel from telling the story of the fortunate raid t tj nil all who ho would listen unfortunately for the three chiefs the abent did not view this battle with the in eyes and caused the leaders to be ar arrested restel they were to be to texas and tried there for the murder of the seven men however bitter old indian ns as he was folt felt that he knew a better way of dying than being hung ung by the white men as ael thought dolid be his fate it he sub matted to arrest ills son died fighting and he be deter determined mIred to do likewise singing his death song the old klova wrenched ren ched the fetters from hia wrists drew a knife which re pe had hidden in his clothing arnd upon the guard A volley of shots stopped him fired by the surrounding soldiers and so died ya as he N wished ashe to die dle fighting satanta and big tree were brouett to trial ard their sentence was life imprisonment in the T texas ka penitentiary this thir sn sentence tence was not served however for only tro years later they were given their freedom nn an condition that the tha kin kindo would become peaceful and behave well but the alowa n were ere still a raiding people peace such a burden upon them that la in aw they and caused coulden alile able trouble satanta was arrested again the popular chief princely and dignified as he has been described was taken back to the texas pe penitent ten ciary perhaps the memory of death came to him or perhaps he be felt that he was disgraced by the outbreak of his people after his release at any rate he jumped from an upper story end was killed big tree the last of the chiefs who were on the fatal raid mid was held it at fort sill lie ile was younger and therefore less firmly an indan indian in lila his ideas than the other two ue ile became friendly accepted christian ity and lived on bis his allotment of land in peare peace ma 1132 talon valon I 1 |