Show TALES TALE S by s OF THE editha CHIEFS irn 13 L watson SPOTTED TAIL A cow Is the most inoffensive an animal that walks the earth yet she has been the cause of plenty of trouble A cow started the chicago fire and a cow was the reason for the killing of lieutenant Grat tans detachment the chicago cow was probably something of a pet the other bovine was an old one abandoned by emigrants spotted tall tail and taken by a brule sioux grattan was sent to arrest the indian for his bis salvage of the cow the brule thought this proceeding rather highhanded high handed and the battle began with the result that Grat gratiana Gr attana tans detachment was destroyed the cow had probably become indian sustenance long before the fight prominent in this engagement was a young indian who later attained almost the prominence of red bed cloud ile he too was self made and besides being a leader among warriors he had fought a duel with a lef for the liand hand of his wife and had won when the head chief died spotted tall was chosen over the heads of ol 01 older der men to succeed him after the battle over the discarded ca cow w which led to depredations on the oregon trail and subsequent punishment of the tribe by other troops spotted tall tail and two others were commanded to give themselves up as murderers much to the surprise of the soldiers at fort laramie Lar amle this was promptly done and the three braves dressed in their war array marched in chanting their death songs this bravery had an effect in their favor and spotted tall tail eventually was treed freed in 1803 when the sioux under red cloud opposed the building of a railroad into montana spotted tall tail fa yea the treaty although he be did not sign IL it ile he did however sign the treaty of april 29 1868 in which the sioux reservation was accepted and the road to the mines abandoned later gold was discovered in the black hills not knowing exactly how bow the white men valued this metal spotted tall visited the miners and prospectors in their camps to find out As he sat gat before their fires he to talk of wonderful mines ind end rich ore given a greatly exaggerated value by the imagination of life prospectors a habit which has not ceased to this day ills untutored mind gained the idea that the black mils hills lands were extremely valuable and that a price commensurate with this value should be paid to the sioux the treaty of had taken away from ahe chiefs the power to make treaties tor for sale of lands on this account commissioners were sent to the sioux to find out what nhat price they demanded spotted tall tail had bad spread the news he be gathered the lands were valued by the indians indiana at naturally no such price could be paid further negotiations must be entered into but for the time affairs were at a standstill the troops feeling that later on the terri territory tor would be opened began allowing miners to pass in without limit the younger sioux who hoped with their elders that a large price would be paid saw this influx with alarm alam and anger to a man the young warriors on the reservation joined the ho hostiles host stiles lles of which sitting tall and crazy horse a nephew dephew of spotted tall tail were leaders spotted tall tail ghobad who had been gowash to washington where he was made much of had become much friendlier to the white people than some of his big brother chiefs liked big mouth in particular had considerable to say bay about this and was managing to turn the brule against spotted tall tail there was one sure way to cause big mouth to be still spotted tall went to his lodge and called him out As the talk talkative active chief appeared two warriors seized him and before lie he could resist spotted tall shot him dead the sioux uprising has been discussed elsewhere in these articles and its outcome told after the ouster custer disaster red cloud was suspected of disloyalty and spotted tall was made chief of all the indians indiana at both his own agency and red clouds crazy horse had separated from sitting bull and engaged in a desperate battle with general miles and big troops spotted tall negotiated with his nephew and in the following spring 1877 crazy norse horse surrendered the great sioux uprising was wag at an end the brule brul chief now a man MAD of middle middie age still preferred an active life intertribal inter tribal feuds remained to be settled and crow dog another sioux was one of the marked men spotted tall gathered a war party and started out to spill some indian blood they met near the rosebud agency in ift south IR dakota keta august 5 dog felt that he was in a dangerous position and prepared to defend himself A shot rang out more than one no doubt but this shot deac reached hed its mark in the heart of spotted tall the brule eblom lay dead 0 kostora newspaper union t ask toy e V us w |