Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-07-21

! the predIet con oil the Dog, good Tor moth
ing carrying away one half of the jaws
and the He$h from the nostrils and corner
OF the moRh and ear, including one eye
and leaving the jugular vein entirely ex.
pos ed. Heie was " coup y and any one
accustomed 70 the thrilling excitement that
such scenesproduce in an Indian village
can form SEINE idea OF the irightiul aglta.
tons. amidst several thousand Indians
who were divided into jealous bands, OF
clans, undef ambitious and rival chiefs. -
( la one mincte, q thousand guns and bows
were seizes-a thousand thrilling yells
were raised, and many were the fierce and
daring warriors who rallied round the Dog
for his proteetion-he fled amidst show
err OF bullets, but his braves were ahou,
him. The blood of the one.pa pas was
reused, aud the indignant braves Of that
I gallant band rushed forth from all quar-
| tiers. and, swift upon their heels, were bot
for vengeance, On the plain, and in full
view OF us for some time, the whiZzlng ar
rows flew, and so did bullets, until the
| Dog and his brave followers were lost in
distance on the prairie. In this rencoun.
tire, the Dog had his left arm broken, but
succeeded, at length, in making his escape.
On the third day after this affair took
place, the Little Bear died of his wound
and was buried amidst the most pitifH and
heart rending cries of his distracted wife.
| whose grelwas nconsolable at the thought
of having teen herself the immediate and
innocent cause of his death, by depriying
him OF his supposed protection.
On this occasion, many were the tears
that were she'd for the brave and honoFa
bic Nah to tchee ga, and all the warriors
OF his band swore slcepless vengeance on
the Dog, uati his life should answer for
the loss of their chief and leader
On the day that he was buried, start
ed for the mouth Of Yellow Stone, and
while ! was gone, the spirits of vengeance
had prevailed nearly all the Sioux country
in search Of the Dog, who had evaded
their pursuit, His brother, however,
noble and honorable fellow, esteemed by
all who knew him, fell in their way. in an
unlucky hour, when their thirst for ven.
geance was irresistible, and they slew him.
Repentance deep, and grief. were the re-
suits Of SO rash an act, when they beheld
brave and worthy man fall for SO worth
less character, and as they became ex
asperated, the spirit Of revenge grew more
desperate than ever, and they swoIe they
would never lay down their arms, or EN-
brace their wives and children, until ven
geance, fall and complete, should light up
on the head that deserved it.
This brings us again to the first par, OF
my story, and in this state were things in
that part Of the country when was de
scending the river four months afterwards
and landed my skiff as before stated, at
Laldlow's trading house.
The excitement had been kept up all
summer amongst these people, and their
superstiions hllated 10 the full brim, from
circumstaces SO well calculated 10 feed &
increase them. Many of them looked 10
me at once as tie author of all these dis
asters. considering that knew that one
half OF the mans face was good for moth
ing, or that would not have left il out,
and that must therefore have ioreknown
the evils that we're 10 flow from it, they
consequently resolved that | was a dan
gerous man and should suffer for my te
merty IN case the dog could not be found.
Councils had bean held and in all the So
lemnity Of Indian medicine and mystery
had been doomed to die. AT one Of these
a warrior Of the One-pa- pa band rose and
said:
1.-The blood Of two young chiefs has
Just sunk into the ground and an hundred
bows are are ready to shed more !,
on whom shall we bend themp am
friend TO the white man but here is one
whose medicine is too great-he is great
medicine man-hIs medicine is too great i,
he was the death Of Mah-to-tchee. ga-he
made only one side Of his face--be would
not make the other--lhe side that he made
was alive; the other was dead, the Shon-
ka shot il Of. How is this? Who is 10
die?n
After him, Ta-zee kee -da cha, (T'orR
Belly Of the Yancton then rose and said:
"Fathers, this medicine man has done
much harm. You told our chiefs and
warriors they must be painted you said
he was a good man and we believed
you thought so, my Father, but you see
what he has done he looks at our chiefs
and women, and then makes them alive -
In this way he has taken our chiefs away.
and he can trouble their spirits when they
are dead; they will be unhappy. If he
can make them alive locking at them, he
can do US much harm--you tell US mat
they are not alve-we see their eyes move
they follow us wherever we go, that IS
enough, have no more to say"
After him arose young man OF the D.
ne papa band:
Father. you know that am the bro.
Their of Nah to-tchee. ga-you know that
loved him both sides Of his face were
good, and the medicine man knew 1t also.
Why was half OF bis face left outP lie
never was ashamed. but looked the white
man 10 the face, Why was that siee oil
his face shot off? Your friend is not our
friend, he has forfeited his lle-we want
you to tell us where he is-we want to see
him"
Then arose Toh-ki-eto, medicine man
of the Yankton band, and principal orator
Of the nation;
My friend, these are young men that
speak, am not afraid, your white medi'