Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-07-01
A Romantic Narrative ofFact by a Sioux

The Minnesota Pioneer gives the annexed
narrative as being record OF very recent
occurrence. 1t is written in an humble style,
but the Incidents are what would be termed
thrilling" if employed in novel or melo-
drama.
We have had quito an interesting romance
in real life enacted among our "Dakotas,'
which has been lately brought to light. Some
time last spring young Indian girl, some
fourteen years Of age. while in an alteration
with another girl about the same age, shot
her, killing her instantaneously. The act
was unprecedented, but brought On by long
years of i-treatment, the deceased being the
daughter of an Indian named Black Whistle.
man of morose and revengeful disposition.
She who did the act was an orphan who had
been adopted by him, and was an inmate OF
his lodge at the time. After the deed was
committed. she fled to the house OF their ira
der, who secured her and kept her hid from
her father, and assisted her to make her es'
cape towards "Wabasha's village" where
some of her relatives reside. She ached
"Red Wings" village, some hundred miles
below, on the Mississippi, from where the
tragedy was enacted, and some hfty miles
from the place of her destinations; and while
there, the incensed father, hearing OF her
Whereabouts, left with relative OF his IN
quest of her, with the intention of taking sum-
mary vengeance or selling his life In the at
ompt.
On reaching Red Wings village, and find
ing no opposition, as none of her relatives
were residents of that place, he determined to
take her horne, and there sacrifice her on the
grave of her victim; but, through the infu-
ence of some white persons, he was dissuaded
from his bloody resolution, and taking her to
his lodge, determined to make her his slave,
otherwise hswife. She lived with him some
time in that double capacity, enduring every
kind ot i'll treatment and misery,not knowing
at what moment her impulsive tormentor
might destroy her. Suddenly, without leav-
ing any trace of what had become Of her, she
disappeared one night from the band. Short
ly after, however, there appeared at "Good
Roads, village, young Indian boy, stating
that he had just arrived from the plains, that
he was Sissiton; Ia band Dakotas that roam
over our vast prairies, looking for support to
the immense herds of buffalo there found,)
and that, owing to the disappearance OF the
buffalo in those regions, and the consequent
failure of the means of existence, he was in
duced to come among those that he thought
would offer him the means of support.
The we'll known hospitality Of the Indian
gave him kind reception, and he soon became
favorite with the band. This was the fu-
gitive Indian maid, who had taken that meth
cd to escape from her savage jailor; and SO
we'll had she carried out her disguise, that one
day, while on disappearing excursion, she
met her prosecutor, who inquired II she had
seen such person, describing her whom he
sought and saying thathe was determined to
shoot her whenever she might be found. She
very cooly assented to the justice of what he
said, and left him. She also remained some
tIrn1 ia - -r .L~;- nrinrinal ira
ders, and even solicited the gentleman at
whose house she was, to dress her in white
nous costume-evldently for better security
which would probably have been done,
had not, few days after, her real sex been
suspected, which caused her to again leave
and ioin the Little Crows" band but that
time she appeared there as Winnebego, and
sought the protection ola noted brave from
"Lac qui Parle," knowing that her former
character as a boy from the plains would not
answer with him, being often there himself,
and resident Of that country. She, there
| fore, was satisfied that such an assertion
would bo found not to be true. In broken Ian
guage. and an attempt at speaking Sioux or
Dakota, as one would suppose person learn
ing dialect would be apt to do, she made
| him understand that she was Winnebago
orphan and that as good feeling existed be-
tween the tribes, she was down on visit to
the Dakotas; but some of them had taken
her for Chippewa, and threats had been
made to kill her as an enemy. She called him
comrade, and requested him as one noted for
his bravery to defend her 10 case ofany such
attempt being made.
Her comrade, thus appealed to. promised
that no one should raise hand against her in
his presence without her being defended or
revenged. BY such means she acquired
protector, and remained under his protection
for several days, until she found that her dis
guise would 10: save her long, as 1t began TO
be pretty well ascertained among the other
Indians, although little was said, who she
was, from the fact that they were certain her
husband would carry out his threat whenev-
er he should find out where she was, as well
as from the reason also OF her not being able
to speak Winnebago, which tribe she pre-
tended to belong to; and some OF those people
having come down on visit to the Sioux, or
Dakotas, and fearing through them discov-
cry, she again disappeared few days since,
none knowing which way she has gone, or
under what disguise she may again appear
or whether she has at last joined Wabashaws
band where her father aud relatives reside
who are. however, almost strangers to her
or whether she has gone to join the Winnie
, bagoes in their country.