St. Cloud Democrat., 1864-08-25
STORIES OF ,HUxTsR,s LIFE.

lnteresting2letters,t trom9 one Il Of f4sWhieh We
cory thea following sketched9 Of frontier
"Reminiscences: I1p 3o1ss a9ni3Yb y9ftt =
HORSE STEALING xoa,1v..ssr 81 IN. yu,-
gntADs dhi1a1p ot $50 >
1nmm,,I 9lii4ud 9,,ii 1.sfagEtk3el oft :
fhof ts summer EPlner buffalo huat Of 1856 will
probably b, remembered plb b. Ia, Hall Breed
Plain hunters qgF, as the pp.t pnlueky in tlo,s
Of stock which they ever 2e4psrisnced at
the, hands Of the isiouz.ti Cows we're. found
in great numbers, on Tho plain between the
Goose and ShaysnneI rivers. and, after, two
or three successful ..rshs',- the nsshunaine e
brigade" moved to- thsetimbered branches
of'the 6fst5 men,i.ned itream u make FL penn
mioan,; locating fhsihr camp r,to On the bluff
9Ye, leelkiee the junction @ t of The south and
middle forks. ad, & ,a.;t..' . j.
MA Mate Wakan, Medicine 2Bear) q leading
'wvEniio warrior Of the Cut Head band Of Y.noto-
'n:is' with thirty .or, forty braves, bad been
watching the Hall Breed hunters tor sever
81 days designing to steal their horaes when
1.-THE camp should be pitched in some locali-
ty suitable for carrying out their purpose
successfully. a The camp at Goose Forks
was admirably calculated for making Iii.
attempt and the; Sioux were mot SLOW to
seize the opportunity:a' b1h i,aaoq sj
~ The nan.Breeds drove outatheir alnim.ls
TO 9rase' early IONS morning shout d half
mile from the corral II carts, their usual
vigilance, somewhat relas4edtf rom thf the tact
that ilo. signs u senemies had been discov.:
cred 'since;eS tie huSt lad opened Mato
Wakan With iiis braves WHO had ridden
along under Tie bluff to the 2very edge Of
the encampment unobserved, nov now dashed
forx ard between the herd and camp, and
With waving blankets ind shideoeus yells,s
succeeded in sstampeding two hundred and
forty horses anddth,rty-six oxen, I'll The
plains, all Of which they eventually secur-
ed. One hunter only saved his stock which
had been turned ont with the herd, Bap-
tiste Moran, aquiet ha1f. breed, Of little pre-
tensions, and whose previous history as =
plain hunter, was remarkable for nothing
more than furnishing good list Of slaught-
erred bufalos, vas one Of the first to ob-
serve this audaeious attempt Of The Sioux i
A his best 4, runner ', !:' was tied 70 one Of his
carts: it wasa mare, and his other ami
mails were much attached to her 'Hs de
'termined' TO save his horses it was the
work Of a moment only, to strap plon his In.
dian saddle and to mount, and taking s.
circnitous course, avoiding the Sioux; at q
headelonng, pace dashed through .fhe herd,
passing close to his own animals, which
recognizing the animal he rode followed,
and moving rapidly around the ether flank,
Moran conducted the most of his, ponies
!fately back to campr4.r...g IL yn;I lii
,is',dlla This daring feat gained him, great: credit
among the hunters Of The Plain, and on sew
eral occasions since. hs has shown tn t it is
deserved. In this affair several we're kill
Ton both sides. Mato sWakan, the leader
of the foray, was, .bimself.s badly wounded.
and laid within range Of. the half breed
gums until night,awhen he was removed ty
the Sioux, but recovered to give the half
breeds continual annoyaLce. Y'I4anoQ yAt
IL The drift. Of the Sioux arguments in aban=
..doning their claim to those great wastes
called the ..Disputal territory" is much
like their establishing an ownership in all
the herds Of emf grating bison, and as will
be seen by the following talk with = Yanc-
tonai: y3agG9f.- ,J:t,p,I ,i.sii "a -tn.
10 THE GREAT SPIRIT rAvonry THE SIOUX, ot
more than all the rest of his red children.
onOur party had been hunting some time,
over the disputed landss and our camps
gave undisPpted evidence Of the havoc We
had made among the buffalos, when VIC met
! war party Of the Prairie Sioux si, < Throug &
the dead man Of TIE party, ID d old brave
named wrakanhudee- Kokepshpi, Che who
ttrembles| zat the lightning) !. personal de.
mandw. made Of 4. Is ply them for the
baffalos We had killed; iof course We de-
mdrreds and Wished 10, know what better
right they: had to them than2wa. yadT5 o,
-.srhese lands are ours" said be- ..and
every; animal upon ii is ours, the Great
Spirit put them upon it for. U.S. you have
killed our cattle, we may Il likewise kill
YOURS :" IS ,tsDo Won. not uJsvai rofnrnod