The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-03-25

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A eoFresbohdeht Of ire New !
York Tfibads writes oI tie Ia
nous sionx Chief Spotted Tail and |
his daughter. asfolIows:
When a young man, spottedI
Tail was brave warrior, and al /
ways eeen foremost IN the fight He
wore : eOon's tail in bis head dress.
hence Gen Harpey gave him the
name 81 tbe-man-Sith- -the~spolled-
Tail, which the Indians shoftcDed
into Spotted Tail. lie has FIVE
I0F six wives and several children
A ieE years aeo one Of bis daughsl
ters iell in love with an officer Of
tho army, al Fort Laramie. The
l0fiecr did not retnfnih n tliop.
And she pined and died, she ~
Represented 70 bave been 9 ViFtd
Gus. beautiful girl OF great inteI-
Iigedce, and il was pilable TO- SCI,
her. day by day, following after
1.-THE man she loved as dog follows
his master. Spotted Tail rcmov-
cd her from the fort and sent her
a long way off among his people,
but she refused food, and pined
away to skin and bones. Before
she died she sent for her father and
made him promise that he would
bury her body among the whites
where her heart was She also
cxacted OF him that be would
tgive over his wars against the
whites. live at peace with them,
beirieDd them whenever he could
She sleeps in the graveyard al
/ Laramie. Spotted. Tail loved biz
child much and it is said that he
never forgot the promises be made
her. The young officer she loved
40 paesionalely was lieutenant
in an Ohio regiment during the
war. .E
The same letter has the follow
ing:
The Sioux are perhaps mentally
morally and physically the best
body of indians Oh the Plains.-
AS wives their women are faithfcl,
and if a young woman becomes
leWd. they pass her on the prairie
That is TO say, they take her oul
IF the village. stake her down to
the ground, where she is left for
three nights, subject TO outrage by
the roughs Of the tribe, WHO can
kill her II they wish She is, aitel
this, made TO carry wood, watel
g and do the hard labor OF the tribe
and is disgraced forever. Polygamy
is pracliced in the tribe, but moi
! extensively. A man may have al
, many wives as be can keep bu
must buy them. The uniyersa
d price is pony, or for a whit,
!. man an American horse. 4
S squaw once bought becomes thl
e immediate property Of the pur
1 chaser, but he must catch her,
J, Men have bought wives and neve
: been able 10 catch them. Most o
# them however, are perfectly willing
Q to be caught An Indian severa
years ago took fancy to an off
GERS, horse and tried in every wa,
TO purchase him, but 1hc Office
would not part with the ANIMAL
Finally the Indian offered his sis
ter. a beautiful girl, for the horse
Fearing he would steal or mair
:, the animal, aud not wishing I
= nffend hlm, the officer gave tn
'e Indian the horse, but declined
receive tho girl in return. TIL
~ y young lady, however, was inform
- I'd that she was sold, and so the ma
: :. ter stood After waiting a long lin
" for her husband to come and clair
her, she one day, as he rode b
a a the camp, put herself in his wa.
- when seeing be took no notice
f" her, she naively asked; "Why don
:. you catch me?,N The officer, WI
=, ~ had never seen her before. inquire
6 what she meant. when she rounc
> " told him she was his wifi
: and not<at all pleased that |
Z. had not como for her. lie new,
= claimed her, but she was regardC
- by her tribe as a white man
- squaw, and at last accounts VI
~ ~ still single and waiting for h,
os husband.