The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-09-21
Miscellaneous.
THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE.
THE RENOWNED RED WARRIORS LAST
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.

THE RENOWNED RED WARRIORS LAST
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
a Gallant Fight against Tremendous Odds
breaking through Bayonets and then Nor
tally Wounded Nth his own KnVe-Me
Brief Funeral Oration by 7ouch-he- Cloud
RED CLOUD AGENCY, Neb., Sept. e.
Crazy Horse, the redoutable Sioux chief and
warrior is dead, his spirit having entered
the happy hunting grounds at 12i o'clock
this morning. You have been informed by
telegraph of the main facts in connection
with the recent agency troubles. When
Crazy Horse and the other chiefs of the
Sioux at this post were informed that the
Great Father desired them to send two hun
dred of their young men to fight the Nez
Perces under joseph, he and Touch-the.
| Cloud demurred, and it is asserted by Lieut.
Clark, who has general charge of the In
dans, and by his interpreter, Frank Gouard
that both threatened TO go north again and
war against the whites. Crazy Horse said
he had appointed day and arranged for
his departure. His village was situated
White river, and numbered over one hun
dred tips. Many of his principal men, in
Guiding Little Big man, Big Road, Jumping
Shield, Iron Hawk, and Yellow Bear, had
left him to join other bands, having been
excited thereto by jealously, the action OF
Gen. Crook and his representatives, and the
protestations of Red Cloud, Little Wound
American Horse, and Young Man Afraid
of.his-Horses, all enlisted Indians and
Ogalalla or Kiocie chiefs. His influence
was rapidly waning, and at this juncture, ,es
pecially, much dissatisfaction prevailed b,
cause of his persistent refusal to go t.
Washington.
Little Big Man will be remembered as th
instigator of almost massacre of Senate
Allison and his Commission when treating
for the possession of the Black Hills Touch
the Cloud is reported to have expressed
himself with similar import and emphasis
He is Minneconjou, of magnificent ply
sique, standing six feet five inches in hi
moccasins, and without an ounce of surplu
j flesh, weighing 280 pounds. Notwithstand
ing his stature and avoirdupois, he is moth
ing if not poetical. "The Great Father,
said Touch-the- Cloud, "washed the bloc
from our faces, and now would besmes
them again If he bid us put it ON it mus
stay there" The interpreter construed th
/ into highly insolent and mutinous languag
and both Crazy Horse and Touch the Clou
Al we're reported by telegraph to Gen. Crool
!. who, although rapidly travelling to Cam
Brown, found time to visit this agency Ell
route. While here he endeavored to 81
Crazy Horse; but the latter not only refu
ed to come to Camp Robson when sun
moned, but threatened to scalp the Ora
Fox Crook if he ventured inside of his vi
lage. Touch-the. Cloud had returned
Spotted Tail Agency, where his people a
encamped. OF course this ended amicab
negotiations. Spies were at once set
watch the supposed hostiles, numbering Sc
g. eral hundred.
There are about $500 Indians at tn
IL agency, and at Spotted Tail not less this
1000. Of the former, perhaps 1000 a
!. bucks. Here there were only four comp
MES of the Third Cavalry and three of Il
re Fourteenth Infantry-ot whom it is sal
DC however, "Russia has her Cossacks Tu
q, key, the Bashi- Bazouks and the Unit
States the 'bloody Fourteeners AT Spc
ted Tail, one company of the Third Caval
Pa and one of the Fourteenth Infantry occupi
the neighboring post of Camp Sherman,
was desirable to have more troops, and
,st and G. companies of the Third Cavalry we
ed ed ordered from Fort Laramie, and part
F. and all of D. company len route to Il
loc Black Hills) of the same regiment, fro
sc sSc Camp at Hat Creek. The troops thus co
iiSc solidated entered Camp Robinson at mi
lSc night and on the morning of the 4
iSc inst, at about o'clock, they proceeded
lSc aSc surround Crazy Horse and village. The
PC PC were seven companies of cavalry, partly
loc complete, numbering about 300 men, a
'' commanded by Major J. W. Mason, Thi
,S tSe Cavalry.
voc The reinforcements were accompanied
sOc nearly 300 enlisted Sioux under Red olor
sSc sSc Little Wound, Young Man Afraid OF. h
sSc sSc Horses, Little Big Man, and Jumping Shit
-, and about 100 Arapahoes of Fridays ba
2oc led by Black Coal and Sharp Nose,
lac lac twelve.pounder brass Napoleon with
a,c lSc timber chestfuls of prape-shot and canste
9oc and which evidently inspired both allies a
~ hostiles with wholesome fear, comple'
this martial array.
:. Arriving where but a single crest conce
the village, it was cautiously approach
zen when there was discovered an empty q
eeS uninhabited valley. Crazy Horse and '
old lage had vanished A few scattered Loo
lies poles and bundles showed that his deps
! 'a,r or ure had been somewhat hurried. His Il
ION ON led north principally, in the direction
nos Spotted Tail, and thither American Hol
b. with one party, and No Water with anot
w. were instantly despatched, with INSTRUCT
70, to bring him dead or alive. Two hund
en- dollars was off red for his apprehensi
,est Meanwhile, several incidents occurred
rS 'oSt cuiarly illustrative of the Indian charac
ras me At time when the troops anticipated c'
A ing upon Crazy Horse and bis fleeing
can @ lage at any moment, coyote was disco'
Ser ,Ser ed running along the bank of the river,
tic dozen or fifteen shots were instantly Fl
ORR at him. They were heard at the agency,
AXE it was supposed the ball had opened in ei
iT pT est. Later, the Arapahoes started gray
. from the brush, and the entire one hund
followed, chasing him into and through
adjoining village. These childish impu
+ are irresistible to the otherwise grave
~. dig nified warriors of the plains. The Ia
tribe converse almost exclusively by 81
His. and no white man ever acquired their
Esp peP cultural tongue. 1t is said that not {
,aa Ten two Arapahoes can make themselves un
ents ataod in the dark where their gestures