The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-14

tho duivcring groin of the chief who sank in n
doublcd-up posture upon the ground outside
tine door.
Instantly every Indian prcscnt-and about
fifty had gathered ncar-was Observed to
load and cook his carbiDe; and the 81
lcncc that cnsued was broken only Ivy the
cllcd earth. until an old lndinn. Cruzy Horses
father. suddenly lcapcd from his pony.and,w
volNrr in tn" other advanced upon Capt. Ken
nington. He was instantly hurled upon bis
assured assn ed Hy ,hs. hs ofilccrs and guard an
preached Crazy Horse to convey him 10 the
guard room. this time for medical ATTENDANCE;
hut agnin their movement was arrested by the
click Of corking carbines. What could they do
No Interpreter was present, ami they dld not
know friend from foe In this emergency the
Indians themsrivcs motioncd Ia the open Adlu-
tants ofli - they had lust quit A. COMPROMISED
between thoir contcndlng parties, nnd INTO THIS
room they were permitted to carry the PROSTATE
oh e. Some Of them subsequently desired To
convey him to an adjoining village but this re-
quest Col Bradley refused to grant; aud with
the exception of "a guard OF cnliSted Indians.
Touch -thc-Cloud and Crazy Horse. ST.. tho
Until now it had been feared that the willy
chief was only "possumng." but when his
wound had been examined and dressed. DIR.
Macgillycuddv. the assistant post surgeon. pro-
nuunrcd IL fatal Touch -thc-Cloud the old
father Of the dying chici. and several officers
Je,tons 81 opium or morphinc. H. never raj
lied. and only, once spoke indistinctly about
"
prossipn in the minds oi the two Indians pres
ent that he had been stabbed with Il bayonct Dr.
Macgily'uidy showed them the cross section Of
hayonrt by thrust ng i through q sheet Of
paper. and Also that Of the knife. endcavoring
to explain the different wounds the two would
cause. but. fear. with little success. Tho latter
had originally been butchers knife. and had
been ground ar whrttcd down To- a very slender
and pointed blade that appcared 10 correspond
exactly with the wound. This was So small as
To- hc scarcely noticeable. H. hlod internally.
As death approached. the old man related
his lust and only living child. He had another
hoy, equally brave ana renowned. hut he was
killed by the Snakes or Sho@honcs. Neither
hnd any children. although Crazy Horse had
long pOSses-ed two suuaws. and recently per
suadcd a beautiful half-hrccd, living at the
agcncy. 10 clope with him. His family aud
name would become extinct with his own death.
and he was siNty-s'N years oi age. His son
would soon have been thirtv-scVun. having been
born ON thr south Chrvcnnp river In thr fail
of $50. His hoy he aiie'tionAtcly said, would
never have fought the whites. hut they hunted
him and his Wiling" in their owti country. and
they had 10 defend themselves. or all would
have persisted. H. had enough buffalo in that
country Ia luSt s'N"rni wears. and wanted 10
stay He fought only the Crows and snakes
aud stole thcir ponies. But he was not let alonr.
Every courier thnt eamc North g him snid.
Come I'M come IN e. or tn" Gray Fox will drive
you after Sitting Bull" Al last he came Spot
ted Tail amt led Cloud. the greatest chiefs ~
the Hrucs and Ognuas had to stand inside and
give him the principal place in council. nud on
iralous Thrv were, the onis,, oil his moor hoy
lying there. He was killed by too much talk.
II, had said
The old man appeared So much exhausted hy
this discourse and his grief that the Doctor
kindlv gave him drink of whi-kcy which he
seemed o. irii~h amazingly lie rose and shook
hands ull around. "N tanning. How could" a
-lgniil ant EXPRESSION oi friendship. After Il
silence Ol N"ru minutes hf resumed: - You
EHyr me to drink. and made my heart glad but
thinking ui my dead son. my heart grows sud
again. Give me another whi-key straight
Al about IN the morning. Crazy Horses
mother. "A wthered old nag. who wis not yet
aware Of his death. WIS challenged iy the out
posts and admit 81 90 the room. Her outburst-
Of grief. IN which she WIS Joined 10y her hus-
band. seemed unruntrOlluhlr. They tore their
gray llulr ana -hrirkt 1 souS 10 alarm the gurri-
son. Finally they became quetcr, and settled
ln "a grooming manner on their knees bend
INK over AMI carrs-ing the prostrnte and life
loss form. both chanting. in AN lndr-crihuhly
weird manner. the now famous Sioux death
song. The deep cultural oi thc On" blended
BON were cracked 10y nco. No on" who wit
Messed ur heard the odd couple III their savage
devotion cln forget the sad srrnr or their
strangely ininr.ssiV" and mourniul dirgc.
tci Good! And once. pointing 70 the
corpse. he said. " That II only the TN tlodgol:
the rest has gone To- the Great Spirit in the hap
py hunting erpunds!
them III the poet ambulance to the nearest viii
lage. and ! learn that great excitement pre-
vailed. especially among the youg bucks. They
propose 1! bury the dead chief with much
people are leaving for that agency. All day
the sduuws have been mourning for miles
around. and tonight number Of dances are IN
niugrer-.
Il il Impossible TO predict what effect the
death of this distinguished chief and renowned
warrior may prOdus" upon tho nation. Last
night there were several false alarms at Cimp
Robinson ana the troops are kept constantly
nal anil MI.