The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-28
A SA-TAN-TA'S SUICIDE.


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\ Proud rhr"as-C"ssfsx hss~a SasenAis
KIN. Himself after seven Year, IL the
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A CORRESPONDENT writes from Houstan.
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eqnaeu, YET se'Ar'eis eSAlsc"' oy aoeuon.
that, IN his time. she'd some OF the test
blood on the f,onticr Of that state. II was
tn. K,owa Indian chief Sa-t,n-ta. who w.
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ny h. tbr,w himself bra,Ilorv unon som.
t,ml.,rs b..lo,. ,-,,,s,,,, b,. d,,,b IN a few
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S,-ta,.ta was uo,s,sr Tn. readers
"A v,llo~ .ha.k,.d novel. boa.,,n. of IN,
x,,tnes NJ India, h,roes xould learn A
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o,,, ,i,nos, sro., r,.J..r The very .bsdo~.
~ ro,, Sill ~. chief led IN. ecmnanv n,
a r,,bl,.s raid ~ mnr,;e, arson and r.n,ne
~ the ,,,.,,liny wbi,. settlers on line .h,n
.x,r.,n,. fr',n,;., 81 Texas Tn. h.,d Of
nj l,y,ls .c.,,s-,.,i 6re .,d ,onabavl-
Ear sn,na..;n,, the dev,l,r,e. ~ the dem
ON. " ba Slew the MISC. n,xdx IN K.,,
cunt, so,,. tine ,,,o-,n srd dox,
Their trail nm they wound nm IN a gyanJ
.srie. of massacr,,. a,d sc,lo-l,f,Ing
anon, m. s,.,,I.r.,,. "a I..k ,cun,,
Tea n, ha,b,ronslv ami !, c,,d bIcoi
.lanyb,,r,ng some ,,ov.rnm.nt ,eam.ter.
The t.o.l,ss ~ The .ioomei men x.r, nor.
r,blv mn,,I...J ON. of the ,.a,n.,er,
was fastened 10 a wagon vk,.l and harmed
aliv. A f.w day. after ,b,. borr,bl.
hatchery several K,oxa chief. wen, IN
rort sill 10 draw s,overnment ,at,,u,
Amor, ,he,, x,,r, S,.,an-,a Sa,.nL
KirL,n, R,,j and Lon. Waif Anoshcr
rb,.t-on. ~ the Whit, ,eon,e-al.o an
reared Their, \, the sanr time IN ~.s
III. ..R;, Chief +" William T,.,um.eb Sb,y.
man In. nart,euIars Of the ,pur,i.r M
,be ,.y,u ,,ams,cr. w.r,. known 10 G.,
sherman II also came IN h,. ear, that
,h. cb,,f Sa-tan.ta had t-,a.,c,i 70 n.
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had lei nm. mur,l,r,.r. and t.ok a .h,,f
part in IN. massacre. s.-tan.ta az
t,ovle,l,,,,i 10 I'm. government AGENT nj
Fort sill ms mart in In. murder between
Port. R,rb,r,i.ou and Belsnap ,,.n
sherman tb.ref,r, had Sa.,an-,a and
so,,,. other ,b,,f. arrested heavily ,p,n-
ed and ,.u. on to J.el oo,pty T..a, 4,
Is. tried by the .i,iI autbo.ii,e. therr
They wer. escorted bx Col Ma,ken,,. and
A d.ta.bnrnt from For, sill ON the
road and near ~ber, the uuI,rtv team.
-,.rs yer, murdered. Satank. by ena~inu
In. ae-b 20 the bone. managed 10 sim "a
IN. bandeuff. S.iy,nv a suene., s,se h.
aiiemu,..d q. .ho,t ora, of th. soldier. t,t
VA. himself shot down The f.te OF ga.
tank alarmed sa,an.,a and Big Tree.
who vent au,.,l, the balance 81 tb. va,
The court of JAZZ county found Big Tree
and san-,an.ta 10Th guilty Of murder. snd
sen,.pe,.l them ~ L.. hanged. The du,
a Execution wa, se. bu, i.oy. DAVIS. a.
TEXAS. by a.iyie. from Washington. and
thinking thereby 10 accomplish elipIonsi,e
end, with the indians. rnmu,u,s-I In. ..n-
,svc., Of both Big Tree and San-,sp.ta a.
If. imprisonment, m the u.uIt.nt,ar, a,
Hun,.vill.
Both chief. x.r. Therefore. s.pi q, Uuni.-
vile. and en- rH,. % thai ins,i,u,,op
.sopt--i /, nigh, and mari of a ,Isy IN IN.
ia,l a, Houston. Thu. sas IN FL. Thu.
we'll r.a,en,i.~-s the report.
ORAL interview h. had With i!.e.e two rel
devil, in the rls.,,nir., r.ii "a Harm. ,,.un.
~ pr;.on. A. be entered l.-hin.l the b.r,
almost in ,ouehinv dis,a.,ee 10th a. E,y
Tr. and sa-...n-,a. e.sI An...reJ M.
saJutas,oo IN Invi,.b bs a ..,n-i a. ,b.,,
du.ky co,utsuape.-s aud a tr,s ..,ag-
l,r,,nt that ..ys.p.Is.i much lilo thA; Of bI,v
Jus, rou-ed M IN IN. .,y To huths, n.
t.1nut. cd N. eo,re.r,s,d.p, A |. e...,e,,.-
ton With the eh,es. they chi, altered a
few very Jsr,k.u s.-,..ne.s ~ v,t,l.,,.b