The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-20

surgeon. The warriors are kept under 8
close guard and are heavily shackled in or
der TO prevent tine possibility of an escape
or TO ALLOW them the opportunity TO com.
NIT suicide practice 10 which the red
man OF later days, whatever msy have beer
the case In former times, is yeIy much ad,
dicted.
| AZ INDIAN RCMASCE.
a very neat IitJle story is told OF Chey-
enne sguaw and a brave, lhe occurrence
taking place just as the prisoners were
starting from Eurt Robinson for Fort Leav.
enworth. The squsw came TO the guard
house lew moments previous to the de-
psrtUre OF the melancholy cOnvov, for the
purpose Of taking leave ef her liege lord.
the guard allowing her an interview with
him, not having any idea that anything
would happen. Alter few words Of con-
versstion with him she suddenly drew a
knife and stabbed the brave 10 The heart,
he falling deed at her feet, thi.
! being her retfod Cf forever re-
iieving him IRON The disgrace Of being a
prisoner, Of wearing the rhackles of serfdom
and OF suffering the humiliation OF a trial
This was the Spartan plan, but nova days
we don't attach 70 much importance to
these lItile things as the ancienrs did in the
halcyOn days Of old. There's a lot Of stern
stuf in those Cheyennes, as has been found
out To tie cost oi the Government and the
State of Ksn-a-, and "a the blsckened
ruins uf scores OF home and the bodies OF a
hundred settlers can testify.
A STARTLING KUNoR.
A startling rurnor Il the most exagger-
ated and sensational nature was borne upon
the bre,Zss TO the city from the Fort yesler-
day morning to the effect that Wild Hog,
the principal chief of the Cheyenne prison
ers now in dUrance vile at the post, and an
other warrior whose name was not gwen,
had attempted III eide and had all but &C
complisheu their bloody and determined
purpose. The details Of the rumor were to
the ioiio"iHg effect: 4 papCose had man
sged 10 snuggle beneath it, clothing, knife,
y hIch 1t gave TO Wild Hog, who staboed
and slashed himself across the
breast several times, and after the ac-
complishmeDt OF his object the other brave
seized the deadly weapon and served him
sell likewise, none of The wounds inflicted,
however, proving fatal The wounded
warriors were .aken 10 The post hospital and
surgeons imm,diately summoned, who
dressed their wOuad- aud rendered them as
comfortable ss possible under the circum-
stances. This ruwor was Il ally denied by
a couple Of staff officers who came down
into The city IN the afternoon, and no said
the prisoners were In good condition, eating
heartily and that no suicide by any of them
had b,en attempted. he discipline at
Fort LeayenwOrth l. so strict and the cap
tive under such careful and vigilant guard
that such a thing could hardly be possible
The rumOr went on further 10 state that the
two braves would in all probability have
succeeded in their attempt at self-destruc-
Iion had not the sentinel, stationed in
lhe corridor Of the guard house Just out
side the cell wherein the warriors are
confined, witnessed the bloody performance
and taken away the knife before the reds
sent themselves to the happy hunting
grounds.
THE IRI Al OF THE ChPTIyES.
So far a. Is known no definite time has
been rettied for the trisl of the Cheyenne
c,ptives. but il has been circulated that
wituesser TO identity them As participators
in the raid and msssacres Of the fall OF 1875
are now on their way TO Fort LeavepSOrIh.
The probabilities seem 10 be that the num-
her of witnesses will he very large, a. the
CBeyennes busted themselves most particu
larry from the time they first set foot upon
X kansas s0Il until they crossed the northern
border in stealing stock, burning ranches
and farm hoGses and numbering every
ranch man, cattle mau, COW boy aud settler
they met. While there is no doubt what
ev,r that these braves low capIives here
we're psrticiPators IN all this it may be a
hard matter to identity each and every one
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