The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-09
A pine-ste1n Chief warns Hls
Tribe to beware Of the WHITES
The White s3guaw Glaiet'
No Use Ser a Grand1not5fer'

ONE years ago, altef many preparatory ,
ceremonies. made an ascent to the summit
re Dg.;e5 re5rAtqen raAtqentail1 and there, smoking to
Y - ..l55unox s3;s s ;s5G North, the South,
he Rast aid tic West, invoked the Great
spirit TO grant them sigh: into the future
md show them the extent and duration OF
he buffalo herds, the dependence Of their
people.
Having remained several days in the
sienity Of aIiil-as-to-to, CT E1licf Aoun-
ain. they returned to their lodges and
,allinga grand council II their various
bands they impaired to them thciG visions
in words to the effccr that The wrath Of the
Great Spirit was about to descend upon
them in punishment for their past mis-
deeds. They told their astonished and
listeners that a white woman
would be Chief over tl.em 2ll, and that she
woult send many Of her chiltiren, Ill
dressed III red CLOTH, to teach tic young .
men how to live without hunting Or going /
to war. and invite them to work with
their hands instead and that those people |
dressed Ill red would after i While compel
all the men who had more than enc wife
to send the remainder away; that they |
would not allow them to buy tire-Water,
steal horses, or even go on the WaI-patll
against their enemies. Some Of Jou old
married men, said 4i2ey twill like the
great change for q short time, because you
will not be compelled to tie mp your horses
at night to guard against the thief OF
enemy. nor will you be obliged to pile up
logs and dried meat around the outside and
inside of youf lodges to stop a bullet.
This change will seem like rest after al
the excitements you have passed through
in your days Of drunkenness; but another
change will come over you. We have
looked over all the bultalo herds IN our
country and over their future feeding
grounds and I tell you not many SHOWS
will come and go before we will have to
leave the land where we were born and
where our fathers died.
Our new grandmother, that Write Wo-
man chief told you about will find it
impossible to keep lis here and furnish Us
with all we want, We will have 10 take
ottr lodges and move far away to the land
of the stranger and camp among our enc
mics, they viii attack lis and kill ot1r Wo-
men and children Or lead them into sla-
very and leave us afoOt 10 mourn osi
losses. The Great Spirit will send us sick
ness and hnagsE ana Eas2 tha h52la aa
will not be able TO follow them, and deep
SHOWS and many, strange people will come
between us and our meat After q while
we will smoke with ali our enemies that
live like lis Oh the prairie, and whose
hearts are bad toward the white man. We
will then be strong and drive the whites
away SO that the buffalo may res'lin 60 our
country and we viii be happy.
The Blood tribe arose and said u his fol
lowers:
81 had dream and saw a large camp
of strange people. They were tall and
good looking for people who live on the
prairie and their hair was parted IN the
middle like woman's. They had many
| lodges, horses and mules, better and larg-
er ones than ours, They also had strong
guns, which they claimed to have taken
from the whites. approached this canl
of over one hundred lodges, and being dis
covered, one Of the medicine men calnt
out to meet me, and asked
"Who are you2 and whence do yol
come?''
4 ! told him that I was Pipc-sten1, Chic
Of the Rlo0ds, and that I was il search g
A a new country for my people, that th
hearts Of the white men who had come t
us were getting bad and that we could n
longer live where we We're born.
The stranger took nie by the han
and said: belong to the grea
, Dacotah and there are not a great man
of us. pity You and your people becaus
we once were like YOU But now, look
ua, We feel strong, we have good horses
, good mules and guns, which We have tat
: en- from the white dogs that were drivin
!. us towards the mountains OF the settln
/. sun. Look at me-lny medicine is stron
+ and while / wear this medicine robe m
: enemies cannot do the harm. And
e prove his medicine he called his soldier
I and ordered them to load their guns The
|, wrapping his medicine robe around hi
he stood and received the fire Of the who
I. party unharmed. Hooked on in astonisl
8 ment and walking up to him examine
It the robe and found that it WAS Whole-b'
9 that all the bullets had fallen 1T his fee
v NV dream ended and [ was awakened
: the cries of my children for meat. Nov
b NV children I feel that in short tin
& shall die, for what saw il my drea
n must have been ID the Happy Huntll
J. Grounds. But advise you to rememb
a my words: Be suspicious Of the white
is watch them, and be careful Of your lal
for which the dogs will want TO pay Y
with paper. Should You ever meet Al
: people like those have described from L
I dream. smoke with them. think thi
I must be q great people, with great hear
= and the color of their skin is the same
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