Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-08-17
SPOTTED TAIL MURDERED
Killed by CroaO Dog at Rosebud Agea.
cy-A Noted Indian.

Killed by Croao Dog at Rosebud Agen.
! cy-A Noted Indian.
WASHINGTON, August s-Oficial
information of the killing of Spotted
Tail by Crow Dog at the Rosebud
Agency on Friday last was received at
the Interior Department to-day. 1t is
thought at the department that Spot
ted Tail was killed in some difficulty
between him and Grow Dog growing
out of Spotted Tails expected trip to
Washington. He had been directed
by the Indian Office to come to Wash
ington with the Indian delegation due
here about the 18th instant, and it is
thought that Crow Dog, who wanted
to come to Washington himself, was
jealous of Spotted Tails prominence
and influence in tribal affairs.
Sentiment and poetry have so lit
tie to do with the red men of to-day
that the death of chief so turbulent
and conspicuous in his time as Spot
ted Tail will not be apt to excite any
very strong commotion in the breasts
of his contemporaries. The career of
this chief made him something OF an
individuality, however. That is to
say, he was more than the copper-col-
ored wampum-adorned woman-slayer
and scalper that is inevitably associat-
ed with the name of his race. Having
passed his life industriously killing
whites and carousing on the plains,
Spotted Tail, like all men Of genius,
quarreled with his own comrades, and
the ferocity of this quarrel deluged the
hunting grounds for years in blood.
whose shedding, it may be said in
passing, the white men bore with more
than Christian resignation, since it rid
them of their enemies whichever side
was butchered. The vendetta was
waged bctwixt Walk Under-the- Ground
and the Tail until the latter magnani-
mously put an end to the feud by
Draining him on the spot. Thereupon
the dusky Richard set up a new chief
of the tribe of Walk -Under-the-Ground'
and with only passive resistance DOM
mated the red hordes in peace. The
younger chiefs, however, yearned for
war, and in picturesque speech, show
ing that the old chap had learned wis
dom by experience, he admonished
them that it was useless to war against
the whites, but if they persisted in 60
ing he would still be father to them
when they came to him in distress.
Among the incidents of the old chiefs
life was the death of his daughter, who
fell passionately in love with young
officer at Fort Laramie. In her right
as princess of the chief of her nation
she thought herself more than match
for an officer of the pale faces. But he
did not reciprocate the attachment. She
was frequently seen arrayed in the
"artless splendor of the woods" seated
on the doorstep of her beloved, but
when her plight became known to the
old chief he took her off to the hills,
where she pined and died, absolutely
of disappointed love. The Indian
chief is described by correspondent
who knew him WE'LL He has brisk,
socIable manner and smiling face of re-
markable intellectual power. He is
followed by his interpreter He has
none of the stolidity of the typical In
dian. Great alertness. politeness, neat
ness and smiling man-ofthe-world air
are his distinguishing traits. He has
q little pleasant talk and he accepts a
glass of brandy, which he tosses off
with the air of dandy. After short
call he arises, and. politely bowling to
all, moves out as brisk and smiling as
he came in, his interpreter at his heels.
This is the great Spotted Tail, chief Of
the most warlike race on this conti-
nent, white or red. He is about five
feet ten or eleven inches tall, very
dark, and has great variety of express
sion when he talks His great services
in bringing in the hostiles are well
known He has always believed in
peace. He has said for years that his
PEOPLE must commence to learn the
habits OF the white man or go to the
wall. He retains all the physical elas-
ticity and vigor Of man of twenty.
He has had house built for himself
and enjoys some of the habits of civili-
zation. He understands perfectly the
use of the four-pronged fork and nap
kin. He is neat and careful in his at
tire. He understands the value of
money and with sufficient salary
would affect style of magnifcepce
calculated to increase his influence with
his followers and bind him the more
securely to the government. He does
not, like Crazy Horse, limit himself to
one wife, and is perfect contrast to
him in every respect Some time ago
an effort was made to convert him to
the Christian faith After the scheme
of salvation had been fully unfolded to
him he remarked /: White religion no
good. God come on earth; white man
kill him. Indian wouldn't do that