Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-06-03
A. She Meets Her Son After an Alb
sence Of Over Six
..& Years
A Young Papoose Falls Overheard off
the Far West, Followed by
Its Mother. @l& s.
Another squaw Dies, and the Curious
Indian Funeral Services are
Performed.
The Trip Down. ].

Saturday evening at 4:30 the steamer
Helena, the first eflhe fleet bring ng down
the surrendered Sioux, arsived from Fort
Buford. At five O'Clock the Far West put
in an appearance, and by this TING, at
least 500 people from the city were oD.the
bank, all ANXIOUS to see the only supvi.
vors of Clusters battle The Gen. Sher-
man, with over 800 In1ians on board, met
with slight accident about ffteeprniiles
above Bismarck and was the, obi igea
to lay upfor a short time, arivingg about
s o'clock. The Helena had on 426 In
flians, and the Far West 43G The tieet
was under the command OF Capt Clifford,
Seventeenth Infantry, who was IN 1870:
Indian agent at Fort Berthol9- This was
before the Indians were turned over to the
Interior Department, prior to which
event, army officers were detailed as In
dian agents While lello]ding this position
Captain Clifford was brought in intimate
relation with Gaul, the noted Sioux chief,
who was passenger on the Helena. The
two became fast friends. Gaul became at \
tached to Capt. Clifford because Of his
kind nature and generous heart, while on
the other hand Capt. Clifford found in the
face and character of Gaul, a study.
THE SIOUX cI11EFTA1N
weighs 226 pounds and with his roSec
wrapped loosely around him and bis head.
erect he ren1indsione of ancient history
and Roman senators. Gaul says littte,,
but single word from him has more
weight upon his.people than a dozen from
any other chief Gaul is non-commitaF
about the Custer massacre. It has been
said Of him THAT he killed Gen. Custer,
but this he denies. During that memora-
HE FIGHT Gaul was second in command.
He held the banner of retreat. He kept
safe passageway open for his comrades
should they be swoTsted in the. battle.
"You can 20 out and kill those blue
coats, " said Gaul at the outset Of the
charge. "but there will be mese to follow.
White men are too many. 1hey come
from the clouds like rain and moIe wall
follow those yon kill" Gaul has beer Il
thoroughbred Indian. Whenever he has
fought. it has been with determination
and the whites he has killed rnn well UP
towards the hundreds. a brayer Indian an.
never lived. Once he was pinloned TO-.
the ground with two bayonets. after first
receiving two shots, and left for dead
His wonderful vitality survived and strug-
gled with success for liberty. He made
his escape and has, until his recent sur
render, added yearly golden laurels to
his reputation as hair litter. Besides
Gaul on the steamer. Helena were Black
Moon and Fool Heart, son OF Lame 1es Deer
.s.ss3 SCOUT ALLIsON "a
also accompanied the strrentfesed 3 ionx, !,
i as interpreter. Mr. Allison has had a
lard winter. He l,as Seen bsck kantl forth
during the bliszari,dls from Bufora TO Sit.
ting Bulls Camp, and has worked like 4
shero for tile Government il his efforts 70
induce tile savagesto surrender. Allison
lis . Prince, among the Indians. They
have tile most explicit confidence
in him and laugh and Chat With II
him Us one Of their people. Allison sls2 q q
fast friend Of Gaul and other cliicfs, ana
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