The Benton weekly record., 1882-12-07

Bull when he and his band surrendered.
On his arrival within the lines Of the
whites he announced with Il great -four
ish that he had induced the great Teton
chief to come in. Brave Bear, in his mul-
tltudinous marriages, had once sustained
the relation Of son-in-law to Sitting Bull,
and this connection he was very proud of
impressing OIL the mind Of any pale-face
who would listen to him. Sitting Bull We
hemently denied that Brave Bear had
anything to do with his surrender, and the
two chiefs were thereafter bitter euemes.
Sometime after the return of the hostles
to Standing Rock a number of ranchmen
discovered Brave Bear in the act of steal
| ing horses and seized him. One of the
men snapped pistol ut his head, but it
failed to go off. He tried it again and
again, the cartridges each time failing to
explode. After sober second thought
the captOrS concluded to take Brave Bear
| to Bismarck and turn him over to the Uni
ted States authorities. This they did.
The United States Commissioner commit
ted him for trial for the murder Of john
son, and he was taken in irons to th-
Yankton jail. Brave Bears trial was
brief. He strenuously denied the murder
of Johnson, and asserted that Red Dog
was the guilty party. When sentence Of
tanned a calm demeanor. He has been
restless in jail, however. .....-
Soon after his arrival at Yankton, Brave
Bear was found to be suffering from ar
senical poison. His howls could be heard
fora mile. Physicians were promptly
summoned, and by dint Of hard work dur
ing all of one night they saved his life. L
was thought at one moment that he was
dying. He evidently thought so too, for
he beckoned Catholic priest to his side
and handed him a paper with many mean
ingless gesticulations. The document was
thought to be Il confession, but it has never
been deciphered. It consisted of many
rudely drawn sketches Of animals, some of |
them colored. Beneath these were several |
hieroglyphic characters which nobody
could comprehend. After spiritual conso-
lation had been administered to the suffer-
er he showed signs of improvement, and
in day or two was well. Where he got
the poison is a mystery. Brave Bears own
story is that he was given two white pow
dhrs by man in Fargo who told him to
take one when he felt bad. He said he felt
very bad when he was locked up in Yank
ton, and he took enc Of the powders as di-
rected.
The savage thus described seemed to
have genuine fear for no one save All I'm
capapa squaw whom he once married and
then put away. She appears to have ador-
ed him at first, but his treachery turned
her love to the fiercest hate. She follow
ed him for months at a time, in all seasons
and in all places. 1t is probable that if
the whole truth was known, Brave Bears
rowing life could be justly attributed to
the terror which she inspired in him. If
mortal ever had Nemesis, she was his in
very truth. Armed with knife and revol-
er, and with murder animating her
whole being, she dogged him for years, in
tent on revenge. The factthat he escaped
her is the best proof Of his own cunning.
Sitting Bull and his followers have
watched the proceeding against Brave
Bear with the keenest interest. They fear
arrest and trial for their crimes. Every
strange face which appears at their agency
fills them with apprehension. 1t would
not be difficult to find evidence on which
5he whole pack might be hanged.