Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-10

found In his head. His wife was awak-
ened, but she was soon disabled and the
murderers got away with about $50. Mrs.
Heisel did not recognize the parties. Great
excitement prevails in the vicinity. So
far no clue to the guilty parties.
A SINGULAR BATTLE.
The Punishment that Four Square Sisters
+ Melted Out to Young Back.
Poplar River Mont. Correspondence New York
Sun.
Recently there was witnessed here one
of the most singular scenes of Indian life
the punishment by four Indian girls, the
daughters of Polecat, of young Indian
hunter who had assaulted one of their
number. The following description is
that Of an eye witness:
The tribe forms huge ring in which
the savage who provoked the animosity of
the Polecat family is summarily thrust.
He looks sullen and logged. He has a
hard fight before him, and he knows it,;
but he is a man of his hands, and he
means to wear those girls out if it
lies in his muscle and
prompt ana 0uoCtual WORK. lie
may strike them anywhere above the
breast and kill them if blow in the neck
| will do it, but bullets and arrows are ready
for him if he strikes foul. The girls, on
| the other hand, must take off his apron, If
| they accomplish that, he is disgraced to
the uttermost moment of his life, driven
from his tribe, left to starve on the prai-
| RE and all Indians cautioned against har.
| boring, feeding or associating with him.
The injured woman is allowed to have
| such squaws as she may select to assist her
But, if she chooses too many to effect her
purpose, it is disgrace to her; and so she
is carful to select only enough 10 make the
battle nearly equal.
The Polecat girls are the bellies of the
Yanktonias tribe. If squaw can be
pretty, these girls are beautiful; and, by
virtue of their attractions and their
fathers possessions in horses and other
Gratis of the camp. Perhaps for that rea-
son they ask no help in their present I'M
dertaking; and for that reason also, per-
haps. their savage sisters giggle and ex-
change whispers as the four girls step into
the ring and approach the waiting buck.
All five are in full war paint. Down the
hunters cheeks and along his neck are al
ternate sepia and green and yellow stripes
on background of brilliant red, while his
chest, sides and back are tricked
out with rude pictures of guns,
bows, and horses. The girls have smeared
their faces with a coating of red, over
which lies another of green striped with
yellow. Their hair is unfastened at the
back, and the front locks are braided with
otter fur. Each wears a skirt and leggings;
but their blankets are laid aside, and their
muscular brown arms are displayed.
There are no preliminares. The girls
dash at their enemy and attempt to grasp
him. If all hands manage to get hold of
him, half the battle is accomplished. But
he meets them squarely and fairly, plant
ing cruel blow between the eyes of the
girl he had injured, knowing that if she is
finished he can compel her to call off the
rest. She is the general of the attack
ing forces and the prime object of
attack. Over she goes like pin-wheel;
but she is up again, her face streaming
with blood and her eyes swelling. The
elder girl has contrived to secure waist
hole, and locked her hands behind his back
His fists fall upon her upturned face with
frightful force; but she keeps her hold.
The two other girls are pressing him hard
from behind, but his elbows work like bat
tering-r rams, and one steps back with her
hands pressed tightly to her breast and a
look of agony in her eyes. Now he whirls
suddenly, planting ponderous blows upon
the face and head of the girl who on her
knees still clings to his waist with death
grip. He fairly raises her from the ground
as he spins, but her hold never relaxes.
His earlier victim again dashed at him
and is rewarded by crashing stroke on
the mouth. She reels, but RECEIVERS and
darts again to receive his fist on her neck
with force that whirls her half a dozen
PAGES off and drops her like log, Not a
word is spoken. The thud of his fists, and
the heavy breathing of the struggling con-
testants, are the only sounds. The last
rally of the PROSTATE girl has enabled the
rear party to catch the buck, and one has
twined her armes around his neck, while
the other hangs to his wrist. His left
hand is still free, and it fairly wrinkles in
the air a. he batters the maiden at his
wrist. Her grasp is like iron, but her
head reels and sways as his heavey hand
falls on it with q noise that reaches the
farthest side of the irregular ring. Her
eyes are closed and her breath comes con-
vulsively. We're the fourth girl there to
grasp tnaI arm, Lne ngnC would soon END.
The girl behind is choking him, and he
employs new tactics. Grasping the kneel-
ing girl by the throat, he pounds the face
of the one behind him with the back of his
head. No vanity prompts her to let him
go. She tightens her grip and buries her
face in the back of his neck. The fourth
girl is up, staggering and dazed. Brushing
the blood from her eyes with an angry
motion she approaches him, crouching as
she moves. If the blow he has in store for
her reaches the mark he will have another
chancellor the girl at his waist is grow
ing faint, and he can easily dispose of the
other two. She comes at him like a cou-
gar. The blow is delivered full upon her
breast; but she grasps his wrist and
writhes up his arm.
Now he is beset with danger. The two
at his arms and the one at his waist pull
him forward; the girl behind, still strangl-
Cling him, Throws her weight ON his back. In
vain he attempts to straighten. The kneel-
ing girl bends in her despairlng struggleun-
til her hair hangs on the ground. The other
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