The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-23

S~AAse' Ava SAAAS0 a0OuI0US " AUVANVG-
Worthington. Mobiles Co., Minnesota.
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Judge Edgsrtoa then a1sd July Is = ths day e
Tho Sisters Of Mercy then. took no ths eass. s,a
co.operatiDe with NJ. Shannon they fovarded .
Washington petition for pardon. of ut least .
comDusati0n o. sentence. Psndipe fun axan
t1ataoo OF the case, the president issued
:.,.Jrs nESPITE FOR SIXTY DAYB -
seoGt tho middle Of July, much TO the srstncataoa
s9 e1 B1sss ss:s.h Bs .he had
- the president bad not been abs to consider
the case before the expiration OF the repreye, At.
torney General Brewster requested Gov. ordw.y to
4 few days before the time was up. Presi-
dent Arthur decided to let The Law take ito
course: CO e., and The of1cers here were notified
During his thirteen months, confinement, Brave
Bear vas tor the most part very cheerful He vas
glad to receive visitors. and vas full of stories
s e. 70 h.;: ss
suicide BY poison. Such at any rate 10 the account
published at the time, but of til guards asssrts
thatte vas only Dodge Of Brave Bear to bs trans
rhould be executed. He reasoned that Knovlton.
the three card-monte player. Who was tried loe
murder, got out: his pal, Nike ONsil. vas dis-
his unwilling comnauon. was let go. and be sAv no
good reason why Bravo Bear should not escape.
Last Wedaesday, however, when the Sister OF Ner-
ey told him thers vas no hope. b vas quite
Tho closing. by that instrument most dreaded b
the Indian. the moose, of the career Of Ma,o Hike
(braye Beas). gives reason for brief re:rospecs Of
translated but since manhood he ha. used ,hs
former cognomea only. The writer knew
,Sn him we'll. and there are many :eiaoe. q
who have beeu similarly honored. He vss q, thor.
oughly unscrupulous aud az pleasani-spoken. .
bloodthirsty aud jolly. reveugefu and as gem
erous as any Sioux. living or dead: and thees
:'; ;us :'' no: Ts -
child seemed to afford as much Of % Ssli:St
zt Ia so heat Of saeat %ea, ios .
dance 10 would count coup after coup, which,
m ne,ne Translated. gave evidence Of an Unborn spirit
dusky peers. OF medium stature aud moderately
dark COMPLEXION. tue traditional cheek bones. and
with eyes miider than many who have sucking dove
numerou.y married to have to work mush) -
large legs. given to dnery and bent upon c,r.yina
arm. arm, OF some sort it we're only scabbardless
k the majority Of the tribe Of Sioux to which 10
belonoel-the Upper Yanstouna.s-Aud
sembled the Ce-a-sapa tBIackfeeu or Uncapspa
tribes No wonder he ac;ed like the latter. He
steal Uncapapa brides with . Rusto to which The
pride of his audacty and skill. say no,hi Of hfs
winning ways, lent fervor. Uron ono occasion. 10
from the Bessss .nS
camrs At Standing Rock. and how Rome-ks .
lover ho was in the wooine may be Judged from tho
fact that the feminine Barkises were willing svssy
time.
When Bravo Bear fr;t went into the scalpSa6
sSsnf !. ss1S Sh he hfeas g
''kiied heap white" in tho Minnesota mssss-
ere ths e., speaks English intel'ieently. and eas
~ svs yt1y ct s
founded. % he cOun . two coups on children killed
10 1862. At that time he vas certainly not moro
than seventeen years DID, and he doesn't look 1t al
old yet Probably he il ,lirty-seveu OF thirty.
eight His boodthirsty instincts kept him con.
staatly o. tue lookout for opuoItnnitiea .
'i Se.S3esa :Sa ;s1,,, 'n' es: s.
char rseab'e to him. He vas arrested for that crime
by Lieut.: slocu%. Seventh cavalry. At Fort To,tsn
and when attending . council there at the time
mentioned: slocum aud a file Of the Guard
arrested him and . Sioux companion. The latter
house and was shot dead BY ono Of hi. eaotora
Brave Bears remark was alike cynical and self
conpacsn: ;'ap s him big fool: might know he e:s
worrying not one whit when pairing from hi: rels:
State' S; maj ms.*h'l Legal teGanica'tss E;
agan appeared at Standing Rock. but IL
0 recaIctant . mood that Lieuts Barry aud Kisj
,lnEbury on separate occasions kai to compel hir6
stay on the western side of the Missouri With tie
rest Of he Yanktonnais. He finally tired OF
agency ife-his was always perturbed spirit-and
afteI
ANoIAD!C LIFE OF TEAR.
in which he visited all the northern agencies, he
jo'ne1 one Of the hostile bands aud disappeared
from agents ken. Or, the 18th Of May, 1879, hs
murdered Jee johnson. tho rsnchman. near Fort
Su ly, having evidently come on . raid OF few hun:
arsd nI mile. From johnson le 60.
IL money Which ss 6a,e hHHree Hs tena aG: %
hostes and came to Standing Rock with Sitting
Bulls band. bu his risks and cantures had taught
MIN noth1ne: and soon it "a. learned that he vas
s1,ing Bull into his confidence. succeeded in
settiuR two Ievo'vers aud knife
::S :e ,sss. RssEs Gs: ,s. arms sitting B9 @
and giving them up. Again Bravo Bear deserted.
and coming to the house Of Frenchman named
Louis Agard. seven miles below Standing Rock and
Johnson. and offered Agarl 500 Of tho buried
money gotten from his victim. Th- French1nsn,
who is M COURAGEOUS as lion, rose for his gun, and
f'u: times snapped cartridge tho self-coufessed
murderer. the latter standing cool!y as il
at council Ct his kin. Tho weapon failed
to explode ten minutes after Brave Bear left Z
-ive laugh the Indian stalled away. But his a.
ospes we're over. The sheriff At Bismarck vas no.
iied-General Terry wisely declining to interfere
rest--and Brave Bear was car,ured,
Fied and sentenced, by Judge Edeerton
to ~ hanged by the neck until death. During his
trial, and when sentenced. he was ~ collected -
tho judge himself, though he seemed to fully real
ize the peril he stood In. He has several times
tried to escape the hated ropo BY suicide. but was
foiled His is the more notable in that ho 10
the first Indian ever regnari, tried and convicted
Of murder By the Dakota courts.
The above is the neagerest sketch Of life teem-
ing with adventures enough to stock . weekly
paper with serials unnumbered. Brave Bear had
good qualities, and has been known 10 spare the life
for drink. and when in liquor was more like 4 do.
mon than man. ~ more than one can t>siify
Fearless IN battle and ready in subterfuRe, It VS.
bis propensiy to seal other mecs wives that prob.
ably kept him in The position Of petty ehief onl1
instead OF q noted leader
Large Fire In Minneapolis.