New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-05-27
10 TIE POOR INDIAN.
Stories That Give an Insight Into the Char
acter Of the Red Man.

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Stories That Give an Insign: Into the Char
acter of the Red Man.
The Indian is progressing. He is
fast becoming civilized. An Indian
shot and killed his squaw lats week,
and then blew his own brains out. He
did it within two miles of Fort Assam
boine. The Indian was known as
Bull.
It's remarkable, writes Miles City,
Montana, correspondent of The New
York SIN, what fascination the name
of Bull has for Indians. They use it
with every qualifications Sitting,
Standing, and Running. The Indian
Bulls are proportionately as numerous
as the white Smiths. This particular
Bull, who does not seem to have been
provided with the usual descriptive
adjective, but to have been plain Bull,
was on his way to the fort, accompan-
1 led by his squaw. When near the fort
he drove her into the brush and shot
her dead. 1t is believed that the squaw
had some money which she declined to
| turn over to the brave: hence the sud-
den and bloody act. After the murder
Bull went toward the fort. At hum
ter's camp near by he told an Indian
boy what he had done. Afterward he
started back toward the place where
the body of the murdered squaw lay.
A white scout in the employ of the
/ government happened to be in the
nelghborhood looking for some stray
horses. Bull, seeing him, supposed he
was coming to arrest him. He sat
down, put the muzzle of the gun to
his forehead, and blew his brains out.
Suicide is rare among the red men,
but [ have known several instances
within the past eight or nine years.
A young squaw shot herself in the
heart in 1877, when she was held, with
her mother and other squaws, in tenn
porary captivity at Fort Keogh as a
hostage for the performance of GER
tain agreements by White Bulls band
OF Cheyennes, to which she belonged.
She was one of the captives taken on
the eve OF the fight at Wolf mountain,
Wyoming. A chief was deeply enam-
ored of her, and the first offers of this
eand of Chevennes to surrender were
uue, IN some measure, to this tender
sentiment, and not wholly to the In
dian reyerses at Wolf mountain. Al
ter the Tongue river expedition had
returned to Fort Keogh and the cap
tives were safely lodged under guard.
truce-bearers were sent in by the tribe
to negotiate for the return of the cap
tives. Negotiations were reopened
for the surrender OF the Cheyennes. A
large party, headed by White Bull,
who was enwrapped in an old calico
American flag, was allowed to come
They were also allowed to see and
talk with the captives. After the first
days council it was seen. that the
Cheyennes were playing a diplomatic
game. The Cheyennes were allowed
to return to report to the rest of their
tribe still in the field Their requests
that the squaws be allowed to accom-
pany them were firmly refused. The
warriors who feared a forcible deten-
ton, were much pleased when they
were allowed to return to their tribe.
During the previous night an ominous
stiffness reigned among them. They
were all campcd in the center Of the
parade ground. They evidently fear
ed treachery or bad faith. Next
morning the scene was changed
They were feeling good. They sad
died their ponies and packed theil
mules. The captives were allowed to
remain with their relatives during
these preparations. The young squaw,
with face beaming with smiles, was
saddling her pony, and the young
buck, her iiance, was not far away
She expected to go with the party, but
she was detained, with the other cap.
tive squaws, as hostage for the re-
turn OF White Bull and his party il
twenty days. A very distinguished
young warrior, Buffalo Hump, also re-
manned Il voluntary hostage. Tht
party moved out in the usual India1
fashion. and promised their speedy re
turn with the rest OF their tribe.
The young squaw. when she fount
she could not go with the band, wa
deeply grieved. She could not b.
made to believe that they would eve
return again The sight of her depart
ing lover and her, friends was NOR
than she could bear. TIE Indian
male or females creature Of i'm
pulse. She drew small pistol, whic
She had in some way secreted in he
clothing, and shot herself through tn
heart. At the appointed time tn
Chevnnes returned and surrendered
Her lover came back with them, blu
found his intended squaw dead an
buried on the brink OF the Yellow
) stone. For several. days her mothe
: and relatives gave expression to thei
/ grief in their usual savage way-gash
, ing their limbs with knives and lei
, ting their blood stream upon he
} grave.
There were also four very detern
ined suicides of Indians here in 1875
and 1881. The suicides were Chey
= ennes of the north. They had wount
t ed a cavalry sergeant detached on sig
nal duty between Deadwood and Fo1
e Keogh and killed rancher. The
I were captured by a detachment frol
: Fort Keogh. tnrned over to the CIV
l authorities here, and all four contine
b in the same cell. They considere
0 themselves as bad as hanged, and the
4 decided to save the government tt