Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30

lAes City aontl Leuee1
TIE insiaa Is progressing lie Is fast
/ oscoaling eis isilizee. Aa Indian shot and
killsd as s1aAz last eeez aad shea blew
kis ssli brainz cut He dld a @ifhin two
miles ~ Fort AssiaiboIa. The iadiaa was
kaosn as BillL
it 10 remarkable what fascination the
name " baii has fof Indians. They u>s ir
~ith every qualification sitting, Stand
Ia And Running. fhs Indian Bulls are
groR.Jgti0nassly as numerous as ths white
Smiths. This partlcular Bah, ~ho does
not seem q have beea provided with the
usual descriptive adjective, but u have
Z beea plain Bull, vas OR ais way % the fort,
accompanied by has squaw. When near
+ the fort he drove her into the brush and
T shot her dead. IL = believed that the
squa~ had some money which she de-
I eiin''d - turn over % the brave; hence the
sudden and bloody act After the murder
Z Bal wsat toward the fort A. hunters
camp neaz by he told an Indian Toy what
I he aaa done. AfterWard he started back .
toWari the place u here The body OF the
murdered squas lay. A white scout ia
the employ Of the Government happened
q BE- ia ths neighborhOod looking for some
I stray horses. Bull, seeing him, supposed
as was coming u arrest him lie sat
down, pat the muzzie of his gun u his
/ forehead, aud blew his trains out.
Suicide l. rare among the red uien, but |
have known several instances within the
/ past eight OF nine years. a young squaw
shot herself in the heart ia lss7 when she
was held, with her mother and other
/ squa~s, ia temporary captivity az Fort
keogh as a hostage for the performance OF
certain agreements by White Ball's band
OF Chsyeunes, 10 which she belonged. She
was one Of the captives taken on the eve
Of the light at White Mountain. Wyoming.
I A chief was deeply enamored OF her, and
! the FIRST tffers OF this band Of Cheyennes
u surrender were due, In some measure, 10
this tender sentiment, and not wholly 10
/ the Indian reverses at White Mountain.
/ After the Tongue River expedition had re-
tu. ed To Fort Keogh and the captives were
/ safely lodged under guard, truce bearers
were seat 10 by the tribe 90 negotiate for
the return Of the captives. Negotiations
were opened Tor the surrender Of the
/ Cheyennes- large party, headed BY
White Bull, who was enwrapped in an old
! calico American nas, was allowed To come
into tue cantonment % have a talk. They
were also allowed 20 see and talk with the
! ceptives. After the first day's council IL
was seen that the Cheyennes were merely
| playing diplomatic game. The Chey-
eunes were allowed To return 10 report 10
| the rest OF the tribe still in the field. Their
requests that the squaws be allowed to ac-
company them were firmly refused. The
I a.
ton, were much pleased when they were
allowed 10 return 70 their tribe.
They were feeling good. They saddled
their ponies and packed their mules. The
captives were allowed 70 remain with their
relatives during these preparations. The
/ young squaw, with face beaming with
smiles, saddling her pony, and the
I yeung buck, her adacs, was not far away.
She expected 10 90 with the party, but she
was detained, with the other captive
/ squaW ;, a hostage for the return of
White Bull and has party in twenty days.
/ a very distinguished young warrior, Buff
I falo Hump. also remained voluntary
hostage. The party moved out IN the
usual Indian fashion, and promised their
speedy return with the rest of their tribe.
The young squaw, when she found she
could not 20 with the band, was deeply
/ grieved. She could not be made to bel eve
/ tdat they would ever return again. The
I sight of her departing lover and her friends
/ was more than she could bear The Indian
male or female-is a creature OF impulse.
/ She drew "a small pistol, which she had in
some way secreted in her clothing, and
shot herself through the heart. At the ap-
| pointed time the Cheyennes returned and
surrendered. Her lover came back with
! them, but he found his intended squaw
dead and buried on the brink OF the Yell
I losvstone. For several days her mother
/ and relatives gave expression To their
I grief in their usual savage way-gashing
heir limbs with knives, aud letting their
/ blood stream upon her grave.
/ There were also four very determined
suicides OF Indians in 1870 and 1881 The
suicides were Chsyennes Of the North.
/ They had wounded a cavalry Sergeant de-
tached on signal duty between Deadwood
and Fort Keogh and killed rancher.
/ They were captured by a detachment from
/ Fort Keogh, turned over to the civil au-
thorsties here. aud all four confined in the
same cell They considered themselves as
bal As hanged and they decided 10 say the
Goverumentthe trouble of strangling them.
/ They could procure only one rope. The
first hanged himself The other three took
7 him down. aud the second took his turn at
the rope. He made no h0tch Of the job.
Them he was taken down and the third
hausNl himself The third was taken
Z down BY the fourth. and the last vas found
I hanging aud deai by the jailer next morn
/ inx.
/ Vie. Ii,tl~ Washington Chudr.a.