Connecticut western news., 1885-04-29


 pendent manner to show his brother warriors that he did not dread death.
 Among them he had been considered brave beyond precedent, because he had dared to enter the agency store at all, and so.encounter the risk of arrest. The soldiers tied his hands and mounted guard over him. About thiry Indians surrounded them instantly, and an old orator commenced harangue to the others, melting them to recapture their brother. Breathless excitement pre- vailed. At that moment the captain in command appeared in their midst. With tue same coolness he had shown in the war and during the six years of his In- dian campaign, he spoke to them through an interpreter. With prudence and tact he explained that he intended to give the prisoner exactly the treat ment white man would receive under like circumstances; that nothing would induce them to give him up; and the better plan to save bloodshed would be for the chiefs to withdraw and take with them their followers. Seeing that they could accomplish nothing by intimida- tion, or by superior numbers, they had recourse to barley, and proposed to com- promise. They offered as a sacrifice two Indians of the tribein exchange for Rain in-the. Face.
 It was generosity like that of Artemus Ward, who offered his wife's relatives on the altar of his country, for they took care not to offer for sacrifice any but h. dians of low rank. Rain-in-the- Face was very distinguished warrior among them, and belonged to a family of six brothers, one of whom, Iron Horse, was very influential. The officers prevailed in the end, and the prisoner was taken to othe cavalry camp. During the time that the Indians were opposing his re- moval, the troopers had assembled around the entrance, ready for any emergency, and prepared to escort the murderer away. The Indians instantly vanished; all went quickly and quietly to their camp, ten miles distant. Later in the day party of fifteen mounted warriors dashed through the agency to the road beyond, which had to be taken by our troopers on the way home. Of course our officers expected an attack from that party when they began their homeward march; to their surprise, they 01oaA01 Ha1 1aarroI ofk o-l that the mounted Indians went to the camp of Two Bears to urge the young braves there to combine with them in the recapture of Rain-in-the-Face. Two Bears had long been friendly to the white man; he was too old to fight, and prevented his young men from joining in the contemplated rescue.
 After the command had returned and the officers reported, Gen. Custer sent for Rain-in-the- Face. He was tall, stright and young. His face was quite imperturbable. In a subsequent inter. view the General locked himself in his room with him. Through an inter- preter and with every clever question and infinite patience he spent hours trying to induce the Indian to acknowl- edge his crime. The culprit's face finally lost it's imperyious look and he showed some agitation. SIS 8 r
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 He gave brief account of the mur- 5.,. Io-o er1l I.a fore all the officers. He said neither of the white men were armed when at- tackled. He had shot the old man, but he did not die instantly, riding a short distance before falling from his horse. He then went to him and with his stone mallet beat out the last breath left. Be- fore leaving him he shot his body full of arrows. The younger man signaled to them from the bushes, and they knew that the manner in which he held up his hand was an overture of peace. When he reached him the white man gave him his hat as another and further petition for mercy. But he shot him at once, first with his gun, and then with arrows. One of the latter entering his back; the dying man struggled to pull it through. Neither man was scalped, as the elder was bald and the younger had closely cropped hair. -. .-. .s
 Two Indians, one of them Iron Horse, had followed the cavalry from the agency and asked to see their comrade. The General sent for Rain-in-the- Face. He came into the room with guard at his heels. He was dressed in mourning. His leggings were black, and his sable blanket was belted by band of white beads. One black feather stood erect on his head. Iron Horse supposed that he was to be hung at once, and that this would be the final interview. The elder brother, believing there was no hope, was very solemn. He removed his heavily. beaded and embroidered buffalo robe and replaced it with the plain one that Rain-in-the-Face wore. He ex- changed pipes, also, giving him his highly ornamental one that he might afterward present it to the General. The pipes are valuable, as the material of which the bowls are made has to be brought from Kansas. Then, finding that there was prospect of Rain-in-the Face having his trial in Washington, he took off the medal that had been given to his father by 8 former President, whose likeness was in the medallion, anC placed it over the neck of his brother that it might be silent argument in hil favor when he confronted the "Grea | Father"
 It was an impressive and melancholy scene. Iron Horse charged his brother not to attempt to escape, saying that i be did get back to the reservation h' would surely be recaptured. He be lieved that he would be kindly treated while captive, and perhaps the white chief would intercede for him to obtail his pardon. After asking him not t