Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-08-21
NO. 26.
FLAGS AND SCAlPS.
Valuable and Interesting Collection OF
Rlcl Rebellion Relies.

Ricl Rebellion Relies.
| Louis Rels flag is now floating in
Waterbury. II is nothing but an or
binary linen table cloth, bearing at one
one end, scwed on, steel engraving,
| "Notre Dame de Lourdcs, with con-
Siderable holy writing on the back Of
! it. Beneath il is written the full pedi-
gree of the Riel family down to Louis.
who paid the penalty of his half-breed
rebellion in Canada BY being hanged.
The flag was blessed, and for several
| days, while floating from his council
chamber, was not fired upon by tho
British, they thinking ii a flag of truce.
Lieutenant Howard, who was doing
such effective service with the Gatling
gun, finally captured il in the trenches.
and brought it home. 1t is now in
Jones, Morgan & Co.'S window on
Bank street, with whole carload Of
other interesting relies of that rebel
lion which Lieutenant Howard brought
home, and which he has with him hero
while his machinery is being made for
his Canadian cartridge factory.
Prominent among these is the full
outfit Of Little Crow, the Minnesota
Sioux. 1t includes part of the blade,
with the hilt, of Mexican sword.
which must have belonged to some
officer killed in the massacre of 1868.
The scabbard is adorned with scalps,
as Is also the tobacco and pipe pouch.
The pipe is very elaborate as well ms
the ''pocketbook. In front lies the
trusty weapon of this chief, double
barreled muzzle-loading rifle, which
killed friend of Lieutanant Howard's
among others. Near these is Little
White Caps scalp, the obtaining Of
which by Lieutenant Howard caused so
much newspaper talk. This chief re-
ceiyed nine balls in the side from tho
Emusic box" In one corner stands
the still loaded gun of Chief Cut Arm
of the Wood Crees, whose hand had at
one time been blown Off He was
killed by n she'll at Frenchman's Butte.
In the other corner il n Springfield
brccchloader, which Is a relic evidently
of the Custer massacre. Donald Ross
was one of Ricrs council n six-foot-
three brave who killed Captain French,
chief of the scouts. His elaborate hat,
with the tail on top, is in the window
III lHt DuNhHIbuitu dTt u SduNit, Stuule
cloth and bride told Mexican). A
medicine bag of elk skin was used by
Lieutenant Howard, after he had
empticd out the frogs, lizards and
such, as hayersack Scattered around
in the window are such things as the
pool ball of Gabriel Dumas. Riel's Gen
eral, now in New York; hatchct,
lcggings made from British uniforms,
ugly Sioux war clubs, kin-a-kanick
tobacco, tom-tom, etc. On the side
hangs "a buffalo calf skin, on which is
depicted an Indian battle with soldiers,
bullets in the air aud every thing.
This was evidently Sioux-American.
1t is the only way the red man has Of
handing down history and is consdera-
bly, simpler than Froude's method, il
more crude Above this hangs a Cree
bow, with arrows and qniver. From
the center hang half-breed's sash, n
hide scrapcr, an Indian charmer (two
human short ribs,) spoon, Il beaver
castor, n sample of the tobacco issued
by the Hudson Bay Company and ear
rings. There are also several photo
graphs of leading men Of the cam
paign. WdterbnrH Gonna American.