St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-29

white warriers did with their steeds
under such circumstances.
Jordan replied: "Snot. Won know a
good deal about the way white men do.
What do you think ought to-be done
with your best horse2,S
Spotted Tail reflected and at last said:
JORDAN, you take the horse, sell him,
aHe With the money buy amonument for
my gravem
That was his idea of civilization. And
ne urged that this be done at once lest
MS heather relatives disregard his
wishes and kill the charger anyhow.
Jordan then went out and got the
horse and started toward the post store
with it. Spotted Tail called him back
and directed that another horse be
given Jordan in return for all the cloth
ing and food he had furnished during
his illness. A third horse he directed
Jordan to take and sell, and with the
proceeds to put up fence around the
monument on his grave: This last horse
purpose by
THUNDER HAWK,
who. as soon as he heard that there was
TO be graveStOne, SententiOusly OBJ
served that it ought to have a fence
around it.
The gift of the steed was also pledge
to the dying chief that Thunder Hawk
desired him to forget and forgive the
disagreement that had arisen between
them after their pitched battle in 1885
with Chief White Thunder and others.
This bloody feud, in which only few
big Indians were engaged. but which
was waged with unreienting fury, re-
sulting in the death Of White Thunder
and the crippling for life of Long
Pumpkin.
Two very fine American mare colts
which Spotted Tail had reared with
much pride and pleasure he directed
Jordan, in the presence of his relatives,
to hold in trust for Spotted Tails two
young children, who are now at the
United States Indian school at Genoa,
Neb. Jordan was directed to keep the
animals until the children grew up and
then to deliver them or their money
value to the orphans.
The funeral, which was as Spotted
Tail desired, christian white mans
funeral,'' was carried through by the
chief and Mr.. Jordan with all the cere-
mony proper to the white mans belief.
Prayer was offered over the grave, and
the heart at the grave-side, was all the
while pasturing in field on neighbor-
ing prairie
This was the end of the greatest strain
of Sioux blood. When the Spotted Tail
orphans have come to their ajority the
chieftainship will in all probability
have ceased to exist. Death and civil
iZation will have united to level all
ranks among the red as among the
white man.
Toward the civilizing of his fellow
Sioux nothing that Spotted Tail, Jr.,
did will probably have wider-reach-
ing effect than the interview he held
with the son and heir of Red Cloud, the
Spotted Tails death. Red Cloud, Jr.,
came with two Ute chiefs to see Jordan,
their friend, at the post. He told them
of Spotted Tail, Jr.'s death bed, and
they at once
expressed desire to visit and talk
with him: Spotted Tail, Jr. was then
told that whatever as 1.-THE son of his
father he desired to say to the son of
his fathers onlp peer among the Sioux
must be speedily said, for the benefit
OF their people.
The interview was long, and by the
expression of Red Cloud, Jr.'s face
when he came out of the cabin, must
have been touching. 1t is thought here
ious to embrace the Christian religion.
The following fragment has been
found among Spotted Tail, Jr.'s effects.
There is strong intrinsic and circum-
stantial evidence that it was his own
composition.
Moon among the maids, thy stars
And hanomaidens, shine, pray,
On thy chief, the Son of Mars,
Shine and light his perfect day;
Suns there are that dazzle men,
Stars that set and rise again,
Moon among the maids thou art
The lamp that ever lights NV heartl