St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
THRILLING INDIAN TALES.
An Indian Scout Who Killed Thirty-four
Indians in Defense of the Whites.
WAS NAPE SICE OR BAD HAND
He Belonged to the Uncapapa Tribe
and Was a Fine Specimen
of Manhood.
Special Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe.
STANDING Rock AGENCY, Dak., May
2.-Nape Siee, or Bad Hand, is a Da-
kota Indian of the Uncapapa tribe. A
fine specimen of the red man, standing
SIX feet six in his moccasinS. His voice
is low and quite musical, except when
excited, and then the torrent of vituper-
alton he pours forth in a loud, harsh
voice makes the strongest heart quail,
and, as it is well known that he is very
brave, few wish to contend with him in
any manner. From childhood he has
ever been the staunch friend of the
whites, and on more than one occasion
gave CORY evidence of that friendship
against overwhelming odds. He has
killed thirty-four Indians in single
handed duels, among them his full
brother, in defense of the whites.
His most daring deed, or rather the
one requiring the most nerve, hap
pened soon after the Grand River
agency was moved to Standing Rock.
AT that time there was but one COM
pany of soldiers-E, of the Seventeenth
United States infantry, under the COM
mand of old Capt. Collins-defending
the agency against the hordeS of hostile
SavageS-their quarters a large tent,
their defense high stockade. One aft
ernOOn private named Jack Lowe,
either out of curiosity or a desire to OBJ
tain some relies, desecrated grave of
one of the Indian chiefs, and carried
away some curiosities which suited his
fancy. He was seen by a SquaW, and
she informed others, until, in less than
two hours, there were some
500 HOSTILE INDIANS,
armed to the teeth, around the stock
ade, demanding the death of the white
man. Capt. Collins, after hearing the
accusation, swore that he would not give
him up, but would send him to Fort A.
Lincoln for trial. They insisted on
having him there and then. He re-
torted that he and his company would
fight the whole Sioux nation, and that
they would be compelled to walk over
their dead bodies before they would get
Lowe. The Indians were fast becom-
ing excited, Spurred on by relatives and
former followers of the deceased chief
whose grave was deSecrated, and the
danger of massacre was becoming
more and more imminent. At this mo-
ment Bad Hand appeared on the scene
and asked the cause of the outbreak.
The interpreter told him how matters
stood, and he remarked that the white
chief was right, and that Lowe would go
to Fort A. Lincoln if he so desired it,
This brought down a perfect storm of
abuse and taunts from his red brethren.
One more excited than the rest de-
manded blood, saying that nothing but
blood could wipe out the disgrace. Bad
Hand, running over to him, struck him
in the face, crying that he would give
him blood. and enough to satisfy
him. There was nothing for it but
duel. The Indian. tame enough now,
complained that he had no gun. Bad
Hand gave him his, and borrowing one
from a soldier, ordered the Indian out
A moment after his corpse lay bleeding
on the ground. AT this juncture Cold
Hand, another celebrated scout and the
bravest Sioux that ever lived, arrived
and told the angry mob that he and Bad
Hand were going to take Lowe to Fort
Lincoln. and dared one or all of them
to mOleSt him in the undertaking, and,
i'll fact, next morning at daybreak
Capt. Collins sent Lowe under the
guard of Bad Hand, Cold Hand, Good
Wood and two privates to Lincoln, and
they were not waylaid or moleSted i'll
the least on their way.
Bad Hand is now old and pretty well
crippled up from the effects of scouting
days. He was shot five times, once
through his right hand, which rendered
it useless; hence his name. He lives
south of Standing Rock agency, and
enlivens the evenings for the young
folks by his tales of early days.
10. p. MCFADDEN