Telegram-herald., 1890-12-05
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Ths drss ~ saw 0f shis method OF
karial vas Is Fort Laramie, where IN
sAs soldisrs eenstssy ia the rear OF the
town ana overlooking shs barracks, were
thres ssnins, s-eh covered With pail OF
krigas eEimsoa caOtA, elevated On the
SOP of foaF stout cedar posts some
twelve rect Ia height
Ons Of ths eoE1nz contained the body
cf "Pink." an Indian woman. we'll
kn0wa Ter her attach neat 70 the whites.
In another were the remains Of young
ehiid. ths daughter Of an OgAllalah
sqaAu and a wealthy post trader, and
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hoa-i-ka, the Gaaghtef OF the
fAmegs chief. Spotted Tail. the
romantic hLst0ry OF whose life and
death were sloqueRsiy described by
abe correspondents. Her dying Wish
WAS ~ BE buried among the whites. near
the tort L. eonpliance with her re-
quest. her father, with three hundred
warriors. eane down in the month OF
February. fsed, after a journey Of fifteen
days, and sAo commanding officer or
dered thas the girl should DC buried in
the soldiers cemetery. The scaifold
was erected and the dead maiden's two
ponies were slaughtered and nailed 20
The posts. tAs heads and tails OF which
were stin dangling shere when We Wis
tied the cemetery.
Near sunset = procession OF three hua-
fred Indians and all the officers and
soldiers Of she post marched with the
solemn masie OF she military band to the
place OF sepgltare. The services were
performed By Rev. A Wright, Chaplain
os the poet. Chaplain Wright kindly
furnished Stanley and the writer with j
comfortable room, snd one day he piloted
rs two or three miles above the fort u
Deer creek. an atigent OF the Laramie
river. where. in a large grove OF cotton
woods. be pointed out some ten Oh
twelve skeletons OF Indians, grated, as
a. we're. on tbs trees. The bodies were
wrapped In blankets and buffalo robes
and deposited In sort of trough made
OF poles, the ends OF which were
fastened 70 limbs AZ . height of about
twelve feet from the ground. Mr..
Wrighs pointed out the wrappings OF a
chiefs daughter that had been repOsing
for many years uadisturbed in large
cottonwood tree, and we began oui
archaeological explorations The Chap
lain returned 20 the fort after remind
ing rs that our scalps would not be safe
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they held IL as the highest dessoration K
disturb their dead.
The Indian maiden was found wrapped
IN banals OF corements composed oi
the skin OF an antelope. plaid shawl
several patterns OF colored calico prints
and over all was bound a buffalo robe
tied with thongs OF bulls hide. Ths
face was not unpleasant, though the
skin aud flesh was sbrunken 70 the bone
presenting toe appearance Of an Egyp
tian mummy, tho dry climate producing
an embalming eject. The wrapping;
were restored 20 tie condition in which
they were found, and Stanley brought
away ring from one OF the toes, and
myself niosly-worked figure with por
cupine quills on the buffalo robe, which
soon after was cast away in disgust. ),
that, our curiosity being appeased, i
did not amount 70 a case Of body-snatch
ing.