The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-29
HORN CLOUDS DEED.
Every Living Thing In Sight Fell :
Victim TO HE Deadly Rifle.

Every Living Thing In Sight 81 2
Victim TOLLS Deadly RIflo.
Further particulars are received Of the
Indian tragedy near Fart Yates. a corree-
pondent says: We proceeded mp the river
bottom TO q pointin Emmoriss county about
three miles north. of Winona and four miles
nom this post. Entering cautiously alonsly
ravine
ONE soIIfARY rEPxE
was visible, and on approaching NOR
closely the body ofa man was seen lying
face downward q few feet from the tepee.
This proved to be Horn Cloud, the MUIR
derer, stone dead. "A short search revealed
the body OF No Water, entirely devoid OF
life. a few rods distant. At first the woman
in the case could not be found, but follow
ing a trail of blood in the direction of an
Indian village on the west side OF the river,
about three miles from the scene Of the
shooting, the apparently ~liieless body Q
Julia, daughter Of Irish Mike, . notorious
Devils Lake half breed, lay covered with
blood. During the search Indians by the
hundred had gathered, and the air. was
filled with the weird death wall OF the
Sioux. The woman was taken to q hut in
the village, where DR.. Brewster made q
hasty examination of her injuries, and as
soon as q conveyance could be procured
removed her tothe hospital. / gather from
No Waters wife, speaking through an In
terpr eter, the circumstances directly at
tending the shooting and from other relia-
BILE sources the precedent acts. The
wounded woman, Julia, is q strikingly
handsome mixed blood, about eighteen
~,oors%oll i~f rr,sfo fo{r o0rnN1avi0n und tho
features and figure of an Amazonian
queen. Her virtue, however, does
not appear to have been Of the
Spartan order. Last summer she
RAN AWAY FROM ri HoME
at Devils Lake, coming to this agency with
a young man and passing as his wife. The
twain lived happily for q few weeks, when
the young mar abandoned her. She then
took up with Horn Cloud, who develop
ments have sufficiently proved was madIy
in love with her, but, unfortunately, Horn
Cloud already had . wife aud numerous
children, and the agency authorities could
permit his ~liaison with the fair Julia,
and their dream of love was interrupted
about six weeks ago by Incarceration in the
guard house in separate apartments.
a few days meditation Horn Cloud
permitted to return to the bosom of
his family, while Julia was kept in durance
vile until q few days ago. when an oppor-,
tunity offered to send her home to her
parents in charge of a trusty Indian, No
Water. Starting On their journey the
party. consisting of No Water, wife and
son and Miss Julia, travelled but q few miles
and made camp for the night. Late in the
Horn Cloud presented himself in
the camp and spent the night earnestly
with Julia to ctr and live with
him again, but she would not listen to his
entreaties, and this morning Horn Cloud,
broken hearted, prepared to leave her, ask
ing her to come to him and bid him good
bye forever. He held her in his arms, kiss
ing her passionately.
THE GIRL LoosENED HERSELF
rom his embrace ana turned to enter the
when Horn Cloud seized his rife,
md, deliberately placing the muzzle at her
neck. fired. No Water was q few yards
away Harvesting his pony to the travers,
and started to the rescue of the girl. Horn
Cloud quickly reloaded and put q bullet
through the pony's head; then fred q shot
which brought- No Water to the ground.
Turning to the girl again the infuriated
brute put three more bullets into the
PROSTATE body. In the meantime No Water,
who had not been MORALLY wounded at
first, had foundh his legs and was trying to
escape, but Horn Cloud quickly overlook
him and literally pumped him full of lead
At this point, No Waters wife and child
made their escape by hiding in the brush,
and to the subsequent proceedings there was
eyewitness, but it is evident that Horn
Cloud, believing that both No Water and
Julia were dead, returned to where the girl
lay and, placing the muzzle OF the rifle at
fell dead at the feet Of the woman
love tor whom had driven him toicommit
this maniac deed.