The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-02
WEIRD DEATH VAIL.
The Sioux Excited Over the
Horn-Cloud Tragedy.
SUICIDE OF NO wATER's SLAYER.
4 Romance ar Indian Love and Jealap.~
stirs Up An Nsrsh Dakota
Lodges

~eN<s4AS - snS AliArN-n4oo1 woman julia.
followed By the suicide OF the murderer.
horn Cloud. has caused great excitement.
The nrst reports OF the affair were brought
to the agency by No Waters wife. who
hasf-clad and almost frantic through fear.
dashed into the Office OF Indian Agent Mo-
Langhlin with the Information that Horn
Cloud. a well known Indian character, was
killing every living thing within range OF
his rife. and that she and her little son
had barely escaped death by hiding in tia
hrush- Chief Clark Barto ST once went 10
Winona, and 70 Justice Of the Peace Lee.
the shooting having occurred in his haili-
wick. Chief uf Indian Police Farihauit
sent Lieutenant Of Police Clement
and five policemen 20 aid the civil authors
ties In the capture of the murderer. Chief
Faribault. Captain Fechel and Lieutenant
slooum. Eighth cavalry: Agent Physician
Brewster and your correspondent followed
the posse, guided by the instructions OF No
Waters wife. We proceeded up the river
bottom - a point In Emmon's county
about three miles north oE winona and
four miles from this post. Entering eau-
tiousiy lonely rayine one solitary tepes
was visible. and ON approaching more
closely the body OF y man was seen lying
face downward. few feet from the sspec.
This proved 10 be Horn Cleud. the MUIR
derer, stone dead. A short search revealed
the body OF No Water, entirely devoid az
life. q few rods distant. At lirSt the woman
in the case could not be found, but follow.
ing the trall 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 ilfeless body Of
Julia, the daughter al Irish Mike. notori-
Gus Devils lake hslf-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 hut in
the village. where DIR. Brewster made 4
hasty examination OF her injuries. and AZ
soon as conveyance could be procured
removed her 10 the hospital. gather from
No Waters wife. speaking through an M
ferpreter. the circumstances directly AT.
tending the shooting and from other re-
liable sources the precedent acts. The
wounded woman. Julia, Is a strikingiy
handsome mixed blood, about Is years old,
OF quite fair complexion and the features
and figure OF an Amaxonian queen. Her
virtue. however. does not appear 10 have
been OF the Spartan order. Last summer abe
ran away from her home at Devils lake.
coming 10 this agency with young man
and passing as bis wife. The twain lived
happily for few weeks. when the young
man abandoned her. She then took up
with Horn Cloud, who. develop mentz have
sufficiently proved, was madly tn love
with her. but. unfortunately. Horn Cloud
already had wife and numerous children,
and the agency authorities could not per-
nit his liaison with the fair Julia, and their
dream of love was interrupted about
six weeks ago by Incarceration In thu
agency guard house in separate apart
ments. After few days meditation Horn
Cloud was permitted 10 return 10 the
bosom OF hts family, while Julia was kent
in durance vile until few days ago, when
an opportunity offered 10 send her houie TO
her parents in charge of q trusty Indian,
No Water. Starting on their journey the
party, consisting Of No Water, wife and
son and Miss Julia, travelled but few
miles and made camp FOR the night. Late
in the night Horn Cloud presented
himself in the camp and spent
the night earnestly pleading with
Julia 70 return and live with him
again, but she would not listen TO his
entreatiss. and this morning Horn Cloud,
hroken-hearted. prepared TO leave her, SIX
ing her to come 10 him and bid him good
bye forever He held her in bis arms,
kissing her passlonafely. The girl foosensd
herself from his embrace and turned To
enter the tepee. when Horn cload seized
his rife, and. deliberately placing the mug
zle at her neck. fired. No Water was few
yards away, Harvesting his pony 10 the
travers. and started TO the rescue OF the
girl. Horn Cloud quickly reloaded ard
put bullet through the pony's
head; then fred q shot which brought
No Water 10 the ground. Turn
ing to the girl again the infnriatei
brute put three more bullets into the pros
trate body. In the Meantime No Water,
who had not been mortaliy wounded al
first, had found bis legs and was trying to
escape. but Horn Cloud quickly overlook
him and literally pumped him fun Of lead
st this point No Waters wife and child
made their escape by hiding In the brush,
and to the subsequent proceedings
there was no eyewitness. bat il ia
evident that Horn Cloud, be-
Heving that both No Water and
Julia were dead, returned 20 where the girl
lay and, placing the muzzie OF the rifle ~
his own heart, pulled the trigger and in
SANITY fell dead at the feet of the woman,
love Cor whom had driven him to commit
this maniac deed. The Indians took
ckargs Of the body OF No Water and will
bury IN properly. bat the body OF Horn
Cloud hes where il fell, and 80 great is the
Indians horror OF suicide that until the
prescribed lamentations and inyoe2tions
have been offered and ali the mystical
rites which their deep-roosed superstition
deems necessary 10 expel the spirit OF the
evil one froFn the corpse have been duly
performed, not all the wealth OF the
Indies would tempt one Of them 10 touch
IL The nncanny ceremonies are in
progress ar 1 write and the hideous sounds
the medicine men send forth blending
with the pfteous death wal echo through
the stu night air, eurdling the blood OF all
who listen. The injured girl Les In the
sissers' hospital. lowering between life and
death. The first shot entered her back on
tbs left hip. csrse out IN front at the lover
psr. OF the abdomen and tore through fhs
fseshv part u the right iev. Another bail
let shattered 20 atoms The left forearm.
which the surgeon afnputatsd at the elbow;
another penetrated the fisshy portson Of
the left arm iass h~l0w the shoulder, ard
the fourth entered her chest slightly above
and 70 the left Of the iefs breast
How tie woman, ia this condition, ever
dragged hcrssi. three nsiles, wisi sser re-
naasn q mystery. III Il fortunate the scene
OF tie tragedy was isolated. ss Horn Cloud
certainly ~onld not hare turned has rife on
himself so long "a sEy ofsssr living target
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