The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-08-06
LOS PARENTAL AFFECTION.
Indian Chiefs Who Show the Deepest Love
for Their Children.

Indian Chiefs Who Show the Deepest Love
| for Their Children.
The Indian Is generally not credited
with much regard or affection for his
family, but this impression was dis
PEELED from my mind during my recent
trip to Pine Ridge. OF number Of
friends 1 made among the Indian chiefs
I will always remember American
Horse, man of much prominence
among the friendly Sioux When he
learned that represented a newspaper
he gave my hand a cordial shake and
remarked: How cola, good" He had
one of his squaws with him, and through
simple but beautiful sign language
informed her of my vocation, and she,
too, said How; good, and shook hands.
American Horse then brought out q
young papoose of about six years of
age, and informed me that it was his
youngest, and then he patted the little
one on the head and gave it an affec-
tionate squeeze. In joke asked him
what he would take for the little Sioux
venir. He did not first understand
whether l was in earnest or joking,
and was afraid had offended the old
horse, but he shook his head, pointed
his finger to bunch of several hundred
Indian ponies, then to troop of cavalry
horses, stamped his foot upon the earth
and waved his hand shout his head, and |
l understood that not for all the horses
and ponies on earth would he part with |
his child. He, however. did what he |
could, and cut an elk tooth ornament |
from the little Sioux's dress and pre-
scented it to the correspondent as a |
memento, and with grunt of satisfac-
ton and another How" he took the
little one By the hand and walked away.
At the close of the Indian campaign of
1876 the captive Cheyennes and others
were taken to Fort Leavenworth to be
transferred to Indian territory. Capt.
Eide, of the hospital corps at Pine
Ridge was at that time stationed at
Fort Leavenworth and related to mo
another instance of Indian affection
md pride in their offspring. The trans
er to Indian territory was terrible
blow to the proud Cheyennes and was
as humiliating and degrading
the extreme. One of the noted chiefs
II that tribe, whose name has unfor-
unately slipped my memory, was es-
'eclally bending under the imagined
and made several murder ,
MS attempts to escape He had for
quaw a memb Der of another tribe and
wo boys were the result of the union.
'efore the final transfer was made from
he fort to the territory the military |
oncluded to separate the different !
lbes, and while the Cheyenne hostiles {
ere to be sent to the territory the :
.herS were to be returned to the north.
pe news was conveyed to the Chew.
Inc chief, and the prospects that his
ms should not share in his disgrace
I'VE him undisguised pleasure, until he
as informed that families would not
separated and that they would have
accompany him. He grew morose
III down-hearted, and one day he
alked into the hospital, and before anv 1
e was aware of his intentions he had
led pair of scissors, and with the =
INT of it ripped cash clear across his
domen from his left side to his right
expected to die, and said he wanted u
wife and children returned to their T
mes in the north, but his terrible !
f-sacrifce availed him nothing. for
spite of himself he recovered and n
Tn MS family, was taken to Indian
rltory, where he was lost to public "A
lce.-Omaha Bee.