Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-19
pooa LOS PARENTAL AFFECTION.
indisa chief. who show the Deepest
Love for Their Children.

Lave for Their Children.
Tie indian g. generally no. credited with
much regard or affection for his family,
but this impression wa. dlsIellcd from my
mind during my trip 10 Pine Ridge OF q
number II friends madcomong the IN.
dian chiefs, I will always rcmrmhvr Amen.
Gun Homo, man of much prominence
among the friendly Sioux. When he
learned that | rcprescnigd newspaper he
gave my hand u cordial shake aud ~.
marked, How cola, good" lie hal one
81 bis sluaws with him. aud through q
simple but beautiful. sign language In.
formed Der II my vocation, and che, too.
said. "liow, Rond.r and shook hands
american lore then brought out u young
phppoo-e OF about 0yoars Of nge, Huu IN.
formed me that Il wns hs youngest, and
then he pattcd the liltln one on thu head
and gnyc II hn aiicctionatc squeeze.
In q joke Iaskcd him whit h. would take
for the little Siouxvcnlr. lie did not first
understand whether ! was In earnest or
joking, H.,d WIS afraid had offended the
old horse. but he shook his head. pointed
his finger toward bunch II several hun.
drcd Indian ponies, then to a Troop Of cav.
airy horses, stamped hls fn-. upon the
earth aud waved his hand about bin head,
aud undentood that not for all ,hehorscs
and ponies on earth would hn part with his
child. lie, however did what he could.
aud cut m elk tooth ornament from the
liitlc sloux's dress and presented IL to the
correspondent M mcmcnto. aud with
grunt Of adtisfaotion and another GLOW"
he tosk the little one by the hand aud
walked away.
AZ The clusc u tho Iudian cafnpaign Of
Ina
taken 10 Fort leavcnworth to b. trans.
fcrred TO the Indian Territory. Capt. Ellie,
II the hospital corps at Pine Ridge, was at
that time stationed u, Fort Leayenworth,
aud related another instance 81 Indian nj.
focilon aud pride In their Offspring. Tho
transfer To the fndinS Territory was ter.
riblc blow to the proud Chcyenncs. mud
was regarded ~ humlliating and degrading
In tho extreme.
one of the noted chiefs Of that tribe.
whose name Ia. unfortunately slipped my
memory. was espie ally bending under the
imagined humiliation aud mndc several
muricrous attempts to escape. lie had for
sqnaw a membor u another tribe, and
two boys wcrr the result OF tho union.
Before tho nnal transfer was made from
The fort 10 tho territory the military con.
clndcd to separate tho different tril,cs, aud
while the Cheyenne hostlles were 10 be- sent
10 the territory the Others wcre "a be re-.
turned to the north. This news was CON
vcycd To the Cheyenne chlcffnnd the pros.
poets that hls sons should not share Ia bis
disgrace gayc him undlsgulsed pleasure.
until he was Informed that families would
not b. separated and that they would have
to accompany him.
lie grow morose and down hearted, and
one day he walked Into the hospital, and
before any one was aware Of his Intentions
he had seized a pair OF scissors and with
the point ~ u ripped gash clear acroas
his abdomen from the left side Ia the right.
lie expected 10 die, and said he wanted MI,
wife and children rturned 10 their homo
In The north, but his terrible self saeraco
awaited him nothing. Tor In spite Of him.
sell hc recovered, and with his family wa.
taken TO the Indian Territory. whcrc lao
was lost to public notice. Omaha Bee.