Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-04-01
hooR LOS PARENTAL AFFECTION.
tsdlas Chief wh, show the Deepest
Lave fpr Their children.

Lave f,r Their children.
The Indian !. generally no; credited with
much regard or affection for his family,
but this impression va.s dispelled from my
mind iuriug my trip tp Pine Ridge. or
uumbcr ~ friends made aia ng the In
dian chiefs. Will IA rays remember Ameri.
can Horse, a mar ~ much prominence
among the fri,ar'iy Sinux. When he
lesrasz. th;a. ! represented = newspaper he
gave INV haul eoriial shake and re-
marked. "ilnW cola, geo@l." lie had one
4 his sgunws with him. and through n
nmple but hcautiful sign language in
iormcd her uf NV vocation. and she, too,
xaid. How. good and shook hands
American ilnr>e thtn brought out . young
pappoOsc Of af.og; dSeat- of age, asiu an
'crncd me thst iy Was his youngest, and
;hcn hc pattrd the little one on the head
and gave il an ui!cctinnate squeeze
In a JuAe asked him hat he would take
jor the httie SiouXvenir lie did not first
understand whether | WAS in earnest or
lokinsl, a.4d ! wa. afraid | had offended the
| Did horse hut be shook his head, pointed
/ ais finger toward bunch Of several hun
/ lr,d Indian ponies, then To a troop OF cav
| AIRY horses, stamped his foot upon the
earth and waved hrs hand about his head
and understood that not for all the horses
and ponies ON earth would ne part with his
Iild. lie, however, did what he could,
| and cut an elk tooth ornament from the
little Sioux's dress and presented it to the
correspondent IA memento, and with a
Hrunt OF satisfaction 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 Cheyenues and others were
taken TO Fort I.eaveuworth TO be trans
fcrred to the Indian Territory. Capt Edie
of the hospital corps at Pine Ridge, was al
that time stationed at Fort Leavenworth
ami related another instance of Indian af
fection and pride In their offspring. The
transfer to the Indian Territory was a ter.
rible blow To the proud Cheyennes, and
was regarded as humiliating and degrading
| In the extreme.
/ One of the noted chiefs of that tribe,
whose name has unfortunately slipped my
memory, was especially bending under the
imagined humiliation and made several
murderous attempts To escape. lie had for
( a sauaw member OF another tribe, and
two boys were the result of the union.
Before the final transfer was made from
the fort Ia the territory the military con.
cluded to separate, the different tribes, and
| while the Cheyenne hostiles were TO he sent
to the territory the others were To be re
turned To the north This news was con
veyed TO the Cheyenne chief, aud the pros
poets that his sous should not share in his
disgrace gave him undisguised pleasure
until he was informed that families would
not bc separated and that they would have
To accompany him.
lie grew murose aud down hearted, and
one day he walked into the hospital, and
before any one was aware Of his intentions
he had seized pair OF scissors and with
the point Of IL ripped cash clear across
his abdomen from the left side to the right
He expected 10 die, and said he wanted hi,
wife and children returned to their hom,
in the north, but his terrible self sacrific,
Availed him nothing, for In spite OF him
self he recovered, and with his family wa
taken TO the Indian Territory, where h
was lost to public notice. .-Omaha Bee