The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-08-26
TWELFTH YEAR
INDIANS ON The WAR PATH
One Had a Jag and the Other Had
More Than He Could Bear.
Bear chisi and chieF Pst,ibons Keep up
the Wild West End oi the Mldway
plaisance-..The Vanqlshed
enc scaIped.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Following close
upon the tribal war and attempt at de
capitation in the Bedonin encampnlent,
comes bloody Gght iii Midway just in
Front Of the American Indian village
between Bear Chief and Chief Fetti-
bone. Reat Chief did no Less than club
his opponent to the ground and then
scalp him. ..
The occasion of the fight was not n
woman, as has SO often been the cause
ef Disturbances in Midway, but u plain
case of jag" of just sufficient proper
tions to excite them to strife.
Many of the Indian chiefs, including
ehe t':So mentioned, went into tho city
to see the sights, They drank firewater
all night, but had no auarrels until
they again reached Midway, The al-
tercation came mp as quickly as squall
Mt sea, and soon they We're belaboring
each other inartistically with their
walKlng sticks. The few who gathered
around, not dreaming of bloody ending,
let the battle proceed without interfer-
ence, but before Buclsskin Joe and the
| othets iii charge of the Indian encamp-
ment could get out of bed and reach
the scene of conflict the other Indians
had formed n Gordon around the com
hatai,ts and were dancing abo,.t them,
Save wnen they paused at some unusu-
ally exciting exchange OF blows.
Chief Pettibone is the larger of the
two but he did not seem to be worthy
foe for the steel. or rather the stick. Of
the more ugilc and deSterous Bear
Chief. Again and again ths big fellow
was beaten bdclt 'agniist the circle, his
face bleeding badly and his mouth cut
terribly. Only once did he get in a
good square lick at Bear Chief, and
then hc knocked Bear Chief back. al
most stunned, but was too tagged out
to follow up the advantage.
But this BLOW, severe as it was,
seemed to have the effect of nerving
Bear Chief to superhuman effort and
diabolical bloodthirstiness. He rallied
and for time parried carefully Then
he began over again his rushing tactics
and was so successful in getting in
blows that he beat the others head al
most to pulp.
1a1 AasC VIC piB lellOW 1eti, not I'M
| conscious, but exhausted and almost
blinded from the flowing blood He
had no sooner fallen ard dropped his
stick than Bear Chief, drawing a knife
from his belt, sprang Mt him. With n
deXterous move of the hand he drew
the sharp blade around the crown, gave
n pull and the bloody trophy Of victory
was soon dangling at his waist.
If Buckskin Joe, whom they all fear,
and the other white men had not come
when they did it is highly probable
that scalp dance would nave been
performed around the prostrate body
OF the defeated chieftain. Bear Chief,
thoroughly wrought up, showed a dis
position to resist giving up the scalp,
but the muZzle of a revolver taught him
discretion. He was finally locked up,
and Pettibone was removed to his tent
and physician sent for.
The physician will not be able to re-
port for some dnNs yet whether his pa
tient can recover. but ut any rate he
will not be allowed to take part in any
more of the Indian exhibitions.
Both of these chiefs were in the bat
tie of Wounded Knee.