The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-26

they'll be in pistol shot.
Dash in the spursl No longer poot-to-
boot, Every dragon is doing his BEST
every sabre s~wirling-every eye s,eal
ing-from every throat an exultant shou..
The leading troopers fire! The bullets
puff I'D the dust-only a little SNORT
Forward. men! They lean In the saodie
az though they would lift their steeds'
nut the ponies? Seei The shots seem
IN have put new life into them' They are
keeping the gap open. And the pursuing
steeds are gasping-pantinS at every
bound!
But see! A pony has gone down! an
other,-there-right at the skirt or the
brush. Close in. men! Draw pistols
And as the s%duadrons sweep 10 thelr
ouarry-there,-right at the brush-as by
= strote NJ uagic-from every turf ana
bush and rock, springs an armed war
rior! -,
The tables are turned! The ranks OF
death confront themi a CLEAN OF painted
faces-grim as fate-horrible as hei-a
veil in their ears. hideous as the blast Oh
dcomi-the tremulous air quivering WIN
the twang OF arrows. and the swirl OF
tomahawks and the fash OF spears.
The shock has appalled,. dismayeu' us
armed them. Men ana horses cIasn
down In q mass. The living steeds. with
a snort Of terror. recoil. and scatter over
the main. Swift pursuit is made. the
furi,ives reel in the saddle and tumpie'
ono nv one. cIutching the empty air.
A little remnant of troops get bach 10
their trenched camp, and tell you al
about the "treachery" OF the INDIANS
And that cry of "treachery" rings through
the land, and justihes our moral sense
in a crusade of determination!
Treachery. 1t Is simply the interplay
OF ambuscade. OF parry ana requltd''
A vital element in the strategy OF war,
To the Lacotah we gave no nance. We
hunted him for our sport until we had
dashed him into fury-and then turned
loose upon him all the fell strength OF
civilization, without its mercy.
I will only detain you a moment Win
a few words about MISUNDERSTANDING
the quiet lad who made his Tome with
us. in the lodge.
He was about sixteen or seventeen
years oid-a nephew Of Hunscoo. and
very much devoted to her, as she was 10
him.
He would sit at her side for hours to-
gether-listening to the lore OF his tfibe'
the traditions of his people.
He was a thoughtful. pensivc boy
with a good brow. and deep meditatlve
eyes-seldom smiling. but with a smile
sinCularly sweet.
Nothing about him to portend the mar
of action-the mar OF resolute purpose
except. perhaps. a certain strength In the
line of the Jaws.
He was rather silent. and far more
anxious to receive than to impart Informal
ton.
Yet full of questions as to the white
men-their mode Of life? their purposes?
their numbers? their resources?
They Lad slain the brother of his kins-
woman-the chief of his race-and | think
he was the only person in his tribe who
apprehended mischief from the encroach-
ment Of the whites.
Though not training as a warrior. he
studied war-and from him l caught some
suggestions which were useful in our
late MISUNDERSTANDING in the
management Of fiankers, operating as ad.
vance guard.
What he chiefly feared was an alliance
between the Pawnees and the United
States forces. He was not afraid Of either
of them alone.
But he didn't like those mezza-chum-
pog-a-mee-the wagons that shoot! He
thought that artillery might make good
a series of entrenched camps-from
whence sallies might be understanding
the buffalo; wasting his country.
And the boy lived to see that alliance
m~ade-iived to see his earliest prediction,
and many, many other of his predictions
fulfilled.
In 1859 I left those photographers.
c~ontented, peaceful, free. Two years
later, trouble began.
1t commenced with a trifing incident.
A teamster, belonging to one OF the sup
ply caravans, had sworn that he would
kill the first Indian he saw. He kept his
word.
A Lacotah woman had ridden to a little
knoll on the open prairie, and was watch
Ing the wagon-train rs 1t went by. The
teamster went out and shot her.
A number of Indians soon assembled
and demanded the murderer. The wagon
master corralled his train md refused to
give him up.
There was a fght, with loss Of life on
both sides. A few nights later the cattle
Of that train were stampeded, and there
was bad blood all along the trail.
Troops were sent out. and they made
reprisals, chiefly on the peaceful villages.
The Pawnees. their hereditary enemies.
were armed with rifles. n turned loose
on them.
1t soon became a wsr OF determination.
The Lacotahs were hunted ~down-their
women and children butchcred without
mercy.
II was then the name Of Ta-tanx-i-ya-
tonka began to be uttered among the scat
tered bands of hat great tribe.
lie was not yet known as a warrior-but
In wisdom, in moderation. I'm steadfost-
ness-in marvellous accuracy of forecast
he was deemed worthy of the blood he
bo"c-that of the great Mattone-Io-wa. the
last hereditary chief Of his nation.
Ta-tank-i-ya-tonka. which means hull
buiialo, lying down, rumiHating. Sitting
buli' we call 1.-THE name now becomes
II terror TO the settlers throughout North
ana Sou'h Dakota, throughout Minnesota
down to her eastern borders.
The tide of war is swept back; the hunt
ing OF Indians is no LONGER n merrv-
making. The lives of 1000 vhite mon
attest the valor Of the Lacotahs. and for
'hifty years-throueh battle. and cam
palSh' ana truce and ~treaty-Sittinp RuII
hcars upon his standard the ancient In
critics Of his Deople. ."
For a long time it was thought that ba
was not an Indian, but n man tra,no1
PROFESSIONALLY I'm the schools of war
90 deItly did he battle the Strategy .,
MS enemies. so promptly did he seize tho
auvantage OF any error they might make
Ithat old army officers declared II was
impossible that he should be other than
a master of military science.
ihree years ago-wQrn down with hat
tie' Toll and civil care-he entered into a
permanent treaty of peace. He gathered
up ms and went on a reser-
walton in North Dakota.
lie scrupulously observed the terms 80
MS compact. 1t was the first time he
had ever trusted us-to the extent NJ snr-
rendering his arpls-and as soon as we
mad him completely within our mower
In cold blood. we murdered hin,