The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-28
MASSACRE AyERTED.
EMMA slCkELs TELLS OF THE OUT
BREAK AT PINE RIDGE.

Was Prevented.
In this brief dialogue, "Hcya" Coz
was the commencement of one of the most
ominous of Indian outbreaks. "Heya"
means in Sioux II will not" It was the
reply an Indian girl made to me at the
school at Pine Ridge, S. D., of which was
superintendent l had asked her to do
certain piece of work. and that was the sui
len answer she gave.
1t was in December, 1854. The school,
which was for Indian girls and boys, had
been opened but Il few weeks and was still
an experiment in the minds of the Indians
and mt the hands of the teachers. There
were S. scholars, evenly divided between
the sexes. All the work of the house had
been detailed to the pupils, as no other
help was available.
One Of the girls was Makpia Luta, daugh-
ter of Red Cloud, the celebrated chief she
was Is years old, strong and robust-in
fact, one of the physical models of the
school. Her turn came to do homework,
which was the making of bread. The first
day she did her task gracefully, but the
second day she baked.
Word was brought to me rs superintcnd-
ent. went in search of her and found her
sulking in the yard. When asked her to
take her place, she refused. Knowing that
firmneSS only would make an impression OH
her, ordered her back. The 2-word dia-
]ogue resulted in her going sullenly back to
her place. but that night she sent word TO
her father, the dreaded Red Cloud
He came and took her to theagency ply
iician, Dr. Thompson, who. afraid of the
chiefs vengeance, gave him certificate to
the effect that the girl had consumption.
In face of this could do nothing but en-
ruse the girl, who went home to her father.
| knew it was one of the willy Indians
tricks, as the girl weighed $50 pounds and
was the picture of health.
Red Cloud then called n council of the
SiouSA He made them an impassioned
speech. He told them that the Great Fa-
Their had paid the white women TO work for
the Indians and now they were making the
Indian children work for them Red Cloud
appealed to the ignorance of the Indians re-
garding the whites just as he appealed to
the ignorance of the whites in regard TO the
Indians
His speech had it's effect. and Il deleg;,-
tion of six braves was sent to inspect the
school. or these. Little Wound the pow
erful chief, was the head. They visited the
school and saw all it's workings and the
progress the children had made l ex.
planned to them that work simply meant
making things better. They were greatly
pleased, and i then and there won the
friendship of Little Wound, who was to
manifest it in SO signal Il way not long after
AS the blanketed delegation left. they
said Waste" (wash-tay), meaning Good
There were three times as many applic;i-
tions ms we could accommodate after this.
and Red Cloud s,w that his own people
would not sustain him i, so he appealed to
Little Chief, the rcdoubtable Cheyenne
warrior, who was in fighting mood and
invited him to camp with the Sioux and
han n Mt n.l
and kill me.
When Dr. McGillicuddy, the government
agent, heard of this scheme on the part al
Red Cloud, he ordered Little Chief to move
camp. The fierce Cheyenne refused. The
doctor then said that he would hold back
the rations, as the law provided as II pun
ishment for the INSTRUMENTATION.
The two chiefs then determined to fight
They rallied their bands and decided to
make the attack on the day of the issuing
of the rations of beef The refusal of DR..
McGillicuddy to give the beef was 10 he the
signal for the attack. The beef was usual
ly issued ut the corral, three miles om
town, and WAS generally live cattle, which.
as they were turned loose, were Shot by the
Indians. This shooting of the beef OH the
hoof was 10 be made he cover of n general
attack on the whites
We could see active preparations going
on around for the attack. Dr. Mct;iilicud.
dy knew of it, but could do nothing as he
had 10 soldiers, his dc, having been to
govern the Indians without show of mill.
tary force. Things began TO look desperate.
Two Cheyenne braves had been detailed to
kill DIR. McGillicuddy, and one, RAY No
Water, had fired at him, but luckily missed
him.
Red Clouds Vaccinations had taken lp
the winter and spring and July &, 1881, the
day OF issuing ratiOns, was at hand. The
hour set for the distribution Of beef was |
r. III. All the morning we SAW the signal
mirrors flashing word about the hostile
camps, and the mounted warriors gather
ing their forces for the attack were outlined
against the skyas they rode along the sharp
ridge.
IN painful suspense we watched DIR. Me
Gillicuddy from the schoolhouse set off for
the corral, where i'll an hour our fate was to
be decided, and the doctors con fidence in
the friendly Indians was to he tested He
was accompanied by only his few Indian
police. but he was one of the coolest bray
est men that ever lived and he rode away
serenely calm, while our hearts were beat.
ing wildly.
The good doctors confidence in his In
dian allies was not misplaced Little
Wound, who had visited the school, and
VINO was the enemy or lied Cloud, had fol-
lowed the schemes of treachcry and pre-
pared to checkmate them. One of the no
blest chiefs that the North American In
dams ever raised to power, he despised Red
Cloud for his two faced dealings with the
two races.
hearing OF our danger, Little Wound
brought all the Indians he could muster to
the agency and prevailed upon Fast Horse
and Standing Soldier to do the same
On arriving at the corral Dr. McGill-