Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-03-27
STORY OF LOVE AND REVENGE
IN LamereauX and Calvin O'Dell
Tell the Story Of Their Trouble
With the ShOshOnes.
counds Like the Old Fashioned Dime
Novel Indian Tales-Rescue OF
an Indian Maiden

Saturday morning United States Mar
nal McDermott of Cheyenne returned
lom Malta with his two half-breed pris-
oers, who are charged with the murder
an Indian named Jim Washakie, the
m of we'll known chief of the Sho-
,ones. This tribe lives near the Wind
;ver mountains and the headwaters OF
IA Big Horn river in Wyoming. Fort
rashakie is named after the old chief,
sther of the Indian who was killed. A
rlpuNE reporter visited the two pris-
hers in the county Jail. The oldest is
amed William Lamereaux and the
3oungest. who is a lad not yet of age,
hid he went by several names, but that
falyin O'Dell was good enough for him.
amereaux was at first inclined to be
aticent but after little while CON
lIuded that it could do no harm to tell
is story, and related to the reporter the
hIlowjng romantic tale Of his adven-
hres among the Indians 1t appears
hat he and O'Dell, together with two
finer half breeds, had been camping on
he reservation in the vicinity of these
boshone Indians. Belonging to the
ihe was a very attractive Indian
maiden with an unpronounceable name
hat might be translated for convenience
star Eyes. She attended an Indian
cbool on the reservation and learned
eyeral things besides sewing and cook
no, 1t may be that she managed on
he sy to read few French novels. At
= nv rate, she had some ideas of her own
bout lovers and the proper way IN
which an Indian maiden should be
k,ooed and won. 1t was about this time
hat sJim.' the son of the old chief,
aw her and made up his mind to have
lpr for his own. His method of Woolng
riOated al! the rules sanctioned by the
est society and, in fact, bore a strong
4semblance to that practiced by the
krlbe of benjamin on certain day when
opv paid visit to Jabish Gilead on
matrimonial intent. Star Eyes had not
Enuch to say about the match and she
aimed in the chiefs wigwam for lighter
EHnncd and more chivalrous lover, such
Ia she had read about in story books
6hen it was that Lanereaux appeared
~ the scene, and with Star Eyes it was
3 case of love at first sight, and amorous
%& lsnces did not fail of due return. Sho
sgShone Jim, however. was of an observing
g emperament, and in very short time ht
"A as "onto the game OF Star Eyes, ant
ook prompt steps to destroy the eiiec
bf her bright eyes by making blact
strcles around each OF them and, in fact
beating her brutally while in a jealous
raee. Then Star Eyes determined to ii.
9rom the brave and cast her lot witt
the divorce colony at Fargo To thi
&end she stole away in the night AM
$hsked Lamereaux to conceal her in hi
Ewagon and take her north to the Grow
Reservation, as he was about to trave
Ethat way, and young Lochinvar Lamer
Eeaux nothing 10th, consented. This wa
the beginning of the tragedy. 1t didn
take Sohoshone Jim very long to tigur
Eout where his handsome squaw had dis
kappeared to and he set out on the ira
Ewith his Winchester and few friends
kbound on still hunt. Lamereau!
Ewho knows something about Indian tat
Etics himself soon satisfied himself tina
EIndians were on the trail after the part
and that jim would make an attempt t
murder the whole party, including, bt
&eldes himself and the girl, ODeli an
1.-Two other half breeds, who had Jolne
Ethe party lie therefore made no III
EEhen he camped that night In the bus
Eanl stood himself on guard all nigh
Ealtnough his teeth chartered with n
Ec0ld In the early dusk Of the mOrnln
@he detected ShOanone Jim crawling Il
Hoo the camp. as he believes with the II
Mt0at Of numbering the party while th'
s@4e lept This beink frustrated by Lar
ereauX's watchfulnese, an attempt :"
@nada 70 steal their horses, also withoJ
Wsuccess. Then Jim and some of h
8friends laid an ambush for the party
@the brush and fired on them as tn
Emoved past The half breeds return'
&the fire. Lamereaux states that /
N doesn't know whether anyone was kill
Nor not by their fire, but
Eknew pretty we'll that it was tin
4 for him to be getting out of that count
if he wished to protect his life and i
surance society, as the country was II
Of Shoshone lodges, and overpowerlr
numbers would soon be brought again
4 them. In these circumstances the par
determined to abandon the wagon al
separate. Star Eyes, who declared s
would never 60 back to Jim, as he wou
be sure to kill ler, rode off on horseba
toward the Grow reservation, t
companied by d half-breed nam
EO'Neil. LamereauX and O'D
also took horses and, changing the
whenever they got chance for fire
ones, rode at breakneck speed for r
Lodge. from whence they came to IL
ena, then to Great Falls and then
Malta, where they we're arrested. Th
4 declare that they made no effort to &C
ceal themselves or evade the office
after they got beyond the reach of ,
1 Shoshone Indians. They feel contide
that they have good defense, as far
/ the charge of murder goes, and that tt
\ will be acquitted. They have, howev
warned the marshal that they are lik
to be murdered by the Shoshone
/ dians, if he tries to take them ht
through the reservation without 81
cent guard of troops. Marshal Med
mott left yesterday morning to look
tho girl and another half breed, who '
With the party at the time of the ahootl