The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
A DEAD RED MAN.
ZEAL CAUSE OF INDIAN oUTRA6ES
IN THE BLACK MILLS.
Pale Faces stole the burial Outnt or n HraVe-
Failed to Ipc ni-scout Allison Adds interese
IN ,yb,, WA. nrportCd nr y Nero Uprtsing.

Pale Faces stole the burial Outnt or = EraVe-
Failed to Isc ii-Scout Allison Adds interest,"
to what vns Reported as = Nero UprisinG.
From the Boston Herald.
WARRINGTON, Oct. S.-Oticial reports arc
ant TO be dry and uninteresting, but the extracu
given below from the forthcoming report OF the
bureau of Ethnology is OF universal interest.
and throws n new light on the matter OF Indian
outragcs. The story is thus told in the words
If scout Allison. and its publication is allowed
by Major Powell:
Gold was discovered in the Black HIS In
1874, and regardless of Indian ownership
white men from NIL parts OF the United States
rushed into the hills in eager search OF tho pro
Cious metal. Tho Indians entered n strong pro-
test and appealed to tho United States authors
ties to cxpel the miners from their reservation.
Many were driven out by troops, but In spite OF
all opposition the spring OF 1876 found the new
gold fields literally alive with white men and
mines irving up gold ut the rate or thousands
of dollars per day, while every trail leading 10
the Black Hills across the reservation became
n public highway over which supplies wero
hauled into the mines. One OF the principal
routes TO the Black Hills was over the Bad
River trail, through the very heart OF the greae
Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Fort
Pierre at the mouth Of Bad River was the start
ing point and base of supplies. Thirty.fvo
miles above Fort Pierre was situated the Chey-
ennc River Indian agency, on the west bank OK
the Missouri River. around which were clus'
tered about 5000 friendly Indians. Sixty-ivo
miles below Fort Pierre the Lower Brulc agency
was located. also on the west bank Of the Mis-
souri,. where about 1900 - IDLY Sioux re-
ccivCd their rations. Indians p issing from one
agency to the other frequently came in contace
with miners and wagon trains on the Bad River
trail. but the Indians, being inclined TO peace
full methods. and hoping that the Governments
would cyentmni'y rroieGt them mo IN bne'r w r,Riiins;
their opportunity and crossing The iran Wuere
no white man VA visible c., 1874 sovor ,od ve,
OF Minnikanyeju Sioux, who had beer, visiting
At the i Lover 'Mc BrHlS asg Riysr T ycrer ON insir v TsS
taken violently iii and died while they were en-
camped on the bank OF the Bad River.
Following the usual Indian custom in such
cases, the body Of the dead warrior was washed
and painted as II for a festival. dressed an his
finest savage attire and then wrapped in a new
woollen blanket. his, old mother having first
tendcrly by his side. Then the blanket dressed
deer skins were c%arefnliy wrapped around me
the finest and biggest buffalo robe in camp is
wrapped with the fur inside around the d dead
lariat. Four forkcd, posts were then set up.
right in the ground on AL 4 little mound n 16b 4 lev
scaffold was erected about eight feet from the
ground. On this scaffold the body was placed
usual funeral rites the ericf.stricken friends
went sorrowing to their homes at the Cheyenne
The mourning red men had been gone per:
haps not more thai. six hours when a party OK
gold hunters; fourteen in number pmnm63c IiN With i,nn Span
came to the place where the dead warrior was
The whites saw the Indian grave: the first
one they had ever seen. and the last and only
one they ever saw. They, turned the mules ouo
mound and halted by the side Of the scaffold.
They walked round and round the strange Oh.
| loot 1nplinr nm md y nn1ininD IL from every
side. Al length one Of them said: SAY, boys.
that looks like a good robe around that ~redsk1ni
see how they fix up a dead injen, anyway" Tho
axe Is brought, and in q moment the posts are
ioosened. and two men II seize the edge Of the
dses ana a ao Sew roSe. 1t T ffS@ s ans sG It in the Il !, Wind M!
and then throw it into their wagon. Wen
nay" The u rem aoS t"o Of the ios9 robe en Sfoaaht to view the
dressed decrskins; Just what we want" they
f saIia d ed the %a6 bStr %h11p roSe into a the wagons shs @eef Ann
then the blanket. which was a brand new one.
wagon it went to keep company with the resb
of the funeral furniture:
naked body OF tn dead warrior One Of them
seizss the bow, and arrows. .Ill keep them for
d claw H1 necklace lace Sf He WI Will take aie'f that tf hene enc FOR pf HE
wife. And thus the body is entirely !denuded.
l Ths BY sna,ser. af The ,e esffe By C NTH 5h it'll iiiY Ssil sr at.
tached to them. are taken by another. and spurn-
ing the naked body with their feet, they go ON
tends good luck when they reach the Hills.
About noon the following day the little ban0
OF Indians reached their homes. where they inn
parted the sad news OF the death OF the young
brave to his friends and relatives. Among the
latter was a brother. who, after learning the
exact locality OF the grave, mounted his horse,
saying that he would go and look upon the silent
sunset he was drawing near the little mound.
but saw no scaffold standing there, and won.
dered il he had mistaken HIS directions. No.
there is something there, and he rides closer
to see what it is. One brief glance at the ruins
and he knows tho whole story. The posts with
the marks OF the ak, and the poles which
the wagon and the mules show plainly in tho
soft earth. and all around arc the footprints OF
white men,. But where is the dead warrior1
stripped of the flesh. and DOWN " yo a. ribe y tSo
river arc a score, of coyotes. snarling and light
ing over something which looks very much
like a portion of the dead Indians body. The
the white vandals had begun.
No tear started from the eye OF the dead war
rior's brother as he sat there on his pony and
to that savage growl which no white man can
initiate or describe, he turned his horses head
owar his home and flew away with the speed a
1t was midnight when he reached his camp,
but before daylight, mounted on q fresh horsc
and followed by fifty stalwart braves, no waS
the outrage. They never used that buffalo robe.
nor did they make whiplashes OF the deerskins.
The bow and arrows never reached the little
boy. Every one Of the fourteen was killed, pro-
viding n big feast for the wolves. But the news
papers just rang with the news of another Indian
outrage. They never knew the primary cause.
TO F~ORESTALL AMERICANA.
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