The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04
FIGHTING REDS OF AMERICA.
History of Some Notable Indians and
Their ChnrncterIstics.

Their characteristics.
Helena Correspondence of San Francisco
Examiner.
These are the fighting Reds of America
the Cheyennes No ignoble tribe they,
mixed of blood and degenerate after the
manner Of half-breeds, but straight from
the parent stock, with much of the pris-
tine virihty and vitality of their savage
forebears Proud of their traditions, proud
of themselves as types of the American
Indian at his best. they bear with ill-ease
the yoke of peace. Now and again. i'm
PEELED by motives that are traceable to
this pride of race. to which Is conjoined an
equally potent scorn of the paleface, they
break through the barrier of the white
mans law and then there is trouble. Just
now some of their young men are under
the ban for the murder of a sheepherder,
and for time it seemed as though the
old racial hatred would devastate some
of the fairest portions of Montana. Hap
PLY, this has been averted, and the braves
who at the first alarm took to the hills
with their rifles and cartridge belts are re-
turning TO the reservation. Unfortunately,
these recurring alarms have spread the
conviction in this region that there never
Will be peace between the whites and the
Cheyennes so long as there remains one of
the tribe with rife and strength to pull a
trigger.
OF all the aboriginal clans of the north
west to-day not one can rank in courage,
savagery, hatred OF everything that makes
for civilization, and utter loathing Of the
white man, unless, indeed, he wears the
army uniform, with the Cheyenne. In
like many other tribes of American In
dians. the Cheyennes have never been
drunkards or beggars. Physically, they
are to-day probably as fine a body of
men as could be found anywhere. Tall
and built like gladiators. they are dis
tinguished among Montana red men for
the zest with which they pursue athletic
sports, and the boys OF the tribe are dis
ciphned as severely to-day as they were
twenty years ago TO ft them for the chase
or for war. The woman of the Cheyenne
tribe have been decimated by disease con-
tracted from the abandoned frontier
whites they have taken into their fold the
Cheyennes are growing in number ana re-
tain to-day all the characteristics that
made them more feared than ever the
Sioux were by the pioneers.
An outline OF the history OF the tribe for
70 years Will illustrate what sort OF people
are the Chcyennes. They are one OF the
numerous onshoots Of the Sioux tribe. In
the COS they roamed over Southern Mon
hdua anu NuiiNefu wyoming ana were
among the most feared OF an the redskins
on the plains. Early IN 1870 considerable
portion Of the tribe was captured and sent
20 indian territory. They became restless.
broke away, and started for the northwest.
Troops were sent after them. but the In
dams fought their way back into Montana.
crossing two trunk lines of railways and
landing on their old stamping grounds
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was the officer In
command OF the pursuing troops and he
finally cornered them az Lame Deer. This
was IN the spring OF 1871. The Indians were
Joined by the remnant OF the tribe that had
not been captured at the time OF the trans.
portation TO Indian Territory, and an told
they numbered over 1900 lighting men
under the command Of Chief Lame Deer
who had led the flight from the southern
country and had met and defeated. or else
eluded the government troops q number Of
times during the chase. The fight was a
desperate one and only ended IN a victory
for Miles after Chief Lame Deer had beer
Killed and half his band with him. Nile,
himself narrowly escaped with his M,
while leading his troopers over the dr.,
bed Of creek. A bullet grazod the gen.