The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-12-08
USTICEOFTHEPLAlNS
HOW A MURDERER WAS QUiCK=
LY AVENGED,
indians Paid tho Penalty-Lieutenaut-
Colonel Carroll of the First Brigade
of the Cavalry Division at Santiago
Was the Hero, v

LlCuli"SOl! I1cuIy CdlIoiiy
ing the First brigade of the cavalry d.
vision before Santiago, who was serl-
Dusly wounded in the three days fight,
was major of the First United States
Cavalry in 1890. He is known in the
Indian country in Montana as the man
who avenged the death Of n white
man by killing two Indians, accord
ing to the New York Sun. Hugh Boyle,
a young man from Illinois, was found
murdered near Tongue river agency.
He had been visiting relatives in that
section and was about to return to his
home in Illinois. Maj. Carroll called
in American Horse, a chief, and the
two examined the dead body and the
country where the murder was COM
mitted. Maj. Carroll said to American
Horse: Il want the men who did this
murder. I want you to bring them in"
After a few days American Horse re-
turned to Maj. Carroll and told him
that Young Mule and Head Chief, two
Cheyennes, were guilty. Their father
was Two Moon, a chief of renown. He
was brought to Maj. Carroll's head
quarters and was told to bring in his
sons. When he had heard the charge
against them he made a speech, in
which he said that his people had held
a council and were prepared to satisfy
the law, from their standpoint. Their
proposition was that the agent take
thirty ponies in payment for the death
Of young Boyle. They intended that
the ponies should be accepted and sent
to the relatives of the murdered boy as
a compensation for the death of the
young man. The offer was rejected,
and Two Moon was given to under
stand that the white mans law could
not be satisfied in that name He
must bring in his SON The old chief
grunted and said he would do this. He
disappeared, but within a half hour ne
was seen returning. With him were
his sons, Young Mule and Head Chief.
They were dressed in war bonnets, in
war paint, and fully armed. Their po-
MES were handsomely decorated. The
young bucks rode defiantly toward the
cavalry commanded by Maj. Carroll
and showed fight. The cavalry fired,
killing Young Mules pony. Then he
and his brother began firing. They
fought subbornly until they reached a
hill near by, where they were sur
prised to find another detachment of
Maj. CAROLS troops. One of the
bucks, Head Chief, wounded several
| cavalry horses as he rode into the lines.
One arm was broken, but with the
other hand he fired his rifle from the
pummel of his saddle. Another volley
was fired at him and he fell dead from
his pony. Young Mule saw his broth
er's fate and realized that he had not
much time on his hands. He advanced
toward the cavalry chanting the death
song of his tribe. He fired several
shots and jumped into a ravine. There
he kept up his fight, still singing. At
this juncture the young bucks mother
made an appeal to the troops to save
him from impending doom. 1t was i'm
possible to grant her request, as the
warrior continued firing at his enemies,
plainly showing that he had deter
mined to die as his brother had died.
The mother realizing that all hope had
vanished, staggered to the open plain,
and in accordance with the custom of
the Indians when they lose a relative
or dear friend, slashed her limbs with
a knife from the knees down. With
the blood streaming from the wounds
and trickling to the ground she chanted
the death dirge of her son, who was
presently shot dead. In honor of the
bravery Of Head Chief and Young Mule
their people marked with stones The
death trail travelled by the young war
riors that pleasant September day.