Daily camera., 1899-03-31
INDIANS SAD FATE.
Was Buried Alive Through the Spite
of Tilted Girl
Was to Have Been Married, but Pros
pective Brides Goodness Drove
Him to Drink, and He Failed
TO APPEAR

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handsome young buck met Miss Thula
Bigheart. the daugh er Of ex-Chief Big
heart, OF the OsaEe nation. They loved
each other fondly and became engaged.
After that Miss Bjgheart went away to
Washington TO school. In the mean
time she forgot her Indian lover. and
swhen she returned last fall 10 her home
there was Black Horse TO greet her,
but for him she had no fond words
However, as she had promised to be
his bride the date was SET and great
ureparations were made. The cere-
InoRy was to be held at the home of
Frank johnson. a relative Of MISS Big
heart. Black Bores knew she did not
love him as of old. but he said nozhing
The 100 guests assembled a tie home
If johnson and made ready for the
feast. The bride Loolied q trtllr pale
in her white satin gown. As il the Gus
fDm Black Horse was not 10 come till
nine o'clock, but when that hour ar
rived. he did not show up; neither did
become an hour OF wo later. Miss Big
Nerat finally became discouraged and
Invited the guests 10 be seated at the
feast.
After they had all gone. each one eN-
pressing regrets and surprise at the
missing bridegroom action. the In
dian maiden oalLed aside her three
hrothers-Bill. Joe and Aleck-the
three johnson boy oys-Joe. Henry and
Sand her foster uncle-Frank John
son.
Now, see here she said, so the ac-
counts RIM, - want revenge on that
riding Indian. He knew 1 did not
want 10 marry him in the first place,
and he has done this for revenge. Now,
] want to show him who will have the
,rrst -evenge. l want YOU to catch him
and bury him alive"
Chief johnson and his men went out
Nt daylight they returned. and said:
We found Black Horse lying drunk
beside the road los far from his house.
We woke him and ked him why he did
not come before TO the wedding and
ne replied. as you said, that he sought
revenge. So we bound him hand and
loot and took him to the bank OF the
river. dug hole in the sand and buried
him alive"
The Indian gir7 smiled. as though
well pleased. The next day She went
away As the neighborS are far apart,
no one knew it. neither did they know
that Black Horse had not come 10 the
wedding later, suPPosing. OF course, h.
had been DELAYED.
\ few weeks later a party Of Kansas
hunters eucamped on the banks of the
Arkansas. near Homing post. While
searching along the banks for kiudliug
wood they noticed the sand being
turned up. and Harry Chase more Gu
rious than the rest, decided to investi-
gate. The result was the finding O.
Black Horses body. His mouth wa
, open and filed with sand Bis features
were drawn. and the body showed evi-
dence of having bee. covered while vet
alive. Chase reported TO Deputy Mar
shal Mcclure. who iuvestj gated and ar
rested the Johnson and Bisheart bows.
They ignorauuy confessed, and &C
tually believed they had done nothing
wrong.
Thula was captured by deputy mar
s.hal al the home of an uncle near Paw
hnSaa. She denies that she intended
10 escape, and also say 5 she did not tell
The brothers aud johnson boys to kill
Black Horsc by buryiuc him alive. She
is said To have remarked to Deputy
Marshal Mcclure, when taken before
her alleged accompHceS: Il deny any
connection with this crime. My friends
were angry when they discovered
and Black Horse did no, marry. and
| they made the suggestion themselves
hat he should be buried alive Perhaps
| J did assent. but am sure | never told
| them to do H." She was taken to the
| house Of the lailer. Henderson. and kept
under guard Homing Post is a small
town, and the jail is on the principal
street. Il is a small wocIru building
in corral between two stone buildings,
and high walls close tn. ends of the
Enclosure. The prisoners are allowed
10 run loos. in this corral, and guards
are stationed in picket houses or tor
of the walls
In talk with DIR. HILL, who called
at the jail 20 see him. johnson. who is
65 years old. aid: We took the Young
| Indian down and buried him because
he deserve t and had no baSiuesS 10
spoil our girls tmeaning Thula Big
heart) prospects that way. She told me
she did not wantto marry him anyway,
because she bad a s,Nee heart in the
east, and be tRlaclt Horse) was too
common for her. We asked her what
should we do with him tina, night If he
could be found. and she said to bury
him ALIVE That's what we done, and
! the sou-ofa-gun won't fool any ybody
else | gucsS.
Tie preliminary trial of the seven
men was hr.d before McCloud. justice
OF the peace. at Homing Post III
pleaded guilty, and, while 1t was MT
customary-a old form goes IN thai
country justice bound them o,
to the IndHn, court. which is held at
Pawhusllo Chicago Inter Ocean.
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