The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-07-25
COLBY AT WOUNDED KNEE.
Prom the Field OF Battle He Secured a
Helpless Indian PaPOose Who l.
Now a Young Lady

NeD., Is IN the city assisting County At
tOrney HOyt Andrews in the prosecution
of the Schen murder case. Mr.. Colby is
an engaging personality in the court
room, and when court is not in session
his courtesies Of speech to those whom
he chances to meet are not formal or
strained, but come from fountain Of in
bred sOciability.
Although an eastern man by birth
and education. be has had not little to
do with the west, and has even played
role in the drama Of that part Of western
history whose plot exists on storied page
and the place Of action, the ground Of
Wounded Knee"
"Let me show you a proof Of the like
ness Of my little Indian girl, said be to
a Republic reporter Wednesday morning
Just before court was called to order,
taking an envelope from his pocket and
removing several proofs IN different
poses Of Zintka Lanuni "She is twelve
years old now, almost young lady, but
when / first saw her she was lying beside
her dead mother on the battle field Of
Wounded Knee. On that December
day the thermometer stood below zero,
and for four days before this that little
papOose, not more than three months
old had snuggled to her mammals breast
tugging and trying to wake her from
her dreamless sleep.
Il can see as though 1t were yesterday
the fOrbidding CLEAN of those wild black
eyes, as 1 lifted the babe from the arms
of its dead mother. While in bivOuac
on the hills and plains Of South Dakota
1 had a squaw care for the little ones
wants, and when my battalion was re-
called by the governor, I took the child
home with me to Beatrice, and ever
since have made her to feel that she has
a home to whose Joys and comforts she
has a right equal to those Of my only
son.
an the adoption papers we named her
ZIntka Lanubi, meaning, in the Indian
dielect, lost bird 1t is a marvel that
in those four days Of most inhOspitable
weather, she was not dead bird before
1 found her, but she was a survival Of
the ittest, and lived through it only by
the grace Of an iron constitution.
Miss Zintka's features, well poised
head and engaging look indicate some
intelligence, Mr.. Colby?"
Indeed, Miss Lunina is blithe and
bright as you please, industrious in the
home and helping hand to Mrs. Colby,
whose attachment for her is even equal
to mine. The Indian in her is simply
perishing. The indefinable influences of
another race have changed her plant
nature from the hard and fibrOus weed
to the nurtured flower. Her life has
| been a metamorphOsis."
Speaking of the battle of Wounded
Knee, Mr.. Colby, who commanded a
battalion of the Nebraska militia there
engaged, said:
1T has been charged that IN the most
serious conflict of the uprising the
soldiers pursued and shot down squaws
and children. 1t was undoubtedly true
that women and children were killed
but it was unavoidable. The garments
Of the bucks and the squaws were SC
similar that it was hard to distinguish
the former from the latter. One Of the
soldiers explained that he had no time
to inquire the sex Of the enemy that was
aiming at his heart, EOr could he investi
gate the age of the young buck engaged
at the same work.
al l. ~ =
1 squaws were the most furious Of fighters
A swarm Of them dubbed Captain Wal
lace to death when he lay helpless OF
the ground. Had these women KEEP
out Of the battle none of them would
| have been hurt.
The Sioux were bad fighters and ex
tremely treacherOus. Big Foot, viii
: one hundred and fifty bucks, accom-
panied by two hundred and fifty squaw
and numerous children, bent on trouble
had already been taken prisoners, bu
, the whole band got away an
we're again surrounded on Wounds
Knee Creek. Here Big Foot made
sham show of surrender, but whe
-. soldiers were detailed to disarm then
s the ssvages 1hirted rifles from under thei
. blankets and began firing with grea
. rapidity at the soldiers, who, it may b
. said, were at their elbows. The soldier
= opened fire with deadly effect and I'd
? surviving Indians finally dashed throug
the lines and fed. They lost about
y hundred, while q of the soldiers wei
% killed and 80 wounded
g The battle was fought Decem5,
%, 1890
" The Boss Worm Medicine.
ii. p. Kumpe, druggist. Leighton