Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-28

Neg Perces chief. Lawyer. sign him paper.
Young Chief talk. Young Chief say'
Boston man. I show you my heart. This
country all same Injun mother. This coun-
| try give Injun birth: this country give In
jun suck. II Injup say, Boston man, sell
your mother" how Boston man feel? Cay
use 1njun want keep their country. Cay
use Injun no want Boston man house. Bos-
| ton man money, Boston man book. Young
Chief no sign paper
Five Crows talk. Five Crows sayt 4
| no sell land. One time l talk with Earth.
| Earth say; Great Father put Earth here
| take care Indian. Earth make him roots
talk with Water. Water make him talk
| all same Earth. Great Father say 1njun
no sell his country
''O-whi talk o-whf say; 'o-whi be
land
yellow Bird talk Yellow Bird say: Tn-
Jun skin red: Boston man skin white. In
jun eye. Injun eye: Boston eye, Boston
eye. Injun heart. Injun heart: Boston
heart, no nIjun heart. Yellow Bird no
know what Stevens mean. Yellow Bird
wants wait
"Ka-mi-a-ki no talk"
Thus old Hoo Sis mox-mox told us of the
great council which finally resulted in all
the Indians signing the proposed treaty.
By its terms the Indians represented at
the pow-wow ceded to the whites all OF
their country, except three reservations
the Umatilla, the Yakima and the Ne2
Perces. The government got the fine land
Two cents!
could you blame the Indians after this
for their treachery2" said Stonewal1 Jack
son to me he explained more fully this
words and meaning of Yellow Hair.
''They signed the treaty because they We're
told they had to do so. Then they at once
prepared for war.
Fight at Walla Walla.
1.-THE only tribe that kept its word was
the Nez Perces. In few days all OF the
other tribes, urged on by old Ka-mi-a-kins
the sullen Yakima chief, who at the pow-
WOW no talk began killing settlers. The
whites raised a volunteer regiment and
took the field. My father was one of them.
They met the Indians in battle at Walla
Walla."
And you bet it was a great scrap, too,a
broke in the old scout. his eyes cleaning
as he recalled the lively incidents of his
young days out west.
You We're in the fight at Walla Wallas
then" I asked?
BET your life-right in the hot of 1t. And
them InJuns certainly fit We run into
'em at the mouth of a creek. We was
both about 500 strong 1t was colder n
HI. The Injuns seen US. They come out
JUS five of 'em, old Yellow Bird leadn.
He had a white flag. He comes up ana
tells Col Kelly he don't want to 1ght he
asks the colonel to meet the Wala WaIlas
and have a powwow. The colonel kind o
thought the old chief wanted to play foxy
and lead us all into the brush, where tiey
could rnassy-cree US all. But the colonel
wouldn't let Yellow Bird and the four IN
iuns with him go. And pretty soon We
heard the d-t whOopin' and yellin' OF your
life Every bush was an lnJun- ANA now
they did scrap! - -
of the five prisoners, think guess, we
was onto their game, Jerks out KNIFE KNIFE
stabs one of our boys and tries 10 geI aMag'
In a minute there was five dead InJuhs-
Yellow Bird was one of 'em. With them
Injuns in the brush we had it nip and tuck
until night ,,,,,, rs
thought they had all gone. We struck mo
the brush All at oncest they popped up
again. And what do you reckon lhes
done? They'd tied dry grass IN thelt n i,
and on their backs so that they looked JUS
the same color as everything around en-
they dug holes and got into EN-. ana We
couldn't tell where an lnJun was, but
reckon we got about twenty 81 . en- ~
the same You know you can't tel how
MANY Iniuns you KILL because they always
carry off their dead to keep you lroHh
scepin' 'em. .,. .,.,,,
but the rains kind o let up and We got 20
he goin'. NV mules got out of the corral {
last night. I've got to round EN- up.
When the flap door of the tepee haa
closed behind the old scout | asked my !!
educated half-Indian friend If the battle OK
which we had just heard closed the war.
"Oh, no." said he. After the battle OF
ond council met. But the Indians would
not make terms. They were finally over
come in the north. Yet they came near
wiping out the entire command or Colonei
Steptoe. This officer had gone to tho
Palouse country to build roads. He left
most of his ammunition behind He met
the Palouses and the Occur q Alenes. They
professed friendship but they talked among
themselves. planning q massacre. limo
thy a Nez Perces chief, who was acting
as guide to Steptoe, stepped up to Saltese.
the Occur d'Alene, and said: What for
you talk two tongues2 You say white
man you be his friend; you say your people
you kill Steptoe.'
Steptoe's Escape.
"Luckily It was near nightfall, and Step-
toe was able TO defend himself until dark.
That night the enemy surrounded Steptoe.
Thinking that they could best secure their
prey the following morning, they gave up
the darkness to the revel of a scalp dance.
But Timothy went on a. scout and found
unguarded pass Through this he led
Steptoe's company. and within twenty
four hours got them to the Snake river.
where friendly Nez Perces squaws ferTied
them across out of the hostile country.
1T required severe measures to end this
war. Colonel Wright, however, was the
man for II. He came to Spokane Plains
and gave battle to the Indians there. Hoo
sis-mox-mox here was leading one of the
hostile tribes then, the Palouses. He can
tell you about this better than II
Wright come" began old Yellow Hair.
"Injun say, We no let him slip away all
same Steptoe.' Wright no Steptoe. Step
toe say he come make road. Wright say
he come fight. Wright catch him Injun
pony-two thousand pony. Wright kill him
all Injun pony. InJun say. Wright heap
big Boston, Wright fight Injun Spokane
close. Injun fight Bimeby Wright shoot
big bullet-big all same head. InJun say,
What mean big bulletT 1 say Ka-mi-a-
kin, Yakima chief: My grandfather time
first Boston man give Injun flag Injun
say he keep law great white chief in Wash
ington. This day Injun fight Boston man.
Great white chief tell Wright shoot big
bullet, make Injun keep law Ka-mi-a-kirl
say: Injun fight little bullet; Injun no
fight big bullet Great Boston chief Ka-
mi-a-kin give Wright gun; all Injun give
Wright gun.
yellow Hair no more fight him Boston
man. Yellow Hair heap glad. Yellow Hair
been good Injun since that day. You stand
on this land-Boston man; | stand on this
land-Injun. Same Father make Boston
make In1un. ROston oil