Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

ing that General Mckenzie sent word to
Crazy Horse through an interpreter, telling
him to come to the fort, that he wanted to
see him. Crazy Horse sent word that II
Mckenzie wanted to see him he would have
to come TO his camp. Following this Gen
eral Mckenzie sent a second time, summon
ing him to his fort, IN reply to which Crazy
Horse stated that he was sick. The third
time General Mckenzie sent word he gave
Crazy Horse to understand that unless he
obeyed the m he would send down
and have him brought to the fort by force.
Crazy Horse concluded that it would be well
to obey and sent word back that he would
be up the following morning.
when a person hears a great deal of
some famous parsonage it is no more than
natural that he should form a somewhat ex-
allied notion OF the personality and appear
ance of the distinguished individual, and
such was the state of my mind with regard
to Crazy Horse. l expected to see a second
Pontiac. a noble red man. and you can
imagine my surprise when on the arrival
next morning OF Crazy Horse heteT5 the
generals quarters / neneid one Of the
nleanest, sickest, most repulsive looking
Indians that ever walked the face of the
globe. OF course, l was not present at the
conference, but l heard enough Ct what took
place to know that General Mckenzie gave
him a pretty straight talking to. He was
given to understand that Mckenzie was not
contemplating any night attack on his viii
lage, but trying to live in peace, and that
II warfare became necessary he would come
in the daytime to do what fighting he had to
perform.
Instead Of pacifying Crazy Horse, It only
made him worse, At the time he surren-
dered he gave up some 500 ponies, which
were given to Red Cloud, and at the con-
ference he asked that they be restored, a
request fatty refused by General Mckenzie.
This made him furious. and a few weeks
after this pow-wow reports began coming
in that Crazy Horse was preparing to take
the warpath. In the meantime, however,
General Mckenzie was relieved, General
l.. p. Bradley arriving as his successor.
General Bradley had been at the fort only
a few days when another alarming report
came in, the result of which was that the
entire was ordered ready for ac-
ton, and on the following morning left the
fort TO surround and capture Crazy Horse
and his band.
There was only ona cannon at the fort,
an old brass affair used for firing the morn
ing and evening gun. and this constituted
the artillery. An old Irishman named Muir
ply, who quarreled with the driver be-
cause the latter failed 10 keep the six
mules in line with the rest Of the COM
mand, had charge OF the battery, while |
was the gunner. Little Bad Man was on
hand TO guide us to the camp OF his rival,
and away we went in fine style. The work
Of surrounding the camp, which was in a
low hollow or depression in the prairie,
was very skillfully executed. but when the
order came to close I'm, and we crossed the
ridge that shut the camp of from view.
not a tepee was in sight.
TT appears that Crazy Horse had spies
out, as well as ourselves. and that he had
gotten wind Of this intended move some
Ave hours beforehand. What happened IN
the Indian camp am not able to say, but.
at all events. his band picked up in a body
before daylight the following morning and.
moving into Red Cloud agency, mixed
among the Ogalallas in such a manner that
they were not readily noticed. while Crazy