The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
SECTION FOUR

LAY in the tepee Of Whirlwind. chief medicine
man Of the Umatrla Indians. Ny friend, Major
Moorhouse was with me. We were waiting Tor
a young squaw Of Whirlwinds family 10 COOK
dinner The medicine man himself not at home
''whirlwind" said the major. "is not only medi-
cine man. is Of the bravest Indians OF his
tribe. He has been in many fights since ne ia "a
has always fought with the whites. He was famous
cant we get him to tell about Of his
aInst nov said the major he's busy running
this here powwow the Indians all having. but III
try TO set him 60 tell you about how ne caught the
Pretty soon whirlwind came in with pair OF
trousers thrown his arm.
"Whirlwind," asked the major, you tell about time
You catch him sheep-eater2"
"That take long tme-all day was the reply.
'A1y breeches broke; 1 him now
That's the way he always begins says the ma.
tor. "He1 tell about it after awhile Wen have to
let him do his sewing first though. -, ..,.., -.
major, impatient for the story. We're they aAinals
ooh. they were Indians" answered the major
laughing my ignorance
But I'll have TO back a little, guess ne
went on. You see after the Nez Perces under Chief
Joseph had surrendered TO General Miles, the Ban
nOcks, Piutes and the Eastern shoShones got 70
BUffalo horn had with 100 of his warriors. helped
General Howard chase Joseph. and when the Nez
Perces war was Buffalo Horn did not think
Joseph get the best Howard, and he thought he
could do the same. So he bands together tne baIS
strikes west. He thought he could get these In
But, first dash out OF the box the Indlals Iel
UP against the regulars under Robbins The soldiers
.'Egan the chief Of the Piutes was made leader Of
the Indians. They were still 1000 warriors strong
SIX This country and soldiers were run in to take care
OF the advancing enemy. General Howard sent Cap
tain Miles in command Of the troops.
still the Indians, as they came this way killed
many settlers. One poor fellow remember-his name
JeySel-was scalped and left for dead. But when
the Indians had gone he managed TO crawl to the
road and write piece Of paper, which he hung
up stick, that he was in the brush. He was
found there unconscious For three days he mad had
nothing to eat or drink
When Egan and his warriors got out here. not
far from this very place dhis was near Pendeton,
Ore) be went ahead and sent word in for the chiefs
a Umatila chief went the Umatilas old
enemies OF the BannOchs and although Umapine
knew that they would not. Umapine had put up
job on Egan. He sent down for the Umatilas to
wits led Egan thought Of course, that they were
caught ana tied him. Egan had only nine men with
him. These the Umatilas killed Egan got one arm
ewas quick Egan and chucked the knife into
him frst Then Cmapine shot EsaR ana u was an ~
Of with him. They cut ms mead on ana orougnt u
in and offered it to Captain Miles. That night all
the tribes here had big scalp dance led by Ya-tm-
ay-a-wits, who dangled from a long pole the scalp
But the Bannocks kept right on with the warp"
no; replied the major Indians are supersti-
tious. They had lost two leaders and most OF
le" e EN- nome, eiee Who Kent on the Iyar5aff
living mostly wild sheep, were called Sheep-eat-
ers."
Il guess, If you'll excuse me. ri take little nap
before eat" concluded the major. These squaws
always long time getting things ready
quite a while 7 looked at the medicine man
sew upon his broke breeches." He only be-
longed To another race but TO another age. Nearly
oighy winters in the tepee had mixed few white
threads in his coarse black hair. Around MS eyes
the had made deep tracks. But it the sim
pie faith in his face that ] most observed. He was
medicine man, but. like the Christian Scientists, he
used medicine. IncantatiOn was his cure-"eye Of
newt. toe Of frog"
After a while whirlwind lifted the thread his
= mouth and bit it Off Now eat" he said, wax
Wing the snoring major
Eating is such busy occupation for the Indians
that during MONDAY meal said but little.
Afterward, however Whirlwind squared himself
around sat down upon his feet-Indian fashion-and
said: Now make talk Sheep-eater."
I could not put in twenty columns all the medi-
rine told me; yet can jot down in few para