The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-09

Chief Hump and Hts Band Of
MtmnecOnjOu Sioux Indians
Visit the City Of Pierre and
Celebrate the Hundredth
Anniversary of Lewis and
Clark'y Tour Of Exploration.

(From Pieere Daily Dakotan, Nov. lS, 1904
Without a doubt the most interest
ing historical event that has oc-
Cured in South Dakota this year
was the visit of the noted Sioux chief,
Hump, and his band to the city of
Pierre where they held q festival OF
two weeks duration in celebration OF
the visit of Lewis and Clark to this
locality q hundred years ago.
LEWIS AND CLARK
Soon after France coded to the
United States the immense territory
known as the Louisiana purchase,
President Jefferson appointed Capt.
Meriwether Lewis and Capt. William
Clark to make a tour of exploration
through the newly purchased territory
to the Pacific coast. This expedition
covered q period of three years, 1903
g.. Lewis and Clark arrived at the
junction of the Missouri and Teton
rivers, the site of the present city OF
Fort Pierre, in the fall Of 1904, where
they remained for several days and
were entertained by the Minneconjou
Sioux, the ancestors of Chief Hump
and his band, with all the pOmp and
ceremony for which the Indians are
famous.
The Indian village where the dances
were held was about a mile above the
present site of Fort Pierre.
CHIEF HUMP
Chief Hump is n of the prominent
sub-chiefs who took part in the Little
Big Horn Battle. known as the Gus.
ter fight, and when the Indians re
treated at the approach of the infantry,
he led his band to the refuge of the
Big Horn mountains. Here they were
overtaken and made captive by Gen.
eral Miles. After being held a prisoner
utter futility of further resistance and
wore allegiance to the United States
government. General Miles immedi.
ately appointed him scout and he
served in that capacity for upwards Of
three years.
When the trouble was over, he set
tied with his band on the Cherry Creek.
At the time of the Messiah craze and
Indian trouble of 1890. Chief Hump
was the most dreaded war chief of the
Sioux nation and the military made
every preparation to prevent open
hostilities. Captain Ever, an intimate
and firm friend of Chief Hump, was
called form Texas to 90 from TT. Ben
net and council with the band, and
try to persuade Chief Hump to come
off the reservation until peace again
reigned. When Captain Ever told
Hump that General Miles wished him
to leave the reservation for a time
time because of the restlessness of the
Indians, Hump at once complied.
After a few days spent at the fort, he
was sent by rail to Rapid City and
then went across country to the head
quarters of Gen. Miles on the Pine
Ridge.
General Miles appointed him chief
of scouts, and serving in that capacity
throughout the trouble. he rendered
many valuable services to the whites.
1t is gratifying to note that the
national government last spring ac-
knowledged it's Indebtedness to this
great chieftain and placed him upon
the pension roll. He received back
pension of nearly 81, 200 and now re-
ceives Sc per month. With the excep-
ton of Red Cloud, Chief Hump is the
most noted and highest chief of the
Sioux Nation now living.
THE FESTIVAL
The visit of chief Hump and his
band to the city OF Pierre was ar
ranged by Ferd J. Goodfellow, cura-
tor of the state historical society.
The leading chiefs who took part
in this celebration were: Hump, Vel
low Owl, His Horse Looking, White
Swan, Charging Eagle, White Bull,
Buck Elk Thunder, Sitting Eagle,
Roam Bear, Charging First. Saved
By Bear, Spotted Horse and One
Horn, and the band was composed OF
one hundred thirty-three Indians
bucks, squaws and papooses. They
camped on the river bank near the
government Indian school and put up
about fifty tipis. They travelled with
fifty teams and fully as many loose
horses, from their homes in the
Cherry Creek district of the Cheyenne
river reservation, between seventy and
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