The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

Wakpekuta band, and that he hadNbeen
indicted into office by q grand cere-
mony, in which the brilliant young gov
ernor,; Alexander RAMSEY, had been the
master of ceremonies, and had given to
the new chief beautiful decorations and
a sword: All the savage jealousy and
hate which had driven Wamdesapa to
slay his brother was revived in the
breast of Inkpaduta, and he resolved to
destroy the man whom, he reasoned,
had usurped the high place to which he
himself was entitled. He set out for
the tribe Of the Wakpekutas, and that
instinct which with unerring certainty
guides the savage across: the desert led
him into the camp Of Wamundeyakapi,
who, with a large party of friends, was
hunting, upon the 'headwaters~ Of the
Des Moines, in the present Murray
county. 1.': ~>~s: >.: - ... :. 49,:
He crept about the camp until after
nightfall without attracting attention,
and finally, when all Of the hunters
were 3.wrapt in slumber, he stealthily
crept into their midst. and plunged the
knife into the heart Of his chieftain
cousin, and as we'll into the hearts of
sixteen of his companions, and escaped
W
For years it was believed by whites
and Indians that this dastardly crime
was committed by prowling party of
Sauks and Foxes, but later, during his
prosperous days in the time of the out
break, Inkpaduta boosted to his moth
er's people that he had slain Wamunde-
yakapi with his own hand. ... '. a.
-, For long time the government re-
membered the outlaws on Vermilion
, who were known as the .'Santies Of the
Missouri" and every year Wamdesapa
met the agent at Fort ,Vermilion and
received from him the small, annuity
; due under the provisions Of the boun-
dairy; treaty. made at Prairie du Chen
. in 1880, but by 1851 the renegades were
no longer considered as a portion of
: the mother band and when Governor
Ramsey came to make the treaty of
Z Traverse des Sioux he wholly ignored
" the Inkpadutans, and they were not
j, asked to sign the treaty or to ]partici-
pate in the presents and the purchase
y money of the lands relinquished., Ink
. paduta, however, had other views upon
= the subject, and at every payment he
>: was present.: and tho ignored by the
|. agent, he succeeded in securing from his
intimidated relatives more than an
Z equal share. ssa.: &:s -, zs,s
:. During the SOS, settlement was
! pushed far out into western Iowa ano
Ink paduta, with his base on the lakes
J, about Madison, South Dakota, made an
nual pilgrimages far down into the
! hawkeye state, levying tribute upor
:. the settlers. In some Of these trips hi
J went as far as Fort Dodge.
j It is mot the purpose Of this papel
!. to dwell upon, his horrible exploit a.
Spirit Lake, in, March, 1857, when. h
!, ruthlessly slaughtered forty-two de
:. fenseless men, women and children VIII,
i had bestowed every kindness upon him
: and carried into. captivity Mesdame
- Thatcher, Noble and Marble, and tn,
| little girl Abbie Gardner. Upon tina
Z exploit is based the distinction he ha
{ attained among the whites, and mos
/ readers are familiar with it. All thi
J and the, story of how Roaring Cloud wa
, killed BY Judge Flandrau, when in tn
time Of the payment of 1857 he slippe
? down to yellow Medicine agency t
s visit his swee theart, are matters Whic
. have found q firm place in the .hisfor,
O. Of the west. 80. 80. -.,.-.s