Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-20


sprang up in the hes these boys
and their effort to these for
lorn women and CHI reads like
the finest passages In more Coop
er's novels. Theirth thbors and
friends laughed at tIcalled them
the Crazy Band"
They found out the YES were In
the hands Of White :, the chief
of the Santee Sioux, we're within
hundred miles Of The boys
gathered up what thGld in pro-
visions, took their pt rifles and
wagons and went tov the White
Lodge camp. They fdhe Santees
and proposed to trade ch resulted |
in an indignant refusal the blood
thirsty marauders.
The boys proposed tst them, to
find a near way to thearts, for
they had carried with sugar and
delicacies, grateful to Santee pal
ates. and they set out rood things
before them. They saidere Is food,
cat what you want an home and
give us the captives ae will send
them to their friends"
White Lodge and raves ate
what the boys set forGt scorned
the latter proposal, aaid: I'VE
will not be friends Of thites. We
killed many Of their R, and we
will keep on doing bad IS. We will
fight until we are dead.
The boys replied: "YSe us here.
We are only boys. OuIple call us
crazy, but we want toIsomething
good. If a man owns shing good
he likes It and will mort with 1t
for nothing. We will sch our guns
and our horses for the ! captives.
White Lodge, you talk b you steal
women and children ailn away.
Three times we have offeour horses
for the captives. The liers with
guns will come against and then
we'll see II you are bra'
White Lodge had a named
Black Hawk. He was " like the
Yankton Sioux, who e Ito do
good things"
Black Hawk heard whine brave
boys said to his father. le young
man spoke up: You ng people
have done right. Your ub tastes
good. I know Of you've are
straight young men, reted with
your people. Father dotot know
you. / have one white ch I'll give
it up, for we are starvinget others
give up theirs"
At last they concluded trade the
captives for the ponieThe boys
went to their camp and btht In the
horses.
They were conducted the ten
where the women, girls arlttle chill
dren were guarded. Mrs.eely hat
her children but Mrs. Wits bah!
had been murdered by a ing saw
age.
The captives sat in a ro.nd wer'
nearly naked, and In me pitiabl
plight. Each one was sepaly trad
ed with hardest bargaininnd jock
eying, until they got to N Wright
and the boys were traded t OF a.
but one horse and four gui
White Lodge refused tt Mrs
Wright go. Black Hawk posed q
last to get Mrs. Wright av for tn
remaining horse and he Wd do
secretly. -.
When the brave boys sed wit
the captives they were a huHd mile
from home without horses d with
out food, in the midst Of Dakot
winter. The massacre toollace o
August 20 and this was Noaber 2
The captives were so bare clothe
that II ese brave boys toom the
blankets for them.
The first night out theear
| White Lodge was so great t theS
boys walked all night rounda grou
of desolate, nearly frozen wen ar
children.
Next morning a friendl India
came along and they tradedleir n
naming guns for his hor The
hastily fixed q sort of sled, whit
they hitched the horse and chi
dren could ride. The youna chi
rode on an Indian boys bachnd Il
women walked.
Mrs. Deely had no mocdns,
| Charger, the spokesman and der
the boy band, took off his a ma
her wear them.
Five days Of such travel arWhi
Lodge with five warriors appeed al
demanded Mrs. Wright. But e bo
bluffed him and finally he lei Tn
struck another friendly Inn al
traded their last gun for an ! ca
Mrs. Deely and the children tn TO
In the cart and Mrs. Wright DE t
horse. The boys secured sol TO
and moccasins from other frie1y l
dians and next day they waed
miles beside the horse and CARSON
times pushing the cart to R t
pony along. At last they reacd I
river opposite their own home, II tn
walked all day and night to ME I
trip at the last.
There was a trading post nr
and the owners put blankets
naked ones and carried them !crc
the river, and one half breed tdS
captives to his home and KEEP th'
three days.
The nearest military post va Fl
Randall and finally they were taen
wagons to that place. and hecoI
mandant Col. John Pattee, kptth
in his quarters with his Wifi q
| daughter and sent a message to TN
| friends. In twenty days laeI II
were carried to their homes.
OF the eleven brave boys, s'va
| still living. They are men OF dttll
| ton in the reservation on Cheer
river. but when their hearts w
moved to the rescue Of those Vreci
captives they had no schooling w
beyond the influence Of missonlr
without hope of reward and ppnp
only by the instincts Of human
implanted by the Great Spirit.
Senator Quay's amendment poIo
to appropriate $4,000 to pay thse
BILE Indians for their horses, guns
o.her property by which ths r
somed these white captives from VT
| Lodge and his warriors. L reai It
eagerly. l wanted to cheer thos nc
Indian boys, as l perused the st'
| wanted the senate to get ulon
feet and give them three chees
a tiger. before they passed III
murev which Senator Quay saidwo
for those captives.
I hoped there would be no deay
the appropriation. It was one I
in my life that could have VI
twice the sum asked for and DIM
with a shout.
l hope somebody will write lie
to those surviving seven and telltl
how much we are pleased that
should have this belated money,
the eleventh hour as 1t were.
The Great Spirit moved upon t
young hearts to do good things, q
something good. What a picture
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