The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-05-11

talking plainly. he reached down to the
ground. caught up his lance. and turn
ing his horse charged the kiowas and
all the other Cheyennes followed him.
The Kiowas were so close that the
Cheyennes were on them before they
had time to think. They had no time
to change horses. no time even to get
their bows out of their cases. The
CheyenneS lanced them and shot them
down one after another until they had
killed them all. They captured all
their horses. The last Kiowa Of all,
with his wife, was so far behind that
he had time to jump on his running
horse and turned to flee, but his wife
called to him, do not leave me-" and
he turned and rode back to help her,
and was killed. Porcupine Bear-the
Lame Shawnee-killed twelve, Crooked
Neck killed eight. There were seven
of these Cheyennes and thirty kioWas,
men and women.
Thus these Cheyennes gained the
glory of counting the first coups In
this great fight, but because they were
outlaws the honor of it was not allowed
to them, but to another man who
counted the first coup in the general
battle an hour or two later. Still,
every one knew what Porcupine Bears
Young men had done.
When the main body Of the Chey-
ennes found that there was no camp
opposite to them, but saw the camp
and the scattered people up the stream,
they separated. A part charged across
the river and a part up the bottom.
Those who crossed killed a number OF
men and women who were out gather
ing roots. Those who went up the bot
tom drove off a great number of horses,
Gentle Horse alone getting between
eighty and hundred head.
The first man to count coup in the
main body was very young man, a
Ponca captive-Walking Coyote-who
had been adopted and brought up by
Yellow Wolf, who had put him on a
good horse for this fight. Walking
Coyote was a Bowstring soldier.
Previous to going into this fight the
Cheyennes had agreed that they would
take no prisoners. A man who wished
to take captive a girl who had hand
some elk teeth dress, seized her and
was about to carry her off, when an
other Cheyenne came up and shot her
and took her dress.
After the attack had been made on
the Kiowa and Comanche camp a Co.
manche chief, who early in the morn
ing had gone out to run buffalo, which
were close by, heard the noise of the
fighting, and came back to the village
as fast as he could. He had ridden SO
hard that his horse was exhausted, but
his people had his war pony ready, and
he mounted it and charged toward the
enemy and other Comanches followed
him.
The Kiowas and Comanches were
fighting behind their lodges and be-
hind breastworks that they had thrown
up. but when the Comanches charged
Crooked Neck called out to his men,
"Come. let US run and draw them away
from the village" The Cheyennes all
turned and ran and the enemy fol-
lowed, riding hard. this Comanche
chief being in the lead.
When they had gone far enough
Crooked Neck called out to his people,
sThis is far enough-now turn" The
Cheyennes turned and charged, and
the Comanches and Kiowas also turned
and ran. Sun-Maker, who was on a
fast lorse, almost overlook them, and
shot two arrows into the back of the
Ccmanche chief.
Sun-Maker watched the chief, and,
as he drew close to the village, saw
him begin to sway, and then saw him
throw out his arm to catch his horses
neck, and saw him fall to the ground.
After the peace was made the Co.
manches learned who it was that had
killed this chief.
For most of the day after this there
was fighting about the village perhaps
until 4 or 5 o'clock. Then they stopped
fighting. Six Cheyennes were killed
on the north side Of the river and six
on the south side. Of these two were
important men-White Thunder, keep
er of the Medicine arrows, who was
about seventy years old, and Big
Breast. They do not know how many
of the Kiowas and Comanches were
killed, but it was large number, wom-
en- and children and men.
This was in the month of May, 1888.
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