Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-19
AN OLD INDIAN FEUD
THE WAY 1T WAS ENDED BY THE
ACT OF A LITTLE CHILD.

Between Crazy Wolf 9nd Little Scnr.
The Incident Tint Paved the Way
to Peace.
Crazy Wolf was n warrior Of the
Sioux nation who held to all the saw
age traditions OF his race For years
nc refused 10 receive rations from tho
bands of the whites, and this marked
him singular among all the Sioux. His
deadly enemy was Little Scar. who had
made lasting pence IN Ills heart will,
the whites and who Ind yielded little
Ivy little 10 the allurcments of civilized
living
The enmity of Crazy Wolf and Little
Scar dated from the day Of the great
battle with the Pawnccs.
When the remnant of the stricken
Pawnccs had turned TO 6y Crazy Wolf
and Little Scar quarrclcd over the
right to take scalp, and n hand-to-
hand combat ensued. The chiefs part
cd them and said that neither must
die. for tic nation had need Of all It's
men. Though the hands Of Crazy
Wolf and Little Scar were stayed by
the chicftalns, hatred still lived In
their hearts.
1t was ten years after the battle with
The pawnccs and at the Pine Ridge
agency, where portion of the Sioux
had been gathered, the government
erected schoolhonse for the Indian
children. Instantly division occur.
red between the fathers Of the tribe.
Onellalf of the warriors wished to
send their little ones to the school, The
other half declared TINT the teaching
Of the whites should never have plnco
In the minds OF their children. The
children OF Little Scar went to the
school The children Of Crazy Wolf
were kept iu the wigwam.
Runners came to Pine Ridge from
Standing Rock and the Rosebud. They
told of the coming of the Messiah, that
the buffalo were returning and that IL
the southern Sioux would hut put their
ears to the ground they would hear the
thunder OF the hoofs Of the oncoming
herd
Onc-half Of the warriors ut Pine
Ridge were seized with the Messiah
craze. They danced the ghost dance
and put OH the ghost shirts. Tho one
hale stampedcd from the agency, and
with 1t went Crazy Wolf. as savage In
heart as lie was when he fought the
Pnwnccs OH the frontier of Nebraska.
Little Scar stayed at the agency.
One dny after the battle of Wounded
Knee had been fought band of TWEEN
t. Sioux braves broke away from the
main body for the sole purpose Of raid
ing Pine Ridge agency and killing tho
ol,I n t., H.
schoolhouse-tlle children Of their broth
ers who had succumbcd to the white
mans ways. In the band was Crazy
Wolf, his heart full Of the lust of kill.
Ing.
The warriors came within sight Of
the schoolhousc. 1t stood on q bluff
and OIL one side was absolutely unpro-
tectcd. Crazy Wolf knew the location
Of the room In which the little ones
gathered daily Mt their lessons. The
mounted warriors made n ,headlong
rush down the valley sklrtlng the ridge.
and rs they whirled by the school they
poured volley after volley into the
room where the children of the friendly
Sioux daily were assembled.
1t WIS not the fault of Crazy Wolf
that on that day there was mot
slaughter Of the innocents. a teacher
had seen tile fcathered heads showing
among the willows by White Clay
creek and. taking the alarm. had bur
rled the children to the cellar.
The raiuing band went northward
There WINS cavalry at the post to take
up the pursuit, and the fugitives sue
Cd In ri, tl,a In 90
Indians. who by this time were sur
rounded by the troops Of General Miles
and we're being gradually forced Into
the agency.
Crazy Wolf. when he saw the eur
render Of his brethren was coming.
mounted his pony and made for tile
Bad Lands. He foresaw the end of the
uprising and the complete subjugation
Of his people. and ne laid 1t ut the doors
Of the tepees of the Sioux who had re
fused to join the braves on the war.
path.
Crazy Wolf made up his mind to kill
Little Scar. He nearly starved in the
BAD Lands. and bis pony was dead. A
week after the surrender he started for
The agency on foot. His ammunition
was gone and he had nothing but his
knife. He nte willow bark and roots.
Hunger took ais bodily strength. but
Ills heart purpose $tas unweakened
Crazy Wolf, starving, lay OH the bank
Of the White Clay creek. The tepee OF
Little Scar was only 800 yards away.
Crazy Wolf was furnished. but he lay
there II the bushes waiting for night
and vengeance. He looked down to the
waters edge. and there he saw little
girl with willow basket full Of food.
The little one looked up and saw the
famished eyes of the warrior. She
smiled at him and held n1lt her In oir Of