Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-22
A Daughter 9! the Sioux
By GEN. CHARLES KING.
Copyright, 1902, by The Hobart Company.

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 open window. They had given him
 the chance to escape-the sight of
 Kennedy. 'who had striven to kill him
 twice before" and then of the black
 smiths, with their degrading shackles
 all just to tempt him to make a
 dash for freedom-just as they had
 lured and murdered Crazy Horse
 Crazy Horse, his brave kinsman, not
 ten years before-then had placed a
 dead shot on the path to life and
 liberty-a man who killed him in
 cold blood, as deliberately planned.
 These were her accusations, and that
 story took strong hold in certain
 circles in the far east.
 Nanette said many other things before her final breakdown; and Hay
 and his sorrowing wife found their
 load of care far heaviest, for the
 strain of Indian blood, now known
 to all, had steeled the soul of the
 girl against the people at Fort
 Frayne, men and women both,
 against none so vehemently as those
 who would have shown her sym
 pathy, none so indignantly as those
 who had suffered for her sake.
 This was especially true of Field.
 In the mad hope of getting jus
 tice," as she termed 1t, for the dead,
 she had demanded speech of the gen
 eral, and, in presence of Black Bill'
 and the surgeon, he had given her a
 hearing. It proved fatal to her cause,
 for in her fury at what she termed
 "the triumph of his foes," she lost
 all sense of right or reason, and de.
 clared that it was Field who had
 warned Stabber's band and sent them. fleeing to unite with Lame Wolf
 Field who took the traders horses
 and rode by night with Kennedy to
 warn them it was Webb's intention
 to surround the village at dawn and
 make prisoners of the men. It was
 Field, she said, who furnished the
 money Moreau needed to- establish
 his claim to gold miRe in the Black
 Hills, the ownership of which would
 make them rich and repay Field a
 dozen times over. It was Field who
 sought to protect her kindred among
 the Sioux in hopes, she said it boldly,
 of winning her. But the general had heard enough. The door was opened and Ray and Blake were ushered in. The former briefly told of the find ing of her note in Fields room the night the adjutant was so mysteri- ously missing. The note itself was held forth by the inspector general and she was asked if she cared to have it opened and read aloud. Her answer was that Field was coward, dastard to betray a woman who had trusted him. 'l
 "Oh, he didn't" said Blake dryly. "'Twas just the other way. He couldn't be induced to open his head, so his friends took hand. You got word of the outbreak through your Indian followers. You wrote ' to Field and sent the note by Pete, bid ding him join you at that goddess hour, telling him that you would pro- vide the horses and that you must ride to Stabber's camp to see Moreau for the last time, as he was going at once to the Black Hills. You made Field believe he was your half brother, instead of what he was. You brought Moreau back to the post and took something cant say what, down to him from Mir. Hays he waiting for you on the flats be- low the traders corral. You should have worn your moccasins, as we'll as a divided skirt, that night instead of French-heeled bottines. The rest others can tell"
 The others were Kennedy, and the half recalcitrant Pete, the latter turned states evidence. told how he had wandered down into the flats after 'the few drinks" that made him think scorn- full of Sioux; of his encounter with Eagle Wing, his rescue by Field and a girl who spoke Sioux like a native. He thought it was little Pawn Eyes when he heard her speak, and until he heard this lady; then he under stood. He had been pledged to se- .recy by the lieutenant, and never meant to tell a soul, but when he heard the lie the lady told about the lieutenant, it ended any promise.
 Then Pete, an abject, whining wretch. was ushered in, and his story, when dragged out by the roots was worst of all. Poor Mrs. Hay! She lad to hear it. for they sent for Ter; somebody had to restrain Ma ,ette. Pete said he had known Ma ,ette long time, ever since baby. To had Crapaud. Yes. and they had Inown Eagle Wing, Moreau, always new his father and mother. Knew Sanette's father and mother" But Black Bill interposed. No need to go nto these particulars, as substan- isting Mrs. Hay and himself. said he. The lady knows perfectly we'll that
 know all about her girlhood." so 'ete returned to modern history. :agle Wing. it seems, came riding ften in from stabber's camp to see ianette by night, and he was in cap trouble, always heap trouble. lwsys want money" and one night he told Pete he must come with her. ,ust never tell of it. She had money, he said, her own in the traders ( afe. but the door was too heavy. she I OuIdn't open it. even though she had | he key. She had opened the store T Y the back door. then came to him 2