The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-05-18
RODE TO THEIR DEATH.
heroic CHARGE OF TWO CHET.
ENHE INDIANS AGAINST FIVE
TROOPS or CAVALRY.

n Tragic Romance % the Vepee-
Repetition Of the Days Of Chivalry-
FIesh aad Blood Against q Hail 81
teadcn Bulietss
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About ATTY miles north Of the Dig
; Horn Mountains. and forty miles south
from the Yellowstone River, In south
eastern Montana. live the tribe Of fear
less Northern Cheyenne Indians. A
few decades ago they ranged the grea1
plains. following the buffalo. but are
now attached 70 the Tongue River
Agency.
The men are tall, well-built. brave;
and their women are proyeTbially
ehaste. With the disappearance Of the
game and the decadcnce Of intertribal
warning. the young braves have had
little or no opportunity 70 show their
proves. o
IN the summer Of 1890. two young
men-Head Chief and Young Mule
who had failed 70 find favor with the
maidens Of their choice. took to the
war-path 90 win distinction and WiveA
A moon! and the disappointed lovers.
wearing their eagle feathers red
tipped. as warriors do, we're again &C
home.
Rumors Of their return soon reached
their Agent. Who recalled that a white
heFder living near the reservation had
besa missing from his home Tor nearly
= moHth.
The Murder Os q sheep iisreer.
The returned braves we're ques;ioe-
ed. They openly admitted going on
the warPaih and killing the herder. A
detaehmeat Of the two troops Of caval-
~ stationed AZ the Agency. assisted By
some Northern Cheyennes. made
search for the body. II was found On
the evening Of September Q, AID had
been sealped.
Fearing trouble, three additional
Troops were hurriedly sent from Fort
keOgh. Montana, and the Agent called
q council Of the chiefs and head-mea.
liver the murderera
Two Moons. the var chief. battle
scarred and old. pleaded for the young
braves. Offering q ransom Of thirty
ponies for the dead herder. This was
declined. Chief Ameiean Horse then
arose and said his warriors would
nght ~ the soldiers attempted % take
the young braves alive; and that their
Gnal message vas:
Select the place Of meeting. and we
viii come and de In your sight, nght'
ing the soldlers."
The council was dismissed. and the
Indians returned In the evening 70
their lodges In the hills south % the
Agency.
Twilight fen soon a flaming arrow
blazed like q rocket In the southern
sky. And Ear % the north. signal hres
we're seen.
Gathering % the karri0rA -
An night armed warriors. hideously
painted, hurried 70 the circle Of hills
commanding the Agency. while lights
burned late In the valley below. where
the agency officers were consulting
in the crimson dawn, watching var.
riors saw q mounted Indian police
lsave the Ageney and take his way
southwark along the misty mountAin
trail. u was the decision for peace OF
for var. As the first rays of the sun
hEIEL1s
rein and dismOunted q the lodge 90
American Horse The challenge Of the
two braves % fght the soldiers had
been accepied-to aght at the Agency
81 set Of sun.
Directly runners were OF 70 inter.
eept the fleeing sruaws aad ehildren.
The warriors clamored for Q fight WITH
the troops but the chief refused. The
council, he said, had spoken with
straight, not crooked. tongueA
Slowly the chill September morning
warmed 20 amythest afternoon. An
EAGLE wheeled high above the hills.
which formed an ampitheatre. In the
center. or arena were the Ageney
buildings and the troops. As the
shadows erept out IN the valley. the
spectatOrs-Sarriors Old and young,
and squaWs with papOoses and ehildrcn
l--began taking their places On the
circle of hills. They would Ste the
IhghE
C-hfith Hearts 81 Iron.
Forth from their refuge In the Wolf
Mountains, rode Head Chief and YOung
Mule. painted and armed for var. Tn
guarded they rode. still vas there time
20 escape. but the pride Of their race,
held them. They went on
Il Five miles 90 the north lay the peace
ful valley. and the areaa with tis
maSsed I've hundred guns. The trail
wound In and out among the hills.
Leaves we're falling. and here and
there were bright rcd sploiches Of foil.
age Overhead they noticed q noek OF
birds winElng southwark. They
THOUGHT q the naidens they loved: Of
lthe WarFaia: Of the feathers tipped
J with blood. and their fares darkened
SIlently they held their way north.
ward soon was reached the crest Of
q hIxh spun. They turned their pOnies
20 the west and drcw rein. The sun
WAS almOst doWn. For an instant they
gazed: thea pointed 10 the earth, and
raised their arms IN aupplieation %
tie Great splrit-vheeiing. they heal
ed east a q gaiion
Presently thy pass some warriors
Who promptly SIGNAL their Approach 70
lthe waiting Indian spectaiorA N0S
ltAey gallop 90 the very crest Of hige
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