Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-03-11
AN OLD INDIAN FEUD
THE WAY TT WAS ENDED BY THE
ACT OF a LITTLE CHILD

bto4J of the Long and Filter EausitJ
setrveen Crazy Wolf and Little Scar.
The Incident Tint Paved the WAY
to Peace.
Crazy Wolf was warrior of tile
Sioux nation who held 10 all the say.
age traditions Of his race For years
lie refused to receive rntions from the
hands OF the whites. and this marked
him singular among all tile Sioux His
deadly enemy WIS Little Scar, who had
made lasting peace in his heart with
the whites and who had yielded little
by little to the allurements of civilized
living
The enmity of Crazy Wolf and Little
Scar dated from the day of the great
battle with the Pawnees
When the remnant OF the stricken
Pawnees had turned 10 fly Crazy Wolf
and Little Scar quarreled over the
right 10 tnke Il scalp. and n hand-to-
hand combat ensued. The chiefs part
ed them and said that neither must
die. for Tie nation had need Of all Its
men Though the hands of Crazy
Wolf and Little Scar were stayed by
their hearts.
1t was ten years after the battle with
the Pawnecs aud AT the Pine Ridge
agency, where II portion of the Sioux
had been gathered. the government
erected schoolhoiSe for the Indian
children. Instantly division occur
red between the fathers OF the tribe
One.hnif Of the warriors wished To
send their little ones to the school. The
other half declared that the teaching
OF the whites should never have place
children of Little Scar went to the
school The children OF Crazy Wolf
were kept IN 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 but put their
ears TO the ground they would hear the
thunder Of the hoofs of the oncomlng
herd
One-half OF the warriors at Pine
Ridge were seized with the Messiah
craze. They danced the ghost dance
and put on the ghost shirts. The one
half stampeded from the agency. and
with 1t went Crazy Wolf, as savage In
heart as he was when he fought the
Pawnees on the frontier of Nebraska.
Little Scar stayed at the agency
One day after the battle Of Wounded
Knee had been fought band Of TWEEN
ty Sioux braves broke away from the
m in hpHp for n f,F t,ot
Ing Pine Ridge agency and killing the
children who were gathered in the
schoolhouse-th children OF their broth
ers who had succumbed to the white
mans ways. In the bnnd was Crazy
Wolf, his heart full OF The lust of Kill.
ing
The warriors came within sight Of
the schoolliousc. II stood on II bluff
and on one side was absolutely unpro.
tected. Crazy Wolf knew the location
Of the room in which tie little ones
gathered daily az their lessons. Tho
mounted warriors made a headlong
rush down the valley skirting the ridge.
aud as they whirled by the school they
poured volley after volley into the
room where the children of the friendly
Sioux daily were assembled.
1t was not the fault OF Crazy Wolf
that on that day there was not H
slaughter of the innocents. y teacher
had seen the feathered heads showing
among the willows by White Clay
creek and. taking the alarm. had hur,
ried the children 10 the cellar.
The raidlng band went northward
| There was cavalry at the post TO take
| up tho pursuit. and the fugltiyes sue
| ceeded In reachiug the main body OF
Indians. who by this time were sur.
rounded by the troops Of General Miles
and were being gradually forced into
| the agency
| Crazy Wolf, when he saw the sur
render Of his brethren WAS coming,
Bad Lands. He foresaw the end OF The
uprising and the complete subjugaton
OF his people. and he laid 1t az the doors
OF tie tepees Of the Sioux who had re-
FUSED 10 join the braves OIL tile war.
path
Crazy Wolf made up his mind to kill
| Little Scar. He nearly starved in the
Bad Lands, and his pony was dead. 4
week after the surrender he started for
the agency on foot. His ammunition
was gone, and he had nothing but Ills
Knife. He ate willow bark and lOots.
Hunger took his bodily strength, but
his heart purpose was unweaGened
Crazy Wolf starving, lay on tile bank
or the White Clay creek The tepee ar
Little Scar was only $50 yards away.
Crazy Wolf was famished but he lay
there In the bushes waiting for night
ana vengeance. He looked down TO the
waters edge, and there he saw little
girl with Il willow basket full OF food.
The little one looked up and saw the