Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-24
AN OLD INDIAN FEUD
THE WAY 1T WAS ENDED BY THE
ACT OF A LITTLE CHILD.

Crazy Wolf was warrior VI 'u0
Sioux nation who held to all the saw
moo traditions of his race. For years
no refused to receive rations from the
bends of the whites, and this marked
him singular among all the Sioux. HIS
deadly enemy was Little Scar, who had
made lasting peace In his heart win
the Whites and who had yielded little
Inv 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 to fly Crazy Wolr
and Little Scar guarded over the
right TO take scalp, and a hand-to-
hand combat ensued. The chiefs part
ed them and said that neither must
die. for the nation had need Of all ITS
men Though the hands Of Crazy
Wolf and Little Scar were stayed py
the chieftains, hatred still lived III
their hearts. .,.,
If was ten years after the battle with
the Pawnees and at the Pine huge
agency. where portion OF the SIOUX
had been gathered, the government
erected a sehoolhouse for the Indian
children. Instantly a division occur
red between the fathers Of the tribe
One-balf of the warriors wished 10
snnd their little ones to the school. Inc
other half declared that the teaching
Of the whites should never have place
In the minds Of their children. Inc
children of Little Scar went to the
school The children of Crazy WON
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
tho bufralo were returning and that II
the southern Sioux would but put their
ears 70 the ground they would hear the
thunder of the hoofs of the oncomlng
| herd. D,.,
One-half Of the warriors at Pine
Ridge were seized with the Messiah
craze. They danced the ghost dance
ond nnt ON the ghost shirts. The one
half stampeded from the agency anu
with If 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
~ Sioux braves broke away from the
main body for the sole purpose OF raid
ING Pine Ridge agency and killing the
children who were gathered IN lne
schoolhouse-th children of their Droth-
orc who had succumbed 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 schoolhouse. 1t stood on a dun
ond on one side was absolutely unpro'
+ected. Crazy Wolf knew the location
Of the room in which the little ones
gathered daily at their lessons. Inc
mounted warriors made headlohg
rush down the valley skirting the ridge
and as they whlrled by the school they
noured volley after volley into the
room where the children of the friendly
Sioux daily were assembled.
If was not the fault of Crazy VOL
that on that day there was not
slaughter Of the innOcents. A teacnel
had seen the feathered heads showing
among the willows by White Ga!
creek and, taking the alarm, had hur
ried the children to the cellar.
The raiding band went northward
There was cavalry at the post to tax
M the pursuit. and the fugitives sue
caeded in reaching the main body o
Indians. who by this time were sur
rounded by the troops Of General Mile
and were being gradually forced int
. the agency.
Crazy Wolf, when he saw the sur
render of his brethren was coming
mounted his pony and made for III
BAD Lands. He foresaw the end OF III
uprising and the complete subJugauol
l of his people, and he laid it at the door
$ Of the tepees of the Sioux who had re
e fused to Join the braves on the wal
. path. -
[ Crazy Wolf made up his mind to Kl
= Little Scar. He nearly starved IN I'd
= Bad Lands. and his pony was dead.
I week after the surrender he started 10
I the agency on foot. His ammunitio
:, was gone and he had nothing but Ri
g knife. He ate willow bark and root
S Hunger took his bodily strength, Dt
e his heart purpose was unweakened.
st Crazy Wolf, starving, lay on the ban
II Of the White Clay creek. The tepee
4 Little Scar was only 800 yards ava,
Crazy Wolf was famished, but he Ia
there in the bushes waiting for nlgl
and vengeance. He looked down to II
TX waters edge. and there he saw HIT
IL girl with a willow basket full OF 700
The little one looked up and saw u
re famished eyes Of the warrior. 81
smiled at him and held out her baske
Crazy Wolf knew his strength was 6
ing fast. 1t might not last him Till u
MT hour Of revenge. He ate the proffer'
food. The child was moldlng ella
IS Suddenly she turned and offered Graz
- Wolf the model Of a peace pipe. "Y'
have eaten" she said; now smoke"
Crazy Wolf took the pipe and BILE
an imaginary cloud Of smoke awi
lie from his lips. The little one smiled
him again.
rs "Whose child are your asked era
lg Wolf.
at 1.-THE child of the great warrior Lit
al Scar" was the answer.
be Crazy Wolf had eaten the bread
&c Little Scar and had smoked the pi
be Of peace lie had never broken Il
de ditiOn Of the Sioux race.
u Crazy Wolf walked into the agen'
ed and a little child was leading him.
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