The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-10-05
HuntSal0nS Assault
Case on Trial.

some visiting Sioux.
Huntsalong had been ordered by
the agent to go to the dance, of
which Drags Wolf had charge, to
see that order was maintained and
it was otherwise carried on in a
proper manner. He was especi-
ally instructed to see that no pres
ents were given to the visiting
Sioux. Huntsalong, it is said,
carried out the agents order to the
letter. About 30 a. m. he was
assaulted by the parties named,
being horribly beaten about the
head with neckyoke. He Was
left for dead in the snow until $50
a. m. The temperature that night
was several degrees below zero.
Hlntsalong was picked up by the
day school teacher and taken to
the teachers home, where he was
cared for and has since recovered.
Huntsalong had been a private
policeman about three years and
the chief of police for one year.
He bears the reputation of having
been at all times faithful to his
duty as an officer and quiet,
peaceful Indian. ....
The Interpreter in the case is
Fred Hubert of Shell Greek, an
agent of the government.
Huntsalong, formerly one of the
finest specimens Of his tribe, rs
years old, six feet tall; straight as
an arrow and clothed in the regu-
lation uniform of the Indian police
which position he still holds, was
the chief witness in the case
around which no little interes,
has centered since the brutal as
sault upon him. His head and
body is literally SCARED, scanned
and rifted with the marks of the
neckyoke that laia him low.
All his testimony bore the evi.
dence of truth from start to finish
Speaking through the interpete,
he told how, for eight days ate,
the onslaught upon him, he had
lain unconscious and could tel
nothing of the occurrences during
that period. The powerful, pleas
ant-faced brave explained with n;
little difficulty where the wound
were inflicted upon him by tt
weapon swung with such terrible
force. Upon request of Mr.. Town
send, the figure in blue and g d
left his seat and kneeling upon o.
knee, pointed out to the intereste,
ju:ymen the huge scars on the from
side and back of his head. Will.
he could speak no word of English
20 them, his signs and deep voice
speaking to the Interpreter, mean
while. leaves lasting impression
upon the minds of all who witness
ed the scene.
So bad were the wounds upon
his body, he says, that his coat and
other clothing had to be cut away
from him with knife. He was
stiff from the cold. Huntslong
could not recognize what his heae
vas being pounded with. In the
excitement and the darkness he
nad no means of knowing nor time
10 investigate. He recognized the
voices of his assai'jt is, however,
as belonging to the defendants in
the case long before he became in
sensible to the blows.
Amot.g his other testimony was
the statement that he had been
hit on the head before he fired his
revolver For M.
Guilty was the verdict in the
Iuntsalong case, and the three
prisoners, Drags Wolf, Medicine
Grow and Grady We're sentenced by
Judge Amidon.
Drags Wolf was sentenced to
ten months in prison and fine OF
81.
Medicine Grow was sentenced to
eight months in prison and a fine
!of$1.
Grady was sentenced to eight
months and a fine of$1.