Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25


Nebraska, and the Pine Ridge rcserva-
ton. He is still the vigilant champion OF
the Indian but has learned that he can
better serve his race by influencing WASH
ington than by leading his followers In a
hopeless revolt.
Memories of Geronimo.
If news of the Indian failure, the last
feeble effort of the Utes. comes to Geroni-
mo. now a prisoner of war. what MEM
cries must it bring back to the grim old
Apache with the cruel features. thin
mouth, eyes like the blade of a sword
whose bloodthirs;y career was only ended
when he was captured by Gen Miles
Even as late as his time the Indians
gave the government serious trouble, and
when ii placed Geronimo a prisoner at
Fort Sill. it felt that great advance had
been made for the peace of the west
In that Georgia. to which they sent
Geronimo as prisoner. had been one Of
the most serious of Indian uprisngs when
the Cherokees declined to give up their
lands to the whites. TO get them out OF
the way the Indian Territory was or
ganized in the west, but il was only after
many engagements that the courage of the
redskin finally yielded to numbers.
Before Cen Scott won the Mexican war
his fame rested on his achievement OF
quelling the Black Hawk war. 1t was the
plan of the famous chieftian. Black Hawk,
to organize the Indians into one coneed-
eracy to resist the aggressions OF the
body of United States troops n long time
to down the rebellion but this DONE Black
Hawk acted the part of a friend To his
People by returning to them and telling
the uselessness of further resistance.
The Seminole war actually lasted fou,.
years. the logged resistance of the tribe
under Osceola holding the redskins together
against the government. Even after { sceola
was arrested and thrown into prison his
people kept up the struggle. After being
taken to the west they broke out frequently
and the government was called on to sup
press reflections in 1877 1855 and 1886
The Modocs resisted an order OF removal
to another reservation in 1872 and carried
on the war for a year. Two members of a
United States peace commission sent for a
parley were shot in cold blood. Gen. Davis
finally suppressed them.
Familiar to Schoolboys.
In 1876. three years after the Modoc up
rising occurred the Sioux war, forever
notable as the occasion for the battle of the
Little Big Horn an incident familiar to
every school0oy.
The Sioux had violated a treaty by which
they agreed to abandon certain lands. and
in the summer of 1875 force of regulars
under Generals Terry ard Crook. was sent
into the Black Hills to drive the redskins
back to the reservation.
Generals Custer and Reno were sent for
ward to find the exact location of the In
dams The gallant Custer, who had had a
fine record in the war of the rebellion. de-
clined to await reinforcements, but attacked
the Indians on June %
The force of the enemy many times ex-
ceeded his own, but the intrepid hero rocked
nothing of consequences.
The act was brave. but foohardy, for
while the exact details of the battle are not
known, every man. including Custer him
self, was killed, the massacre continuing
even after the whites were hopelessly de-
feated. t-I.
The Indian leaders in that last great red
skin success were Sitting Bull and Crazy
Horse.
Time has avenged the palefaces who fell
then. for the submission of the Indian to
the United States government is now COM
plete. Since their defeat in the battle of
Wounded Knee they have never been able
to muster a dangerous force
The Ute failure undoubtedly ends the
chapter.