The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-11
OLD INDIAN FEUD.
HOW IT WAS ENDED NJ A LIT
TILE GIRL.

age traditions OF his race. For years
NJ refused to receive rations from the
1ands of the whitea. and this marked
aim singular among all the sioux.
Ills deadly enemy was Little Scar,
VINO had made lasting peace In his
noart with the whites and who had
Welded little by little TO the allure
mcnts Of civilized living.
The enmlty OF Crazy Wolf and Lit.
tie Scar dated from the day of the
great battle with the Pawnees.
When the remnant of the stricken
Pawnees had turned to ily Crazy Vol
and Little Scar quarreled over the
eight to take scalp, and a hand-to.
hand combat ensued. The chiefs part
I'd them and said that neither mus
die, for the nation had need Of all ii!
men. Though the hands Of Crazy Wol.
and Little Scar were stayed by the
,hieftains, hatred still lived in thcil
breasts.
II was ten years after the battle
with the Pawnees and at the Pine
! Ridge agency, where portion OF th'
Sioux had been gathered, the govern.
ment erected schoolhouse for the
Indian children. Instantly division
occurred between the fathers of tho
tribe. Onc-half declared that tna
teaching of the whites should never
have place ir the minds Of their chill
dren. The children of Little Scar
went to school The children OF Crazy
Wolf were kept in the wigwam.
Runners came to Pine Ridge from
Standing Rock and Rosebud. They
Told Of the coming of the Messiah
hat the buffalo were returning and
hat If the Southern Sioux would but
put their ears TO the ground they
would hear the thunder of the hoofs
IF the oncoming herd.
One-half of the warriors at Pine
! Ridge agency 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 Il went Crazy Wolf
as savage In heart as he was when hC
fought the Pawnees on the frontier 81
Nebraska. Little Scar stayed at tht
agency.
One day after the battle Of Wound
ed Knee had been fought band o.
90 Sioux braves broke away from thu
main body for the sole purpose o
raiding Pine Ridge agency and killing
the children who were gathered In th'
schoolhouse--the children OF theil
brothers who had sucC'' mbed to thu
white mans ways. In the band wa
Crazy Wolf, ais heart full Of the lus
Of killing.
The warriors came within sight o
the schuolhouse. 1t stood on bluff
and on one side was absolutely unpro
tected. Crazy Wolf knew the Location
II the room in which the little one
gathered daily at their lessons. Tn
mounted warriors made a headlonl
-ush down the valley skirting tn
,idge, and as they whirled by tn
school they poured voI!cy after wolfe
INTO the room where the children q
he friendly Sioux were assembled.
Il was not the fault Of Crazy VOL
hat on that day there was not
slaughter Of the innocents. A teache
p had seen the feathCred heads shown
among the willows by the White Cha
creek and, taking the alarm, had hur
fled the children to the cellar
The raiding band went northwart
There was cavalry at the post to tax
up the pursuit and the fugitives sur
ceeded in reaching the main BODY {
. Indians, who by this time were SUI
rounded by the troops of Gen. Mile
an and we're being gradually forced int
the agency.
Crazy Wolf. when he saw the SUI
render of his brethren was cmnini
mounted his pony and made for tn
u Bad Lands. He foresaw the end
N the UPRISING and the complete subj,
CATION of his people, and he laid 1t
the doors of the tepees OF the Siou
IA who had refused to join the brave
on the wnrpath.
Crazy Wolf made up his mind to XII
Little Scar. He nearly starved In Il
8v Rad Lands and his pony was dead.
weak after the surrender he starte
III for the agency on foot. His ammun
tim was gone and he had nothing bl
"A his knife. He ate willow bark an
III roots, Hunger took his bodi
strength. but his heart purpose wi
unweakened.
Crazy Wolf, starving, lay on u
"a bank of the White Clay creek. I'll
81 tepee of Little Scar was only 300 yar'
n away. Crazy Wolf was famished, b
he lay there in the bushes waiting f.
night and vengeance. He looked dow
81 TO the waters edge, and there he sa
FL n little girl with willow basket fl
of food. The little one looked up al
saw the famished eyes of the warrio
Che smiled at him and held out h
basket. Crazy Wolf knew his streng
was going fast 1t might net last t
Il the hour OF revenge. He ate the pre-
q lered food. The child was moldiI
clay. Suddenly she turned and offer
Crazy Wolf the model ui peace piT
You have eaten" she said nc
4 smoke"
Fl Crazy Wolf took the pipe and bic
an imaginary cloud of smoke aw