Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-15
LAST IF MIGHTY SIOUX CHIEFS
 IS DYING
Chief Good Voice, Aged 83, Is About to Answer the Call of Death BraveIy and With Fortitude.

BONESEEL. S. D.. Aug 14-Cbief Good Voice. S3 yearS old. the last chief of the once mighty Sioux na. tions, is dying in his tepee on Oak creek, Meyer county, stricken with a complication of diseases brought on as a result of old age. lIa .s tle ono Indian chief who has always stoo;I for good government. He has made eight trips 10 Washington in the inter- est of his race. In the ten years of Indian warfare in the plains. from 1870 to 1880, Good Voice was a peace maker and was a signer of nearly every agreement made between the government and the Sioux tribe.
 In his dying hours he has given to the world a statement full of inter- est, defending his people, as follows:
 I always obeyed the rules of the government. . When the government asked us to give our children to the school I was the first one to send mine. In orde. to keep our children on the reserva- ton I asked the government to keep our schools on the reservation here. T always looked to the good gov ernment, and therefore I asked for a church.
 I have no grudge against the people of the United States. That is one req son I want the government to hear from me By our disobedience the govern. ment used to have war with the In dians. But always took the govern ment's part and helped them. What mean by helping the government is, when General Sherman had a fight with the Cheyennes a Cheyenne shot horse under Sherman and, in doing my duty, killed the Cheyenne.
 The government asked the Indians to consider whether they will help the government by acting as scouts. which I was the first member. holding the office as sergeant.
 The government asked me to be good, both to the Indians and to the whites, which the government knew I had we'll fulfilled. In about 1876 an Indian killed a white man and the army officers requested the Indians to turn the Indian over to the author ities. But the Indians were afraid tG arrest him, so I went and arrested him and took him to the authorities.
 Tn the same year Crazy Horse, one of our chief warriors, was arrested in our camp, and 1 was ordered to take him to the fort, which l did; and that same day he was killed by the sol diers.
 Another time two white men who were carrying mail from Camp ShGTi- dan to the Black Hills got into a trouble which resulted in the killing of one. Chief Spotted Tail was noti- fled to have the other white man ar rested and I was ordered to arrest him. which I did and turned him over to the authorities, which afterwards hung him for his crime. .. T have been in Washington sey- eral times as delegate, and on these occasions I have fully represented my people on good government. l have always looked for good government, 1 therefore I asked the government to hear from me once more.
 q shake hands with our agent, the | officials at Washington; also my I friend, Right Rev. William Hare bishop of South Dakota.
 Last evening as I lay in my tepee | saw the sun go down, and in few minutes after all was darkness. ! knew it would rise again and its ] golden rays would light the earth once more, and thought tonight that my life would go out, but I feel sure that soon will see light again in the present of the Great Spirit, the father of us all. As quietly as the twilight deepens into the darkness of night, SC l quietly and certain will my fife light go out, for I am old and my time has come. Shake hands, Indians and white, Good Voice hears the Great
 Spirit say. Come I'm going; I'm not afraid Morning has come; good-by | good-by."
 In an effort to prolong the old mans life, a consultation of physi clans has been held daily, The phy
 sicians, however, have accepted as in evitable the truth Of Good Voices
 own words that his time has come.