Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-20

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nox among the tribes an tha MINER
Missouri IN, his closino- N, ] Vie saws.
afTba dread disease annears 81 length
II have assartad ~ p;r,,1anca IN the
Rlaclyfean q sn,,maro,,s5 ana powerful
tr;,a N 81 Z. : Z m
IN ssone tbousanf, lodges j "a ranorted
ia have heen desolated and Ieft stand
mo without solitary ;nhahitant al,
5the hanks If tha 5Yel,owstona once
the residence of that nrn,f, s-war-lil,e
raca ! sad memorial "A his fatal
sconrpa Visitors "a that rooinn DIR.
inc the, wear tbis dread nastiIence was
raoino there renresant thes ,oInt,,v as
trnIy =desolatey Women ana children
wara met wandering about without
mot oction ~ seated nea1 tbe: Graves
n tbir kindrsf5 I. ,,ttering nitiahie IA.
at;ons &, On aI,arv s;l,, dasnia+ion
themselves "a view M lonpar did
tha curling smoke from The fenantless
wigwam betoken 4 welcome. It's
closed doors gave sad evidence of tho
silence and darkness within a sad
weird scene of death and desolationn
Nicholas Perrot's old memnir men
HONS 3 race az Indians known as the
Mahas. foiInd nv F,.ea,cf, |exnjnrers 81
sionx Fa,ls IN 1863 II snaak;ng of
those did snrin,itive inhahitants If Da-5
kota he says. They are divided info
two tribes the Ishtashnndas and
Hnnaashannes. and into thirteen
clans or hands. ono which has charge
If sacred she'll Kent n ! rnf1e fem.
Ma. - S So
| For many wears Council Rlnffs was
| ono If The mnsts notad landmarks IN
fbe nnner missouri; ahnvs 81 I,ouis
There where !. high rang % ~ hill nor.
dars long tha great river the evils
| and ozark eynlnr;no marty encamned
for.s.oa fa,u Sdapss an iead traafi,,p with
tba Indians IA WAN 81 tbai anco mn
nnant tha axn1nrers loo rntsd tha names
i n,,n,hers cnnd;tinns ana cnatnn,s 7of
many tribes west .of tha Nfissnnr; and
4 alone II. platte r;par an 4 N their dos.
A crint;ons ana nhsarvatians chow ns
that @aytarminatinn ana ahsorhtinp of
! tbn weaker tribes 81 stba mains was
/ sraf1,,a,lv GOING an Anonns. tI,a many
/ hani1s If Indians Described in the
4 + owls ana clarl in,,rnal ;was ! small
ona If less Than two hnndrafI pvalient
warriors known as the, Staitans or
Flyers. This war-like band of I'm.
i dams ranged in the Platte river val.
ley and were recognized among the
1 surrounding tribes as chosen people
| who never yielded in battle, They
4 were the. best mounted as we'll as the
best horsemen ION the plains and
moved in their migrations with the
Il cept in the Immediate vicinity of the
i moving herds. 81
i Joseph III. Taylor in his Fl Frontier
4 and Indian Life says. To people
4 whose chosen virtues are courage and
4 endurance these bold Staitans were
q at once the fear and wondeF Of the
surrounding tribes. The unchangins
vow OF these red Ishmaelites of the
I, plains was never to turn to right OF
q left on war raid. TO inset an ane
y my was to fight and conquer or die
TIE women rode In the ranks Of every
battle and fougnt as her mate fough1
-an inveterate and Hnconguerable
i foe. a feW5years after the Lewis ant
/, Clark expedition they We're exermiD
). ated, but just what tribe became theil
- has Vel. uSCi Cirsna -
established; though their rubbing GU
u without much doubt happened alon.
the banks of Pole Lodge creek.
small stream putting into the Plat.
!. river near the forks. Here a larg,
/ number of human bones were fount
some little time after the known dis
appearance Of the Flyers, from off 10
!. the face of the plains ~. q
Some time during the latter part 8
), August. 1864. while working on a GOV
) eminent hay contract in the Niobrar;
I Valley; we moved to a point Wher,
Ponca creek flows down from tn
4 high prairies I'd the bottom lands he
: low. There the writer discovers
! distinct traces Of old earthWorks
showing a strong defensive positio
at a stragetic point. Being interesfe