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still living.
Sitting Bull had 5000 fighting men
with him when he met the Seventh cavalry under the
"Yelowhaired Chief who rode the valley of death
with less than three hundred following troopers It is
the custom of the whites speak every battle with
the reds in which the pale face loss
massacre. The Custer affair a massacre but it
was of the few fights in which the whites were
defeated which rightly could be so called
Red Clouds name is suggestive of the warrior and
In the years that are gone he made its significance ter
ribe. With his braves he swept the settlements
gave battle to the sodery, rarely giving heed the
odds that might be against him.
Red Cloud Sioux Of the pure blood. There
always of the tribe who said that Sitting Bull
had of white in him. and to the fulIblood this
the equivalent of discrediting him with
yellow" But this only the Indian way of looking
at it and Sitting Bull probably showed towards
face to foe matter what may be the opinion of
him plainsman general.
In his old age Red Cloud is said to be object of
pity but it was different story in the earlier days.
when his arm was strong and his heart was vengeful
Almost Immediately after the civil war Red Cloud met
in battle the eldtred heroes of that conflict and they
found in him foe worthy of their skill and steel.
Mineral wealth had been discovered in Montana and
the rush of prospecors and settlers made it
for the government to begin the erection of military
along the trail leading the praries to the
mines On the trail to the Powder river built Fort
Phil Kearney. While the troops ordered to the new
post the march overland, scout riding
in to the column IL he had death at his heels Col.
Fetterman in command and after hurried talk
with the scout the two rode forward leaving the column
at halt officer and scout skrted a patch of timber
and to the banks of a small prairie stream from
which the view unbroken for miles. To the front
and about 600 yards distant they solitary Sioux
warrior standing the plain with his spear thrust into
the ground at his SIDE while from the end of the
ons handle futtered bit of colored cloth 1t needed
but little frontier knowledge to make Interpretation of
that signal easy. 1t the Sioux sign of warning that
there must be no trespassng the lands over which
they held dominion.
Warning Is spurned.
Red Cloud. the chief had ordered the warrior to
display what at once notice and menace, and
later he took terrible vengeance because his warning
had been spurned.
Col. Fetterman rode back to his command. knowing
well what the signal of the planted meant but
soldier like fully determined to disregard its conveyed
threat He pushed ahead with his men, throwing out
scouts to feel the way The Indian sentinel had
shed but he had left spear pennant
to stand forbddng sign Not another Sioux
seen march the post but the scouts knew
that Red Cloud not far off and biding his time
few hours after the occupation of the fort detail
of soldiers with small wagon train to cut
and to bring in needed timber Two hours later
courier rode in and had barely time to tell his story
before he sank into Inconsistencies from the pain of
his wounds The timber detail surrounded by Sioux
and in imminent danger of death.
In the fort many women and children, the
wives and sons and daughters the officers and en-
listed men. Col Fetterman knew that he must leave
strong guard for the protection of the post for the
attack the timber party might be but diversion to
draw away the troops. and taking but so with
him. the commanding officer rode out to the rescue of
the surrounded soldiers Not one man of the gallant
band rode back
That Feterman and his exacted heavy price
for their lives goes without saying but how many Of
the savage followers of Red Cloud fell that day
man ever knew will ever know unless the chief
In the hour of his doage may day babbe the tale.
To the memory of Fetterman fort bearing his name
rose in the wilderness but the remembrance OF the
memorial is now passing away News of the killing OF
the troops that gone to the aid of their fellows only
TO die was sent the nearest garrison by courier who
made his way through the hostile country with peril
besettng every hoof stroke the path He euded Red
Cloud only by matching cunning against cunning and
the white craft won over the red
Relief reached the post, but by this time the whole
Sioux nation had declared for war and the, northwest
ahame. did the fires OF CONNECT Nhdieo Dy heu
cloud die out for more than of years the last
flicker of the flame lighting the battle field OF The
Mission" Pine Ridge, S. d.. In the year 1881.
Cloud at the agency near the scene OF tne ias'
nght saw the wounded brought in from the neid he
hegnnng Of the great war and ne was tne