Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-09-05
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element, led by Big Mouth and Grow
! Dog. Soon after the opening of the
! feud Spotted Tail shot and killed Big
Mouth, who WAS q close follower OF
/ Crow Dog, then at the zenith Of his
! power and influence over the warlike,
| "paleface" hating element OF the Brule
| Sioux Indians. 1t was expected that
! Crow Dog would wreak vengeance in
Indian fashion on Spotted Tail within
4 short time after Spotted Tail had
killed Big Mouth, but not for ten
years did the enmity between Spotted
Tail and Grow Dog eliminate in the
Staying Of the former by the latter.
|. Accounts as to the actual killing OF
Spotted Tail vary. One has it that
the beloved chief was shot and killed
by his enemy without warning as he
was riding along a lonely trail He
had been attending a meeting of his
people preliminary to visit to Wash
ington, where he had mission with
the government. He was not expect.
ing attack.
When the fatal shot struck Spotted
Tail he reeled and fell from his horse,
but rallied, and while advancing upon
his murderer with pistol in hand he
fell dead.
A few weeks previously Spotted Tail
and Grow Dog and a brother of the
latter had an alteration, during which
Grow Dog and his brother pointed ri
fes at Spotted Tail while he was un-
armed. Spotted Tail made light Of
the incident and tainted his assail-
ants by saying:
2" III ! point my rifle at mans body
/ make his heart bleed; II I point my
rifle at mans head / make his brains
scatter. Are you squaws that you are
afraid to shoot" /. s,-;j:.s,:,tis
Spotted Tail hated a coward, and
the trouble between himself and Big
Mouth ten years before his own death
was brought to elimination by Big
Mouth accusing Spotted Tail Of being
cowardIy and telling about the Indian
camps how he had ,intimidated the
great chief. This so aroused the ire
Of Spotted Tail when he heard Of it /
that he Immediately hunted up Big
Mouth and killed him by. firing a hui
let through his head. 3:$3.
It was said OF Spotted Tail that hes
was a politician, a diplomat and an
orator, as well as a warrior. He was
proud Of the fact that he on a mum
oer OF occasions was summoned to5
to confer with the federal
authorities on matters connected with
he welfare of the Sioux nation.
General George Crook, the famous
indian fighter, said Of the great chief
Who died at the hands or Crow Dog
Spotted Tail was born with a faculty
.or leadership. He could command IN
lians more satisfactorily than any
snief 4 ever knew. Spotted Tail was
he chief Id every sense Of the word OF
he entire Brule tribe and Of various
other bands Of other tribes. number
Ing III all about s. 900 Of 9. 900 Indians.
III August ISL 1. Crazy Horse, who
had more Or less prominence as d
chief tried Co incite an Indian upris-
ing Spotted Tail took q hand IN the
siana, sum- oning 81 iorse "a
stasld up before him, 10 nave Il char
sctcssss t.c reprimand and closed BY
4 asyl 4 am the ehssss snd YOU must
oi5ay me. II you can ~ hear will
give eli ears, I |,
Grow Dogs bullet removed An IN
dian character that caa never BE dal-
|plicatsds The encroa chment os eiy!-
Hzation has stamped out the aborig-
inal type Of Indian. such as Spotted
He was Dc magnificent physiQue
and those who saw him often during
his esentfui life say that Id facial exs
spfsssion he bore d striking -esen,.,
sblance 10 Henry Ward Beecher n
81 CAR SHORTAGE QUESTION
At Is meeting held iii Sipax Falls BIZ.
the state board Of railroad commits.
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