The Washington times., 1913-03-15
NOTED INDIAN CHIEF
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Body of Hollow Horn Bear to
Be Taken to Rosebud Res
ervation for Burial.
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tary was deeply impressed with the In
dian chief when d few a few nights ago
he received visit from him, during
which Hollow Horn Bear spoke most
eloQuently on his hopes for his people
and pledged himself to work for their
betterment and peace with the Govern
ment. -.
Funeral services for the chief. who
was a Catholic, will be held at ST.
Paurs Catholic Church tomorrow after
pooa at $3.50 o'clock. Father Ketcham,
director of the Catholic Indian bureau.
Will say the burial service. Crow and
Blackfeet Indians will act as pallbear-
erA
Following the church services, the
body will be escorted to Union Station
bv the full body Of Indians in WASH
ington, and with an escort 1t will leave
for the Rosebud Indian reservation on
the $50 o'clock train. Interment will
be made on the reservation, where the
chiefs wife and family are waiting to
receive the remains.
the Providence Hospital. Three days ago
the aged chief was stricken with pneu-
monia which resulted from a cold con-
tracted during the inaugural parade.
For more than a week the old chief had
been Ill but. with Indian stoicism, he
had said nothing about II, suffering in
silence. When it was discovered that he
had pneumonia the disease had made
such inroads that there was no hope for
recovery and at s O'Clock this morning
he passed away.
The death of the chief was So sudden
and unexpected to the majority of the
Indians that they could hardly believe
that he had gone to the happy hunting
grounds when the news was told this
morning
Two Of their number. however. knew
of it before death came. Last night.
vie IN
dams appeared at Providence Hospital.
and, in broken sentences helped out
with the sign language, asked the at
tendant to let them see their chief.
The attendant refused. The Indians
then told him that they had seen a
wanted to see him before he died.
The story Of the vision was smiled at
by the attendant. who finally persuaded
the Indians that Hollow Horn Bear was
not dying, and they reluctantly left the
hospital. 1t is not known which Of the
Indians called TO see their chief. but
certainly they had premonition of his
death
Yesterday Hollow Horn Bear receiv-
ed a visitor in the person of Capt.
William Wilcox. Of New York. with
whom he had fought and then made
peace thirty-seven years ago. On one
occasion when the Indians had plan
ned an ambuscade of Captain wilcox's.
small force Of cavalrymen Hollow
Horn Bear warned the officer in time
and his force was saved. The chief
and the officer then smoked the pipe
OF peace and swore eternal friendship.
During the Inauguration Captain
Wilcox saw in the newspapers that
his old friend was in Washington, and
taking the first opportunity to see
him. came to Washington yesterday.
He walked into the room where the
Ill chief lay, SO weak he could not
raise his head. Captain Wilcox spoke
and the Indian opened his eyes. Rec
ognition was immediate.
Friend" he said. "How?"
Captain wilcox promised to come to
see his old friend today and to later
show him the sights of New York. He
Will, however, see that the Indian re-
cetves every honor due him as an In
dian and as a chief
Hollow Horn Bear was sixty-four years
old and one of the leading men of the
Sioux tribe. He was not educated in
schools or colleges. but was one of the
wisest Of the Indian sages and the
most eloquent orator Of his tribe. He
rode in the inaugural parade in all
the panoply of Indian warfare, and
afterward made a speech to President
In which he assured the
Great White Father" that his tribe
would be friends with him and do all
they could to help him in his work of
On Monday Hollow Horn Bear was
with other Indians by
Gus Bucholz In a local hotel. and al
though racked with the disease which
,aused his death, the aged chief made
! speech Of thanks and appreciation
which was model IN its type.