The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-23
INDIANS PRESENT
FAMOUS PIPE TO
NEW SCRIDEN HEIR
Council OF Chiefs Names Child of Rosebud Agent Good
Leader and Presents Him With Pipe of Peace
Handed Down a Century of Generations
of the Rosebud Sioux.

next chief, and in this manner the
pipe again went the rounds.
After the pipe had again been
placed on the council hide, Goes To
War arose. and with the same dignity
assumed by all leading chiefs, walk
ed TO the middle OF the council tent
and began:
My brothers, You have listened
to a long story told by Chief Pipe
and what he said we know to be
true and our hearts are glad today,
and when our hearts are glad to feel
like doing something good. This pipe
which makes us brothers and which
is our promise to help and stick to
each other, was given to me by one
of the greatest chiefs Of the Sioux
and before he died he told me that
this pipe was the best friend the
Rosebud Sioux ave had and it should
be given to someone who would al
ways be a good friend and be always
kept by a friend because it had been
such a friend of u brothers.
Presents Pipe 10 Baby.
Nov, brothers. we have named
this new baby boy Good Leader and
for him to be a good Leader he must
have many friends, and as | promised
that this pipe should always be in the
hands of a friend to our brothers, my
heart tells me to give this pipe to
Good Leader to help him to be our
friend"
The chiefs again responded with
that, agreeing How, How, How
The pipe was passed to Goes to War,
and with the same solemnity as
shown by High Pipe, Goes 10 Wa
lighted the pipe, blew three puffs oil
promise, and again the pipe went
from one chief to the other.
Spotted Owl, who was recognized
as the chief in charge, he being the
oldest chief, spoke and said that as
the council had done some wise
things the people should be inform.
ed; and appointed Goes to War tc
ride to each camp and proclaim the
name of the new baby and % tell
the people thai Good Leader would
be the keeper of the pipe of peace, te
keep and protect it until passed alons
to the next great leader. Spotted
Owl also said that the chiefs should
go TO the Agents home flands see
Good Leader and present him with
the pipe of peace. fi @GBG Dftts
Messenger Presents Gift.
Goes to War mounted his horse
tthe horse being decorated with fin
beaded and quill work, while Goes t.
War wore his most gorgeou COS
tune of buckskin and headdress o
feathers.) Riding from camp Il
lcamp, Goes to War. with all, the dig.
Unity of a great orator, spoke from his
horse:}t 4sif5try saaTlk az ~
My brothers. | come to tell you
what great things the council oil
chiefs did today. Our-Agent-has- q
new baby boy three days old and be.
cause " Agent has been a COCO
Header, Your chiefs have named the
new baby Good Leader, and we will
give to Good Leader the greatest
friend of the Rosebud Sioux. the pipe
Iof peace, to help him to be our friend
You must tell all your brothers
about what great things the council
did today"
The day after the Indian fair clos
ed, eight of the leading chiefs an
peared at the Agents house to pre-
sent the pipe of peace to Good Lead
er. and the pipe was placed near the
baby. while each chief passed by, and
each chief touched the left hand of
the baby to indicate that their wish
was. that as the left hand would
hold h pipe OF peace so should the
left hand ever be raised to keep
peace.
/, Dates Back Century.
This pipe of peace belonged to
Iron Shell, an Indian chief, who Sc.
cured it in about 1925 in a fight with
another Indian, the victor to become
the leading chief and to have the pipe
of peace. AT the death of Iron Shell
the pipe was presented to Spotted
rail; and after Spotted Tail was
killed the pipe came to Two Strike.
who, after becoming too old and
Feeble to carry on the work of chief,
presented the pipe to Hollow Horn
Bear, who until his death in Wash
dngton about N year ago, was rec
ognized as the leading chief of the
sioux. This pipe has figured in all
the great Sioux treaties since 1925
and has been smoked by General
oCLCl Al SEOOk ana GellGral
Miles, and was the pipe used in the
treaty after the Custer Massacre, al
so during the Council of the Black
Hills treaty.
Mr.. John II. Scriven, superinten-
dent of the Rosebud Indian Agency.
was a prominent citizen of Mitchell
up to the time of his appointment as
Alloting agent at Rosebud, and hav-
ing finished the allotment work.
and having become SO well acouaint-
ed with every quarter-section of land
on the reservation and the ways of
Indians, he was appointed Super
intendent when the allotment work
was finished.
Mr.. Scriven is justly proud of the
good feeling of the Indians in nam
ing his new son. and especially the
great distinction of making the baby
the keeper of the pipe of peace.
BIG DAMAGE SUIT FOR MANNING.
Murdo, S. DIN a recent contro-
versy between ranchmen near MurdoI
George kaltenbach bit off the nose of
Leroy Millay, and Kaltenbach was
bound over on charge of naming.
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