The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-16
A LOYAL SIOUX.

Christian Science Monitor: sherman.
sheridan. Merritt, Terry. Crook. Miles.
and other commanding officers In the
campaigns Of the Dakotas, In the Little
liig Horn country. and In the Red Cloud
agency, always spoke weii Of the Sioux.
Even the gallant George Armstrong
Custer. who fell with his command In
the Rosebud expedition. had spoken ap-
preclatively OF the human as well as
the fighting qualities OF the enemy.
That the Sioux were brave. nobody who
knew them ever questioned. Buffalo
Bill and Captain Jack Crawford have
paid tributes to them as warriors. They
fought like men; perhaps they some.
times fought like savages. but they
spared women and children. Only when
faced by war OF determination. as in
the Rosebud campaign. did they display
anything like brutality. News OF the
last war council of Charging Bear. the
great Sihaspa Teton. Chief Justice OF
the Sioux nation. and OF the sending uf
his son and grandson to the front To
fight with the paleface brother for civil
ization and democracy. revives lot OF
memories. The victory in the Bad
Lands, forty years ago, which made the
Sioux feared and ,beir Chief Si,,in,,
Buu famous marked tho close ,,tba,.
Than tho bay,,Ine ., Tho ,.u,o,', no..
historv The o,us,a,. n,a.s.,,,,.,' NO., a.,
most stuDnning defeat the whites had
suffered in "A generation: for that very
reason IL was To he the last with the
fall Of Custer and the wiping out Of his
command. the nation took tho India,
menace more seriousIv Tho hos,i,a
tribes were then and ,bara rrosan,ad
with the alternative of entering tho ras
ervations m. suffering ann,hiIa,ior ona
of the most EARNEST counselo,., os ,.aoc,,
ciliation and Deace ON the Sioux sido
was Charging Pear
He WAS of the stock of Craz, tto,sa
Red Cloud. Spotted Tail and si,,ir.
Bull. ana as brave as .n,, Of ,ha,, I'm,
he read the lesson ~ Tho r,i,,Ia p,o
Horn and tho Rosebud n, ~, ,r,,a ,,ah,
nc Lra,,, ,t,o, a., - ',e"'
driven to the limi, and ,b,, tho uyL,,a
Father would no longer give free bridle
to the red man. The Sioux tribe was
scattered. Sitting Rulrs hand had h.on
driven across the international limo ,r,o
carad, 7, ,ho CT. .'''e ''''
to come together again. II must be
through submission TO the eovernment
at Washington
To have persisted in resis,anca m M,
thority would have haan fo,,,. -, -.
grounds than ope Tho ,a,,,a,. -,
not be kent ON of tho Ti,,io p;r IT..
or the Rosebud countrv an, Io,ao, IT..
was defyiny even tho ne,;od,oa1 I,,dia,
uprising. He could M ,onyar ha fr,aL,
ened by the ghost dance. He had no.
come as adept I'm defense as uas tho
Indian in aegressio,, D., 'ie
hindrance to a continuance of tho wild
tribal life of other DAYS was tho disor
pearance of the Buffalo and of sr,,I,a,.
game This meant the disan ra n,a
of the red mans Subsistence denar,
ment, and he was forced tn suhmi,
Having submitted, he became entiral,,
tractabe and sometimes a ver, worthy
citizen.
In private or. so 10 sneak ci,.i, Iifo
Charging Bear is John Grass iva. 4.
not a pretty thing. he saws -bpt an
honorable war is glorious. There are
times when a man must fight" And he
adds:
Today we are as one with o,,.
white brothers. | am sending nv
son and my grandson across tho
Great Water to fight the battles of
my paleface brothers. The war isa
good war The Germans are a had
people. They are more terrible in
war than we ever were. If we are
to have peace, they must he beatap
/ am glad that my people can yo
T8ey will not be towards: they will
not bring scorn on the name of ,bei,
tribe
Surely. they will not. Reference has
been made to the esteem in which ,ha
Sioux have been held bv expedition,,.,,
commanders in the Indian conf,icts Tat
us take one leaf from history in order.
to show that the Sioux were far from,
being altogether bIamable for Who,
came to pass on the Rosebud whan
the Black Hills gold fever 6,,s, hrol,a
out. i'm 1874 a rusb az ,,;,,o,...
country resulted in mucb tro,,hIo -
the Indians always regarded ,ha raa,'1.,
with jealous interest Ips,aad 90 ~
herring IN tho Sho-,.,o. -