The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-05-18
HOLY HILL IS
BURIAL GROUND
OF YOUNG CHIEF
Albert Grass Funeral Will Be
Held at Cannon Ball
Thursday
GREAT CROWD EXPECTED
Old and New Ceremonies to be
Mingled in Funeral of In
dian Chieftain !
GREAT CROWD EXPECTED

The body Of Albert Grass, young
Sioux Indian chieftaln, who gave his
life during the World War while fight
ng under the Stars and Stripes, was
expected to arrive in Mandan this
afternoon and was to be taken to Can
non Ball where funeral rites will ID
held Friday, with Indian ceremonies
Thursday evening.
People are e., ,,ected to come to
Cannon Ball from all over the Slop.
country to attend the funeral Ola.
time residents of the section, while ie-
calling that forty-five years ago Gus
ter marched out to he massacred by
the Sioux Indians, joined in psfing
tribute to the grandson of a chiettai.
Of those days, who was one Of the first
to respond to the call to the Stare
and Stripes which his people had
fought.
A detail from the American Legion
post at Mandan was to meet the body,
which will be taken to Cannon Baii
tomorrow. Many people planned t..
go from Mandan and vicinity to the
funeral, and were advised to travel by
way of Solen if going by, N,automobile
The ceremonies in honor of the
young chieftain were expected to be
Gin tomorrow afternoon, it is expect
ed. The funeral service in the little
CATHOLIC church will be held there
Friday. syte
The honor and ceremony accorded
an Indian chieftain in the oldena days
will be curiously mingled with the
modern rites of the American Legion
and the sacred ceremony of the Cath
olic church in the funeral rites. be-
fore the body is laid to rest on the
stones of Holy Hill. I'LL (
Holy Hill, the last resting place Of
the young chief, is a spot sacred to
the Indians. Holy Hill is a pronounced
elevation, the place where the last
great sun dance of the Sioux Indians
was held. From the spot chosen for
the grave of the young chief one can
trace the broad Missouri's silvery ex.
panse for miles. ~-
The body of the young chief was
removed from its resting place along
the Paris-SOissOns road, where, he fell
in July, 1918. at the earnest request
of many Indians who wished the re-.
mains of their last chief buried on
holy Indian ground.
Revive White House Riders.
Indians will come from the Fl.
Lates agency and from farms and vii
lagos for many miles to pay their last
tribute. The White Horse Riders, Q
famous Indian organization, has been
revived for the occasion.
A half century ago the White Horse
Riders was the most honored Cl>the
many Indian organizations and soci.
eties. Composed of middle-aged war;
riors-bravery in battles being a nec-
essary qualification for membership
the White Horse Riders usually were
charged with executing the orders Of
the chief in his administrative work
All rode white horses. Not the least
of their duties was that Of charity
When a family suffered through lack
of meat the White Horse Riders pro-
vided. Charity perhaps was the key
stone Of the organization, for when
the government agency at Ft. Yates
was established and rations were is-
sued to the needy, the organization
began to disintegrate.
The White Horse raiders will be in
charge of ceremonies of tbe night be-
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