The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-25

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do that was to keep going. ran most Of the way.
Occasionally would slow down to a walk to re-
cover my breath and recuperate my strength
little; then would forge ahead again.
What did you eat on the wayT asked. He
said:
Browse. When 1 would cross a dry coulee
would break OF a handful of brush willows
boxelder and eat 1t as ran across the next pla-
teau. maybe ten miles, or twenty miles, or thirty
miles. Then when 1 crossed another coulee
would break of more and eat that ran.
After running two days and nights and the
greater part of the third day. late in the after
noon the wind lulled. the snow cleared from the
air for few minutes and saw the dim outline
of Woody mountain towering away into the sky.
That gave new hope, new courage. 1 knew
the camp was NOT more than twenty miles
away, and knew / should reach It, put on a
new burst of speed. and after running a few miles
more the wind lulled again, the air cleared, and
I saw the outline of the great blue forest that
rounds the base of the mountain and saw three
little columns Of blue smoke curling up among
the trees"
The Indian told Colonel Shields with equally
substantial detail. how he found his friends, how
they welcomed him. how he collapsed in their
arms, and knew nothing for two days and nights.
D. F. Berry. official photographer and scout with
Clusters forces, was at Fort Lincoln during the
time Rain-inthe-Face was In jail there He gives
this plain, unvarnished account" In the Wisconsin
Times:
in 1874, the Seventh United States cavalry
out scouting along the Yellowstone. DIR. HoI-
zinger and trader by the of Baliran
stopped to pick up some moss agates while the
command moved on. little later the horses
owned by the two up to the command
riderless The scouting party started back to
what happened to HOlzinger and Baliran and dis
covered they had been shot, They secuted around
to see who had killed them but there trace
Of Indian or white man to be found.
"The next summer the Sioux Indians were hold
ing big dance at Standing Rock and be-
tween the dances some Of the warriors would get
up in the center OF the circle and relate some Of
the brave deeds of the band. handsome young
chief stepped into the circle and told the Indians
how he had killed two men on the Yellowstone
shooting both When he had finished he received
great applause from the Indians This Indian
Chief Ran-in-the-Face.
"Charles Reynolds, General Clusters famous
scout. was present watching the dancers and heard
the chief tell how he had killed the two men, The
next day he returned to Fort Lincoln. the army
post located near Bismarck. the west bank Of
the Missouri river. Reynolds told General Custer
how he had heard Chief Rain-inthe-Face relate
his deed. On the next ration day. General Custer
sent his brother. Capt. Tom Custer and 100 SOL
diers of the Seventh cavalry, together with some
officers. to Standing Rock, to arrest the Indian
chief for the killing of the two men.
Captain Custer discovered Chief Rain-ln-the-
Face in the traders store and with some soldiers
grabbed the chief wrested his rifle from him and
ordered him to mount horse. The party headed
for Fort Lincoln, and upon their arrival there
Chief Ran-in-the-Face placed in the guard
house to await trial for murder In the spring term
of the United States court
1.-TWO who had been caught stealing oats
and other grain from the government at Lincoln
also in the same guard-house awaiting trial
at Fargo Friends of the two grain thieves cut a
hole In the guard-house to effect their escape and