The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-10
WHEN CHEYENNE
AND 0SAGE MET
Northern Indians Made
Surprise Raid on I'M
protected Camp
STORY OF HARD ROPE


10 nara ltNHft I|l fI'F ''Nif' luuliN
rhicf who was associated Tor "a time
with General George Custer hs q
scout. ip ono ~ the propositions be-
ing considered .' mo present tim" in
the western DaIEe tu commemorate
. historic ovnut u7 wen nH tho grave
nf a worthy ,hipfiIu n Wuf during
'hc early '7OH chat Hard Hope dlrd
and vJa buried CON- top Of hin
overlooking tho town ~ Fairfax
from tho woa'. HIS death wns greatly
'nouruod ~ Tho tribe. which gave
him nlI the funeral ceremonies due
ono of his rank Tho body aH usual
among the Dstgop wax placed I'm the
small stone covering ur mpusoloum
IN sitting posture with the dead
mans cycs toward the rising sun
Some or tho older mcmhcra of tho
tribe who ARE still livlug rcmomhcr
Hard Rope well MS ono ~ their
mighty mon Of vnlor nud vouch Tor
the fact that " is his body that rests
on top ~ tho Folrfnv hin. This w
~ particular interest because ~ the
historic intcrcat now being revived
IN connection with the various battles
~ General Custer and tho men who
were associated with him Hard
Ropc. Little Heavier and other Osngcs
we're with custer as scouts ana scalp
Ing mon against the ChcNouucH pod
Aruphoos In the battle of the WaFh
TIA, In western Oklahoma, on NOvcm.
ber 27. 1868.
Among the older Os1ges who ro-
member tihrd lIop" wen ~ Np-kah-
wah-she-ten-kah VINO was young
warrter during tho tnto COS ana MN
sell accompanied nara fnpe ana
l.sN 4
Little hehNcr on the Cust"t u'N
after Chevennes' VINO were thon
40 outs with the gnVcrnWnt' ~ was
late In the tall OF 1857 according 10
Ne-kah wan t"n-Fah' thnt "a"
p"ReH Wrr" on ih'lr "nnuhl huIIhl"
hunt In ne plains country ana wer"
divided ~ camps un ana down tho
SAT- FORK or ih' Nfh'u'lH luHt W'Hl
of the SAT- plains no "hat ~ now Al
talta county Ih'N we're curing hui-
falo meat aud laying In their winter
supply.
Not Far From thcycnncs.
Not far away from the Usage
camps were those or the Cheyennes'
who had been driven out OF knnHnh
because OF raids on setti'tH' 1h"y
sent peace pipos 10 the Oanges ana
invited them to participate In the
no-nc-o- -kes-hu or Toast or friend
ship. Many OF tho osnEea attended
hut Withdrew when the theNcnnoR
proposed q JOINT warfare against the
whites. THIS REFUSAL on IN" part OF
the osaEes was direct aftront to
the CheyennoH ana caused them 10
take the warpath against inc oshges
also.
Within less Than week y party or
s,hoyennes' lcd by nm indlnn whom
tho osages remember as Red Shleid
because he bore a shield or mat
color, came upon two Osag" women
relatives or Hhrd Rope ana lhtuo
Beaver, while they were rendering
huffaio tallow nj spring, some uis-
tanco from the camp. one OF tho
sHuaws was Rilled inmedlhtolN ana
scaiped' tho other escaping toward
INC camp ana alarming i's memhers'
Shc was also oNerthk'n ana Killed
All the hhle bodl'd men OF th'
osages were absent on the hutthI'
hunt ana IN th' camp ~ IN" tlln'
were mostly women ana ohllurou
with s"ln" oi the "ld'r men. Thcll
only weapon 'Nc'puhR knives. clupt
ana axes was an anclont tlNt-Shoot'l
Whlch was given over 10 ono OF IN,
Older boys To use. The women ana
Euliy that ran down tho holIow
where the ,"aEes were 'ninp'd ano
the men ana boys constructed q par
tial barricaue out OF the email iogi
ana poles
the attacking party ala not un'
derstand thnt the OsaEes were un'
armed ana came on cnuuous'y WIN
fteu SblCld In the lehd. Ned Shleld
crept behind n log. some distance
away, ana when no looked over II tc
get an idea or the ground In front
hc was shot by the Usage hoy with
the ancient weapon, This led his
followers 10 flee. Red Shicld put ~
stiff fight against the osagc boys
who ovorpowcrcd and scalpNd him
See-hah, once a wen known char
nctor around Fairfax ana tho West
crn Usage, was one OF these hoys and
Dow -kashe's older wife, now seen
almost daily in that town was one of
the girls who hid IN the deep gully.
In making their get away tho
Cheyennes who had made up Red
Shields party. took with them all the
Osage horses In camu OqaEo ruu-
ners were sent immcdiatrlv TO the
buffalo rauns and a hurried couucil