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my fathers. I've taken his frs nam,
Joseph rhe name of an uncle, Whu vas
an outlaw. K!nchen, for my middle
name. and Grit!is for my las. My
father Was Government scout ohio:
OF scouts for General Custer, and for
Sheridan when sheridan was az lEd!aH
fighter ana Il lieutenant,
My mother was an Usage Indian,
Alzada. which means 'huAl eyes,. s."
Lad some Spanish and MrXir"n blood
IN her veins. My father TOOK her for
wife, and they settled on Eln Creek,
. near whu: is now Gainesville, okla,
When ! was about two Years old 4
band OF Kinwns swoop"d down on 0Nr
home Ny father vas away. Tie
! Indians burned RI" little settlement and
| killed or took captive most of the peo'
pie.
was in the cabin with my moth.
, er when the chief OF the band, /"pp-
/ koeete, or Big Bow, strobe in. lie made
! for me | was ciinging TO my mother :
! skirts. His hand was raised for me.
Alzada fought with the chief. shield
1 ing her little son. She grappied i!erc"Iy
! and desperately. the Indian all the
while aiming blows with his to!nahawk
at the boy. Once b" stood aO"v" N"
boy. He swung his tonnhaWk. The
mother wrcnchcd herself AWAY, and in
'ercepted the blow, II cl"are'I her own
head
big Bow took uc away. was
stroking my poor motA"r'' united
! h'oo6 dranchoi lair -
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Everywhere was the great white 81,
lence. 1sB9s
I .aaadenly there was IL rattle Of
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Reared by "Big BOlr."
SlQyer of His Mother

The chief strangely enough. raised
and learned 10 love the boy. lie called
him TNhan. This Is the name the
KioNas gave Texans because they were
said to be good fighters. III" word
means Texan" or fighting man"
Tnhun wa' reared along with the
other children Of the yilase, lie came
to believe IN III" Indian gods. he won't
out into the Wilderness as all the fu-
ture braves did, alone, to fast and TO
pray and to hear the voice Of the Great
! Silence. And he learned thar the master
| Of his life was the rattlesnu.r.
! All this time his father had given
| him uD for lost. California Joe. how
ever. did have some hope thar on long
! chance his little son inighr have been
! adopted by the Kiowas.
And he found him in dramatic man
ner.
Along abouy the later sixties GEN
eral Sheridan. then in command Of
frontier forces, made a truce with the
wild Kiowas-the fiercest and the wild :
est OF the Indian nations. lie told them
that if they promised n live peace.
fully they might settle the Wachita
River. IN Oklahoma. AsY did this,
~ hEed quietly and 1oIly for samc
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Pretty Daughters Violin
Banishes Pain of Past

When his beautiful daughter. Ma
0Domee. plays on ncr violin the stimuli"
nolodies of his Indian childhood Mr..
6Yi@s forgets the pain and tho tragedy
q his life for the richness Of L.
He IL now living in Washington. D.
c.. in q brand. d.new house on Il brand-
new street. His daughter opened the
door to visitor the other day. who
H.und her arrayed most bccominsly IN
= housewife'y white apron.
The caller somehow had prepared
Aimeelf for buckskins and heads and
ion9. glistening black hair in plaits.
In a moment the Rev. Mr.. Grifis
rAood in the room. He Is a slight but
Viry man, who suggests rather than
shovs strength. Dressed in dar.
s0r9e. he seemed anything but man o!
Vkc Mains. And when he spoke hf
SSoke easily. like. say. II Young, In'
Sfitutionalized college professor.
y m taCome ND to my study he invited
~ his study IL small airy room
@1Sk a great desk. a diniinutive tyne
vSlter. q skin culver and II long bow
1o6niag in corner.
zsssY am busy with IL lit ie Indian stor!
- fairy tale--about how one trib'
ea1a a began" he explained. 'iol
2cv, each tribe has its own story OF
= origin. and they are all picturesque
M n bsssn his story with a smile.
SsiTXW 80 born somewhere west OF thu
S6l. !" 10 asid. And 70 far as
I lNf7 1npsts J am approaching my
~ snspeisias information, BE-.
Y; lnHl y - NJ. 0sj4l
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F0"med Bandit Gang
TO Make Last Stand

| "l)n van ln,v nr.,u ,t,.. .,,,
there SAW how untion h,,;M.: iM.':' ,rnnna .nn,
,,,ir. ' tnI ,,,t,o y: 80 ~, '"''I' ',.u semi
nnJ ,rnn',los ,nh ,,"ah ",in '',r.Inv''S; n,;
sr,I,, - Gj,.r.rt wv J., nn,,,'" ,n'a, ~ Ivy n''
! language We soon usri was ,nni,;unV ', NV
! t;rn Of ,li ,hr,r int.s% ,h, n", "''"'''n :.
grlr ourselves ,v,s ', "ad. ',' w, ''s''"e we
from two ianguug,>. 'Isc' il a SruI.
no!c word and '2cddelelce' is - ;inw,
word.
W. rajJrd NIL ovor tho ,,r,i,,.,
"" made raids through 10 Mexico "v"i
We wouldn', go on any reservations
/ y" would i@thcr di" first, W" were
desperate, iI lhe whites w!"r" taking NlI
nnd We wer" determined 10 L,iJ en- =,
some OF it by hook or rrnnl -
"A Colonel Ley ,on heard Of me. Ilc
was ii friend OF m, fathers, Cnlona,
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And while he speaks to the chill
dren before him, his mind reverts to
the days Of his untamed youth
When he knew his scout father.
California Joe, and Hazeleyes. or
Alzada, his Usage Indian mother.
When the wild Kiowas swooped
down on their little hut on the
banks Of Elm Creek, Okla.
When the murderous toma-
hawk aimed for his two-year-old
head was intercepted by his
mothers own; when he sat over
her, child who didn't quite ur-
derstand, marveling at the red
pool about her head.
When he was torn away by
zeppkoeete, or Big Bow, chief OF
the Kiowas, who learned to love
him.
Looking at the white schoo. chill
1rsn today, he remembers his own
childhood
How he played the game of
silence when the chiefs held
counsel.
How one day, Custer, violating
the truce with the Kiowas, ra!ded
the camp Of the row peacefu! tribe
and broke their spirit.
How California Joe found him
again; how he ran away from the
white people whose language and
customs he didn't comprehend.
How he Joined the mad band of
the Iste-zeddeletee. or the Brave,
Dangerous People, became one of
their chiefs; how he raided, stole
and slew.
How he was made Government
scout, and was insulteo BY an
officer, how he fought him.
How he was court-martialed and
condemned to death; how he broke
the chains that bound his legs and
escaped; how his wife Nacoomee.
bringing him horses for his flight,
perished in the quicksands of the
Cimarron River.
The Rev. Mr.. Griifis remember:
how he wandered throughout the
South, hunted BY the law, scarcely
able to speak English, unable to dc
white mans work; how he finally
went to Canada and joined the Sal
vation Army, and he recalls how h,
became an ordained Presbyteria,
minister; how, even while h
preached Sunday after SUNDAY, h
was under sentence Of death; an
how he was pardored by Grove
Cleveland, then President Of tn
United States.
Mr.. Griffis remembers all this, bu
he doesn't tell it to everybody H
would choose to remember only tn
greatness, the kindness, the honest
Of the redman, whom the whit
mans civilization hurt beyond HI
man expression.
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down in cold blood and took some ot
US captive.
"And | discovered later that my own
father was scout for these ruth'ess
murdcrcrs. A few Of us were m"u'
car,ivcs--among us. Big bow. my
Indian father and chief.
"California Joe heard about me-
Some one told him might be his SON
lie cam" 10 see me. and questioned l'is
I;ow as to how he had got me. MY
father thcn took me 10 ranch III
I Texas.
! But didn'r like it there
didn't talk the language Of the wh'te
rcoplc. and | didn't understand their
| ways.
"Onc day mounted u good horse ana q
| rode north. kept going and soon zen
in with baud Of outlaw Indians. lh'y
were a nondcscript group. who roamed
about in the panhandle of Texas. lheF
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"Rattlesnake Honesty
Is Master of Your Lite"

lie said: 1T il a good thing. Tm
f"tilesnake is the most honest iivlnt
creature and the most fair. lie alway.
IIrs his enemy warning before q.
Strik's. And the master IT your I'VE
- the rattlesnake, You will be Tahap.
u" hghting man, but you will too. ~
hs honest and as fair as the ratt's'
snake
AT that moment Mr., Gyifis was no,
mentally in the room at all. His min!
had Travelled way back to the VINO
frontiers.
DO you know he suddenly inter.
rupted his reverie, that incident
one of the most vivid I've ever had. y
has Influenced me more than psrhaele
anytaing else In my lifs. In q wsyT
i.as ossn Z talismaa, : falth, "a
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'rih"s, who wouldn't submit to the
predatory whites.
The whites had killed all their
tDia!o. There was no fopd. So they
rni"yh settlements and other tribes for
T. I'll" white man had sot most of The
'"r~"S, 50 they attacked ranches.
tne' called thcms,i;r$ IL" l>ia.
"cd"c.rtr". or til" brave. dangerous
people. Iakyca, or loud talk. was in
"on mand.
This interesting man. whose story
rN's the Wild West yarns ni ou"s :
, IuHjn. PAUSED "A moment.
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Nife PeyIshed while Aid.
ing Him to Escape From
Prison Chains "
REIOLNED BY FATHER
ATCUSTER MASSACRE
Purdoned by Geveland Atter
Dedicating Life to
Good W10rkS

him. His wife lived across the Cinap.
ron River. She was to bring hin
horses. and together they were to ride
out into the free and extensive open for
their measure Of peace and happiness.
Their plans. with one exception,
worked we'll. Tahnn vas able 70 breai
his fctters. and he was able to get out
Of the cell
but Nacoomee. bringing the horses
across the river. got caught in the
Quicksonds and drowned.
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"Cudp George brought IT." w"rd ir"a.
General Sh"ridan in. Camp SUpp}'
sud Mr.. Gr.l~. "\nd III" Indians be-
n"v."! it was IN h"u"~' truce. And
they wor" happy for II tim" "n1 save
10 troUblr.
"Hut th" wIitc men va,Icd 90 bra"
tie spirit Of the kiowa-
~ vas II Sn"W,r"rm, The n,'r |
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THE Req. Joseph k. GrIJIS
lnStrnctJ Children in
Red Mans Traits
PREACHED DESPITE
SENTENCE OF DEATH
With Price on His Head,
He Wreaked Destruction
Through "WIM W|eSt"

EARED by Indians. chief Of outlaw
Az head, alive the Rev Joseph
70 the education Of school children.
want them to catch the spirit of nobility OF the Indian;
them combat the incorrect impressions Americans
he
And he about from State anohe., ecuring
hours buckskn
rough his old
blood singing the quaint poetic Indian Ieten
lore he heard the
O the broad elyetsk
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snow; everywhere was confusion and
phin and death.
"They slaughtered 1O8 persons and
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horrible"
THE pad cry Of heyfle filed The Q u. !
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know was November q. 1865. ~
camp was quiet. "a light fiickered hi
and there. Perhaps q dog howled.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-05-03
WHY OLD BACKS ACHE
Many Hartford Old People Have
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What a pity that so many people
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keep sitting Just where you are. and
don't look ut me out Of the side OF
your eye like thnt--pretendln' you're a
had horse. I'm really serious now, and
you listen TO me. don't think argufy-
Ing and debating like that little Frau
lcin werder's does much harm. She's
a right nifty young rolypoly, by the
way, though you didn't notice. Of
course"
"why didn't II" Ramsey demanded,
sharply. "why didn't notice?"
ooh. nothing. But, as / was saying,
I don't think that sort of talk does
much harm: everybody knows 1t goes
on among the pro-Germans, and It's
all hot air, anyhow. But I think Lin
skis sort of talk does do harm, prob'ly
among people that don't know much !;
and. what's more. / think Dora Yo-
GUMS does some, too. Well, you hit
Linski in the snoot. so what are yOh-
Sit stilli My lord You don't think
I'm askin' you to go and hit Dora, do
you? I mean: Aren't you ever goin'
u tuih W ltT dDOut IL anu tC' hc'
what's whatr'
"Oh, you go to bedw
mo, I'm in earnest" Fred urged.
Honestly, aren't you ever goin' tor
How could do anything like thati"
Ramsey demanded explosively. u
never see her-to speak to, that Is.
I prob'ly won't happen to have an
other talk with her, or anything, all
the time we're in college"
no" Fred admitted, II suppose not.
OF course, if you did, then you would
give her quite talking to. just the
way you did the other time, wouldn't
you?" But upon that, another re-
sumption of physical violence put an
end to the conversation.
Continued next week)
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-05-03
CHAPTER XII.

Ramsey was not quite athlete
enough for any Of the varsity teams;
neither was he an antagonist safely
encountered, whether in play or In
earnest, and during the next few days
he taught Fred Mitchell to be eau
tious. The chatter learned that his
own agility could not save him from
Ramsey, and so found II wiser to con-
tain an effervescence which sometimes
threatened to burst him. Ramsey as
victim was a continuous temptation,
he was SO good-natured and yet SO
furious.
After Commencement. when the
roommates had gone home, Mr.. Mitch
ellis caution extended over the long
sunshiny months OF summer vacation;
he broke It but once and then In we'll
advised safety, for the occasion was
semi-public. The two were out for
stroll on a July Sunday afternoon;
and up and down the street young
couples lolled along. young families
ana baby carriages struggled TO and
from the houses OF older relatives. ana
the rest OF the world Of that growing
city was rocking and tanning itself on
Its front veranda-
Here's right pretty place. isn't II
Ramsey. don't you thinkr' Fred 10
marked innocently, a. they were pass
ing lawn Of short-clipped. bright
green grass before q genial-looklns
house, fresh In white paint and cool In
ereen-snd-white awnings. A broad.
veranda. well populated Just now
crossed the front Of the house; nne
trees helped the awnings 10 give COM
fort against the sun; and Fred's re-
mark was warranted. Nevertheless
he fell under the suspicion OF his com
panion, who Ind begun 10 evince some
nervousness before Fred spoke
what place you meanr'
The Yocum place." said Mr.. Mitch
ell Il hear the old gentiemAns mighty
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dufy. "well--r
III any person makes a public
speech Fred protested, II got a per-
feet right to discuss 'em, no matter
what you think of 'em"-and he added
hastily-"or don't think Of 'eml"
Look here"
Good heavensw Fred exclaimed.
you aren't expecting to interfere
with me II say anything about that
little fat werder girl that argued for
Germany. are your Or any Of the
other speakers7 got right to talk
about 'em just as public speakers,
haven't IL Well, what say Is: Dora
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-31
Mystery Surrounds
Farmers Disappearance

Timber Lake, March 31.--Mystery
surrounds the strange disappearance
of Joseph Davis. a young farmer re-
siding 10 miles northwest of Fire
steel Davis left his home on Sun
day, March 10 and nothing has been
heard from him since. Firesteel
creek has been dragged practically
it's length but without results.
The creek has considerable ice and
snow floating out and as a result the
work of dragging has been slow and
uncertain. Davis was<a man about
IS years of age and leaves wife
and three children. Having had
considerable financial trouble the
past year, a few Of his friends and
relatives are inclined to believe that
may have contributed toward his
disappearance. Another theory, how
ever, is that he has either met with
foul play or with an unknown acci-
dent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-31
MINISTER OUT
FOR ELECTION
REESE is NOMINEE OF TAX RE.
DUCTYON PARTY FOR NIT
CHEIL MAYOR.

Mitchell, March 31.-John b.
Reese, the nominee of the Tax Re-
duction party for mayor, is a South
Dakota pioneer and a well known
Congregational minister His par
ents located on a farm near Yank-
ton $40 years ago. He worked his
way through Yankton college, grad
uated from Oberlin, Ohio, theolog-
ical seminary. and took post1grad-
uate courses at Chicago university
and at Oberlin. He has been since
then actively engaged in Congrega-
tional pastorates. He is registrar
and treasurer of the South Central
Association of Congreg | on
churches, which position he has held
for number of years and last year
was elected a delegate to the Nation
al Bi-Ennial Council of Congrega-
tional Churches which met at Los
Angeles. He has given special serv-
ice in care and supervision of a num-
Der of churches that have prospered
under his hand. He has substantial
farm interests and is an all around
man of affairs. He is leader in the
movement for tax reduction, and last
year was chairman of the tax reduc-
ers committee that developed into
the Civic Conservation League.
which organization has put him for4
ward as their candidate for mayor,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-31
HydrO-Electric
Plant Proposed

White River, March 31.-As the
result of survey made of White
river last week, proposed hydro
electric power plant in all probable
ity will be installed here to meet the
growing neesd of the town. The sur
vey located the plant one mile west
of town on White river, engineers
showing that great power could be
generated through such project.
From the figures available, the dam
will be 100 feet long. 1t is planned
to build the dam of either concrete
or logs and stone, of which there is
great supply handy. The dam will
be approximately IL feet in height
and in order to secure reservoir
of water, a dyke about 230 feet in
length will be necessary, the reser-
voir being 25 to 80 acres in extent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-31
Longs For His
Home In Alaska

Chicago, March 31.-Gov. Scott
c.. Bone, of Alaska, shivered and
hugged the steam radiator at his
hotel and sighed for the balmy at
mosphere of his Alaskan home. He
had just arrived from New York on
his way west and says he encounter
ed execrable weather all the way.
Its so penetrating this damp
ness" said the governor. Now. in
Alaska, we had most pleasant win
ter. The lowest temeprature at Jun
eau was zero. OF course, that's the
southern part, but Alaska is much
more pleasant than people think. All
I've seen for "a hours. in this coun-
try is rain-cold, drizzling rain and
the chill penetrates' ones very bon
es."
Gov. Bone had some good words
for Col. Frederick Mears, director
of the railroads in Alaska, who SUI
pervised the construction of the 45t
miles of railway in that country.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1922-03-31
LOOses Life In
Plant Spillway

Rapid City, March 31.-Edward
Platt, electrical engineer employed
by the Dakota Power Co., of this
city, was found dead in the spillway
of the company's plant, seven miles
west of here.
Platt was missing when DICK
Mansfield, fellow workman, arriv-
ed on the job to relieve him. Mans
field discovered the trap-door which
leads to the mill tail opened, also a
gas torch missing.
Fearing that something had hap
pened Mansfield notified officials of
the company, who in turn went to
the plant accompanied by the sheriff
and states attorney.
Search was made with the result
that the body was found in six feet
of water.
After an investigation the county
officials reached the conclusion thai
Platt had gone below to thaw out
some pipes with torch and while
doing so slipped on some ice and
fell into the spillway. Z.
Platt was unmarried. He was
member of the American Legion and
, Elks lodge in this city.