The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27

! matter, as there were many good
, hiding places. No, he would not
. deliver the 10 men. for it would
, mean their perpetual Imprisonment.
Every we'll" the agent retorted,
IF you do not give me those 10
men, | will give you no rations. !
will give you nothing to eat until
. | get them. You shall starve until
they are given to me. So you must
give me those men, and | want
J them at once"
: Little Wolf again refused to give
them up, but said he did not wish
any blood spilled. Again the agent
demanded the men, and again Little
| Wolf refused to turn them over to
him. Seeing it was useless to pro-
, long the conference, Little Wolf
rose, and after shaking hands with
all present said: my friends, am
now going to my camp. | do not
} wish the ground around this agency
: to be made bloody, but now listen
to what | say to you, am going to
leave here; | am going north to my
own country. / do not want to see
blood split about this agency. If
you are going to send soldiers after
me, | wish you would first let me
get a little distance away from this
agency. Then if you want to fight,
will fight you and we can make
the ground bloody at that place. "
He then returned to his camp 70
miles away.
In the camp were about 800 per-
sons, of whom only 90 or 20 were
warriors. The chief men were Lit
tie Wolf, who was noted for his
bravery, and Dull Knife, whose rep
utation had been gained as a coun-
seller, although in the end, Little
VOLTS judgment proved better.
The next morning the Cheyennes
started north. At the end of the
second day they were appraised by
their scouts that large number of
soldiers were near at heand. Little
Wolf commanded his young men
not to be the ones to fire the first
shot. He said, Il will go out and
meet the troops and try to talk
with them. If they kill any of US,
I will be the first man killed. Then
you can fight"
On coming in sight of the Indian
camp the troops halted, and an Ar
apaho scout was sent to tell the
fugitives that if they would return
to the agency, they would receive
their rations and be treated we'll.
J, To this offer Little Wolf replied !:
"Tell them that we do not want to
fight; that we will not go back. We
are leaving this country. I have
had no quarrel with anyone. |
hold up my right hand that do
not wish TO fight with the whites
but we are going to our old home
to stay there"
The scout went back, and Little
| Wolf rode forward to talk with the
! soldiers, when they opened fire on
} him. This led to a general engage
/ ment lasting from 400 P. M. to
dark. The next morning fighting
was resumed and lasted until after
, noon. The following morning the
Indians again started north, and
travelled for two days before other
soldiers met them, but were driven
back, and the Indians continued
their journey.
Two days later the Cheyennes
were again attacked. Little Wolf
told his men not to fire on the adj
vancing troops until he gave Tho
word, as they had little ammuni-
ton When the soldiers were quite
close, he ordered his men to fire
and the soldiers were forced to re
treat, leaving a box and half O
cartridges behind them, fortunatel,
for the Cheyennes, who, as has beer
stated, we're short of ammunition.
That night after dark, Littl'
Wolf ordered them to break camp
and move on. This they did. A
they were nearing the Arkansa
river the next morning, they sur
prised some buffalo hunters, an,
secured large amount Of ammuni
ton from them, and also guns
What was of equal importance, tn
Indians took from the white me-
l8 buffalo they had killed.
Camp was made when they cross
ed the Arkansas, and while tn
men hunted the buffalo. the womer
prepared the meat. They wer
then not far from TT. Dodge Her
J again they were attacked, and Lit
tie Wolf observed the same tactic
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