Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-07-18

! Crazy Horse had referred to. Crazy
Horse stared at the ground and
twirled revolver by the trigger guard.
None ventured to break the silence.
and at last he said:
"They say the white man Is friend
! of High Wolf"
"He was welcome in his lodge in
! Montana one winter ago. He hunted
with some of the young Cheyenne
men"
| Crazy Horse fixed his gaze on Dins-
dale, but understanding nothing of the
Teton dialect the prisoners face be-
trayed nothing. 1t was useless to ques-
| ton him, rs Scissors would answer for
him. The chief seemed to lose all In
terest in the alleged friend Of High
Wolf and abruptly asked:
Where is Frank"
Frank Gruard?" asked Scissors.
The chief nodded Gruard, native
of the Sandwich islands, had been cap
tured by Crazy Horses men while
serving as mailcarrier in Montana. Be
cause of his dark complexion he was
believed to be an Indian who had been
taken prisoner by the whites while
very young. He had lived with the
| Indians for several years and was
thought highly of by both Crazy Horse
and Sitting Bull Scissors truthfully
answered that Gruard was serving as
guide and scout for General Crooks
| forces.
Instead of showing any resentment
Crazy Horse said:
HE was q good man. / would like
| to see him and call him Kola again.
Shunca-luta has his mystery glass and
is seated by his wolf robe. What does
his medicine tell him?"
1 Sorrel Horse, who had been cha
grined at the lack Of respectful atten-
ton, became busy Immediately. He
opened roll of red cotton cloth and
from wad of eagle down gently
picked up small round stone and
whispered to it and then held 1t to
his ear for nearly minute. Care
fully replacing the sacred stone on
the eagle down he boasted:
"Shunca-luta's medicine is very
strong. 1t has teeth like the gray wolf
1t will bite the medicine Of Two Knives
Talking into many pieces"
With the aborigine's love for the
dramatic the spectators leaned for
ward, the copper faces revealing their
rapt attention. No duel could com
pare with duel between rival medi-
cines. Crazy Horse too, was intense
ly interested, and Shunca-luta was at
his best when demonstrating his wiz
ardry before an appreciatiye audience
After glancing haughtily about he
closed his eyes for a moment as If
| summoning spirit strength, then swift
| ly extended hand high above his
head and plucked deck of playing
| cards from the air. A sibilant hiss of
| approval rewarded his sleight-of-hand
Holding the cards face down for a
moment he carelessly threw them on
the ground within reach of Scissors.
Then, apparently without looking at
the white man, requested:
"Let Two Knives Talking pick out
one If his medicine Is not asleep"
| Scissors selected card and almost
1
tips of his index fingers and his thumbs
together to form the shape of dia-
mond and announced: "Squaw."
Scissors held up the card so all
might see it was the queen of dia-
monds. Several other cards were
read" in like manner Then the
medicine man scooped them up and
made motion Of tossing them into
the air, and they were gone and his
hand was empty.
For. an Indian he's clever with
cards." Scissors said in English for
Dinsdale's benefit.
| During the second his gaze was off
the medicine man the cards dropped
before him as If falling from the sky
A murmur of approval warned Scis-
sors he must be on his mettle. He
tore sheet of paper from his pad and
did something to 1t with his scissors.
Folding the paper he requested Crazy
Horse to hold 1t in his left hand. The
chief hesitated for moment, then
accepted the paper and clinched it
tightly to make sure 1t did not van
| ism. scissors then proceeded to pick
up the cards and to shuttle them with
a dexterity that would have won the
hearty admiration of San Juan Joe or
French Curly.
Next he extended his two hands, the
deck in his left palm, and asked the
medicine man to look at the top card.
to announce it and then cut the deck,
placing the cut in the right palm and
burying it with the remainder of the
pack. Sorrel Horse unwillingly COM
| piled, his common sense warning him
his rival would not embark on any
thing that was destined to be a fail
ure. He held up the three of hearts
and buried it in Scissors right palm
with shallow cut.
Even as his hand was completing the
Ste y,