Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-24

the entrance. Like the famous Sitting
Bull, who is said 20 have foretold the
Custer massacre, he wore & bunch of
shed buffalo hair fastened to, the side
OF his raven locks. This hair was
Wakan and was PARTED red and re-
called the times when the buffalo filed
the plains. It was also symbol of
the coming of the White Buffalo Maid
en-. Ills medicine pouch was formed
from badger paws and had bears
claws as pendants; for 1t was from
the bear that he had learned how to
treat adults, while the badger told him
through the medium Of dreams how
to cure children. He also carried the
bent stick Of one who has dreamed
of a wolf. But it was his renown as
a magician, and not his success as a
healer, that elevated him high among
the wakan witshasha, and high above
the grass-root medicine men,
Scissors invited: "Sit down and let
our medicines talk it over"
But Sorrel Horse did not intend to
waste any dramatic effects before so
small an audience. Outside the stage
was set for convincing Crazy Horse
that even High Wolf, the Cheyenne,
was far below Shunca-luta in matters
of magic. Ignoring the white man he
said to Little Big Man:
Bring the prisoners out in the sun
light. That mans medicine does not
like the sunlight. 1t works best under
the moon"
The prisoners were at once led
forth and seated before the medicine
pole. Dinsdale was glad to observe
that the strangled puppy had been re-
moved. Rawhide was looped around
their waists, and tied to the pole, but
their hands we're not secured In a
half-c:rcle before them sat forty war
riors Scissors glanced anxiousIy
about for Crazy Horse, but the chief
was not present.
Sorrel Horse, sensing he was the
principal figure in the scene until
Crazy Horse should put in an appear
ance, carefully spread a wolf skin and
after seating himself crosslegged be-
fore it made much of peering into q
mirror. He took pains to turn the
mirror so the curious warriors could
observe the new moon and sun paint
ed in white on its face. His vanity
was highly pleased as he noted how
intently the spectators followed every
move he made.
Little Big Man stared triumphantly
at the prisoners and nodded to their
guards. The signal had been prear-
ranged, as the guards promptly
searched Dinsdale and took nearly
four thousand dollars from his peck
cts. The money was mostly in green
backs. The time was gone when the
Indian was ignorant Of money values,
and while they still called money
white metal" they knew a piece of
paper money was often worth several
silver dollars. Beady eyes glittered as
the bills and bag OF dust were
placed on a blanket before Little Big
Man From Scissors onlr small
amount of money was taken; and Lit
tie Big Man tickled the fancy of his
followers by ironically advising:
"Two Knives Talking should make a
feast for the white mans metal god"
When the pad of paper and small
scissors were held up Little Big Man
hesitated, then shook his head. Paper
and scissors were very much wakan
and he did not care to assume charge
of them.
The tinkling of bell now stirred
the spectators to sharp attention and
heads were turned as their mighty
chief stepped from lodge back of
the half-circle Crazy Horse at that
time Gid not look over thirty years of
age, and stood few inches under six
feet. He carried himself with great
dignity and the stern expression of
his bold features was accented by q
scar. His people knew him to be as
generous as he was courageous, and
his practice Of never retaining any
property for himself, aside from his
arms and war ponies, was bound to
extend his popularity among all the
hostiles and their allies.
If Sitting Bull by his medicine fore
told the destruction CT Clusters men
then it was Crazy Horse who assumed
victory at the outset; when on encoun-
tering Reno's men he saved his fol.
lowers from disastrous panic by
Draining a soldier with a stone war
club and leading counter charge
And what must place him high in the
estimation of all fighting men was his