Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-05-08

son says he took a hand in the pro-
ceedings. Gathering some of the head
men of the tribe, he asked them if he
had ever told them a lie. With one
accord they replied:
"AoWuna, Itch-Kena (not one, Little
Face.
well, l am going to tell you; now
there are thousands of white men ready
to swoop down on you like a hawk on
a chicken if you don't find that bad
Indian tonight"
Soon the wranglers were out on the
highest hill tops calling the young
bucks, numbering about $50, to the
saddle. They rounded up the escaped
Indian. They found both him and
his wife asleep, with $50 rounds OF
ammunition. 16 miles from the reserva-
ton. 1t was about IL O'Clock at night
and he was held captive until morn
ing. In the mean time the Indian
police reported that he had been found
A driver with the fastest team on the
reservation was dispatched to bring
the captives in.
Captain Reed, in charge of a mill
tary unit, was advised to hold a TROOP
in readiness in the event Of any trouble
when the prisoner was brought in
Acting upon the advice, Captain Reeo
placed a troop behind a hill out OF
sight, and near the road at the agency
he stationed a bugler. He took a posi-
ton about a quarter of a mile from
the troop, which was about the same
distance from the bugler. A picture
never to be forgotten vas presented
A negro trooper sat or a beautiful
dapple gray horse, motionless, for three
hours in the misty rain waiting fol
orders.
When the incoming Indian wrangler.
and their prisoner appeared in sight
Captain Reed had the bugle sounded
The bugler down the road answered
as well as the one stationed behlnc
the hill with the troop, and then, al
together, they filed down and went tt
the Jail. Any war-like intentions thai
might have been entertained by tht
Indians were quoted and all wa
serene.
! The arrests of Little WhirlWlnd
Spotted Hawk and Shoulder Blad,
were without incident. Spotted Hawl
was at the agency. Members OF thu
Indian police force were sent to Little
Whirlwind's camp on the order of Cap
tain Stouch, and brought him in
Shoulder Blade was taken while tht
officers were on their way to Mile!
City, he being along with some In
dians freighting from Rosebud.
Given Military Escort
Sheriff Glib and Special Deputy w
c.. Smith were escorted as far as th'
Harris postoflice by Lieutenant Liver.
more and Is men. From there on th(
journey was easy. Unoersheriff Dial!
and Special Deputy Rogers remained
at the agency awaiting the arrival 0
Feeding Grow and Yellow Hair, Wht
had previously been aDprehencied, bu
had escaped from the jail.
Feeding Crow, Yellow Hair anC
Shoulder Blade, arrested during To-
latter part of May, with Little Whirl
wind stood equally charged at the TIM
with the murder of the sheepherder
Later at an examination it was par,
TALLY shown that they were in com
pany with Whirlwind on the day 0
the murder but were not considered
to be as important as WhirlWind a
prisoners. They remained there unit
July 20, when, with an iron bar pro
cured from the bed in the room, the,
drilled a hole in the brick wall suffl
GENTLY large to allow them to pas
through. They kept out of the wa,
of the officers until October Is, whel
they were brought in by Lieutenan
Brown Of the Second infantry, and l
colored members of Z troop of tn
Tenth cavalry.
Whirlwind, through his interpreter
James Rowland. On July 9, 1898, plead
ed guilty to the charge of murder il
the second degree. He waived tim
for sentence, asked that it be imposes
at once and was sentenced by tn
court to be imprisoned at hard labo
in the states prison for 10 years an
jury in the separate trial Of Spotte
Hawk, on Nov. 9, 1879, after hearin
the evidence, found Spotted Haw
guilty Of murder in the first degree
He received his sentence of death NOV
90, when the date of his execution we
fixed for Jan. Is, 1898. Little Whirl
wind was found guilty of murder il
the second degree on Nov. 81, and O
Dec. l was sentenced TO hard labo