The Coolidge examiner., 1934-09-14

xlth his bayone; and bis case was hopeless
Il then worked my way 10 American Horse
the friendly chief who was sitting on his horse
aud Informed him that Crazy Horse was badly
hurt and that would place him In the guard
house and would care for him. His answer
was: No Waslcu wakan. be Is a chief and can
not be put Ia prison The officers were az their
quarters. orderlles had vanished and no one 20
carry orders SO | tried 10 arrange matters and
advised Remington 10 hold the ground while
crossed the parade ground 10 the generals quar-
ters to explain matters That resulted as fol-
lows: Please give my compliments 10 the officer
Of the day He Is to carry out his original orders
and put the Indian In the guard house
81 returned 10 Remington and we proceeded
TO put the Indian Ia the guard house. As we
started 10 llf him. a tall Sioux grasped my hand
and In the sign language said that they did not
want 10 see the hurt and for me to desist The
Indians had begun cooking their rifles. So. an
other trip 20 the general 10 explain matters and
remarked 20 him General. know the temper
and feelings OF these Indians. You may be able
20 imprison Crazy Horse. but II will mean the
death Of good many soldiers and Indians. II
you will pardon me FOR suggesting H. we may
be able 10 compromise the adjutant's Office
where can care for him. for be VIII die before
morning
after much reluctance he acqulesced and
returned 10 the scene on being Informed OF
what | had done. American Horse dsmounted
and spread his blanket on the ground The In
dlans placed the chief on II and carried him into
the adjutants Office. BY administration. OF hypo-
dermlcs OF morphia, etc. e8sed his sufferlngs
l remained with him until his death al IL 100
o. m and there were present then Remington
officer OF the day; Lemley, officer OF the guard :
old man Crazy Horse; and Chief Touch the
Cloud (Mahpia Yutan). six foot four In height
When Crazy Horse died this chief drew the blan-
ket over the face OF the dead man and standing
up pointed TO the body and said: There lies
his lodge then pointing up, The chief has gone
above
"I then returned to my quarters across the
parade ground accompanied by Touch the Cloud,
who slept on his blanket outside my door through
the night as there was still danger Of trouble
After retired. word OF the death OF the chief
got out and all could hear were the walls
and death songs from all quarters. were
surrounded for miles by the Indian camps. The
whole garrison OF LEGO men was kept on guard
for the night but matters finally adjusted them
selve.
Next day the body. was removed TO the
/ Spotted Tail agency and placed on the usual
platform Later In the fall when we moved the
Indians $50 miles to the Missouri river Il accom-
panied US In the fall OF 1878 when the Indaps
/ were moved back 10 the present Pine Ridge
agency. the body w2s brought back and con-
cealed there"
To this day the last resting place Of the chief
/ remains a secret among the Sioux and, since II
has never been marked. It is altogether fitting
that there should be some memorial to him. such
as the monument recently dedicated at Fort
Robinson In the land he loved and for which he
| fought so valiantly. For. as Bourke. writing Of
the chiefs first sepulcher at the Spotted Tail
agency-a simple one OF plain pine slabs-has
said: "Just the grave OF Custer marked the
| high-water mark OF Sioux supremacy in the
trans Missouri region. so does the grave Of Crazy
Horse mark the ebb from which no tide has
ever risen"
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