Evening star., 1934-11-04

One of Little Bears sketches, showing
him riding dO,on an Indian enemy and
killing him by throtCing a saber at his
head. Little Bear, by the Uay, seems to
haze equipped himself ,Uith white SOL
dier's outfit.
One of his victims Is dressed as though he
might be a preacher.
Two of Yellow Horses "coups" involved
horse stealing raids. In one of them he shows
himself pursuing the fleeing white custodians
Of herd of horses and mules. ardently reck-
less of the shower of bullets they sending
back at him.
The other is of a raid on an Army mule
herd, with no white enemies in sight. Old
Army records suggest that this might have
happened in 1868. when band Of Indian allies
under the leadership Of Oldham -Afraid-of-
HiS-Horses did succeed in running OF big lot
Of mules.
But Yellow Horse. having taken the toma-
hawk, was slain by the tomahawk. His record
breaks on abruptly and gives place to that of
another Sioux, identified as Little Bear. Little
Bear not improbaby killed his predecessor and
calmly appropriated all his valuable "coups."
Little Bear lived to record only three "coups"
to his own credit. But they were first-class
ones. The first picture shows him riding in
front of a village of his tribes enemies, the
Crows, taunting them into wasting their am
munition by uselessly firing at him, while his
Sioux companions, saving their shot, await the
best moment to charge.
Little Bears second coup" was a more per-
sonal affair." duel An enemy Indian on foot
has shot an arrow at him, missed and is about
to fit another to his bowstring. Little Bear
kills his foe by riding him down and throwing
Q cavalry saber at his head.
This particular Indian apparently gloried In
the possession of a soldiers uniform and saber-
battle trophies, no doubt.
With his captured cavalry trappings, Little
Bear seems to have become imbued with the
cavalrymans headlong courage. The third Of
his pictured "coups" shows him riding straight
at the muzzles Of battery of artillery
charging an army, while all the world won-
dered.'
He brandiSheS his saber. shell bursts be-
side him. filling the air with flying scraps Of
iron.
HE next Indian who owned the book, inher-
iting it possibly by arranging the demise
Of Little Bear, was q Crow named Crane
Crane seems to have been a riotous. reckless.
heIl-roaring fellow, always hunting trouble
and having no dificulty in finding it, Yet
he seems 10 nave Deen aDle TO get Cne Dcttcf
of all Of his arguments Except of course,
the last one), for he filled many pages of the
book with records of his "coups."
The last possessor of this compositely- edited
picture record was a warrior named Howling
Wolf. It is not certain what tribe claimed
him. His most striking contribution is TIE
last picture. Howling Wolf stands before an
fntertribal conference. Before him, on ths
ground, are peace pipe and q scalp. If he
picks up the one, it means peace; if the other.
war.
Did he pick up the peace pipe and spend
his last days quietly at home. until his time
came to be taken out to the burial ground with
his precious historical picture book laid in Q
blanket beside him. did he take the warpath.
returning upon his shield to take his book
the sooner to his last bed? No one knows.
It is in keeping. though, with the drama that
strides through the whole book that even in his
last sleep he could not remain undisturbed and
that his rude resurrection should have taken
the form 1t did.