Year: 1868

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Tile Mil,raakee Wisconsin relates the follow
ing touching story A few days since Weunepewinks
pretty Bird) daughter Of Dandy head chief of the Win
nebago nation was at the depot at La Crosse accompa
MED by her two fatheress children While awaiting the
arrival of the train one the children got upon tho track
Of the coming tran the train was nearing the depot
Seeing its danger the mother regardless OF her life.
sprane forward and snatched the child from the very
Jaws OF death She threw the little one upon tne paom'
but it was too late to save herself The rushing locomo
tive caught her blanket, and threw her upon the track
The wheel caught her foot run over IT, crushing INC So
TO atoms tearing OF the flesh and making frightfm
wound The bone UP to the knee was splnteicu, SucH
an injury could not but be excrucatngy palnl e he
Indian mother with wonderful nerve drew her kfe from
her bet and cutting of tho loOsy hanging flesh, washed
the limb and bound 1t up with her own nahas refusing
mi assistance Mr. Moore says that not feature OF her
countenance denoted the intense agony she mnS nave
suffered during the operation, .,


amlhg the Injury said that the foot mast be taken "a
at to the life of the woman but the lhual ue
she would prefer death being deprived Of limb Nor
ticaOn began TO spread rapidly IN the forenoon OF tns
viii the most monrnfS cadence, she commenced chant


nS her death song The paintye notes cOuh DC heara
clearly by the Villagers below ana te hews 49, ray,
dying. Indians focked up the NIL ana nled hei
wigwam Her strength stl reiainedi ana sue iea taea
her children and her nurse, who had ateaed ner 80
faithfully AS modification extended TO he ytals hei
alike assisted in dressing her for burial She was care
fully washed her halF combed smoothly back fastened





We're painted with vermiOn Silver DoDs were put I'D
her ears and her neck hung heavily with ney besda
Scarlet eggns moccasns blue pelcoat red ealieo sht
and blanket all and decorated completed her out


tit and gave her fitting dress for her appearance In
the Spirit Land As she "ay in state" many young In
dian girls from the camps lifted the side OF her tent aas
threw in strings of beads and wampum little sack oil
rice and tobacco placed by her head side:


Toward sunset she was put in full length plain bor
and carried under tree. The Indians gathered In
circle with their backs to the coffin. low chant was
sung, when old Indlan with folded hands and
looked toward the heavens. He began speech, and
pointing the east traced the different periods OF hef


e Illustrated by the course OF the sun through the
sky. He closed with earnest recital OF the brave and
devoted that marked the end Of her life After
second chant the coffin carried TO the summit Of the
hill the opposite side OF the village. grave had been
dug few feet from the burial place Of the great Winnie
bago orator, waukon De-ko-ray, who killed by the
here four years After the corpse lowered
DANDY William" brother Of the woman stepped acrosa
tho grave, dropping handful OF tobacco on the conn
He was followed by other Indians present.


The 10 o'clock evening train from the East brought tha
old chief Dandy who had been back TO bis camp the
Wisconsin River on Sunday lie had heard no word Of
his daughters death On learning the fact the OLD chief
tain his breast, and sent forth wall that seemed
TO pierce the very vault Of heaven Leaving the crowd
who had gathered for his coming, he made his way
silently and alone, up the winding path to the grave.