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Causes of Big WarsBurnett wiBY ALBKBT PAYSON THRU UN IRet raved (Confidence Led To An Indian WaitI\A young United states army officer—Totu CuBter, brother of Gen. (}eorgc Custer—was taken by a government scout in IS74 to witness astrange Sioux ceremony, the ceremony of granting tribal honors to certain Indian braves,The scout (so he later declared) consented to take Custer to the ceremony only on the officer’s solemn promise never to tell any one whathe might see or hear there. Theyouthful Indian who was to undergo ordeals and receive honors that day was a Sioux known as Raln-in-tbe-FaceTo test the youth’s endurance, his fellow savages put him to various forms of torture, one detail being to suspend him from the top of a polo by skewers stuck through the muscles of his shoulders. Then he was called upon to tell of any special deed of prowess he had performed.Rain in-the-Face. in answer to this request, told of meeting two white men in the mountains. He said they had disregarded his “peace sign,” and had fired on him. Whereat he had followed them for days, and at last had killed and scalped themw bile t tiev were asleep.Tom Custer was filled with indignation at fhe tale, lie galloped tothe nearest fort and, disregardinghis alleged promise, repeated to themilitarv authorities there the con-Wfesslon he had heard. A companyof cavalry was at once sent to capture Kain-ln-the-Face.The Indian was seized, dragged to the fort and locked up there, pending his trial for murder. The hut In which he was Imprisoned was unheated and half full of driftedsnow. Kaln-ln-the-Face broke out, stole a horse and galloped for the distant mountains Only once did he pause in his flight. That was when he chanced to meet a man who was on his way to the fort. To this traveller the Indian entrusted a message.“Tell Tom Custer that some day 1 will cut his heart out!The reservations and other Indian haunts were no longer safe refugees for the fugitive. So he fled to themountain camp of a hand of Sioux murderers, horse thieves and other outlaws, whose “medicine man was the infamous Sitting Hull.At once Hain-ln-the-Face became a leader in this savage horde. He was the type of man who would have been a leader anywhere. What Sitting Bull accomplished by craft this new chieftain accomplished by force. He helped weld together a gang of cutthroats Into a fairly effective fighting machine, and to fan to fresh fury their hatred for the white man. Rain-ln-the-Face wan makingready to fulfill his threat against Tom Custer and revenge himself on the white race in general Soon, under his urging fcnd that of Sitting Bull i whom he despised as a coward) the band was ready for tho warpath. And the war began.There were the customary running fights, depredations, butcheries and tortures that have accompanied nearly all Indian wars The climax came on June 26. 1876, when, near the Little Big Horn, Gen. Custer’sforce rode into an ambush skilfullyplanned by Hain-ln-the-Face andSitting Hull.There was a fierce battle --a battle of annihilation. The soldiers, outnumbered anti out-manoeuvred, were slaughtered almost to a man. Ever in the forefront of the fight raged Rain-ln-the-Face. seeking Torn Custer. Twice he was wounded— once in the thigh. lt;nee In the knee by bullets. But he kept on in his quest. At length (according to hlq own story), he came face to face with the man whose heart he had sworn to cut out.Hain-ln-the-Face, shouting aloudhis own name as he rushed on hiefoe, struck Tom Custer dead. Then, kneeling on his victim’s chest, knifein hand, Rain-ln-the-Face fulfilledills horrible threat. He boasted, too, that it was be who fired the shot which killed Gen Custer, Tom’s superior officer and elder brother.The Custer battle news roused the whole country. With an overwhelming force, Gen. Miles advancedagainst the Indians. They retreated toward the Canadian border. And, on Canadian soli, Rain-in-tho-Face remained in comfort until It was safe for him to return to the UnitedStatesof Mr. No Rhe had 8 ters. 17 offamilies, her death dren and dren. She i aged 91 yfMany daup tuously bu In Ulymoul ary stone erf a denizen of in America.Here 1Thomas ! Philadelph he lived h buried herBefore thephrase Doug following tw grave of his“Good NigBEAD THb* *T H E22422HeadquartersWe Are Agents F(Contract WorkWe are prepared to execute orders of any size. Our work rooms are equipped with the latest modern machinery. No order too large for us to handle and execute In the shortest possible time.We guarantee all our work.Carpets and RugsMade Up to OrderWe make up Carpets and Rugs to order, to fit any room, plain or with borders, from stock and we are show-inir » RYtlf'nrliii selection of
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Canton Daily News
Canton, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 24, 1914
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