History and stories of Nebraska . l-lage by the big river to go out west to hunt buffalo. Theywent along the Elkhorn River for two or three days and thencrossed the prairie toward the Platte. They were in whatis now Boone County when the Sioux Indians suddenlycame over the hills to fight. Then the Omaha women andchildren ran back to the camp as fast as they could, whileLogan and several other Omaha Indians went out to fightthe Sioux. Logan had a fine, new double-barreled rifle ofwhich he was very proud. It would shoot a great deal fartherthan any other gun in the Omaha tribe. The Sioux had not
History and stories of Nebraska . l-lage by the big river to go out west to hunt buffalo. Theywent along the Elkhorn River for two or three days and thencrossed the prairie toward the Platte. They were in whatis now Boone County when the Sioux Indians suddenlycame over the hills to fight. Then the Omaha women andchildren ran back to the camp as fast as they could, whileLogan and several other Omaha Indians went out to fightthe Sioux. Logan had a fine, new double-barreled rifle ofwhich he was very proud. It would shoot a great deal fartherthan any other gun in the Omaha tribe. The Sioux had notseen a rifle that shottwice without loadingand so were much sur-prised when they foundwhat Logans gun woulddo. Perhaps this iswhat cost Logan his rode boldly out to-ward the Sioux and whenthey charged him he didnot retreat but kept onshooting. Five or six ofthem mounted on their ponies made a rush at him. Hekilled three but the others came on and shot and scalped him. Then there was great sorrow in the camp of the Site of Fontanelles Grave near Belle-VTJE. (From photograph Sheldon.) 96 STORIES OF NEBRASKA They gave up their buffalo hunt and sewed the body of Lo-gan in an elk skin and brought it on two ponies all the wayback to the Missouri River. On the top of a little hill be-tween Omaha and Bellevue, from which one can look a longway up and down the river, they dug a grave and buried the white men came to the funeral and were sad. All theIndians cried and mourned for many days. His grave isnear the little tree which you can see in the picture. QUESTIONS 1. Can you find any part of Logan Fontanelles name on the map of Nebraska? 2. Do you think Logan Fontanelle was more white man than Indian? Why? 3. Should the grave of Logan Fontanelle have a monument? THE MORMON COW TN the early days the Sioux Indians of the plains were firmA friends of the white people. The first traders amongthem were welcomed as brothers. They left their goodspiled m the ope
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