. History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863 . -the Yanktonais. During the winter the chief sentpresents to many of the Western tribes, and endeav-ored to enlist them in a general war; and about thefirst of June went in person to St. Joseph and FortGarry, in the British possessions, and requested am-munition. It was refused him. When at St. Joseph, Little Crow had on a black * Pioneer and DEATH OF LITTLE CROW. 299 coat, with velvet collar; a breech-clout of broadcloth;a fine ladies shawl was wrapped around his head, andanother knotted around his waist. He had discardedt
. History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863 . -the Yanktonais. During the winter the chief sentpresents to many of the Western tribes, and endeav-ored to enlist them in a general war; and about thefirst of June went in person to St. Joseph and FortGarry, in the British possessions, and requested am-munition. It was refused him. When at St. Joseph, Little Crow had on a black * Pioneer and DEATH OF LITTLE CROW. 299 coat, with velvet collar; a breech-clout of broadcloth;a fine ladies shawl was wrapped around his head, andanother knotted around his waist. He had discardedthe rifle, and carried in his hand a seven-shooter,one of the trophies of the last summers raid. Hewas aware of the deportation of his friends to theMissouri, of which the white residents there had notyet received the news. A swift-footed good Indianhad outstripped the mails. Little Crow and sisty ofhis braves accompanied him to Fort Garry, wherethey had a war-dance, after which the chief madea speech, saying that he considered himself as goodas dead, but that he had plenty of warriors yet to relyon, and would not be caught during the had before been refused a tract of land in the Brit-ish dominions to settle on, and now the only requesthe said he had to make was a little ammunition tokill Americans with. With the chief were threewhite captives—^young boys—who were liberated bythe noble char
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