Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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,;~ntual defeat to ,- ;thQ loss <strong>of</strong> thesac:ced<br />
. Medicine Arrows to the Paw<br />
ness in 1830, These four-arrows .<br />
~rexe thought to hays great power<br />
for. the males in the tribe . In the,<br />
su~~er <strong>of</strong> 1830, the Cheyei~nes ~<br />
painted far war anc~ went out to t;he<br />
Pawnees . The warrior,Bu1I carried .<br />
the Arzows tied to this lance . The<br />
aa~xows wexe though~c to be a protec=, . .<br />
~:~.on to the ' Cheyennes, in bat tle .``<br />
But a Pawnee grabbed the lance ar~d<br />
pulled it out <strong>of</strong> Bull's hands. 1he-<br />
Gi2eyennes wexe never able to recover<br />
the Axrows .<br />
This is the story <strong>of</strong> the heroi-c ?<br />
men and women on their heroic<br />
journey to their homeland in 1878 .<br />
Most heroic <strong>of</strong> all were those chosen<br />
as chiefs, the leaders <strong>of</strong> the ~Cheyennes<br />
. DuI1 Knife and Little Wolf<br />
led the desperate attempt to save<br />
the last remnants <strong>of</strong> their tribe<br />
?prom being anniY~ilated .<br />
After the Custex battle'~t the<br />
Little Bighorn that June <strong>of</strong> lE"9'6,<br />
the allied war paycty scattered in<br />
all directions, fearful that the<br />
great White Fathex would seek rev2nge<br />
on them . There were preparataors<br />
to be made for the winter,<br />
and -they wanted to avoid more trov~a'<br />
l~le . Dull Knife was the : chief bf<br />
. . . . . .I3LA~K POWER : PAGE ]te;<br />
'<br />
the'-band <strong>of</strong> N xthern Cheyennes, h~.s<br />
band cpmpri-si g;200 lodges with X00<br />
~rarriar~ ; D ,: al , Knife . was ' weary<br />
from f~t~b~t~nq , acrd cat ..,a.. .Qaua~es~ ; ~e<br />
~nfiqunced tha henceforth no member<br />
<strong>of</strong>f, ' ';his'' band would pull a trigger<br />
in . .~attle un].~ess:, fired upon -first .<br />
As ' lDulT Knife spoke, the s~+p:ttfQx~s<br />
were silept, .for most <strong>of</strong> the band<br />
F _,<br />
rk~ad; ', deep, re . ntment toward the<br />
whi ~es ' and were not xeady to make<br />
-<br />
peace :<br />
~-~nr November<br />
T;~er~zie appraa<<br />
' at , xhe head* .,o<br />
the , Ta g Horn ; ..<br />
w;~s .'' really` . . :<br />
Hfrse's ba-rid ; }<br />
when' his scan<br />
enne camps M<br />
dieri~ x nc~a~cly .<br />
and .x~a,,.i~um~er o<br />
x Du~a KKn fe<br />
~1~.3gos and f<br />
'~sa` the only<br />
him: ` L3ut Last<br />
Fox _ ~ Soldier S<br />
critically wh<br />
waxxiori were<br />
voyo~h 'them<br />
a scrip dance<br />
~f 1876, General Maced<br />
Du11 Knife's camp<br />
the Powder River in<br />
untains . MacKenzie<br />
looking for Crazy<br />
ut altered his plans<br />
is spoted the CheycKenzie<br />
;had 800 sola~~,f<br />
<strong>of</strong> . them Indaan~ .~ .<br />
those, Cheyenne .<br />
anted to stxike the<br />
ee . <strong>Black</strong> Hairy Dog<br />
one who agreed with<br />
Burl, chief <strong>of</strong> the<br />
ciety, inquired sarther<br />
the Cheyenne<br />
en or old women ; rows<br />
o fight . That night<br />
as held until it was<br />
early mornings The decision was<br />
made to stand 'nd fight .<br />
At ' dawn MacK nzie charged. Indian<br />
scows suxxoun ed the Cheyenne camp<br />
to~prevent any escapes . The attack<br />
was perfectly 1~imed -- the Cheyenne<br />
warri ors wexe ~ s^till a~sl p and<br />
n~lce~ : . Taut P acKen2ie's Pawness<br />
swept through 1 he Cheyenne camp and<br />
thefx, ,horses gc It stuck in the river<br />
mud ,just long enough for the,twomen°~<br />
anc~ .children tc run to safety .<br />
The warriors took up their guns,<br />
what few <strong>of</strong> thf m they had, and took<br />
a ~aosit on an a protective gully .<br />
A, L3e~utenant M< ~~K~inney was sent forware<br />
to ctislodc ~F' them .<br />
was . high3 y uns~ ~Ceessful<br />
In this, he<br />
and unfortu-<br />
mate . ~3ut whe~ the Cheyennes came<br />
out to count icoup,. they exposed<br />
themsel+l~es ' to a counter attack .<br />
Oapta,in ~amilto led this charge,<br />
ar~cl th ~tty ' wa riors were killed .