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

z : . . ., The Cheyennes + retreated and for the next several' hours, long range sniping went on betiu~en them and MacKenzie's men .-`' The Cheyenneti" speaking IIill Rowland called to the Cheyennes for thei saarrender , The Cheyennes were def~ernt ; except for Dulh'"Knife who `_~,ay mouxning the loss"=of his thre~,r'spns in the battle . Ne was ready` to make peace,~and stepped~~up to thank the soldiex~chief fox spring the women and children, but Little Wolf bzoke xn to denounce MacKenzie's scouts for fighting against their own people . ~ . '~ TO F3E CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUEo ~Loniq ~, eve ' oux ancestor s' : :s. ~~rz , .i~ :~ t'Fv .' .. , ''1v' : :'.l t.? ,:IT r . . , , . ,~?,c .v;,e~~

z : . . .,<br />

The Cheyennes + retreated and for the<br />

next several' hours, long range<br />

sniping went on betiu~en them and<br />

MacKenzie's men .-`' The Cheyenneti"<br />

speaking IIill Rowland called to the<br />

Cheyennes for thei saarrender , The<br />

Cheyennes were def~ernt ; except for<br />

Dulh'"Knife who<br />

`_~,ay mouxning the<br />

loss"=<strong>of</strong> his thre~,r'spns in the battle<br />

. Ne was ready` to make<br />

peace,~and stepped~~up to thank the<br />

soldiex~chief fox spring the women<br />

and children, but Little Wolf bzoke<br />

xn to denounce MacKenzie's scouts<br />

for fighting against their own<br />

people .<br />

~ .<br />

'~ TO F3E CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUEo<br />

~Loniq ~, eve ' oux ancestor s' :<br />

:s. ~~rz , .i~ :~<br />

t'Fv .' .. , ''1v' :<br />

:'.l t.? ,:IT r<br />

. . , , .<br />

,~?,c .v;,e~~

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