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rebellion。      A   pitched   battle   was   fought�察  �in   which   the   soldiers   got   the 

worst   of   it。  Even   the   associate   chief�察  �Big   Mouth�察  �was   against   Spotted 

Tail�察�who was practically forced against his will and judgment to take up 

arms once more。 

     At   this   juncture   came   the    sudden   and     bloody   uprising     in   the  east 

among the Minnesota Sioux�察�and Sitting Bull's campaign in the north had 

begun in earnest�察�while to the south the Southern Cheyennes�察�Comanches�察�

and Kiowas   were all   upon the  warpath。            Spotted Tail   at about this time 

seems   to   have     conceived     the   idea   of  uniting   all  the   Rocky   Mountain 

Indians in a great confederacy。            He once said�此 �Our cause is as a child's 

cause�察�in comparison with the power of the white man�察�unless we can stop 

quarreling among ourselves and unite our energies for the common good。; 



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But old´ time antagonisms were too strong�察�and he was probably held back 

also by his consciousness of the fact that the Indians called him ;the white 

man's friend;�察�while the military still had some faith in him which he did 

not   care   to   lose。   He   was   undoubtedly   one   of   the   brainiest   and   most 

brilliant Sioux who ever lived�察�and while he could not help being to a large 

extent in sympathy with the feeling of his race against the invader�察�yet he 

alone   foresaw   the   inevitable   outcome�察  �and   the   problem   as   it   presented 

itself   to   him   was   simply   this�此   �What   is   the   best   policy   to   pursue   in   the 

existing situation�拭─�

     Here is his   speech as   it has been given to   me�察�delivered at the great 

council on the Powder River�察�just before the attack on Fort Phil Kearny。 

We     can    imagine     that   he   threw    all  his   wonderful      tact  and    personal 

magnetism into this last effort at conciliation。 

     ;'Hay�察  �hay�察  �hay�     �Alas�察  �alas��'     Thus   speaks   the   old   man�察  �when   he 

knows that his former vigor and freedom is gone from him forever。                           So 

we   may   exclaim   to´day�察�Alas�         �There   is   a   time   appointed   to   all   things。 

Think      for  a  moment       how    many     multitudes     of   the   animal    tribes   we 

ourselves have destroyed�            �Look upon the snow that appears to´day  to´ 

morrow it is water�         �Listen to the dirge of the dry leaves�察�that were green 

and vigorous but a few moons before�                  �We are a part of this life and it 

seems that our time is come。 

     ;Yet   note   how     the   decay   of   one   nation    invigorates     another。    This 

strange   white   man      consider   him�察  �his   gifts   are   manifold�     �His   tireless 

brain�察  �his   busy   hand   do   wonders   for   his   race。    Those   things   which   we 

despise   he   holds   as   treasures�察  �yet   he   is   so   great   and   so   flourishing   that 

there must be some virtue and truth in his philosophy。                     I wish to say to 

you�察�my friends�此�Be not moved alone by heated arguments and thoughts of 

revenge�      �These are for the young。           We are young no longer�察�let us think 

well�察�and give counsel as old men� ─               �These words were greeted with an 

ominous silence。         Not even the customary ;How� ─�of assent followed the 

speech�察�and Sitting Bull immediately got up and replied in the celebrated 

harangue which will be introduced under his own name in another chapter。 

The   situation   was   critical   for   Spotted   Tail      the   only   man   present   to 

advocate   submission   to   the   stronger   race   whose   ultimate   supremacy   he 



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recognized      as   certain。   The     decision    to  attack   Fort   Phil   Kearny     was 

unanimous   without        him�察   �and   in  order   to  hold   his  position    among     his 

tribesmen he joined in the charge。            Several bullets passed through his war 

bonnet�察�and he was slightly wounded。 

     When the commission of 1867´1868 was sent out to negotiate with the 

Sioux�察�Spotted Tail   was ready  to meet   them�察�and   eager to obtain for his 

people     the   very    best   terms    that   he   could。    He     often   puzzled     and 

embarrassed them by his remarkable speeches�察�the pointed questions that 

he put�察�and his telling allusions to former negotiations。                 Meanwhile Red 

Cloud would not come into the council until after several deputations of 

Indians had been sent to him�察�and Sitting Bull did not come at all。 

     The   famous   treaty   was   signed�察  �and   from   this   time   on   Spotted   Tail 

never   again   took   up   arms   against   the   whites。     On   the   contrary�察  �it   was 

mainly   attributed   to   his   influence   that   the   hostiles   were   subdued   much 

sooner   than   might   have   been   expected。        He   came   into   the   reservation 

with his band�察�urged his young   men to enlist as government scouts�察 �and 

assisted     materially    in  all  negotiations。      The     hostile   chiefs   no   longer 

influenced   his   action�察  �and   as   soon   as   they   had   all   been   brought   under 

military   control�察  �General   Crook   named   Spotted   Tail   head   chief   of   the 

Sioux�察 �thus   humiliating   Red   Cloud   and   arousing   jealousy  and   ill´feeling 

among the   Ogallalas。         In   order   to   avoid trouble�察  �he prudently  separated 

himself   from  the   other   bands�察  �and   moved   to   the   new   agency  on   Beaver 

Creek ��Fort Sheridan�察�Nebraska���察�which was called ;Spotted Tail Agency。; 

     Just   before   the   daring   war   leader�察  �Crazy   Horse�察  �surrendered   to   the 

military�察�he went down to the agency and roundly rebuked Spotted Tail for 

signing away the freedom of his people。                From the point of view of the 

irreconcilables�察  �the   diplomatic   chief   was   a   ;trimmer;   and   a   traitor�察  �and 

many of the Sioux have tried to implicate him in the conspiracy against 

Crazy Horse which led to his assassination�察�but I hold that the facts do not 

bear out this charge。 

     The   name   of   Spotted Tail   was   prominently  before   the   people   during 

the rest of his life。     An obscure orphan�察�he had achieved distinction by his 

bravery and sagacity�察�but he copied the white politician too closely after 

he   entered   the   reservation。      He   became   a   good   manipulator�察  �and   was 



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made   conceited   and   overbearing by  the   attentions   of the   military  and   of 

the general public。       Furthermore�察�there was an old feud in his immediate 

band which affected him closely。            Against him for many years were the 

followers of Big Mouth�察�whom he had killed in a duel�察�and also a party led 

by a son and a nephew of the old chief�察�Conquering Bear�察�whom Spotted 

Tail had succeeded at his death。           These two men had hoped that one or 

the other of them might obtain the succession。 

     Crow Dog�察�the nephew of Conquering Bear�察 �more than once taunted 

Spotted Tail with the fact that he was chief not by the will of the tribe�察�but 

by the help of the white soldiers�察�and told him that he would ;keep a bullet 

for him; in case he ever disgraced his high position。             Thus retribution lay 

in   wait   for   him   while   at   the   height   of   his   fame。 Several   high´handed 

actions of his at this time�察�including his elopement with another man's wife�察�

increased his unpopularity with a larg

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