g they were all brought to
Fort Randall and held as military prisoners. From this point they were
returned to Standing Rock agency.

When "Buffalo Bill" successfully launched his first show, he made every
effort to secure both Sitting Bull and Gall for his leading attractions.
The military was in complete accord with him in this, for they still had
grave suspicions of these two leaders. While Sitting Bull reluctantly
agreed, Gall haughtily said: "I am not an animal to be exhibited before
the crowd," and retired to his teepee. His spirit was much worn, and he
lost strength from that time on. That superb manhood dwindled, and in
a few years he died. He was a real hero of a free and natural people, a
type that is never to be seen again.

CRAZY HORSE

Crazy Horse was born on the Republican River about 1845. He was
killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, in 1877, so that he lived barely
thirty-three years.

He was an uncommonly handsome man. While not the equal of Gall in
magnificence and imposing stature, he was physically perfect, an Apollo
in symmetry. Furthermore he was a true type of Indian refinement and
grace. He was modest and courteous as Chief Joseph; the difference is
that he was a born warrior, while Joseph was not. However, he was a
gentle warrior, a true brave, who stood for the highest ideal of the
Sioux. Notwithstanding all that biased historians have said of him, it
is only fair to judge a man by the estimate of his own people rather
than that of his enemies.

The boyhood of Crazy Horse was passed in the days when the western
Sioux saw a white man but seldom, and then it was usually a trader or a
soldier. He was carefully brought up according to the tribal customs. At
that period the Sioux prided themselves on the training and development
of their sons and daughters, and not a step in that development was
overlooked as an excuse to bring the child before the public by giving
a feast in its honor. At such times the parents often gave so generously
to the needy that they almost impoverished themselves, thus setting an
example to the child of self-denial for the general good. His first
step alone, the first word spoken, first game killed, the attainment of
manhood or womanhood, each was the occasion of a feast and dance in
his honor, at which the poor always benefited to the full extent of the
parents' ability.

Big-heartedness, generosity, courage, and self-denial are the
qualifications of a public