Sioux War_, and _Neill's Hist. Minnesota_, Third Edition.
[Illustration: LITTLE CROW. _From an original photograph in the author's
possession_]
Little Crow's sixteen-year-old son, _Wa-wi-na-pe_--(One who appears
--like the spirit of his forefather) was with him at the time he was
killed; but escaped, and after much hardship and suffering, was at last
captured at _Mini Wakan_ (Devil's Lake, in North Dakota). From him
personally I obtained much information in regard to Little Crow's
participation in the "Sioux War," and minutely the speech that Little
Crow made to his braves when he finally consented to lead them on the
war-path against the whites. A literal translation of that speech will
be found further on in this note.
I knew _Ta-o-ya-te-du-ta_, and from his own lips, in 1859-60 and 61,
obtained much interesting information in regard to the history,
tradition, customs, superstitions and habits of the Dakotas, of whom he
was the recognized Head-Chief. He was a remarkable Indian--a philosopher
and a brave and generous man. "Untutored savage" that he was, he was a
prince among his own people, and the peer in natural ability of the
ablest white men in the Northwest in his time.
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