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31 by the influence of General Crook, Spotted Tail was crowned "King of the Sioux" and thus all the lands were brought under one head. to the quieting of the extremely turbulent elements for a time. He was a desperate warrior and in a spasm of jealousy, shot the chief Big Mouth at the door of his teepee. He was adicted as the scalp lock on his suit show, to war also, and seldom returned lootless from an expedition. His clear head and sound Judgment procured for him great reputation not only among the Dakotas but other indians and especially with the white men. He was selected to treat with them on the part of the indians and not infrequently he was chosen by the whites to intercede with the indians. His high position naturally gained for him many enemies, and his quarrels were numerous, no indian no matter how exalted he may be is safe. His path is beset with dangers, and the other chiefs are suspicious and Jealous. To kill a chief in a quarrel or feud was a laudable ambition. and Spotted Tail met his death on the 6th of August 1887 near the Rosebud agency in S. Dakota. He had long had a running feud with "Crow Dog". and on that date and place, he met his enemy who crossed out - shot him suddenly drawing a pistol shot him, unawares.

The late chief of the Dakotas, "Sitting Bull" of the "huca papa," tribe was a strong man intellectually, but unlike "Spotted Tail" he was unfriendly to the whites, and although a captive, continually incited the Dakotas to attacks upon the whites, and neighboring bands. In 1872 he endeavored to join forces with "Chief Joseph", of the "Nez Perce" and was captured in his efforts to cross the Canadian border. In 1890 he was shot at his camp near Pine Ridge, S. Dakota, in a skirmish as is alleged between the hostile Dakotas, and the Mounted Police of the United States. It is not positively known whether the fatal shot was fired by the Police or by his own people in their efforts to rescue him from arrest.

With his death the leadership of the Dakota bands fell to "Kicking Bear." who was also a captive and prisoner of war. To convince this chief of the vanity of an attempt on the part of the indian to conquer the white man. He was sent with other indians to Europe with "Buffalo Bill," "William Cody, Esq." and upon his return to Fort Sheridan, Illinois the only relic of his indian "outfit" was his "horn disk" of which we give a description in Chapter IV. To day then with his plumage plucked and his paint wiped off sits "Kicking Bear" the crest-fallen eagle of the Dakota race. His sun has set forever and when he induces his people to put on white man's ways, so soon will he put them in the way of securing a living. As indians they must die, as white men they may live.