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The Valiant Cheyenne

Americans should be proud to be fellow-citizens
of the Cheyenne, those famed warriors and superb
horsemen known to friend and foe for their kindly
treatment of prisoners.

The word "Cheyenne" is from the Sioux "Shahi-
Yenna," and means "an alien language." The
Cheyenne were also called the "Cut-fingers," from
which comes the sign language gesture for
"Cheyenne". . .drawing the right forefinger quickly
across the left.

The history of the Cheyenne is tragic. With
their homeland invaded, they offered only friend-
ship to the white man. Nevertheless, they were
the victims of heedless and hotheaded Army
officers who failed to distinguish between friendly
and hostile Indians. Driven from their homes,
harried and attacked without cause, still they
signed treaties of friendship. All these treaties
were broken, but not one by the Cheyenne.

At last, forced to tight for life and honor, they
were unconquerable in battle. At the Little Big
Horn, the Rosebud, and many another desperate
fight, they defeated picked troops again and again.
But they could not defeat- the resources of a whole
nation, nor could they obtain food and ammunition
for their own people. Only five hundred war-weary
individuals remained when the Cheyenne finally
laid down their weapons.

The present-day Cheyenne form two bands, the
northern Cheyenne of Montana, numbering about
fourteen hundred, and about eighteen hundred
southern Cheyenne living in Oklahoma. Despite
the distance between the two bands, they have
managed to keep their close relationship, thus
guarding the fine traditions and culture of their
tribe.

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One of the most celebrated bands of warriors
in the history of the plains was the Dog
Soldiers of the Cheyenne Indians. These
hand-picked braves were the appointed police
; ;of fee Cheyenne tribe, highly respected by
all. It was their duty to police the camp and
direct the tribal hunts. The Dog Soldiers en

,, : forced strict obedience to the leaders of the
hunt and severely punished all offenders. At
, times, the powerful Dog Soldiers have been

^ known to use their authority to overrule
decisions of the tribal Chiefs, and a Chief,
unless a member of a Dog Soldier sodetv
himself, was -hardly more than a figiiTehead.
In battle, the Dog Soldiers wore a leather
strap over one shoulder to which was at-

: tached a long,, trailing tail. This tail was
known as a "dog rope." As soon as the battle
began, the leader, who wore a dog rope.
staked himself to the ground by driving a
picket pin : through the tail of his "rope." He
was sworn not to pull the pin until he was
victorious, and, unless one ol his comrades
pulledlhe pinand-forced him from the battle-

: field, he could not retreat without disgrace. If
his fellow warriors failed to do this, it was
the leader's duty to die fighting in the re-
stricted radius of his dog rope.

INDIANS
WITHOUT HORSES

When we think of Indians, we picture a mounted warrior racing across
the plains in pursuit of a buffalo herd! On a fast horse, it was easy to
down his share of game, but how did the Indian survive hundreds of years
before the horse came to America? It was a challenge, and the Indian's
answers to it were both successful and ingenious!

Wearing a wolf skin and imitating the actions
of a wolf, an Indian was able to creep close
enough to a buffalo herd to make a kill I

For hunting moose, the Indian used a birch-
bark moose call. This lured the animal within
the range of a few well-placed arrows!

Antekipe, being curious animals, were easier
game than most. They could be attracted by
a bright-colored flag waving on a pole!

Thus, understanding the habits of the animals
they hunted, the Indians were able to live and
thrive on the profits of hunting without horses!