Those three dollars were the last three dollars that he had in the world. What was he to do ? He managed it some way, just as many another managed it, and to this day, they can look back and say : "I do not see how it was done, or where it came from, or what kept the wolf away. Elijah was fed by the ravens, and I guess the ravens must have looked after us."

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

REVOLT OF DULL KNIFE -- WINTER FIGHTING IN THE PINE RIDGE -- END OF INDIAN WARS -- SIGN LANGUAGE

After the departure of Sitting Bull for the Canadas, it was decided to separate the disturbing element of the Indians and to remove those who most strenuously objected to the advancement of settlement in western Nebraska, to places remote. In consequence the Northern Cheyennes were taken to Indian Territory.

Dull Knife, Little Wolf, Wild Hog, and other chiefs with a large part of the tribe refused to be satisfied with the new location, and insisted on being returned to the north. They were accustomed to the cool climate and the pure water, and the feeling of dissatisfaction was intensified by an epidemic of malaria, which became so prevalent that two thousand were prostrated at one time. The supply of medicine was exhausted and it was necessary to discontinue its use.

On the night of September 9, 1878, eightynine men and two hundred and forty-six women and children, vanished in the darkness, leaving their tepees standing to deceive the soldiers. As soon as the departure was discovered, hundred of troops from a half dozen posts, were detailed to overtake or intercept them. Guards were placed along the Kansas Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads to prevent their crossing and engines with steam up and ready to go, were held in waiting to be instantly away, when the wires would flash the news that they had been discovered.