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If we had sent a spy into their camp with the express intention of getting points to use against them for an attack, they would not have hesitated to kill him if captured. If they are going to punish every man who shot another when not engaged in actual fighting, then why not arrest the soldiers who killed poor old Big Foot?

He was lying before his tepee dying of fever, unable to raise his hand, and yet a dozen bullets were fired into his body. And look at the six Indians found long after the battle— one man and the rest women and children, all shot down within eight miles of Pine Ridge by scouts or soldiers. Why not investigate that? There are many similar cases to mine. Besides, we were only fighting for our rights. Our chiefs do not advise us to fight, but we went out because hunger and cold forced us.

No man can say that the Sioux were always a warlike nation. They were so powerful that all bands feared them and we had peace. Then the white man came and we were his friend until the time arrived when our people could not longer stand the treacherous way of treating with them.

I know all these things for my forefathers have told the story in council and by the fireside. They report our people as fighters and it is true, for we have been driven to it. But no man can say we are not fair fighters. The Sioux never laid in ambush to slaughter your soldiers, but met them in open day and battled man to man. Custer and his men fell, but it was a battle he brought on and no unfair means were used. Look at the Wounded Knee affair. They say now that the Indians fired the first shot, but that I do not believe.

They did not go into ambush to shoot, but stood up like men in the sunlight and fought until they all lay dead or wounded. That is the Sioux character. On April 29, after 24 ballots, none of which was closer than eight to four, the jury reported that it could not reach a verdict. The final ballot was six for conviction on the murder charge and six for manslaughter.

Judge Shiras dismissed the jury and set a new trial for May 25, By the time the second trial rolled around in Sioux Falls, the Army brass, based on statements of Maj.

Nelson Miles and others, had begun to get nervous about pressing the case. On May 28, after three days of testimony, Judge Shiras directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.

He gave as his reason that, in his opinion, the defense had indeed proved that a state of war existed on the reservation when Casey was killed. He went on to say that the various conflicts between the Army and the Indians were actually battles, and, if they were not, it would be hard to justify the killing of Big Foot and his followers at Wounded Knee.

He also said he did not believe that if the situation were reversed—and Casey had killed Plenty Horses—Casey would have been tried for murder. The jury, as directed, without leaving the courtroom, quickly acquitted Plenty Horses. The audience greeted the verdict with cheers. He no doubt felt very proud that he had achieved his objective.

Other Sioux—including Red Cloud—were also glad. But at least one newspaper suggested that Plenty Horses was not beloved by all his people. Perhaps the fact that he had shot Casey in the back of the head had something to do with it. Perhaps other tribe members just wanted peace, and no more of the kind of trouble brought on by any killing. With the exception of his old father, all the Sioux seemed to fight [ sic ] shy of him, and the Cheyenne would not even look at him. He certainly would not stand confinement for that time.

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