Territorial News www.territorialnews.com www.facebook.com/TerritorialNews Vol. 29, No. 9 Your Connection to the Old West December 13, 2017 Next Issue Wednesday The Death of December 13 Sitting Bull Play Arizona Trivia See Page 2 for Details Desperate Hand-to-Hand Combat Follows Attempted Arrest of Indian Leader This Week’s itting Bull was born into James McLaughlin, was the Question: the Hunkpapa Sioux Indian Agent at the Standing S clan in 1831. He be- Rock Reservation at the time came a famous medicine man of Sitting Bull’s death. Alumnus and Major of the Lakota tribe. Shortly League Baseball before the battle on the Little On December 12th, Hall of Famer Big Horn against Custer’s 7th the following telegram was Reggie Jackson was Cavalry, Sitting Bull had a vi- received by the Post Com- recruited to Arizona sion in which he saw his people mander of Fort Yates, who State University victorious over the white sol- furnished me with a copy: for what sport? diers. After the battle, Sitting “Headquarters, Depart- (8 Letters) Bull and his followers went to ment of Dakota St. Paul, Canada. In 1881 Sitting Bull Minn. December 12th, 1890 returned to the United States To Commanding Officer, and surrendered. He was held Fort Yates, North Dakota:-- prisoner for two years, but was The Division commander has released on the Standing Rock directed that you make it your Index Reservation in South Dakota. especial duty to secure the In 1885 he joined Buffalo Bill’s person of Sitting Bull. Call on Wild West Show. In 1890 he Indian Agent to cooperate Arizona Kid..................18 was a part of the “Ghost Danc- and render such assistance Arizona Trivia................2 ers,” an Indian movement in as will best promote the pur- Business Directory........22 which it was believed that dead pose in view. Acknowledge re- Classifieds....................22 Indians would come back to life ceipt, (Signed M. BARBER, Jim Harvey.....................2 and destroy the whites. The au- 150 Years Ago..............6 thor of the following account, (See Arrest on Page 4) Sitting Bull Outlaw Luke Short uke Short learned to take off on his own. He Christmas in the Old West to shoot out behind started out as a trader with Lthe barn on his fa- the Sioux Indians in and y the mid 1800s the few. Late ther’s West Texas ranch, around Nebraska Territory, American Christmas D e c e m b e r and you’d have been hard but found gambling an easi- B tradition included for many in pressed to find a better shot er and more exciting way to much of the same customs the Old West anywhere. Short had the earn money. and festivities as it does to- was a dif- ability to make a bullet go Short dealt Faro in day, including tree decorat- ficult time. exactly where he pointed a some of the mining camps ing, gift-giving, Santa Claus, For those on gun. He was small in stature of Colorado. His gunsling- greeting cards, stockings by the prairies, and that may have driven ing skills became necessary, the fire, church activities and they were him to be a big man with a because many times he had family-oriented days of feast- often bar- Old West Christmas 1876, from Harper’s Weekly gun. And that he was. to shoot his way out of a ing and fun. raged with Short was born in Tex- card game in which some At Christmas time on the terrible blizzards and savage storms and freezing cold, the as about 1854, worked on of the players were rather frontier, the celebration was winter winds. For mountain holidays were often meager. his father’s ranch as a cow- marked by scarcity among men, forced away from their boy until he was big enough (See Outlaw on Page 8) many and prosperity for a trapping by blinding winter (See Celebration on Page 6) Page 2 Territorial News December 13, 2017 And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood Arizona - Web of Time before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. reservation. One of the at- But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; Jim Harvey tractions there for sightseers for behold, I bring you good news of great joy is the famous Hualapai Sky which will be for all the people; for today in The Arizona Trail Walk. the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. In prehistoric times, the ery rock you turned over” has 1885 tourists were taken Luke 2:9-12 ancestors of today’s Ameri- a poisonous insect under it. from Flagstaff 80 plus miles can Indians living on Ari- He added that any one who to the Grand Canyon in farm zona deserts irrigated their hadn’t seen Arizona couldn’t wagons. The charge was $20 Captain’s Bar Presents farm crops with river water “imagine anything so bar- a round trip and passengers delivered through ditches up ren.” had to bring their own food. ARIZONA TRIVIA to 10 feet wide and 15 feet Today, people go to the Grand This Week’s Question: Alumnus and Major League deep. There were more than Members of the Huala- Canyon in automobiles or Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson a hundred miles of ditches pai Indian Tribe walked aboard the Grand Canyon was recruited to ASU for what sport? in the area where Phoenix is away from a U.S. Govern- Railway out of Williams. (8 Letters) today. ment concentration camp on the Colorado River in 1875. A year later, hundreds Last Issue’s Question: Arizona has the world’s largest stand of what kind of trees?? 1816 was the year an They went east to their for- of miles south of Williams, Answer: Ponderosa Pine American named John Grif- mer home to find their land Geronimo, the Apache war fin traveled on foot and occupied or claimed by white leader, surrendered to the Congratulations! You got the right answer! horseback across southern ranchers and miners. In spite U.S. Army. He was sent from Keith Adams, Sid Clarke, Larry Damer, Doyle Ekey, Howard Field, Kevin Arizona west to California. of that, the Hualapai survived Arizona, along with his fol- Gartley, Roger Kvammie, Robert Lidgett, Lila Oster, Jean Powers, Roger He said that every brush was and welcome visitors today lowers, to a prison in Florida, Ringer, Bill Riordan, William Smith. “full of thorns” and that “ev- to their northwest Arizona and that ended Arizona’s How to Play Apache wars. Letters are hidden in the advertisements. Find the letters to spell the answer. Submit your answer with your name, address & phone number on a postcard Flagstaff’s first water for the current issue’s question to Territorial Publishing, P.O. Box 1690, Apache department was organized in Junction, AZ 85217. Look for the answer in the next issue. To have your name 1895. There were 250 houses listed in the next issue, cards must be received no later than 10 days past the in the town at the time, five current issue of the Territorial News. For example: submitted answers to the 12/13/17 question, deadline is 12/23/17. Limit one postcard per household per restaurants, seven saloons, issue. Must be at least 18 years old. Remember to put your name entry! three hotels, and a barber- shop. The water was from the nearby San Francisco Moun- tains. The local economy de- pended on cattle and sheep ranching, timber cutting and lumber production, and rail- roading. Sheepherders east of Williams during the 1920s lived in tepee-shaped tents. Their blankets and quilts were spread on pine bough bedding. They cooked over an open fire with frying pans and Dutch ovens. Territorial News P. O. 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