Dakota Datebook: Indian legend

There once was a legend of a young Chippewa boy, the son of a prominent chief, who was captured by the Sioux. Rather than ransom him, the Sioux would place the young lad at the front of a raid on Chippewa bands and rather than risk killing their chief’s son, the Chippewa warriors would withdraw. For eight years, the boy remained among the Sioux and his captors had come to believe that he had lost...