Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-16
Tho Indians OF fhe p1aina

Demorr0f. who accompanied Gen. Harvey on his
march - Utah. give. the following resume Of e
vents on the way home:
Ten days the term which Gen. Harvey
had agreed to wait for the cheyennes. and on tho
! tenth ay they made their appearance. having
| trGvrlc DESPERATELY to keep the appointment
They have the reputation 81 Icing the bra, est
tribe this side Of the mountains. and the appear
and bearing Of the LEGATION did not belle the
reputation. The talk conducted in the same
style and with the etiquette - the talk will,
the Oyalallas. They came up one by one, in n
manly manner, each shaking hands with the Gea-
eral. who sat in the shade of = tree, aud tl,o4.
whites who were with him. They seated them
selves in circle and proceeded u light their
pipes Tho orator of the occasion fail..inl
u the rules Of his art il he had stndie in the
schools lie commenced by saying that the fame
oil Gen. Harvey rs great chief was knowa /,
them, and that they all exceedingly glad t.
scc him. The substance Of the discourse was that
they were DESTROYS "f being at peace with the
whites; that the success ot The mission Of Great
Bear brought happine- aad pcace Of mind 10 the
whole tribe; that they w"-c also desiron, oi BIN,
at peace with other Indian tribes, but thu; the
Pawnecs were always robbng them.
Il thought lien. liarncy's counsel to them III
diciou, a.d humane. lie reminded them Of their
outragrs upon the whites but told them if thence
forth they acted right he would ask the Great Ia
Their Mt Washington TO forgive them. lie had not
come IL make IA treaty with them, as his business
To rha>tiSe white children ofthe Great Father
who had Len acting badly but that these white
children. knowing the power that was arraycd
against them had submitted. The Generals ri m
WAS Ia impress them with the idea that if they
trnnsgressed they could not escape punishment,
and that they would receive justice if whites
mitted any uutraQes upon them. lie promised to
be their friend IL their eonducte continued good,
but that o,h'r ,y;sc they would find him IL, dcvl.'
"ln III" pr ,grcss 81 the talk it was learned that
a war part, had gone out against the Pawnees
before the retnr, If food Bear and this the war
riors prescn; regretted the counsel of their
grandfather =" they call Gen. Harvey inclined
them to pea"r, with the Indians rs well rs whites.
"rhc talk was rrotractcd Tor considerable
time. or rather there two talks--one on their
arrival and the other in the cyenng-the latter
the more important. They were treated huspita-
bly,. and in addition to bread and meat, got weak
grog To drink and tobacco To smoke but the coudl-
ton Of the cemniissariat and the circumstances of
the meeting did not warrant the giving to them Of
any presents. From what transpired, it is certain
That they will not modest the whites this year Mt
least, and that th"v have Il salutary dread OF Gen
Harvey. 1t was II that the old chiefs laid
the blame Of past r..t...s upon the young men,
jus. "a Brigham Young and the ap0logists ufkan-
sas rascaities lay the blame Of all mis,eeds upon
the 'hovs.'
Next day the loth) GEN Harvey resumed his
homeward march. He bad been in sight of the
crossing ol tic SNitl i'k q me flhtte, 1Ob mics
west Of Leavenwp,th, when the dispatch notifying
him Of the restoration Of peace in Utah." and the
new disposition ri ia" forces consequent thereon
reached him. On the 2lst we reached Fort kear-
n"y, and when approaching that uncomfortable
place. heard that II battle was raging between the
SiouN aud the Panecs. 1t turned out that it was
III" thcycnncs--the war party which had gone
ont from Republican Portland not the Soak,
VIII, had had the audacty to attack their enemy
within sight Of the has of the United States. The
th"yennes who had been lowering in the vicinity
Tor two or three days, swooped down on the Paw
nces, while a branch Of their nation, called tie
Loup Pawnccs, We're changing their camp. The
aasailants succeeded in sampcding three or four
hundred horses, and the contest was then really
for the spos. The FawErcs, though taken by
surprise. were mounted and in pursuit Of the
thrycnnrs, who were not more than forty. IA
passed ont east Of the Fort. some of the attend
an, circumstances OF lndian warfare presented
themselves 10 our nGtice. Naked warriors armed
with antiqua'cd guns bows and quivers, gal
Topped carcicssly toward the Fort. These were
all Pawnce-. They were perturhcd. but M. with
fear. and in answer II all questions put to them,
sad the Sioux had come upon them and took
away heap Of their horses. 1t was impossi-
bic Ia know the truth regarding tho battle until
evening. 1t was then learned that the che, cnnes
had killed one Iawnce Chief, named the F.fH"h
ciuc:a man beloved and admired by his tribe.
who rode iearlesslv i'll among the Chcyenn and
turned the stampede horses. but who while thus
engaged, wa sreayel to death. There were some
three or four woundc :. .ione OF them MORALLY.
All the horses were re a. It least the Paw
nees ny SO. They {. ne. did no,
coed III ,akiDg the sea. 81. the siain Pawnee, who
was hnrcd The same Iay san loud wall and la
mrntation and beiticd the dignity OF chief,
with many weapons and buffao robes and venge-
fu VOWS. the las, of which destined to speedy
resurrection in bloody deeds.
ten. Harvey had talk with the rawnees,
also. lie leciurcd them severely about their thiey
m.. hut they defended themselves by accusing the
thevennes AMI Sioux of various murders and rob
berries lie also advised them not to retalintoupon
the theycnnes. rs the latter were disposed to make
peace. Their knitted brows and unbroken silence
gave evidence that they did not much relish this
advice; put yet in their reply they promised to re-
main quiet although the perfdy and bood-thirs.
tines. a.. he Cheyennes was the topic upon which
they most rfrhora,ely dwelt One Of them, who
had been at Washington, aud who displayed the
medals which he received there, urged with great
skill the astrorious nature Of the insult given to
the whites by the Cheyennes in spilling blood
under the walls Of the fort. Indeed, Gen. Harvey
himself thought that the Cheyennes should have
been prevented from attacking the Pawnees any
other nation within sight of the flagstaff; AMI 81.
May. who is now in command at Fort kearney
promised that ifthc Cheyennes should venture again
10 make near the fort. he would chastise them.
The talk with the pawnees was the most formal
and impressive of the three and all the Chiefs
without exception rave manifestations of the weight
which the Genera. counsel had with them, and
Of the fear w,,h which they regard him.
I'VE remained day at Fort kearney, setting
out the I'D ultimo and accomplishing the
journey to Leayenworth in ten days. We heard
that we should find band of Arrapahoes on the
Little Blue but when No came there we found