Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-08

Market theatres. stfeaking not only their fcre-
heads and cheeks With rel. but wherever the
scalp 3 visible through the hair the aTorite color
OF the savage 10 apparent One old fellow,
whose bead VAS frosted with tbe SHOWS OF many
winters lad his hair painted red. evidencing that
crestodofas OF the red school abound with the
rcd man a. those Of tie black aud brown With
the white man declare To you that | am as
much sfeeled against the wooings 1f fancy you
could erpect IN ono Tor twenty years immersed
IN the rnu.ty details of the Law, aud yet | could
not help travelling back in mental vision to the
davs Of the Roman Senate when ! gazed upon
his old Sioux he frst appeared on a sand bill
overlooking and within twenty free, Of the road.
nth n buffalo robe thrown around bis tall,
bony sud bra~ny person. much after the
fashion Of ihe Roman Togee The nose and
outlines Of the face and form and dignity
OF carriage increase the resemblance and revive
afre-h The speculatoDs as to probable.origin; but
when turn from him TO the looking glass chief.
and see nothing bot puerile vanity and sluggish
seDsualty depicted there, the spel IS broken, and
awake from the reyefy
Friday last. az noon. party of forty Sioux
crossed the river below Us and came galoping
on their ponies. TO our camp, reaching which.
thoy dsmouuted. and, headed BY their chief
marched 70 the mouth Of our coral, an oval
shaped enclosure made BY driving wagons in
themselves in line. completely blocking the pas
sage Some of our boys were then driving up
the cattle 20 be yOked in the coral. In the
mean-hile the Chief sought the "Captana." and
wa proposing trade for eatables. The boys
drove tho cattle up the mouth OF the coral, and
there found the entrance closed BY the Indians.
who. though motioned away. budged not an inch
This exasperaied some OF our men, aid half
dozen or more gathered their rifles. shot-guns
and re1olvers, and were advancing upon the In
dams vet setting down, when one of our
party rushed between and ordered and finally
got back the men When the cause OF difficulty
was explained to the Chief he waved his hand
and instantly his braves" withdrew Thus,
happily. was bloodshed and disaster to our
party prevented. We could have readily whip
ped the Sioux, who bad but two guns in the
band, but what then? We had four hundred
miles yet TO travel through their country, and
every day might be subjected TO the penalty of
aroused Indian vengeance. The whole affair
originated in misunderstanding. The Indians
wanted TO trade, not to fight They seated them
selves on the ground at the mouth Of the coral
in obedience to orders from their Chief and
spread out before them their buffalo skins, as IL
their CUSTOM awaiting the action OF the Chief,
who negotiates the trade What was intended
for peaceabe trade was mistaken for menace.
and but for the interference of the writer of this
article. blood would have been unnecessarily
she'd
The Sioux souaws ara well for med have pretty
teeth and hair. soft ewes. peepng languidly out
from between dark eyelashes. small feet and
hands down-cast, retiring look and manner;
but those tales of matchless beauty INDUCED in
by travellers over the plains are ludcrously false
No Sioux squaw has thus far visited our camp,
whose mouth was not much after the fashion OF
| poor mans lease, from year 20 year. Eating
gFssshOppers is not 50 bad, for here they are
found three inches long, plump and juicy, and
probably as palatable the Frenchman's snail:
but when zone OF these Indian beauties, of 'lairy
form and graceful mien. is seen engaged in the
delicate office OF "lousng" her papooses. and
eating the verrnn product with gusto, exhibit
ing intense satisfaction. | submit that the fancy
of the traveller that could invest them with
unusual charms. barbaric beauty must be exces
sivcly morbid. The low forehead. high cheek
bones, broad, square face. form the type OF the
race. and If exceptions occur, they have not vet
honored us with a visit.
Many OF these Indians have certificates gives
| them bv white men, somtimes by Indian agents
| certifying To their friendly disposition 10 the
whites. and asking consideration" from then
| in the shape of eatables and old clothes Some
| they rightly possess. and others no doubt they
| have stolen from other Indians whom they have
killed One of these certificates signed ". ID
Hocthkiss, the hand writing Of which | recog
nized. have evidently originally belonged to ar
Oregon Indian. FAR WEST