The daily mountaineer. (Dalles, Or.) 1861-1866, 1865-12-27


On the 98d two men were found hanging
in Dry Gulch, near Helena. Their names
are not given.
A stage and express line is to be put on
from Virginia City to Hellgate Ronde.
Parties are arrested in Montana and bound
over for dealing three card monte" Those
who "buck" against it are also liable to
punishment
Teams from the Missouri frontier, CONT
nue. to arrive with goods.
A feet of. twenty six Mackinaw boats
with five hundred returning miners) whcE
started down the Yellow Stone River in Sep
tember, has been heard from at Fort Sully,
on the Missouri. The party descended the
river eight hundred and thirty miles, accord
ing to Lewis and Clark's computation, and
found that it was not fitted for steamboat
navigation.for more than two hundred miles
from its mouth. Over six hundred miles is
badly broken up by shoals and rapids.
commission, consisting of Gems. Sibley
and Curtis, Col. e. B. Taylor, Rev. H. W.
Reed, Mr.. o. Guernsey, and Gov. Edmonds,
of Dacotah, was at Fort Sully, with view
to treating with the Indians. Arrangements
have been made with many bands, and a
general pacifcation is looked for. The coun-
ellis have been very interesting They were
held in q large tent inside the inclosure of
Fort Sully. The chiefs and head men of
each tribe-dressed in their council dresses,
which consist generally of highly orna-
meeted buffalo robes and head dresses to
orrespond-entered upon the business of
the council with good deal of ceremony,
and conducted their part of it with great
gravity and decorum. They spoke with
great earnestness, using good deal of ges-
ticulation, and more deliberation than, with
so much apparent excitement, one would
deem possible. The council with the "Two.
Kettle" band of Sioux, ON account of the
disagreement among themselves, was the
most interesting and protracted.. One o.
their speakers, an old man. called "Twt
Lances," made speech of two hours dura
tion, in which he enumerated with grea
force the reasons fol- their hostility to th
whites. "You," said he "wish us to plan
corn. God gave us the Heavens and tn
earth-the buffalo and the little stick. W.
use the little stick to kill the buffalo. w
have always done it. We have planted corn
and when the frost did not destroy it, tn
white man generally did. We had rathe
hunt the buffalo, for that is sure We d
not like your building forts upon our lands
We do not like to see the little piles of cart
that you throw up, for we know that road
will follow, They will frighten the buffalo
and the buffalo we live upon. Can't yo
see2 You know this. You lie when yo
} say you do not. We will be at peace, if yo
will let us alone. We show you our papers
There is not an arrow or ball on then
They were given us by the big captain VIII
swears, (meaning Gen. Harney,) the chic
with grey beard. Tell our Great Fathe
, these things" In this strain this man COZ
tinued, and gave the commission much tror
, bic, but finally he came forward and signe
. the treaty by touching the pen six times
being once for each Of the causes he had a
rayod against the whites. One old chi,
+: who followed him, laughingly said: "Wh
is afraid TO sign this paper? will sign
with my feet and hands, both" And sui
= ing the action to the word. he touched til
: pen, first with each foot and then with eac
:, hand. This--inasmuch as the ground upc
: which the feet stand is, with the Indian, a
emblem of eternity-was deemed very si
niicant ceremony.
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