The New York herald., 1867-09-26

teres OF the red men, Now II your Great Grandfather
did not love you he would no. senu az 'nsso o's
and counsel With you We are sent here 10 inquire
OF you aud ind out vhat the trouble you anu
all your grievances ard complaints Ny friends speak
freely and faly and speak The whole truth III you have
been wron ed, wish 10 Lave you rlghted- We wish
10 hear yon and the white chiefs will consider what You
say. Whatever is wrong we must make nSnL you
nsaca Is sood We must choose good and not bad
therefore We bury the tomahswk. smoke the pipe
OF peace and henceforth live in friendship forever like
The indians approved or Commissioner Taylor's re-
marks by universal shou, OF Howl How. Howl and
other marks OF appreciation
Ogalala chief spoke frs and said the Commissioners
had come make peace, and 1t made his glad The
news of their coming ~oud 60 through his whole
ton. The Indians when they made peace did not have
any writings atthey PRAYED to The Great Spirit and
then they knew all would bs we'll.
The pipe OF peace passed from mouth TO
mouth, some OF the Commissioners endeavoring to
very successfully While this being General
Sherman related auecdote o! the late General Curss
~nO On '1s % o oo.o9s ~ coanc u,sa VIII s n ~
smoke the Indian fash BY swallowing the smoke
and which resulted in his being violently SICK at the
stomach.
Spotted Tail, resuming, said There was no fun in tho
thing Of which they were 70 speak the Commissioners
had been for nothing He knew they had some
thing to say. He tbsy had come to helD tho In
dians and no blood would be shed hereafter. The rou
bles OF the Indian, ana tle causes wou bs related
them. The Great Grandfather had made roads North
and South To those the river they had no objection
War from the making oothor reaas through th cir
country. Hence the trouble Two roads-onc up ths
Powder river, by Pumpkin Butte and the other
they objected to them. He hoped tho Commits
sioners would listen, and lot the Great Grand
father know. These we're al they objected To- Inoy
wanted to hive on It a. long as there was any IN the
country. The country across the river belonged to
them and they wanted to thee 80 long as there was
game II the Objectionable roads wore stopped, there
would DO trouble and they would lire and die peace
and still remembered what ne had said to him There
was still plenty Of game In the country II was not time
for farming When ~as he would let the Great Grand.
they would go on reserve The roads up the Platte
belonged them. He expected the Great Grandfather
would give them Something tor the right OF way. He
haa doubt the Commissioners had things to make his
peoples hearts glad Give them clothes and ammuni.
trade usual He had also number Of breed chill
dren In his band, and he wanted them taken care or
He wanted them 10 share in all prcsents Here he
closed, observing that he had not said hard word
The next speaker Was the Man-wpO O-walks-underthe
ground, who General Sherman remarked, had COM
mtlod more depredations thaa any Indian on the
Pains He WAS dressed fantastic coat ornamented
with scalp locks and beads Many OF the scalp locks
wers OF light coor-some OF them evidently from the
heads Of women He opened by calling attention to his
coat, which, he remarked was OF different kind and
quality from those by the Commissioners, but the
fnest he had. He showed the papers given him BY
various parties being peaceaby disposed. He said
he his people had been brought up TO live on wild
meat leu ON WIiu GrasS grows on tn0
when the iron roads came they scared the game away
All the Indians wanted to have all those roads
sopped-Plste and Smoky Hill Their hands were tong
where the Grand Father was IL the whites would let
the game alone they wo1ld live They were relatives
Of nearly all who settled along tbs roads since they
had Sioux Cheyenne squawa The only way to have
quiet to let toe game alone. There were many
tribes from Missouri Arkansas river. When they
were disposed OF he hoped his people would have
thing to live He WAS small but he had wife and
children. He wanted ammunition to kill game for
thpfa ha tgag ynan had fuI n
truth, and 81 hac tho Commissioners
Pawnee Killer, an Ogaala, was tue next speaker He
into bad habits killed any Of the white people or
stolen ock The cause OF the trouble a. the North
the Powder river road and at the South tho Smoky
Hill. The roads of What little game they had left
He too waited the roads stopped aud soldiers kept
ou,. Then toere would be peace, and people could
travel on the Patio without trouble II the Comm.s
hone and wanod peace they should give
the Indians alnmunon and guns 10 had come In 1T
the invitation oi the Commissioners, and now hoped to
so back and sleep in peace There plenty OF game.
but their horses worn out, and they had guns
powder. Tnsy also wanted their traders.
fne next orator Turkey Foot, southern Chcy-
the leader OF the band which recently threw
train OF the Uuion Pacific railroad from tue track aud
savage looking chef, and maintained naughty
and uncompromis,ng attitude throughout the council
breed Sioux Chny Indian acted interpreter
Turkey Foot speaking to him Ia Cheyenne and he TO
Mr. Lecn Paiardy the official interpreter who trans
lated INTO Ensisn The cling against Turkey Foot al
North Plato very bitter among tho res dcnts as he
has commite ed many depredations in the vicinity, and
has hs 0,sessi0n mules and horses belonging TO
citizens OF the place. He said Ibid the Comms.
soners tell the truth when they said they came from the
Great Fatherf Would the whe people who
travelled the Platte aud Arkansas do what the Com
mission bid tnems He wanted the Smoky Hill aud
Powder river road stopped The Grand Father should be
told So Stop the road and no war; but quiet travel
the Platte. sioux and Cheyennes were now one. The
Commissioners were grea, men, but some Of their young
sentfor and be also wanted guns, ammunition
and presents.
mounted the rostrum and delivered o harangue but as
he had been Oh stupepdous drunk tho night before,
and had fully recovered from tue effects Of his pota
ons be was too disconnected IN his remarks to proceed
civ. He commenced by giving his red brethren
some good advice, and wound up BY insiractng The
Commissioners IN thor duty TO the Indians The gist
OF his remarks seemed to be the poverty OF msef and
friends and tue amount of presents he expected.
Tne Commissioners desiring 10 consult in reference
to the points made by the Indians proposed an adjourn
ment until TO morrow, which finally agreed to- after
some objection on tho part OF Turkey Foot Pawneo
ing ground Twelve oc,ock tomorrow, however. was
finally adopted when the Commission promise to
reply to the points raised by the Indians
second Days CounciI-Speech of General
Shcrman-The Indians Threatened with
Death if They do Not Make Pence-Disgust
of "a Savage Chief-Rcmarks OF Senator
Hendcrson-RepIics of the Indians.
NORTH PLATTE Neb., sept 20 1867
The second powwow wi b the Sioux Indians has jus.
been concluded lasting several hours, and Witnessed by
q large crowd OF interested spectators.
As the speeches OF General Sherman and Senator Hen.
dsrson directly the point question and cover
the whole ground, have given them In full, vol
the replies OF the principal chiefs They seemed greatly
impressed with the words spoken to thom, and sp-
parcnty satisfied to adopt the wishes OF the Commis
sioners. General Sherman opened the council as
follows
CENTRAL sHxRMAy's srxRcH
FnIESps-we bsvo heard your words, and have
thought OF them all night, and now give you our
You tell US that the building OF tue railroad
w Smoky Hill and the wagon road BY Powder river
the principal causes OF the present trouble The
government supposes the Smoky Hill road agreed
on by the Cheysnnes and Arapahocs who did that
country moro than four ago and II has been rav
eed by stages and wagons SINCE Military posts
and mail stations built there than two years
ago and this not then considered q cause of
Tue government thought the building OF iron road
there to you would bo nothing more out to us much
convenient and rapid aud 10 very necessary for
our people who M New Mexico and Colorado and 4,
viii be built. We are 10 meet the Cheyennss next
month tho Arkansas aud we learn that sney dam
AGED by this railroad will make them compensation,