New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-23
MEDICINE LODGE CREEK,
Nv,p TEXAS LINE, Oct. 10, 1861.

NEAR TFXAs LINE oct. 10, 1861
BEFORE I proceed with description OF tl'ls
Yncp II might be proper to state 10 your readers now
srd IN what manner We all arrived here Inc Ihdl"h
oissioners and their distinguished guests consists OF
NTaiorCcns Augur Terry and sanborue, Senator Hen
acrson Commissioner Taylor, Col. Tappan, and Gen
uaruev The guests Gov Crawford, Ex-Iieut.-Gov
Root Senator Ross, Senator Kalock, and Gen. j. l.
uardee. Tie leading journals OF the day, TIE NEW
YORK TRIBUNE, Herald, Times World. st. Louis Demo
era Republican, chicago Tribune, Times, Republican
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Phadeiphid Press, Boston
Herald Ledrcntc0rh BdiietU and Kansas state Journal
have each correspondent, all regular Bohemans A s
II. White Secretary OF the COMMISSION ana Wills the
our party arrived at Fort Harker, which IL the head
quarters Of Gen. Gibbs commander OF the DsIlc' OF inc
Upper Arkansas, on the night OF the I'm ust Amn3-
anees were in attendance to convey us 10 the Tort WSn
We had no sooner entered han IL guns 'huhiSI.3 'tr
salute. An elegant supper was PROVIDED WhlSn ,ht us
tinguished party glily enjoyed Til midnight the band
of the eth Cavalry screnaded them.
Next morning under convoy Of three companies OF the
ambuauccs. with train of 80 wagons containing Indian
presents and miscellaneous stores, proceeded TO Fort
the march army "reminiscences We're wildly remembered
Tho cavalry tile cang of sabers the various huglc sig
mails reyce dress parade and tattoo, reminded The cor
messed n was a wild country that we passed through.
the home Of the buffalo the antelope, aud the bowling
eiyoe. seemingly lilntable savanna, with DIVER
sy Of rolling hills, and We advanced westward the
country grew wilder ia its aspect more barren and the
plateaUs more immense, mbroken by any mduMtlg
The whole OF the journey was Travelled with a great
guard behind watching warly every place that mlshI
afford an ambush for the willy foe
AT Fort Zar1h, half way between Forts Harkcr and
Earned, We Struck the Arkansas RIVER, ana Io9WGo
along It's bank n0rthwmdly mp to Larned. Amid the
estIict' so ",, i ~ WITCH a. Totered bv IL aud
which expanded view for the first time as we jour
neycd from ZaTah. Any body Of Indians happening 10
P SclRd o' Hnd@StedT. hesitate long before they
tackled our command The march was rather lnonoto,
nous, though the dgniiod COMMISSIONERS ci.J J 20
A. by many "a lively jest and repartce. helu ~
buffalo wer6 and then seen away on toward
raced away for dear life evidently considering Us inter
lopers their domain AT night cayStes h9|ieG , 5
fully enough around aud NutultS teasleu ON We ut
caicaaes which found on the road Crows dsn2ly
thSr Welcome pcrched mpudenjy at the entrances of
Their burrows owls bnkod uncasiy While me AePhtS
Americana flung their rank venom at every passing on
ject and caused the distinguished persons ID Inc ampu
We arrived at iained on the1th inst About three miles
TO the southwark of the fort crossed the Arkansas
River a remarkable river but very shallow. its bosom
decked with great many beautiful islands whore vege
tatiOn is really luX1rnnt On the southern nlIhs we
camped for the night During the mgh' our tah t THs
Joined by wagons and two companies OF infantry mus
INCREASING our tain to l15 wagons ana a4puC5s' Nth
GLIDING the cavalry horses ne NUMBER OF aliinS nm
the expedition is now 1859 Tie men number 600 Inc
The next day buffalo were seen covering the whole
uraIe ms FAR AS the eve could reach Though orders
eTv sun or pistol vet when we saw those immense
bodies the temptation to resist the oIaer was 700 s'Ts'
land special artist for HdyperS Weekly and Assistant
seeTetary OF the Commission shot fine buffalo specially
ceiycd some rare steaks for which they grateful
Kowa nation Little Raven Head Chief Arrapahoes and
two Apache Chiefs came to or camp at night al Katt9
snake Creek, in company with Maior-Gen' Auguri CO
James H. LeayenwoTth agent Comanches, Kiowas ana
Arrapahoes; Col Edward Wynk9opl agent SIOUX Sho
whole host Of itinerant nObOdes. There was a vast
changed and your special correspondent received bona
fdc bars white Bean hug from satanta lie instantly
recognized him the important parsonage Who reported
Cen GnrTr has been ordered by the President to join
Indian
telegram TO proceed TO Washington The nation NJ
large may suffer by the exchange but it is apparent that
among the Commissioners and the corps Of correspond
f Sds. q Ser sa iRs sS 52 @
on the 18th we reached Medicine Lodge Creek, at
point eight miles from the Indian villages satanic VINO
was with very cross because the young nlOOds
S hdm Where they e said Re as the angry blood
mounted mp his face, Has the white man become a
red men kill, they do 50 that they may live" IL was
most reckless eXtayagant course 10 pursue uIdouseuy
and an unprCudlced man could not blame Alm IOr lis
on the morning Of the 18th VIC arrived in sight Of the
Indian villages stretching away for five miles along the
creek.
picturesque location for camp could not have
been selected as the vale or basin OF Medicine Lodge
Creek Covering the entire basin were the respective
villages of the KOwas ArrapahOes Cheyennes Canaan
ehes, and Apaches. They undoubtedly evince taste IN
the selection Of their camps Water and wood are nds
pensaDe necessities Roaming at large over wild eOun-
Try OF the various lovely sites which nature has so 9oun
exaggerating or INDUCING IN the romantic may style
tDs vac latulse o De1utl i - is
could he dcerned from the verdant outrageous foliage
of thecrove Of timber, the white forming pleasing
contrast with the vivid green. Some fanciful no
lions minds at the beautiful prospect but
arriving AT tho village the charm which the fancy had
woven In our minds was entirely dissolved WITHIN ana
around the AFrapahOe village which first visited all
was corruption and filth. Dressed in dngy buffalo robes
which sWarmed with yermin the warriors, squaws
and papooses, who crowded around the delegates sent
the Great Father 10 make peace Some old superan
nuated squaws LAID ndOlenty on their backs sheepshy
eyclng the pale faces COppercOloIed papoOs5 sung III
wicker cradles 10 poles driven In the ground, were as
plentiful the grass Other papooses were stretched
M
mothers backs, while the squaws themselves seemed
busy mysterious culinary preparations which
suspect was the cooking Of delcctable dog stew.
Tie unsOphsticated Aboriginal nadens about which
poems have been sung. Longfel0w ana cooper nave
each woven most romantic stories about these 9apsels
tribes which have visited such beauties as POcahOn
tas aud Hawatha have come within range on my
SI"i most cnderiy cared for If might Judge by their
rich Olive ,.,leviOn; but the majority OF them were
matter OF fact practical lsgs r.s.-5 SCI HC
handled axes most dcXterOusy Inc distinguishing chai-
acterstcs were low fOreheads COaback eyes noses IN
cned TO be fat fiat feet, dwarsh legs, not
over mOdestly dressedf mothers they carried grnlng
those little maternal endearmGnts so natural ana spon,
taneous mothers heart. When they were espOused
their lords launched not INTO lyrical enthusiasm nor oo
forget the existence OF SKY or the green woods
them but simply asked the pr0sac question: now
much Is she WORTH Probably tins may be accounted
for by their mehOdica, matter OF fact treatment Wheh
The camp was strewn with the most miscellaneous
articles that could be conceived. Dogs half eaten up,
unanned buffalo robes, axes, pots, kettles and pans;
beadwork, and other gaudy hnery; old InOccasins,
chunks Of ateyEed buffalo, stcws cooking IN the ket
Ties dogskins antelope and ekhdes, pipes, tOmtoms,
and waTclubs bone grubbng hoes scapiIg Instruments,
stone hammers headess arrows, and broken bows In
dian dolls lay prOmscuOusly on the ground near the Wig
WAN and saddles in heaps; wicker cradles by the
score, while bowling and barking were Indian dogs.
nudity, with the exception OF an apology for breech-
elou the shape OF narrow rag Leapfrog, and base