Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-02
Gen. Hancock 5 Indian Expedition.

WOn the War PatlSss--A Paradtse OF
sNaruFe1T ne Chey eline I'd en-. tseauty
.sAnd squaIor HnaE ian CeslrtsisP and
ED Ca4EP An Ante edtfutSam'g gonpEez
An Outraged CapkEFe Ksnrning OF
srCheyenne and Sioux LodEes by a anJ
sseec cR4tSfO0. GOO " 0fth DessrOEeu-4TheE
saGonf1a ration Necessity - a ane6c
hand slle Hndkans DePnrRmentss ssss-s,o1 !
bgfspscia Correspond sHce Missouri nsndefat tls /
ssssispapo SITE OF THE GaKYEsSNE CARR $50 1
.IfITIsA ,g0IT slll o - April 90 Is57' 5 4
= Wewould chA hAliehge any lover OF the pie-
tpresQne aud romantic to- find q spot more
calculated to suit his fancy than the spot
On which the 2Chey enne camp Is loeated.
10 the center Of a grove OF NOBLE elfls,
which cover q square Area of three hum.
dred PAGES along the, banks of the murmur-
ing Rawnee, the dlans pitched their tents. !.
From o0re tent door the white, tops of the
.WigWamss conld be seen,s sheltered under
the refreshing shade of the tfeesfronn the
'heree rays of the sun. The lndi6ns ur-l
d0ubtedly display great taste IN the selee-l
tion of theircamping gsgrOlmds.al Water and
-Ngotd are Indispensable necessities tOctllel
Indian as we'll as the white settler But tie
savkges, roaming at large over the whole
'eoantry, can select ofalI the Thousand and
one lovely spots which nature has so beau
tifdiIY. provided. the loyeliest of all. And
it is without exaggeratfon we style the spot
on which the Indians pitched ttiefr village
q ptrat ise. We should jndge that some
nancifuls notions nmight be excited In the
ss5sr ~. SSrrsc,, S,i.in6r f,Fr a. tSfs
t.st,ne. esnecialIv if thar fersir, had q gflih
~ 1oefry In h;s svstsr,. s1 arnreael
ing it, much, of the charm which the
Imagination must have cbnjured up Ia con-
.stsr;,.srs tha zs;lIaga the charm 1vo,,ld he
s:iss, 1;ssasssssiS ~ ifb;, - - al
EjaT fio,, "a tiltIvs ~, chair hscl-s
;Sb tSss Ss1ses ~ ose1 To the Law TIE
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IN 9I
5sns.l is11 There have Ssen
s,1,,ee = -, H. oo.lv haant;es- ~
md h1,5 we 6s
5yS :; n i, -. 1, ~, ~ &c : IJ ob
I,ss ,s,, for,n
s,,s9essSS,os 81 "a iicsta feet
,Svelf formed ankles. lustreus. humid ewes,
a. ~ =, n % rI,eanIv head
-er,r lilss neelsS see have NOT seen -
sRtif we 65ve seen G Taffef Of fact Practical
ond n,f,st /, 4 II,lisp ii N handifn0
nosf ytero,islv ti,es en- ftin wood for
her 1Iieoe lsI.dss si mar with COARSE black
hair Ia iosvvTs fnFehead hia5in0I cnaT- -blafd<
oTes nose n llts ~ ~ her fare of .
1irtyIc Greasy color a mouth. mon
sSfrfSAs and fiat feet. slRarfis legs and not
over mofiestlv dressed. : and sometimes
1sarryinp 4 Staring. irountl-eyedk ! and grin
ming pap6ose, on whom she seemed to scorn
those little foolish maternal eridearments so
natural and spontaneous to a mothers
heart. When al, InAia.. wishes a seaaw- TO
attend his lodoe. cook. his meals and wait
anon him. he does NOT launch into lyrical
Enthusiasm or fervid expressions of love:
nor does he forget In his wooing mood the
existence OF sky or the green woods about
him. but simply asks the prosaic question,
E.How much is she worth?' The amount
being ascertained, If he has the means, he
laws it at the feet of her father and takes
her to his lodge. From that time she is his
own, bought by his own money and by his
own hand Probably the manner in yffieh
he has been raised accounts for the method
fcal manner of treatii the fuif sex. w hen
an infant he was Iook ked upon seeminglys as
ian useless incumbrance, by1his inex pres
Isiget manner, bat when a stern necessity
compelled her not to entirely abandon
This treatment is also the means of=eatiing
forth that Spartan stoicfsus courage, en-
idhrance and hardinood for which the North
.American savage Is celebrated. = 2 - 8
= The style and architecture of awig-
,IWafn's Is almost Invariably the same, its
size VARYING from fifty to aseyenty-fi feet
in circumference at the base, and inshight
from the basesto, the apex, of the tent about
twelve feet; about twenty poles planted
Sronnd and meeting at the toD, where they
are tied firmlysvpit7l a covering of tanned
-fnffaloi ret1ee. fern ttle fIviemarn. The tor
is LETT open to represent a. window, and !
~
which the Indian enters ON all fours. In
this unpartitioned Lodge sleeD the Indian
his wife for yvivfsl and children. and fire.
0uently7 his ehiItiren,s, husbands and theil
s1rives-f sTshe9 flIrniture is quite in keeuino
fr,ithi ff,e E1hnIise,sr Namts the asaIicena,S
eamn p1 TattIe- three or fopr horn snoonsN q
horne man,1tactr,reI two ar three woodel
S(lfsbes. keyVises Of home ndanffatture. aI1f
gos, h3va 40 thoro,gh An SiI,Fvesntorv AZ am
fnight Of the 7hammer eguld make. It i,
s,eotS Sbr gir,ad dyertance that the coffee roast
;nSsI srfy5Ifno. Il, n hoiIinor aT,t3aratus q :,
c1nef. coffes is' NOT amfInrst the home com
Folsf If, fhe xsnoi;S indian, ), Iir,less he ha
TotsIy haan in n COW, j, -, ,st1t fort Haifis
dozen rbnffalo. rohes. are the only, article
oo1Srascbit :. tafI f1,ri,ifl, 70 which he nos
Isassas fha t,Se rio,
Of tiIth and vermin. T1,weIs and soa :, 9 r
IF course nn,Snown lnynries' and his ner nsa1
sonal ~costume Senkirelvs aeeords-, with hi
Gf,or daT1estiT i,,,T1r,,fs hfs scartJ an.
soDlv COVERING helm a = Ebreech-cloIlt.I 8 gen
eraIlv raoged and d'I never washed. Of eonrs
n ,.;nta1 7Sbo ad T.'1l;s - covers his nokednaS
with a red hlanEets or q buffaIo robe, or a,
army overcnat Moralitv is hardly know
.amongst tiIe Indians. hut it FREQUENTLY han
l,nons hot v,hant q sf,a ~ IL tlfaithfli to tn
mafriaUe he'd he, s,ose IL c,n IF IN which
we are Dosifive does not add one lot to til
ltasS,fU of Eha,. no,1nfa,ance As q notI,o,