Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-01-11
Life on :,re Plains.
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A Few .dAwfsihee NtnfgaiflF 6srn Tar.
son. teithe ercsmp,pcnte Of the Gialss. Nlsicl
isabput fyc niles from Forf Garlpnd. =
There were there sabont a thorsand vi "
Indians, and anleag tleaf tie bands with
whicl'ouotrdops had fought, ndsLoi bad
all como in, TO make peace. 100 r.saoi..;m
= gelore we reached the cncampmfat NC
Teyc Encountered. by Oulay and some 4,f'
lis band he isihe finest iookinc 1ndiah
have ever seen, and, hora, plF'f lear 4. Ne
Is lhonest land feiiabielm sife was nof eff
gsfed ,iaa tie late disiurbance, but ,ook
away ,lisbapd ~snd warned The .rsoplsaf
Badits Of the coming Of The hostiIe Ia
co-sqaes'Iy' 1ssf isTei i s'Ss esfs I'm w
Of them were murdered 9 onlaya has, visit
ed Washington, and New York, and has
brought back with hin uiany cnlighter>4
White people for the indians he might
kill all here, and then they wordi send a
great swarm from the States, aud would
wipe him out" Onlay was very hand
somely dressed in buckAl<in. richly ans
iasteIully tdnamtnied With beads; his
hands and feet we're very small aud we'll
shaped, and his moccssins fitted him lcaes
lifully. lie receives $50 per nlopih froll
the Government, as interpreter. aud his
income was very apparent in his dress
and that Of his sduaw, 4 handsome ilosts
ing wcsasn.iw Who sicdopIahicd ln,n astride
Of a i,erh@eer puiayapd bic party cr
coried ns opt ~. tbsir camp. J looked be.
hind NE, rs We edifopdd 90. bnd f16fthH
OF the ainakcmcni and ttiridsity our parfy
would excite ia eniral Rak lbst;cn tlnls
son pnd took. the lead, ,spj we're folio~ej'
Immediately by seyerpl hunters, dresred 10
bpekskin shirts aud leepins,' liinpcd and
embroidered. Then cane tho Indians
wloopingn 70 thcr pohics Ne they rode
along, and drossed in ba,Jcskin. bright
henkels, beads and icpihefs. iheis, bows
and arrows flung OF their hpcka IN carcr,
ard quiycis, of deer. OF hdlse .skin, aud
thtif 'ldhg rihcs. III trout wsiIIrn TIE
Indians were lchcmpdd on y large plAins
ihep Nipwems weta not Of skins. likelihs
Prairie lpdipnS but were luade Of drilling.
stretched oyef ,loige poles, looking Ike
TIC SIblcy l'cntA (Which veto sdeNsntd
itoni nm Indian wlpwhn Ia trout efshe
warriors tents were stuck mp their fpeers.
orhMpepied with eagles fostbeR,epd with
their painted thields Of buffalo hide aud
hcnd ornaments Of feathers haneing ffoin
them, We weutt Ualay's wlpwan, AID
Ne politely asked mo In, but declined 10
dlsmounti ihen his fquaw brought mo q
cup Of water, which drNnk, n crowd Of
Indians gathered Ground me. steadily aud
lxcdly gazing Mt me. Many of them had
red blankets, which they seemed TO wear
in tie MexfahnD fishion. 1hiding aH but
their eycH We rode around Abe. camp,
and passed one wigwan where somebody
was rick, ard where they were 'nlaking
ibeiltlnt," Tho tent wis filed With In.
Aions, principally sdohws and papooscs.-al
They sat. .laroundsiii circle hummingis q
low chant, aud knocking on semo metal
.kit CarsQn' was received by all these
savagcs with a wonderful AMOUNT of corr
aallAy Their ft6lil fae9s bightenea
With smiles. and they held out their hsnds
with the solulplion, FC9mo 10 W, or the
Indian "llongh.' lie hps lived out here
forty years, aud Is wrll known amohg Al
the tribes. | ssw him slisks hshds witht
sersnst Who iscc1,cd very Fiuch pleased
with che alicdl;cn. Ie told me llnt whep
to went on his last campaign .egqjnsi the
Nayajoos, with his Mexican regiment, he
was accompanied by fny THAR Indians,
aud this old rquaw went With thcnl alhiha
way.-[Cori NY observer s III