New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-27
THE 1yDJiy PEACE COMMISSION
ARRIVAL AT LARAMIE - THE "hA ,r,, M,
COUNCIL. - INTERESTING PEOCLEpiN"9 -
IIsr OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

After a Journey OF l,9oO mics rom Io"''"o
Iodco Greek where last held council we ha'o a.
rived at this hyperborean lor'' W cO'''U' We, (,o,
mace with the Sioux the Northern Chcyennes ana CIo"
go ebopId We be successful in these as we nay. nave
, With the southern Indians most important lcsu''
W" 90 r day after our arrival held council WIN
chiefs of the Crow nation. The council room
~ bnudinr formerly occupied by the Quartet .I
cm6ovEs The head chiefs, l6 in number SeaooU While
selves i'm q selnicirce the center or tie IOU.rir NJ
i tbcm were the Commissioners and the members %
H. u7ess When an were seated, Taylor addreSseu
Am the usual preliminary speech, cOnlutHs wore en-
estned never TO he fulfilled soft words when W.
t,rev meaningless and which the lh1L'ls - r. poars
understood and held at their true Naluet M q.
Tooth Jolly looking Indian, spoke as d take nlty
:, iatScr said Inc 10 Harvey, smoke auu I'M In
ON ,n winch request the General gladly GoCu nG re-
Father he repeated .o 10 Father" he again said
handing the hoCkah 70 SanDoIn sinoA, Father"
&C. ',l my neonlc for we arc very poor. ,a+ shall
.ne oEo ny IToTor smoke, and give me whaI S1 h
ask and handing the pipe TO Gems c have come from
IT, gSaut me what shall ask. and take iy WIN ,ralj
Three times he repeated me p ook around ne
in, 10 fle center and casting eWeepiHs iO
commenced his speech as follows i mo from fine
ny II III one of your young sad that you were
i1 IN Sec MS This Fail, when the lClNeS ol .lc -
were filling the Crows were on the 1enoW SUN, "C
from Won came to us inviting us tOa p0W-NON;
IIc broclt me ten plugs OF tobacco anu mus Sb -
80 ong Tourney | concluded TO come ana III answer
IN fbe Invitation, Said yes, yes WaulJ il La'i,
soid that il he came, would say yes YES 10 every l
he would ask But the cold days OF winter cam, ~ -
had to come 10 Laramie therefore want my iathels ~
say yes yes to every request OF mine have Degn VA"
ing for you long time. am hungry i anu o c'I ~
Iook gt me we'll all OF You. l am a man Ike cacn oI
Won have limbs and head like you. We AZ! LOOK like
QUO aud the same people. like my people ana IL! eH
<lrcn IN nrosner and grow rich"
Then etne M. he walked up to Taylor and Harvey
and, lifting up his voice ne cree OuS, Nci'I n y"ur
young men back from the Big Horn II Wouu pvHSo '
aud my people Your young men nay de'troSycd NV
timber and green grass, and nave DurnI w ' c
country Father. your young men nave Eo sneeT, Ia
Thcy did not XIII they left il where it fell Father
WI, ,s ~ vii Sov WWid Won not declare warl Well
thc Sioux pr0,Tcd me hundreds OF mules ana holSS
20 with them to dld not 20. long ine as9 you
made treaty with the Crow Nation and aiterward you
took chief with you TO the states lie nag hcN'ii ~,
turned Where is hel We have never seen MN "u we
arc fired of waiting FOR him.. Give US what re tl IVr We
have come for his last words. have heard that you
have sent messengers to the sioux but the eoA clt e
that thew will not come. You have cheated them onCe
The Sioux ten in a jcerng way WY one
COM to see them Al they viii treat You as they have
treated us Go and see thsm anu Sieh ,brs viii he.
guile your ears with soft words and sweet promises Du
they never will keep them 90 on anu sOy rd o. The
they will laugh 40 you In spite OF lnose "T"I ~
sioux have come TO see YOU When 60 DaTh' eAI.Vt
Great Spirit made us al, but he put me reu man III
center surrounded by the whites. All NY heaIt Is III
aud sad An the Crows the old chiefs OF bygone Gays
our foTcfathers. told Us Often be iIlen3y 10 jc
for they are mighty. We, their children, nave oOt
fbe Missouri Our chief was knocked on the head by
white chief GIcrc he was interrupted by zen. haintl,
a ,
crazy1 ON tie Yellowstone stream there Were thiee
wagons camped, and there were four aefaces
one of the white men took out gun and shot s0rTe
Horse, chief, dead and many other things nave nap
fhese things tell you to show yon that the paeIaces
have done wrong. as well as the Indians; 49, ,..,. -
That's SO" loudly responded Gen llalney the IN
dams are q great deal better than the whites are
Some tinc ago went TO Fort Benton because we nao
done some wrong, also, and begged pardon from the
white chief az that post gave him nine mules ana sixty
robes as aoneinent for what my tIlpe h49 q9ne q mus
fnrr avrtltr
smith, and found that there whites there. went
nm to Shake hands with the officers but they replied by
SLOWING their isis i'm my face and knocking me down.
That is the way treated by Your young men
Father You tank about farming, and about raising cattle
don't want to hear IT, was raised on buffalo and love
it, From my birth have been raised on buffalo meat TO
my camps where like, and to roam over the pIu
at VIII. Fathers Fathers take pity upon us! am
tired OF talking" ,,-, 81, 1901,
and turning to Taylor he took on his m0ccasns' ana
handing them To the Commissioner, " Keep y your Zee
warm with these moceaslns Inc peace OineA @o''p''
them with many soft words: ,,,,-. -.
Then as Bears Tooth sat down. Black Foot Crow war
each individually impored them TO be patient and lister
lnc of is robe he folded around the Commissioner
saying: let this rest your shoulders, for by th'
He then said that when his tribe wanted arrows they
picked up old rOn old sloyels, and made their own ar
rows When they wanted fire they picked up hints ana
struck them together and thus they produced 1re 10
warm themselves. When they wanted to butcher they
made stone knives and il thus they killed their
game. BY giving them knives ana hatchets they would
forget how TO their Own and II they went on re-
serve they would know how 10 cultivate their ground
or how 10 drive oxen therefore they did like that
talii INT il the Fathers gave them horses to
catch game and guns TO hunt them, then that good
aud all would he well Years ago party or WHITES had
conc Ia buy the California road that passes by Laramie.
Tor that road the whites to pay fifty years annui-
ties th9y had received the goods only two or three
wears one OF their big chiefs had gone after the treaty
signed TO The land Of the whites He had never been
here since What had become Of him lie would like 10
under the nc up BaeR Ro foo then c
took up tho past history OF his nation, and placed
before the whites. and inferentally stated what
their future conduct should be. lie also explained
sidcshow the Whites had not kept to the strict letter Of
promises which caused his nation to doubt whether
really OF any to make any more treaties. He
uvOwcd his intention TO live as he was raised and begged
the Commissioners not 10 talk any more about settling
them upon reservations. He earnestly etIeateu tiat
they would stop the Powder River road, and recall the
soldiers stationed In that country, they were the cause
or all the trouble ana the last war as ne ut'eieu ls
earnest request ms voice 10 the pitch OF passion his
gestures became wild and rapid ms eyes 6eamed with
the intensity OF MS cAc!teneh ana his "hoie IoIH Ielh
blcd with the excess Of his emotion.
As he Numbered out his most righteous demands. hs
body swayed and FRO Sometimes he dclriOusly gath
cred his long hair and held 10 up alOit worked up
windy the wrongs his people had suffered at The hands
OF Indian agents and soldiers for no wrong that they had
every mute gesticuatiOn was elOQucnce itself Suddenly
raising himself to his 1u hight, and eeyang his
heart is firm rock, and VIII not complain" Al
tunes he appeared like some high priest Of Old. denOun
cling unjust ways appealing 10 the Commissioners just
measurcS-again his lips would wre0the themselves with
lofty. scorn aud contempt at The Selncmbr@nces
had stopped 20 practice in order 10 defraud
them. and. remembering various insults
panying them. his eyes would fash lightning gauces aud
he demanded that the foolish young should be- re-
called. "They are like children" he said "they know
mot what they WANT they Kill the buffalo for sport
willis TO suffer add grow poor. II You peace,
send soldiers back East, and there let them live
In country 10 and dsseDsiOn between us"
Striking his hands on his broad chest he exclaimed:
Ny fOreathers told the Crow nation 10 be good How
they be good when you take lands promising big
things IN return, but never fulfilling them We are
slaves. neither are We dogs, and ! remember the
blow 1 received at Fort smith, / feel wild and
wicked. Have yOu no men IN your country that
you should send these wedressed boys to tease usi