Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-09-23

A TRIP TO THE KAws OF KANsAs-pRIvArE LET
TER FROM DIR. EDWARD PAINTER.

TER FROM DIR. EpwARD PAINTER.
KAw AGENCY, KANSAS, 9Th Mo-, 90. 1869.
II is pouring down rain this morning, and. o.
lam weather-bound, here, will try to give yot
an account of how come to address letter t.
you from this remote region. You have hears
that few days after being installed In our place
at the Omaha agency, the tribe was thrown into
oreat conf,s,o, III, ena,,,, ..,,.... ~
h' so".ao,on' W nnuins onc lhornins tha'
eighteen OF their ponies had been stolen during
the night In the course of n few weeks we
,,oord ~. -. -, "
.cafd 1ne nav Indians mad been the thieves
ihey nad passed right through the Otoe reserve,
| as u binder, to prevent detection. When found
i out tho place tn which tho ,on;os ,,ara ,.,.a
.,ro,o j., 49, ..s... ~ ~, - ps' WIZ .'non'
wfo'o " 'hc agent Oh inc haws, VINO replied that
their people had brought In that number of
| ponies. with the assertion % tbey had boo, ,,ro
| ..,.a, =. IL. ;, ,..rN ~ "eN ~" ~
esnNu " 'no" iniormeu our people, at inc
| Council, where the horses were, and they re-
que,tcd me to 20 down with two of their Chiefs
| .a 49,. r.
anu the interpreter, 10 orlng them back, II they
could be got. Accordingly four of us set out
last Second day for this place, and arrived here
dav befora vesterdav Wa carve H., rai,.o.a -
uay oo.o'o yos''iuay- we calne py faiiroaa 10
Sunsuon CITY Az miles from mere, where we
nireo wagon and drove down to this rcseryi-
tion. When we arrived at Council Grove four
miles from bcre We found soveral Kow Jndions
~, -. -, 'oo"- -" nu'."'
there, ana sent word we were coming after din
ner. When we arrived within the Reserve we
found tbc Indians in n great state of exc;,omont
NJ. nv. III. -, -. -. : 2 - $50 y
we met several riding at furious rate, who said
saw two of them mnunted and ormed r;d;nr
randy toward ns Thnv crossed ,ha tr,ale ,i1, Al,
rectlv in front of ns and s,yesnino rnund na,no mo
back. and planted themselves in the ,raek be fnre
wagon and we came tn a haIt and triad ~ find Ind
out what was the matter 'N
We discoverod nne or tbe Tn,;ons ,.fora ,,s
whose name was Wah.ti.au.pah, WINS ,be nrinci,
pal man enpaped in the theft of the Monies He
was armed with carbine and revo,ver and his
companon had long weapou. be,ieyc If aaw was a.,
spear. They assumed n menncing altitude os
they confronted ms and seemad very mnc,, cvs
cited and for time determined that we shonld
not proceed further have often wondered how
I would feel If nv life was threatencd In tbis
case I was nprrectv c,lm and ,,ndanntod NJ
three comnanjnns 'onnearoJ 40 ,,n,nnraj 's ~
statues slower ,yos a iiitle oiormsd and ea;S
lhe man before ma ,yaa \ notorinnai,,' dasnerata
fellow and osked whcthcr ye had NOT hot Tor ,,,rn
bncl, I renlird that had started m ,ro to tha
Kaw Ayencyand I meant 10 90 On The Indians
dndInr WE did not finch haSon In cnni dn,.r
'rhey nrobablv spsnactn1 ,ys ,eero comin, n
force 10 reeapture onr Monies after tbr Indian
fashion, Stover told III tbam ve ivs vera . 81, and
as we shaved M dsnos;,on II, s.rn b,cs' auJ and
we md no wnannns Waht;'an.gah fin.,l,, ,y.,,od
Ills hand for ns 10 70 an and tprn;nr s hi, horse
rode away ut fnll sneed across rho nr,r;e a,,n,
ai,,ht o,ayras I'm H.; 700 w. s
conduct did not sn,t him ~ W. then ,ronoe1od |
tn the Agannv Tho ,a,r ,o,, Ma,,,im S,,'h,s
has been installed obont syee, here with bis, |
wife and family FnrmerIv he snent ,onr @ years ar
hero at the N;ssiom Snho,ni o onpd ST. nSnrnds
nf tha Ko on%',oa a" nr nnn aus
understapd mos, nf uhat tha X .ws sa,, ns ,hera |
is rreot simiaritv W IN ,ha ,snnroaos aTha anent
called a Cnnncii of tha Chisis Ind prayas anS
introducing me- IN them % des;red me IN s,a,s my
busiuess tp them IRaiore co,,inp io W onoa.s N.
Indians had q orest Sread of hay;,% @ ,n uarn sao
sbeech n ,hcm Rmt sn r,, haua s6I,do ~ n,,t ~
INV own ostonisbmentS = stated " Hose fndi.ns
that had cnn,a roat ~, ~, .aa " ,h, .S LII
hrovaht ,,;h WY " see T ,,au ,
Omaha's who ware cho.an h,, mo Frnn, e,,anT m
the chiefs hecorse tbeu ,sore Sonast o nmd raah,s
mon ,nh. o,a al mo'u az nonust ,s, "nu 'n1S
do What was rigbt THAT she Great u Ea,er
had sent mo far a,vov from nv home
IN do t6e Ird;ans ,rood 80, and ~ har,, 'ThntI
vas not only iha srend ne the nwahas hut thsir
riend and friend IN the wboe ot the Ind;an raca
then enconramed tham ~, aSo,,, VI ,ha h"h;ts ~
,ivilized g nc tho ,,anns nv ,roon, a;r ,,,,or
,x,crmnaion told tbem NJ how was .seo ne,iina
,jnng wifi tho Gmahnss IL a,,nt,;,,r ,h,;rS h,mJS
n sn1oraitr 80 E;na, tn,a ,ha;,, ,nh,, aas
ha snec;ai ah;oot ar n',n ,;;t ~ =, ,han, hiah os
10 recover me Monies as onr Indians yera m take
hem hack with them wbile ,atmrned NV roilronS
Vah VII mitn , ' ~
,oizcd ar H. III a as'ard,
IL nrodnnaJ hnrsa.nhir, ;",,;on ~ eoid
,rercd had hoionn"S ~ ,po nn"has ond vuiI ,vns
m the arnnnI nbar ,ho ", ,,n.;as ,a ua h,' mao
toen from them Our % chinfs ,an the Win, mi
i, cnra,,,,, ,r snsns tuoh , .1i hnd
ever h.ion1ad y, ~ os 'n9', & ,nas Ill, y nma @
,conlo os;da o,d nos,, "s aa .non % iuon our
ohayhor nu,, unu qaSs.,oneu @ ,.a le eosey as W.
laws by ibe % Omahas Tbcy nssnrea mai M" thew ,a
ever ba3 Tthon to,d ,h 'sSu,eu ,Sa, & i,,u .ley
mi nn Tho ,.nsd W sS'a ~, .no NV .aey 9n. ae
eaSaS ~ sno mu;u ~ o1t one,s. aha nnaiy suc
hen ho,ra, ~ ,n,' sloi ~, W. ,' .no ise.. ,hoy
nula eSd o,Tara " ;"ne e , pvsI .e,tns ,h 'he
. u, aiu ,; onsrea us siA pon,es, snyiug tney na
ever aa ae, s;s,aa G rr uu
~ ss,ns snoui. ineie'eu o,i iuil lss..'u