White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-07-14
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Ned Cloud-A Leaf from His His
tory

W. S. Burke. Eiitor Of Builetin
DeaR SIR "A look a, the dispatches
in your issue Of this evening. assures me
that the great Sionx Chief. Red Cloud.
is still 10 w WssbiDg'on. eating the bread
Of the government which he has these
many years despised and openly cs6ed
Sp.tteL Tail. the companion Of Rid
Cloud. has gone to New York tn acc the
elephsnt. and obtain the $50 600 worth
Of presepts allowed 4" them by the con-
Rress Of the UoitsI Srstes on ihe recon
mend alton Of the president and secretary
of the interior. Red Cloud declares in
favor of Mormons. and doub less i,' fav r
Of Mormonism; who know? When
read the dispatches heraIded all over the
country. and throughout the important
points in EuroI e. Of the crest feast given
bv the presideLt of the Un+iei States to
the Sioux chiefs; when MIS-. Grant and
family we're paeseut. as well as many OF
the distinguished ladies aud gentlemen Of
Washington diplomatic society. I conld
not help thinking Of the lime when these
same chiefs. with their bands. swept down
upon Kansas in 1864. while our men
were iu the uuion army. fighting under
the same Grnut for the preservation Of
the union. and rntklessly murdered our
women and children on the Blue and
adjoining streams; how they returned
estward by the way Of Plnm Creek.
killing every human being that crossed
their path. on to within few miles OF
Denver City: how they repeated the dose
from Fort K.srney westward. in the
winter of 1864. and early in tie spring
Of 1865; how, in ths dead Of winter. after
returning from tbs Price rail. the ll,h
Kansas was forced to march over the
plains wi,hont proper clo'hing or smith
cient rations; sleeping in snow night alter
uipbt. without tent or covering: how thev
reached Fort Laramie in MTch. 1860.
and were scattered by companies and bat
talions ell along the Platte. and "a Tar mp
as Sweet Water; how. in conjunction
with companies Of Ohio and Iowa caVa,
~. almost the entire Sioux nation opera
; ting in the Platte country. was c,pturel
by the middl. Of May following. and held
prisoners at Fort Laramie: how the folio
2 wing chiefs with their tribes. were among
, the csptured, and confessed themselves a.
, having BEEN of those vho committed all
the depred atoms in Kansas a'org the line
I Of the Platte westward: Red Cloud and
Q tribe: Spotted Tail and tribe: Standing
. Elk and tribe; S .ift Resr and tribe: Little
, Thunder and tribe: B.btista snd tribe
How there was captured with them the
great chief Of the S'oux nation. Black
u Foot, and his second in command. Two
e Face. How these chiefs held as prisoner
D with them when they werc captured. one
Of our K.nsas women. Mrs. Ewbanks
taken from her home on the Blue after
seeing her husband and family murdered
: and her cabin burned. How shs related
D to me her treatment while serving nine
q mouths a. o squsw Of Black Foot and
Two Face, exhibiting the marks Of ths
raw hide on her bare back well laid on
: until she agreed to their terms OF compro-
:. mise. How she requested OF me to pun
a ish. then and there. these noble chiefs 70,
. Injuries received. How they scknowi
edged the deed. aud rrjoiced that they
u had been permitted to bury tho hatche
o in the brains Of Kansas cit'z'ns. How
l. 1 erected a temporary scaffold on th'
n northern slope overlooking Fort Laramie
and in the presence OF The said Red C!oud
Spotted Tail. Standing Elk. Swift Bear
;s Little Thunder, Bap,is,e and their nobl'
:. followers, hung the said Black Foot anc
u Two Face for the known crime Of murder
q rope, arson and robbery. committed OF
II Ksnsns. Colorado aud Dakota soil
?. How Red Cloud then became chief il
;, place of Black Foot. How Gen. Conner.
. then at Julesbure. 1.-THE temporary head
. qu,rters of the district. ordered me t.
send all the prisoners. mastering fourteen
e hundred and seventy -four men. womeI
= and children, to Julesbnrg. to report Il
o him, for fear Q series of hspeings woul'
;. forever end the Indian war and stop con
" tracing. How he ordered. and designa
ID ted the escort. naming the officers VIII
b should have comm md. snd being csrefu
d to have NO Kansas officer or soldier
). among the number. How on the thir'
: day ont. on their way from Fort Larami
" to Julesburg. these same chiefs. Re-
q Cloud, Spotted Tail. Standing Elk. Swif
,. Bear. Little Thunder. Baptiste. and tbe'
Is lovely tribes rebel!cd against the authorit,
M Of Gen. Copner's escort. killed ths com
, mandiug officer and number OF his men
+" and made good their escape to the Blacl
J. Hills. where from that day 10 this the!
,e have been amusing themselves by killing
j. soldiers aud sailing government proper
? iy; and now they demand the removal o
Fort Frttermsn and all troops from meii
;. country. How the comm ander-in chic
q permitted CHATS a soft word) th.t
70 should be immed lately ordered ont aft
|. Indian country and mustered ont Of serv
Z ice for hanging the beloved Black Foo
and Two Face. How the 11th Kanss
70 was ordered about and abused by Gen
4 Conner. until Gov. Crawford ob,sine,
It their muster ont OF service.
70 Now. in the face Of these facts. hsstil
l. and rudely stated: in the face of the mur
!. dered citizens OF Colorado: in the face o
the scslpless graves Of Kansas. and th
:, |" daily sufferings now Of her people on th
u frontierr; and the thousands Of treasur
being expended BY the State snnu ally. Il
protect life aud property from the demo
MAC visitaiions Of these red soDs Of chiv
u airy. the government Of the United Stce
q bids welcome to Washington the fathe'
!. Of these crimes, the com msuders Of III
expeditions. .snd makes for them q gres
feast. where they appear in fall harness
with the very knives hanging to ihei
, belts which were once plunged into III
!. bowels of innocent little childsen, draw
inc life from their mothers' breast an,