The New York herald., 1870-06-13

uioc AhuoDltlnX IL 10 Peter Mluutt lOr
| THE RIDICULOUS SUN or TwENTYF0Uh DoLLAhs
less .han 800 years ago with no piratical longngs
possibly they did not desire its reprisal but had
they known this fact they might have figured nice
| little sum Ia compound Interest. not found among
the integers Of any Indian diaect. But 1t was true
that the very ancestors OF these great mep-Spoted
Tail and his suIte-were formerly landlords Of Man.
haitian SOIL They, the posterity ot these hist0ry-ies5
aborignes had come 70 Visit me nome OF tner n ",
marcn OF centuries had LETT the footprints Of ma
| turer civilization
and his party showed 1t, not 80 much OF envy or
jealousy as OF sorrow for the fate OF ages IL has
been the caprlce Of the poet to reviie time as fell
destroyer; what could Spotted Tail have thought
! when he reflected that the sun no longer cOursed
over the habaons OF his heroic ancestors but that
their bones were moist with the mists OF the Great
Spirit and that the red simply the vicim OF the
whise man. Thus the Indian life is
800 YEARS OF BLOOD.
Let repentance come when II may, civilization
owes much to The savage.
The red men rode to the Astor House, not disturb
scalped an ample NEAL Spotted Tail liked The fare.
lie thought 1t would do. lie ran his tongue over MS
chops and his eye denoted more. Suction seemed to
anu ne hesitated not to keep up G Dntinuous hos
unity upon the dormant food before him. HIS
stomach came near betraying him into becoming q
pale lace but he had eaten enongh he relented and
ceased from troubling his molars
soon after dinner the party assembled to
THE ROOF OF THE ASTOR HOUSE
TO look down npon civilization and take birdseye
view OF progress. How the indians despise the hot
bIlChs now ttey wondered Cnat men cOulu i've ia
bakers ovens and how they looked toward the West,
for a far reach toward their native horizon.
:. They had not been long IN ,hs celestial spot ere
tney descended TO the rooms they occupy on the third
no0r, corner Of Barclay street and broadway.
Thereporter, who now arrived at the hotel was des.
70 e @ n9o 70 oy he fae e s anu
large party OF gentlemen preceded by the Indians,
entered tue quarters of the latter. Al the civilized
men walked toward their objective they dropped
several observations In the Gaelic accent. The gen.
ilemen who led was elderly, refined In bearing and
tnreequarters view OF his physique the button-hole
o. his matchless brOadcloth disclosed a scarlet but
ton OF tne Cross of the Legion OF Honor He was
THE FRENCH ADMIRAL,
and his subordiDates from on board the French fri
gate now lying in the narb0r The party entered
spoed fa Of the SIOUX 20 his three
companions. Invitations were extended by the
Admiral, who with mare accent and natural
them to board the irigate-but not per-
haps as tney used TO board the early
right on the most inconvenent top OF the head. A
few moments OF conversation followed, Dut Spotted
Tau would not talk. The French gentlemen then
retired.
The reporter was duly announced as from the
great Father who owned the big white stone building
across the street, and their converse was through
the interpreters.
REroRTER--Yes, l come from the Great Father
who prints big newspaper over the street, and
tells the people when the sun rises every morning
what good they have done, what bad they have
done and what they Should DO Tor each other before
the sun goes down. came 10 see you ior him, that
he tell the whites the wrongs you have suffered
and row you feel. Are you satisfied with the
neaty2
SPOTTED TAII-We are. We want our Great
Father Iurther TO carry 1t out We want the whites
TO leave US alone. les, we are satisfied. We are
pleased. We want peace. We want our rights, too.
REroETER-You are achief Of the soux9
SPOTTED TALL am.
REPoRFEa-howsnany red men are in your ma
SPOTTED TAII@-We have over twenty y-eght thou
sand Indians and squaws.
REPORTER-Where do you live?
SPOTTED TAIL-Away 10 The West, in the lands
called Dacotah and wyoming. We have reserva-
tlon 1t extends from the north OF Nebraska to the
forty-sixth parallel OF latitude by your books. Our
hunting ground Is 450 miles wide and l40 miles long.
IL belongs to us We want to 1--we there. Our fore
fathers SHOT deer there before us. We want money
and presents. The Great Father must give US some
thing useful.
REroRrgR-How much money do you wanta How
much do you ask OF CongresSg
SPOTTED TAIL--It is one million six hundred thou
sand dollars 1t Will be enough Tor while. 1t Is q
present for twenty eight thousand Sioux. The white
men have cheated Us.
REPoRTER-You intend to be peaceful
SPOTTED TAfI.-fes; the Great Father has done
give us the money and the presents; we need them.
REPoRTER-Do you not know that the Indians and
civilization are against each otherS
Spotted TAIL-ies; bat we DO not want the pale
faces. We want our lands. Leave alone. The
Indian does not read ahd write. He wants his hunt
Ing ground. He must be an Indian.
RECOMMENDATION you are satisdedg
SPOTTED TAIL-We are satisfied.
The reporter then retired. The substance Of the
conversation Is given and the poeness OF the IN
terpreter, Captain Pool, United States Army, Is
knowedged.
The red men were very tired In the afternoon, and
While the reporter was present all but one retired
TO rest. They are impatient 10 get home They wish
10 be blanketed in the great West upon their reser-
vaton, lying to the westward OF the Missouri river
aud stretching away to the lofty mountains base.
still further TO westward.
SPOTTED TAIL
s forty wears of lne is dark. SWary nuscu lar and
could eat Mace Allen without dressing. He is
well developed and his physique Is u work for adj
The others were dressed galy in the
Indian costume, and had large high check bones,
5 raight black hair, and their counLenances bore
vengeance.
To-day the Indians will visit the HERALD Office and
LOOK at the "big white house." They viii depart on
Tuesday morning
FOR CHICAGO
and this Is sample OF the native who has the most
interest for every foreigner visiting America. No
European tourist has seen this country without he
has its sayages; ana the story abroad in
London that ladies cannot do their shopping on
Broadway without meeting hostile Indians has
slngularly enough, proved true.