The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-05-27
DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, Hay 81.

DEER LODGE CITY, FRIDAY, Hay 81.
AIRED CLOUD IN THE EAST.
The telegraph informs ~ our venerable
Uncle is about to entertain Red Cloud .,
Warrington. He 10 now IN route there
with John Richards -better known u John
Reshaw- BoSeman hall. breed, who was
taught smuggling powder to thesioux Indi'
'sns, when they, under Red Cloud, were 4.
open war with the Gallatin settlers, ct cost
Of 81, 200, 900 to Montana Twoycars ago
the 9th of last December, this same Red
Cloud murdered come 80 United States SOL
diers at Fort Phil Kcarncy-tlc Fetterman
massacre; . year or tive ago he sent an In.
solent message to the Commissioners sent to
treat with him, demanded the abandonment
of the Powder river route, the disnansling
of Forts Phil Kcsrncy and Smith, and the
Withdrawal Of troops from all that region
of country. The government Inundated
itself tothc redstin. The demand was acccd.
ed to ct loss of some %, 0o0, 900 In property,
70 the government, and our hest wagon
road from the States. And now this inso.
'c",, u'vvu's.slneo Fcd ocv,l Is invltcd uown
70 Washington, ut government expense, to
DO pettcd and Jetsd and toadied to, and
wheedlcd and bought and swind,ed, and
surued loose again by our government ofici
als to cut more throats. BY the memory of
Fettcrnnan and his murdered soldiers It is q
violence sgsinst Justice, and an outrage
on their memory. las our nation no spirit,
10 reupecs for or duty u It's flag and its sol.
utcssH The white man Is prohibited per.
mission % intruds on Red Clouds domain;
but he istbe guest OF the government those
men make and sustain. The Soaps of our
soldiers and citizens hang on his lodge pole;
he carries his safely through our s:a,es,
He is hostile to tho government or q cold:
olooded assassin. Why not t:y him for
treason or murder? They " Ill make treaties,
and If the Indian docs tot violate them the
government will. We have never known
IN Indian treaty faithfully fulfilled by both
PARTIES.
Probably he il invited to Washington to
council in tho variagatcd Senate on the
Van Horn Bill establishing IN Indian Ter.
ritorial government. Red Cloud would
make IN excellent Governor. No charges
are preferred against him for max.
ing speeches inimical to the great Smoking
Chief of the pale faces. No carpet.bagger
10 he: His household goods and gods, his
stolen mules and the graves of his ancestors,
together with his squaws, scalps and pa
pOosss are in the Powder River country. lie
10 the representative man of bis tribe; BE-
longs TO one ofthe original families. and has
done good service for the government in the
reduction Of the army; the test oath will
not be required from him, and McFarland's
attorneys are retained toshow he WAS labor.
Ing under temporary insanity during the
Policeman massacre. His opinion Of the 18th
amendment 10 undoubtedly in consonance
With the progressive spirit now pcrmea,ing
oil races and sexes, and his position on the
Alabama and Cuban questions ia of that
eminsntly Conservative kind 20 popular
with the administration. lie uncquivocally
sndorses the howl against Baker; believes
in continuance Of the incoc'e tax; thinks
the New York election frauds are an Outrage
On Greeley; deprecstes high tariff, the
Big Horn expedition, the Northern Pacific
subsidies, the payment of the Montana war
debt. and the removal Of the National Capi.
tol. He moreover believes the Western oct.
tlers have no rights or property the Indian
10 bound to respect These things are quite
popular where he 10 going and HE reception
BY the msgnstes should be ooTcspondingly
Gorgeous. 80" .-- e. A..
Ifa better idea OF the situation has pos.
sessea the Department; fit Is determined.
the tragedy of treaty and treachery shal!
end, Il will be better. An indication Of It
will be when the dirty assassin is sent back
With the emphatic assurance that If his band
10 peaceable they will be unmolcstsd, but, If
wsrlike, that . calamity about the si1e of
Phil Sheridan win be turned loose on him
and "Strike him where II hurts"