New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-31

AZ, oA ,vcrc varlously computed at from 2o'o ~
o,r ao11-glasscs, however, reduced INC "u'".,- -,
soopv hundreds q large portion beng ""nO' " -,
si,,s II was evident they saw the men or our
md rampalts for they halted I'D sola"'' nv ,h
and cbldrcn ponies and baggage from 'uo 'uv" w.
on" -, ,..o the valley behind the buite iho Iheu
w. ,r arranged in line Of battle the chei ana h's
ho,1 mon a few PAGES in advance. As the!
thor forward march, one stepped hue auV1"' V''''9
mn long mole with piece OF white CON NJ inc VIZ "
ear ~ truce We were glad hey had eaiheu ~ '1' VI
civilized warfare volunteered TO go WIN W." me-
&c who WIS n halfbreed, 70 meet them 'Sceit"ih
,nr intoutiops and If necessary, induce them 10 h'
,,l we reported for further orders Donhns InS IN,
Iain's uniform without any weapons l. WIN wv -.
preter proceeded 10 meet the nag-boarer On
we passed the usual salutationS. Tire h'eiI, ST
duced ne as the "Wauscche- Waukon'' OF IL
cincMan-lot medicine man. but the mau "'o go
with the Great Spirit, as their meUcI", - hv
,,osod 4odo As eueh nv person was heu S''lc" ny
them Their chief introduced himself as '
- 1as - tr tbe Black Hills They had heard Llli
3I C U had arrived at the ioIt any IN
6 iang iorpey several days marSh 1 SI ~
what terms Of peace were NJ, -. I'm tho command at
~ mt Tas not the Commission that the IatleI WTo
not he there tl after good many sleePS a. St they
tSev saw so many sol ers on the lort ~ 49, be
500 ,ojng 10 Gre the big guns or theln anu W.
sent their women away and raised the VIM valid he
replied that il they were peiceaol' anu ~, Soidiors
friendly they might come with u.s. lRaI n ~ Win
would not fire, and tRat he e1 h3rsT 'Vt .rrecr NJ
the big white man. lie then paeea tho n,' I've mo
M left hand, In which he carried MS - H't E"J{nE
bis right hand struck up t6g ,hrs s orbSd % H. fort
The Colonel ordered the Quarternaster 70 assign lIo
campng-ground near that OF Two Bears; Ih.S uIu ~
in f5ei families ratons we're served out to them Tor
feast and they had merry time, WIN tnS. ''i''
dances aud singing. till Late hour IN the night, H.,
Tbe ncXt d5y Rpd Horse and some Of his principal
hrses wee admitted into the fort The Colonel had
manifested the best Of dispositions They were server
with luncheon and remained several hours. On ieG.ms
which was very handsome one, and deliberately painted
The Colonel told him. through the interpreter row o9ca
tsa TS 6e Was s' not allowed to take any present
buy anything OF an Indian. Red Horse ana ms l,o
were greatly puzzled 10 understand this They looked
upon il as an expression Of unricndness Fnally IL
was arranged that the interpreter who was ats9 en-
Indian trader should give consideration for IT. ana INC
Red HnrSc and his men had several Interviews after
ward aud received good many lessons IN e9osrnpnS
and the history of the white man, IN winch they were
deeply Interested on their side they told their tradi
tos usages laws, and talked OF their Indian theology
Next to Two Bears Red Horse was certainly the most
Indians we met the Upper Missouri. His band 1e-
manned several days in camp, conducting thenselyes
very commercially. They were on the most friendly
terms with our men, one of whom made banner OF
strong camp canvas and painted upon II req horse,
three feet long The whole camp was as Pleased WIN II
as the chief He visited us again before We were
ordered away He came in with is banner IN advance,
they may attain that his poserty will be entitled 10
red horse rampant on Their anoil4 al p Kin the
Northwest Fur Company. He brought In skins ana some
gold OF course and tried hard to keep il secret but he
was so anxious know its real value that he sorgh 20
fad he gave SO worth Of stuff for it, judged TO he
worth 500. have witnessed so luci OF the ra7cdiiF
Of these traders that 1t would he hard to make me pc
leve that the stuff he gave in exchange was worth IN
trinscay. than S. once asked another trader IN
the employ of the company, how long ne mao neth
i'll that country He replied. Fifteen years Had ne
answered Yes" asked him why in all that time. no
had not taught them to ra:Se corn ana yegeiaD.est re
shook his head and said Tha would new DO we want
them to hunt the buffalo, and fetch In the robes
One little incident for your lady readers ana am
friendly reception and kind treatment he and his people
received FROM the 5Oh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers,
Cloud, in securing peace Onr WORKSHOPS were oatslJe
the fort One day had occasion 10 GO 10 TIE DECK
smiths shop ON one SIDE III front OF Two Wl'oMs, an
running to the door was the tnners bench or when
there we're great many waste cuttings Mmle waiting
IN idlng sort Of way, took some OF the longest
pieces NJ, and with the large fixed shears began cut
netrcal rcIct one long ono fen from the shears and
rnad an tbe bcnr when GearJ a female Indian eX-
looked M and saw a VOuug sauaw who was leaning
against the dOOpOst watching felt satisfied, from
her embarrassed look, that the exclamation had
escaped from her uncOnscousiy; so went on cutting
recognition TO encourage her to stay knew she wanted
OF the bright cuttings observing large holes Al
her but no earrngs made signs for her to let me
put one in each ear. She readily coupled; Others wh'
were by asked for some in theirs; and ror wv
hours the Of the Red Horse band old and young
gquaws and girls, kept me at work mht had Gut ~
every scrap of tin could find. They were happi
looking lot have no doubt many of the COILS are SUI
used earrings aud carefully preserved IN their raw
trnket bags to on great and festive occasions
and many Is the story they have told IN ther trlhe
the wonderful way in which the "WuuSpche-N NuGOh
produced them with one cut of the shears There cal
BE- no question but they thought them far more Nashta
than the pearls TIE TkIbuNEs correspondent t0ld Il
were given by the wife of the British Minister 10 one
the ladies in the suite of Red Cloud, when III wash
ington.