The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-16

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Row TIE rEroSs WIRE PERSUADED 10
conn.
. The special commission 20 the Teton
country, Of which Gen. CoWen, Assistant
Secretary If the Interior, was the head,
had much difficulty In negotiating with
the Indians After sending out several
messages to the Indians, the commission
eS succeeded IN inducing q small party
q them, including BlAck.Eye, now with
the delegation, to come TO Fort Peck, but
refused to talk, rejected presents Of to6sc'
co offered them, demanding ammunition,
and when that was refused, Withdrew and
fred into the tort. Through the GOODNESS
and presence Of mind OF General Cowen
a return Of the fire was prevented, and
finally the Indians sullenly retired. A
few days after Medicine Bear came to the
fort with q party Of his braves and Apol.
ogized for the firing, which he said was
done by some d the young men. The
commissioners then urged the chiefs TO
enter into treaty, bot were met BY de-
maAds for ammunition, and refused with.
out It to give any assurance Of good BE-
hAvior. AtlAst, reluctantly, Sitting Bear
and the chiefs accompanying him, con-
sented to defer hosiliues and 70 come TO
Washington.
COUNTING THE WHITE MEN.
During the early part Of the Trip the
Indians were detected counting the towns,
but after their arrival in Chicago they
gave up the. effort TO number the pale
faces. They began, on entering that city,
to number the streets, but soon in stark
astonishment gave up that effort also
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG CHIEPS
Medicine Bear, the principal chief Of his
tribe, has s high forehead, dee2-set, gilt.
tsriDg eyes, squiline nose, and thin, firmly
set lips which bspeAk intelligence, cour.
age and determination. Looking at him,
one would be led 10 believe that Medicine
Bear had taken more "epos"-scalps-
than any OF his tribe, and that in fight
with the Crows, afrer being shot once, he
killed seven Of the enemies Of his tnbe,
and followed up the slaughter until &
second bullet stopped him. Like the
others Of his tribe-eIcept Good Hawk
he IS tsciturn.
Hawka Washta, Good HAWK the
Menus OF the party, is s jolly, careless
fellow, with msny Of the characteristics
ofthe Plantation dsrkey. He has master.
ed few woris Of English, beginning
with "you bet" and extending to some
expressions less savoy, which, supple.
nenied by lively psntomime, enable him
10 keep up lively communication with
visitors. Good Hawk figures as the
savage who explains, or tries to explain,
everything to the curious, emphasizing all
by punching his elbows into your sides
sDd calculating, You bet"
0fthe reSt Of this party, though sll well
formed, vigorous, active looking men,
none, in their appearance, Indicate any
marked traits, Other than Of sullen deter.
minAtiOn. But they are fighting braves
al, and no1e OF them bu, hiss taken his
full quo:A Of scAlps-
TWO MORE DELEGATIONS COMING.
A dispatch hiss been received at the In.
terio: department from Indian Agent Tst.
en- and Special Connissione, Alrord,
stating thai delegates from the Kiowas,
CousHches, Arrapahoes, Cheyennes, and
Wichitas, offered TO accompany them TO
Washington The Secretary OF the Int
nor having approved the proposition, the
party, numbering forty, including four
special interpreters, will start irum the
Indian Territory for Washington on the
18Th instant.