The New York herald., 1872-06-05


about one hundred and ninetyhve pounds and has
the appearance Of having kept (at some period Of
near Essex Market. They have all, without excep-
tion, long, jet black hair, straight and coarse In tex
tnre, which is nattened down with grease to the
The proprietor OF the hotel and his clerks having
assigned them their apartments, the noble red men
marched to their rooms with st0lid look Of self
satisfaction on their faces and grunt In their
mouths Supper was soon after prepared for them
In separate dining room, in which they all sat
There has been q great deal Of trouble for the
agent Of this delegation to nduct them into the use
OF knives and forks and to restrain their appetites
rom the demands they have made for their favorite
dish, domestic dog"
preters, who are OF the hafbreed race, the
following named and high.toned Indian gentlemen
ting, as his privilege, above the salt
Blue BLU Horse Horse, Little Esa oSS Wound,
Ms. Ms Lone one Wolf tEar-of- Mrs. ny Big Foot twnits
Red SGfSls Fos, cse@ ss@anBsSi BpSiirslo,
Little WOLF Red Leaf,
High Haisa Bear, r'" Blue Blue Shield,
Poor Eik, ~. ! Daylight,
Dirty Face. Hard @ Heart.
fsw Hawk Eagle, EsstSs!ea Eagle.
Black Grow, High VOL,
This was the party which sat down to dinner, and
each of the braves manifested his liking for the
dishes which best suited his appetite. "Big Foot,
made terrible onslaught on the cold chicken, and
eat nearly three pounds OF that dainty fowl. High
Bear" demolished two jars Of chow-ciow, and made
nS savage e
be the wit Of the party ned HIS coffee with half
ss @ s sS
Spirit" The squaw Of lone W0lf" Mrs. "Ear-of-
took % tMo cy to the o oa 0Ssd Sd
commodity. "Stabber," who justifes his very san
culinary name BY his ferocious looks, manifested q
iUh n ia al i0b nfQ a huYa hnf
strawberries and cream. and appropriated the
entire contents without saying grace. During the
tanned the greatest decorum. "Red bog' ate in
dismal silence. "Blue Horse' left the table first In
"Daylght carried away four r bananas % to regae
himself In q corner, and the remaining braves,
accompanied by the two ladies', retired in body to
their rooms which are somewhat more palatial In
aspect than the wigwams from whence they came,
on the Fork Of the North Platte.
During the evening q HERALD reporter called on
the distinguished braves In the large room In which
the principal chiefs were holding corsrersdztone.
D9e reporter was as formally orr 90 to each one
been living among the Sioux tribes for the past
"Red Gloudn was the first one introduced. He
was sitting on magnificent bed, In his red leggings
and moccasns. He rose, looked at the reporter,
Red Cloud looked at the reporters store clothes,
gave grunt, and shouted at the top OF his voice,
"How" which is the Sioux salutation Of welcome,
The next chief introduced was ''aed Dogn fat,
pig-headed chief with q deeply cunning pair OF
grunted and sat down. AS "Red Dog, shook hands
with the reporter thrill OF horror passed through
this Was the i, panied int savage % who in Of
underbrush some distance nom Fort Fetterman
I1e @en fS%RsnS nnsyx SSsr WG6 Vent rss oat
to gather wood Mot one Of these good
e the tale Of that dreadful slaughter They met Red
Dogs war party and were massacred to q man.
And there sat this savage, with his cunning eyes
number Of scalps hanging in his wigwam in far.on
Wyoming. The thought was sickening; Then "Blue
1Ser AND ons an Of
whom shouted "How ?" and then relapsed into
moody silence sguatp their bodies on the beds
The under part Of his body was Indian
mind; but he had claw-hammer dress coat-such
as may be seen at the Charity Ball adorning tho
To- OF r 2 e ne
blanket around his loins and falling over his bare
cloth vest such as Is seen daily exposed from a
Turk In chatham street lsraetish emporium, was
loosely buttOned across his massive chest.
One OF the chiefs now passed around q long
wooden pipe filed with common tobacco. and each
brave took Whit In silence, and ending with
satisfactory grunt as the fumes mounted to the
most savage tribe Of the Pains and not man Of
LHcIu I'LL UuI Hhu HIS HhuuS Icu Will tiie DlOOu OI
scores OF defenceless men, women and children
slain In ambuscade and treacherous slaughter.
For each one was q "brave," and had sung
his song OF triumph and counted scalps
innumerable These Indians are here in New
York, where they will remain for somo
DAYS for twe-fold purpose. They desire amuni-
tIon food and clothing for their tribe four thousand
OF whom are now waiting In the vicinity OF Fort
Laramie and the North Platte River to hear the de-
csion Of the Great Father at Washington. They are
also brought here to see our crowded cities and to
be impressed with the power Of our people, our
magnifcence and wealth, and they are to be taken
down to see the ocean at Rockaway and C0ney
Island, In order that they may fully understand
that the earth Ii round, and that there
are other millions In the worla as powerful as the
Ogallaa Sioux, OF which tribe there. are now IN ID
existence some 1900 persons, scattered t9rousnors
the Indian reservation. Altogether there are
$1,000 Sioux, and Of this number 1000 are waLLVrs
capable OF battle. At present the Indian gopqa,on
OF the United States numbers 850,oO. Ing nsa anns
wars OF this country have cost, since tne ouua s 20
ti0n OF the republic, $500, 600 00o anu .me enu ,
not vet Il costs 100000 yearly ior each ne eg.
ment OF soldiers that Is employed 10 watcn tnesc
hi0h toned sayapes or about 1000 per mead. Inis
aventng Red cloud and his delegation OF braves ana
scnaws viii visit "Humpty Dumpty," and on
another evening this week they WIN DC present AZ
the esthetic performances given at the Circus.
Dr daniels said to q HERALD reporter last even
inc .The first word taught these Sioux Indians Is
The word enemy The next thing taught them Is