Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-01-25

as ifby magic or legerdemain, the orr
of day shone out in all its brillianey.-
/ The efulgence was not Temporary, but
TASTED all the day long, and many
grateful hearts Acknowledged thanks
for the happy combinations of The nat.
ural elements which 60 to make up the
weather. A couple of miles from North
Platte station the hunters and tourists
were met by a company of the Second
cavalry, which acted as escort to the
hunting grounds, under com mand OF
General Palmer, commander of the
tbrces at Omaha. No delay was per
hitted here simply salute of. honor
land the Journey was resumed. Red
! Willow Greek, the camping ground
and general rendezvous, was reached
after about eight hours ride. There
the route. Stray buffalo were seen, and
His Imperial Highness brought down
and wounded few of them. Sioux In
dams were also met, but they were full
Ia ,if,e,. JOY AND ENTHUSIASM, .s3lra
and the Duke kindly acknowledged
their demonstrations. Upon arrival at
the camp everything was found in most
comfortable order, and General Sheri-
dan Immediately assigned the several
guests to their various tents and apart
ments.4 The quarters Of the Duke and
General Sheridan and their friends con-
sisted of two hospital and half dozen
wall tents. Those of the guests and
host are elegantly rcarpeted, . and the
others are also furnished with a degree
cfeomfort and elegance rarely found ont
here on the wild splainS of Nebraskal--
) For the attendants of the ducal party
and the military escort there are some
thirty OF. forty superior wall tents. The
aFrangements of the camp, in brief, are
the bleak season and the remote and
Wild section of the country are consider
ed. Besides thecayalry escort there are
two mounted companies here to guard
THE IMPERIAL ToUi Isr AND SPORTS
issis R 70 sis-s5 5tsfti@ MAN N isstf ii}.5 i-ii
nom wrath and revenge of the nu-
merous Sioux Indians who abound. The
chances are, however, that the reds will
unite In rend dering the Dukes visit one
of pleasure rather than one of harm or
fear. Sheridan and Buffalo Bill have
persuaded them to such a course, and
furthermore, in order to procure their
good behavior, the General has brought
out twenty wagon loads of provisions
and supplies which he has promised To
Distribute impartiafly among the red
men at the end of the hunt if they re-
strain themselves from any violence
This perhaps may be considered ques-
tionable way to secure a foreign guest
from scalping or murder while In the
United States. but when 1t is known that
the Indians are armed and outnumber
our soldiers almost ten to one, it will be |
admitted that Sheridan's sstickle-me-
and 7 I'll-tickle-you, policy is about the
only safe one to pursue. All the ar
for the hunt having been
made witha view of not only friendli-,
ness on the part of the Indians, but also
with an actual coop peration on their part
towards the excitement and pleasure of
the notable event. Tomorrow, the
Sabbath, will be, duly respected; but on
Monday, if there are no accidents or
treachery, the sport viii begin. The 1
Sioux Indians for miles and miles
around are expected to assemble to meet
the Duke ID the morning. Old spotted
Tail, the chief, is already on hand, and
also the minor chiefs known as Two !
Strike, Cut Leg, White Bear, and Little
Eagle, and on Monday morning it is ex-
pected that thirteen hundred of the tribe |
win be present. The day will be occu- !
pied in what is known as, ,1;.t
"a CRANE. ROUND UPON BUFFALO, a |
and which will consist of the sllrround- |
ing of vast tract of country by the |
thirteen hundred warriors and a gradual |
closing in around the game, and an in
slaughter of the, same
The Ducai party ofscourse will takea
lively part in this surrounding and slay- |
ing; On Tuesday Alexis, Phil. Sheri-
Ian and their friends will have hunt |
1n ntheirown account, aided of course by
spotted Tail and Buffalo Bill = and on |
Wednesday there will be a high. old In4
iian pow-wowi and war dance, iniwhieh
TWO thousand Or more will mingle.--
Thursday willin all probability end the
losing festivities viii be- yeryiinterest-
ng. First, the best of the Indian hunt
srs will gobble up alive what buffalo |
hey can, and then slaughter them in
heir native way in the presence of the
Russian Duke. After all this is over,
and if there have been NO overt acts and !
no Russian scalps are missing, the twen-
;ywagon loadssof provisions will be
distributed and the Duke will /
De escorted to his Pullman Hotel train 4
IN the Union Pacific railroad
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