, 1873-10-16
sATANTA AND BIG TREE.

Down, IT Would soon give them immunity Also
Paris letter by O. Q. Fulton.
ShTANTA AND BIG TREE.
Tho Council with tho RIo.vnya nnd
COlnnncRloa--esoysD Dnyiss Talk to tho
Er.lanns--Tho Conditions Of tho Nris-
oMcEs' Isc1eusc.
Fort s' 1'd'u" 4srr;tGry tost: o Correspondence q
Gu Saturday evening tho Govornorlad IN intor-
Wow with the Quaker gentlemen ut the Agency, Mir.
Hong, ha nau Bedo, Agout Haworth, and oth-
orB, but could not got them to consent to anY
torng but tho unconditional surrender Of satantn
and Big Irco. III tho Governors words, thoy
appeared to hayo no aympathy with any portion
of humanity but tho 1ndiana. Gov. Davis told
alive on stove before tho eyes Of ita dying
mother, but though they admitted that tho Kio-
Was and Comatchea wore q nttlo wild, they haa
ample arguments ready to show they were "mo1o
Binne1 againBt thnn anung."
THE n1a TALK.
Commis1ioner Smith opoucl tho council, and
introduced Gov. Davis, Of Texas, who sad
:" have brought book satanta and Big Treo.
Toxans, aud their liyos wsro forfeited to the
Texans, but thoy havo sparod thom.' I have
como horo because tho people Of Ie1as have
boon suffering for long timo, and I
%su nj, i At e pasoe viii "'f Tho 0 oherofoes tbs
Crooks, the Caldoes, aud other IndianH and wo
want, il wo can to bo at peace with tho Kiowas
md Comanchca. ! nm come to tell them what
will lear them talk; then thoy will hear my
talk, mud can docido for themselves whether
| they want poaco or war with roxaH. Sntanta
| md Big Troc can toll thcm how. they were
treated while prisoners in Toxas Thoy will now
talk and wo will then loRr what the KoWaB and
| ComnnchcB havo to say.'
satauta-" want ail the Chiefs preaent hero
to-day to make new rond, and particularly tho
Qunhadn Comancheg. I want them to quit raid-
| Smith brings them from Washington, md to do
| whatever lie Hays. We hayo been kindly troated
| in Texas. heard the Kiowns were told We wero
! toad, but the Texans treated uB we'll. lily heart
feels big to-day, and will tako my To1as father
| to my breast and hold him there. I nm half
| Kiowa and half-Arapahoo, Whatever tho whito
men think BEST want my people to do. Strip
of these prison-olothcB, tMrn mo over to my poo
pie, and they will keep their promises; NY Great
Father iu Washington has selected all those big
| ChiofH because they were good men. Now lot
them do good and turn me over to my people to-
Lone Wolf said he would now like to hear the
Governor.
| Gov. Davis" satanta mud DIgTreo being hore
aliyo showa haFe Kept my word, and Toxaa has
kept hor word. THAT 40 AZ what have promised
OF Satauta aud Big Treo was true, what now
promeo for the Texans will be alao true. For
| many ycarB Texas has been part OF tho United
Staten and part of the Great Fathers nation.
| Whom Louo Wolf was but u little boy Texas WIS
under the Grea! Father ut Washington, and he IL
bound to protect tho lives Of the Texans Ms any
other OF his children. Tho Kiowas and Co.
manohes hnvo boon raidipg into Toxas. killing
men, carrying off women and children, and steal
ing horses. The Texans hayo not made captiveB
| of tie Kowns and Comanches, nor stolen their
| Aorsea, They haYe not come to tLoir country
raidinG or c0rriod off their women and children.
The Texans have not made war on tho KiownB
and Comanches, but the Kiowas and Comanches
| lny nnaffo war nf1 f11R
havo remnined at homo mud only defended thcir
homes and families, and have never followed
tho Kio'sas and Comanchos to their Villages
| They lavo not followed them, not because tloy
Treo can tell them TINT the Texans are as n,l-
moronH as the leayos on the troos. Tho Great
Father at Washington mado g. treaty with them
nearly sly g and by that treaty the M
reservation aud not go TO Texas. But they hive
violated this treaty. This thing must now stop,
aud the Kiowas and Comauches must now plnce
themselves in such position that t'noy can no
now tell you .mY ternls for the release
OF satauta and Big Tree. Listen: The
Kiowas and Con,anchos to. 60 on that
palt OF the cultivatahle land in the ncighborhood
| of Fort Sill, the location to bo 30 that they may
adopt the habits of the whites, cultivate tho land,
and raise cattle, like tho Chorokeos, and giyo up
tho use OF their horses and arms. This move
mont to commence at once, and in the meantime,
white men aa Agents, who will remain In their
camps and SEQ them all daily, 50 they ca1lnot
10 on raids. They will draw thcr rationB for
no longer than three days, oach man drawing his
1t will bo taken for granted ho is raialng into
| Texas. Further. that tho CornaneheB who have
boon recently raiding into Texas will be given
| up, md those who remain at peace shall put
| themselves under the direction OF tho United
States troops, and aid in arreBting tho
othcra, who viii bo turned over to tho anthori-
ties Of Texas aud tried by law. All horscs. that
are identified to DO given up. satanta aud Dig
Davidson. tho commanding officer at Fort Bill, is
satisfied these conditions have been carried out.
When released, they must farther understand
that Satatsa and big Tree are at any time liable
II thoy break these conditions that thoy arc not
| hardened, for still hold the right to roarroRt
Them. I have consulted with Commissioner
! Smith and Gen. Davidson, and am BatiBfled that
il you really losle peace you can carry out tlleEa
tcrmg. Ti;ese tel1ns do not como from tho Com
| missioner or tho Agents, but from NO. aa the
Governor Of Toxas. II theae conditions arc not
complied with, it will then be bottor for tie poo
plo Of ToxaR to resert to open war nettlo this
n,atter ut once."
Agcnt IIaworth hare told Interpreter McCus-
kor to say to the Indians TINT those terms did
| not como from him or Superintendent Hong.
| They knew as little Of these torlns as tho In
diRns did, for they now heard then, for the first
time.
Lono Wolf-"This Is q good day. I haye
hearg the talk Of my friend, the Governor Of
Toxas. and I and my young mon hive takon 1t all
| up. I have looked through it for something had.
1t Is tho worry talk would mako to these people
myao!t. My friends, you hayo come G loag way
to nuke . good roaa. Yon have already mado
our hearts good by bringing bacl thcso prison.
ora. Make them still be.tor b. releasing them
today. 1try to do what the Agent requires Of
mo, 'Thougl. tho trbes hayo different names,
VIC arc ono people and one mind; Just as the
whitcs from different parts are all alike. Both
aud my people call on our father, tho sun, aud
our mother, tho oarth, to Witness the truth Of
what say"
Several other Indiana spoke, requesting the
Immediate relcaso of 6a!antn and Biz Troe, aud
charging Texana with H!oaliug their stock.
GOV. Davis replied: " In relation to Texans
atQnliug their Btook, lot tleln not delay q mo-