New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-09

| money after my return home. and sup.
piled him as long as | could: but what
makes NE now so bitter against him IS the
fact that he finally sold all my .ewe!ry.
| neve! wan. 20 see him again.
VIE OLD CHIEF.
Eepoc:c--IIov long since you have seen
your tatherWinnemUccas
Miss Wnneiuucea-I have not seen him
for two wears. though h. was at Camp Me
| u rn!. the iirst OF last month. lie was so
| angry at my marriage that, though lvlng
but a short distance from ne. would never
send .oT ne.
Reporter There has been a report n cir
culation that b. has gone TO help the Mo
| doc u oregon; at any rate, that he has
| :uvsteiiously Il disappeared from the reSersa-
ton with number o. others. Do you
| know anything o. this
Miss Winnemucca-But little. During
III" lat" Indian light in Oregon. cousin 81
ours. Jerry Long, was reported killed. and
my ..the: Immediately wrOt. TO my un"lcs
| ~ send him some Of III" best Young men 70
| 90 uV." there with him - see ABOUT y.
| & ait" a number went with him, and ! think
| thy Went over MO Oregon 70 JON the No
| does. II" death OF Jerry seemed 20 Talso
Quit" "a bitter :"el.n. among some % shf
| tribe.
:2epcr.er-Couid YOU have 70 influence
| with your people IL this matter.
Mis-, N!unemUcca-Ncrv little: when
| once they Imagine an insult they seem 20
| lose al reason. When acting, as You may
| say. as q sort OF a peacemaker. l used 20
! tell my people al the big bullets that the
! soldiers used, the big guns. and sUch. bat
| they wouldn't believe anything OF the klnd.
| | have now U0ld many OF the utter foolish
! ues. OF their taking part III this trouble,
! and am confident many have remained here
| thrcu- l this. | can not say that nv father
| and his braves have gone 10 the MOdOcS,
| but that seems - De the general impression
| among Il.
Report you propose foreman long
| in Reno
Miss Winuemucca-That canno: say.
| have no particular home. but spend most
! of nv tine IN Winnemucca where am
within easy call OF my family. and can keep
| well acquainted with everything regarding
| nv people. ! shall probably return there
within The week.
Mss wlNSENrC:A.
This concluded the interview, and thank
! Ing her kindly tor the manner II which. she
| had received hin, and volunteered her story
| the reporter withdrew. Perhaps at this
moment few remarks regarding the APP
pparance Of Miss Winnemucca may not he
| inappropriate. Speaking comparatively.
as regards the others Of her tribe II
|
surprised u the pc"Son1tt: OF Miss
! WnnemUcca. she is a woman perhaps
twenry-toGr or twenty-five years Of age. "t
! about the medium hight, rather stout, but
not 700 mucl. so. and graceful il al! her
movements. Her Jet black hair hangs in
heavy euris, and her sparkling black eyes
fo.6iG: anything tending 20 100 much IA
miiIiaritv. She dresses very tastefully. but
| not ex-ravagaItlv--0 10 .lncrtcoilJc, upon
TINS occasion. in 4 tight fitting suit Of black
alpaca very prettily trimmed with black
fringe--.n all making a very attractive APP
pearance. Miss Winnemucca has been for
! tunate il receiving an excellent education,
possesses excellent conversational powers,
| and an hour snent IN her company can not
la, - De attended witt; pleasin-: remem
brance.. We can but conclude IN hoping
tina. she may .ong exert her influence
tend 70 raise them to higher sphere Of
civ.,iza: ~ IMAM Is now general among
| them.