The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

there who tnfkAd % ~ - and
infosnsd H. Ja12inas ~1hasx 49, nuusl
be brought IN. They isied = u.sks
Z me believe that 4 was deceived III.
time sure, ss they werc very certeir
that the boys did. not. wish TO leave
them. l told them thot they must
be brought to The olkce aad tell noe
themselves What they wieAed to do
When they came they decided to "a
to their people. They told me Or an
other boy in the camp who wished to
leave. This time the Indians were q
sanxuine - ever that I Was deceiv-
| ed. They said that he was ) young
/ man and thy did NIT knOw = they
coeId 81 h,m 10 connc tothe agsncy.
I told them that they might lie him
or bring him = they could, but he
must come to tks- agency and tell me
whesher be wished 70 renain with
them o. 60 to his people. He wss 1t
length brought, drsssed like . war
rior. On seeing h.m my interpreter
remarked, aMr. Tatum, - = !
thorough Indian, yua wmtgst him. !"
But it appeared to Be clearly shown
that tho Indians were trying to play
off on me. ! asked him of Ms parents
and hume ssociations, and then told
him that II he wanted 70 90 to them
that l would send him there. And
Notwithstanding there were many In
dams in the ohicc be need mot fear
any Of them. He was in my house
and no Indian should hurt him IL he
said iha: he wanted TO leave them
aud go home; and il he wanted to re-
main with them he could do that and
no white man should hurt him. ! i'm
pressed the idea of not being sfraid
TO say what he wished 70, that no
one should harm him. He also de-
c,ded to go to his people in Texas
The Indians soon had him stripped Of
his ornaments and left. He then told
me that on his way to the sgency the
Indians informed him that II he said
that he wanted 10 leave them and 60
to bis people that they would kin him.
| believe that the Lord showed me
his situation, which enabled me to
act. discretely, otherwise have no
doubt he would have returned with
the Indians, aud | should have been
through procuring captives. The In
dams said that they did not know
what kind Of medicine j used TO make
the captivcs 80 willing toleavc them.
They did not complain that /, was
through the help of God that sue
cccde so we'll This young man told
of two more csptives who wished to
leave Indian life, aud they of others
until | got Ave more. Eighteen cap.
tiyes, in all, were rescued from the
Indians during the last eight months
thai ! was st the agency. During
the same time procured one hun
dred and sixty-four head of horses
and mules from this Qua-ha- -da band
Of Comanches, nearly al Of which they
had stolen from the military depart
ment at Ft. Sill and other places.
The Indians were alwavs ready for
flattery, but. no more willing to take
reproof than some other people. On
one occasion after they had been on
. raid, ! held council with them and
invited Col. Grierson to be present
l told them that they were very I'M
grateful to the white people, who
were supplying them with rations and
annuties,and without any proyocation
whatever, they were going TO Texas,
and robbing and killing some Of the
very persons who helped to pay for
their supplies. While ! was talking
some Of the Indians were putting car
tridges into their gums, some whct-
ting their butcher knives, and others
putting Arrows on their bcws. /
thought they were doing il 70 intim-
idate me and was not at ali ftig ghtsusd.
Ny interpreter, however, knowing
more Of the Iudians and their tzcach-
cry looked around and determined On
what window to 20 for when the time
came, ~ the doofs were crowded by
them, but be soon saw three Indians
in that window, 90 that retreat was
impracticble. After the council was
over one Of tho Indians put Nj hand
over my heart to see how IL wss pal
pitating, but he found it beating de-
liberately Is ever. ] then made
regulation that they should bring no
more arms into the house. Il WAS hu-
initiating 10 them TO be dsarned, but
] believe that II did them good.
The ratious were issued to the
Chiefs who divided them very fairly
and quietly among their people. The
Chiefs had from twenty-five to four
hundred people. On one occasion
the Kiowas killed . few morn cattle
1t the beef herd than they wesp en-
titled TO. The next time ] told the
Chiefs that | wanted them 20 70 with
their young men to The besf pen and
take no more than the foreman turn
ed out 70 them. On that occasion
they killed Fifty or sixty head. princi-
psliy calves, more than they were On
titled to, and also robbed the hesdcrs
of their ratioa,s, cooking utensils,
clothing, and pistol. II seemed
somewhat doubtful whether the In
dians or agent was running that in
sti,usion, and il wss important tohave
that point decided. ! determined to
keep back portion Of their coffee
and sugar at next issue, which the In
dians value above any other part Of
their rations. and to prevent their
going into the commissary and doing
their own issuing - they did at the
beef pen, / had company of soldiers
to come to the commissary on that
day.
When l told the Kiowas that |
was going tokeep back half of their
coffee and sugar on account Of their
At the beef pen, Lone
Wolf, ON behalf Of the tribe, said to
me that at is very imprude,.t for you
to get mad now. as we have got en-
tirely over our mad. We hsys left
all the bad young men at howe, and
have brought nobody but our women
and children. Give us ~ oar sations
and we will behave, but il you insist
on keeping . portion, you msy have
some Of the beef and some Of the
-four, we can do without il q we can
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