Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-10-02
THE GRANDINDIAN COUNCIL.

/ TILE GRANDINDIAN COUNCIL.
RED CLOUD AGENCY, VIA LARAMIE,
Sept. 26.-Some of the Sioux are break
ing camp this morning preparatory to
sun dance. In the opinion of many the
danger of an outbreak in the council
to-day was very great. After the COM
missioners reached the big cottonwoon
tree CD the riyet bottom, the Indians
began coming IN as on Tuesday, in line
of battle and singing, all being
ARMED WITH BREACH-LoADING GUNS.
The Brules came first, Spotted Tail
on horseback, all attired in their best,
painted and with feathers in their, hair
presented splendid sight. They rode
their best ponies. Their dress was
varied and rich in colors, and their
arms glistened brilliantly in the sun.
Soon after the Indians from Standing
Rock agency appeared. A part tied
their horses in the bushes and advanc-
ed on foot, squatting in circle before
the commissioners. Others remained
mounted and armed. The Minnecon-
jous and Uncpapas advanced in ranks,
and asked permission of the commits
sioners to remain on their ponies, the
first public intimation that some of the
Indians feared trouble. Little Big Man,
the dreaded chief Of the north, master
of band of wild Indians, arrived in a
state of perfect nudity, mounted on
nable gray charger, and followed by
his evil looking warriors, all armed
with rifles.
A QUARREL BETWEEN CHIEFS.
Last night Little Big Man had
! council with Spotted Tail and quarreled
with him. Ever since his coming here
with his two hundred lodges he has en-
deavored to create feeling hostile to
the treaty. He was thickly painted,
and his long black hair struggled into
his face. He is very muscular, but his
stature small After his arrival there
was uneasiness among all the Indians.
Sitting Bulls guard of fifty men of
Ogallallas, which has been stationed at
the council ground by order of "Y Dung
Man afraid-ot- his-horses," was on the
alert. The Ogallalla chiefs and war.
riors advancing in long black lines OF
horseman rising one after another over
the brow of the western hill, presented
an imposing array and seemed innumer-
able. Red Cloud was among them.
They Joined the circle, majority sit
ting on their horses, but "Young- Man
afraid of-his-horses and his father,
with several chiefs, sat on the ground.
The Cheyennes aud Arapahoes arrived
last. The scene was impressive. The
Indians formed dense mass, every one
excepta few Yanktons being armed;
their guns in the right hand, the but
residing on the thigh, ready for action.
MORE NAKED WARRIORS.
White Robe and Little Eagle were
entirely naked. The two companies OF
cavalry were formed in the rear of the
tepee, both facing and fanking the In
dams. The commissioners sat under
shelter too small to hold all the Indians.
| No less than 1000 were in the circle.
The Cheyennes and some young men OF
the resident bands have formed a
scheme for breaking up the council and
making trouble. Two hundred of them
were massed outside the circle The
gathering of bands consumed an hour:
When all were assembled, Spotted Tail
advanced and shook hands with one
commissioner. He was dressed in war
costume, with red and green blankets;
a richly colored jacket, with bead EN-
broidery and leggings striped with
gold.
MEETING TIE COMMISSIONERS.
A crier loudly announced the open.
ing of the council. After about one
hundred chiefs had shaken hands with
the commission, Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail advanced from the two sides OF the
circle, meeting and shaking hands
Red Cloud paused before he reached
the centre, and Spotted Tail, went "a
him. Then they sat down to council
Two Strike and Little Wound with
them. Sword, Oldham Afraid-of-his
Horses, and a majority of the principal
chiefs soon joined them, and private
pow-wow followed, lasting for hall
hour, the multitude looking on, and
quite movement going on all the time
Some young men Of the Cheyenaes and
Ogallalas had crossed the ford of tho
river and silently slipped in the bushes
at the rear Of the council. Some re-
NAMED mounted and others lay on the
ground. Young Man Afraid Of his
Horses watched this military movement
and saw trap. The troops were order.
ed to stand to horse.
THE WHITE MEN SURROUNDED.
All the white men were completely
surrounded. Little Big Man, with
about fifty of his warriors, was all this
time circling around the crowd, with
their guns in the right hand. The Off
GERS consulted with the commissioners,
and meanwhile "Young- man-afraid-of,
his-horses" gave orders to the head war
rior, who quietly took hundred Ogall-
alias and marshaled them in the rear OF
the troops, driving off the young bucks
who were hidden there. The Indian
soldiers then formed in lire and stood
on guard until the dispersion was &C
complished. The cavalry mad, in the
interval, moved back to gain room for
manGuvring.