, 1875-07-13
Preliminary Conference with the Chiefs
Of tho Bands in tho Vicinity.
4 Council 10 lie Held rs Soon rs Pos.
sibfo nilh All the 1ndfans 1na
tercstel In lhG l}fack
Hills.
The Hoofa Indians on the War~Path in
Northern Californi-

mitsonerB arrived hero yesterday noon from
Fort Laramie, which shey left on ThureIav, &C.
onlrAnied by All escort Of fourteen cavalry men,
under eo1lu,aud Of Lieut.. 0'brlen-and your
corrcapcnlont. This Ia III tho Wllitc-lsiyer
rney.
THE HoME OF THE etoEx,
and 1000 Or s0;0 are ca1nped near the AKoucy,
at the mouth of tho .canons, and along tho bank
Of tho river. They arc grouped few lodges IN
place, aud form littlo villages. cach undor the
control Of q hend-nxn few, OF whom aspire to
be Chiefs. Our coarll aud escort wero objects OF
great curiosity to them and, after NO had
1asaed camp, VIZ could sen TINT, iD HeVcEal liz
Rtancos, q horso uas quickly nnddied, AMI an
It.dian started on gallon to the Agency. They
had honrd Of tho coming ot tho Commissioners,
and wcro aftcr ncws Of tho expected Council.
During tho afternoon, . number of tho loading
Indians called 10 pay their rsepocts to tho COM
missiouers, and oppressed their pleasure at
meotiug tho visa mon tho Great Father had
sent them. Ono of the Clliots, lied Dog, aftor
saking ha,uls With all tho wl,ite mon, retired to
tho farther sile Of tho room. looked NJ ns al ta-
lberascly, and said:
"lou ARE ALL HoYs ExcErT H1M,"
rointing to the Hun. A. A. Comingo, Of 1ndo.
uculonco, Mo. Afier come further talk. ho
uthcd Mr. Cnlningo il he remembered tho tlmo
when the stars fell, aud appeared much gratitisd
to learn that ho did. Hc roferIed to the ms
taor,a shower in 1883, and It ie common for
these Indlnn4 to count time from that date.
All tho Sioux visitors woso treated to cigars
and requested to return this afternoon with
REPRESENTATIVES. from oil their bands. They as-
s:uEeA to this arrangement with evident
pleasure; md, having filed tho room with smoke
~ that all WAS blue, they shoots ns ait by tho
hand again. told each OF I'LL "IInwl" aud do
parted With great dohbaration.
At1 =. Ill. to-day,
4 CONFERENCE,
preliminary to the Graul GuHncll which ia to nc
Eoilate tllo cces1on Of tho Elack Hills. was held.
The Government was represented by the lav. 8.
u. IimMan, Chairman ol the Commission tho
Hon, \. A. Culningo; tue Hon. William II. Ath-
by, uf DeatItcu; mud a1r. j. H. Collins, OF Qmats
SECRETARY. Tho sioux were represented by lied
Cloud, Ted Dog. Young. Man.Afraa-of.ll;s-
Iron. Tnrkey-I.eg, Foot, Sword, Mg Head, WLiso
,Nsbbss n,ave Hea1, Black Horse. fa~nes-killer,
al,C Tall Lance.
Tho luilans we're frat asked who they wished
TO interpret Tor tEum. nud tllny answered. Louis
l:osulu. THOR request "us Erslted. Thus wuH
4 GOOD ru.sr uA1NEp;
tlloir unpleasant fcoiing on tlelr Journey to
Washington wns OIL tho ground that tletr wishes
in this respect were dlHfegnEaed. pr saEiElo
rayn thas no waB limited to one interpreter, aud
tiIst, for his own ptotection ho had to inuiBt
tp,al employing hs own, though ho would
hayo bccn wiling to have taken othars nlso, II
pSi;'a They xero 8 Gas,'' sen informed tuas tic
Council viii tho Indans ropresented
at this Agency aud o. Spotted Tal
Il this the Chiefs said :. ..liovi-ho Thay
were then asked whero tho Council should bo
Aeld,-lsorc, OF Spotlud Tail or Ut some point
between tho two Agencies. Red Cloud sa1u =
reply. lIo said that this vas tie principal
Agency: it is NJ 1Arxo that tue others aro not
Agoncies at all. Ut coarao tho Council should
be hold lIsre. GPuttel Tail would como horc
lud Cloud sald TINT Spotted Tail told him lu
Washington Tint he would come here II they
would Benl fur him.
III anawer TO tile question, how much time
would 10 required TO bring tho paftles 10 the
Council together, they auswafed,
aud that wnB agreed to. ThcJ ncro then dis
,,.rned but 1!sd Dog, q b,g, square-taced H.
dim. With . hHtchet on hih lott arm. plantod
h,nBglt ia tho middle Of tho room aud sal:
~ have been North, have boeD sonth, to tho
East, to tho Woat; ! have Travelled All over tho
Wurlu, OF ucarly 10. l lanyo sonno in my hoh1.
Wllon ii1od this Agency here, planted It to
Htay. / did not do 1t in secret; my people saw
mo. do not think 40 viii ever 20 away"
Tho Commissioners expect to hold a Grand
Council wilh Ill tho Indians Interested in tho
BLACK Hills ~ noou ~ thos can be brought to-
Hsthe1. Y in probable that tho place VIII be
tho lst Of September. Ii nil bs difficult to gct
tho lnlisns to a9sac Oh pAco. for ths ttloea arc
icasu:ls Of zach uthcs, aia Chic{s will bo slow to
Aasvtst TO auy act which will seem to dot1aoEfron
the Importance Of themselves Or thoir people.
The Commissioners desire to hasten tie pro-
f duo fsegarI to NS tha '' success @ 'i oi "isa ths
uegos.MMaS. II is important " bring in tho
Wild ludans fto,n the North, ~ they IRE iuter-
es.ed III tho Hills country. Daek Tw.n is
campcd On Tongue liver, l.car tho YELLOWSTONE,
with from 35ou to o,0o0 biou1 aud .hese aro
others u that section. MeaAsres will be tkkau
"a bring them all In TO tho Grand Cou,lcil, M
tAlue1
DR.. sAyiLLg,
VIM " hers, directs my attention to tho follow
xi,, G, Tnua sa ap.nars " N te Washington specasn
your tesoo u tAs I'D ult.;
,xi srasSa s,sssa ss u. tcal Of 1udan Agent
ss 1 eaauI' T. %n1eh -. - nstsl hstxssa h!aua
fraudulent rractc.s ad lttep ,t5 a ni ~ nn
rs ,a ss tns NV as ss y t
Hu snyB that ho teulessd lbs ,>sianaunn ~,
account of scandalu'ls reports that .aro IN s,u J
~ iuiuro Ills lnhQence with tho Indiana, It th1o
Hame tine demanding full investigation L. i'm
Official acta. lie came FROM Washington by wss
Of sioux City. .'..-1
Tho Colnm4siouors vii! 60 to Spotted Tai,
Agency to-murrow, and oxprct 10 leave for tina
lstaek Hills next day. We arn to lleyo All escore
from Camn liobinaon, And "tll probably 10 four
days in leach!us Col. DodHc's can4p On French
Eltok. LIB.
OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
sAs FkAHClsco. July ia private latter 70.
eelve1 here to-day reports the outGroak Of los~
tili1ics Oh the pAst Of tho iToopa 1ldinua. Oh tie
klamath River. Yhsy shot Aud killed ltayluoai,
carponter of tho Florence mine, surrounded tie
luino, md forced the u,cn to quit work. Wosd
was Hont to tnnp laktun, and detachment u
soldiers sent IL tho mile. Tie 1udiaua say th
lnsaeIs, must foaye Tho situation IL csatlca!
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