Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-18
Red Cleud. Spotted Tail a 60.

| for Tie informal conference between Com
| missioner Smith, of the Indian Bureau and
| the Indian Sachems representing the Sioux
nation OF Indians. Long before the hour
| named the aUte-rpom opposite the Se,re-
t7fy o-iiCe was occupied by large number
| OF ladies waiting to see the famous chiefs
| He'd Cloud. Spotted Tail and Lone Horn. Ng5
rei resent nearly forty thousand souls Tn
| h1UT OF tea passed, and no Indians had ar
| rived. Finally al about II O'Clock "a me-
| sage was received from the fremont HpuS ,
LAY sing that they were UaayOiIaolv della 20
bCt would certainly come later in tEs IA 81.
- o elk arfiNSi' and stu no signs o. In Hans
iEtI bo>eLCT was nualiN accounted f1~ by
| a prominent oficia lOf the department yyb.
said he mad 10 on the best authority ina. Rel
| Cloud sent his calico shirt 10 the wash Last
nlsht ana hat not yet received il from tar
l1unGreSs. Tie ia igSt come from the Ire
mont house and Red Cloud was on the war
| rath with MS little tomahawk, looking for
me derellct waSherWOman. Another said
| Spotted Tail made n diversion last night i'm
| division az the city SOuth OF PennSylVanfa
avenue and came back so fun OF fira-water
mat ne slept In and ruined his new plug hat.
ana consequently was ashamed To make hj>
| appearance TINS morning. Another impa-
llent Individual exclaimed. "TGat's Just L Se
The Indians. When yo1 want them Won
can't get them. and when Won don't want
JEcn tEey are always sure L. put in an ap-
pearance much sooner than You wan, To Sc
Finally at about ten minutes paSt one
O'Clock ,. m, the Cheyenne river Indians
under Agent Bingham arrived aud were
Shown into the aute-TBprn, when they were
introduced i'm order OF rank. Lone Horn
hrSt, To the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
eacn chief laUSIng a moment as he shook
halfds 10 look the Commissioner Squarely m
lle eye. Lone Horn himself wore a blark
SLOUGH hat Ornamental with two peacock
feathers. besides the usual blue 6laakrr
aLu oGckShln legslnsS, bUt otherwise
was not decorated To any gresf extent
White Swan il evidently the Aboriginal
beau drummer OF the party. His blanket
was Ga%iy ofnamenfeI with beads. ribbons.
&c., and mis- head dress Of white feathers
tipped with black. which was The special al
mlrailOn Of the ladies' present. ira lei behind
him as he walked. Comm Missioner smith
soon appeared, when the interpreter. Mr..
Fielder, VINO has been with the sioux Tor
twenty-five years, having been capfur,.i
when child. and whose parents, a brother
ara TWO sisters Wee El!let by crow In
dams. introduced the several chiefs be
ginning with Lone Horn. At abOlt hr-
teen minutes past one Spotted Tail AMI his
wise Introduced IN the order OF rank
Spotted Tail Wore ms new silk hat and
when introduced said, How art you" i'm
pretty good English. Five minutes later
Red Cloud with the OgaiallaS arrived. Red
Cloud himself was very mOdeStly attireI
lie wore but little paint while the part in
ms halr had not been daUbed with the red
PANT. which most of the chiefs use. He Wore
an ordinary black hat Ornamenfed with a
single eagles feather and a blue BLANKET
without orramensatiOn. He was introduced
Little Wound, Bad Wound. American
Horse, COnquering Bear ami other chiefs
We're presented, each shaking hands with a
loud How"
REMARKS OF COMMISSIONERS SMITH.
commissioner Smith said Some OF You
have been i'm Washington before. but that
was before was here. and you are all strang-
erS 10 me, though / know something about
you am glad 10 see you. GLOW > by the
chiefs) / suppose You have simply come 10
snake hands, SO that we can look each other
N a fsaaa ON. a arv,.-.
Your Great Father viii not be able 10 see
you to-day, but perhaps he will do 50 to-
morrow. i have sent for another inter
prefer. VINO will toe here this evening Sp
that we viii make no mistake in what
we say 10 one another. ] want all the
interpreters 10 keep their ears open. aud
II they don Z understand say 80 on the spot.
c'How,'D Now. ! don't want YOU 10 fini
fault " it'll your agents. unless you have goo I
caTse, and believe you won't do 50; but il
you have anything 10 say / want you to
speak your whole mind. ] hope you Will en-
JOY your stay in Washington. and 20 back
feeling thar you have good friends here
Glow" Howl
RID CLOUD MAKES \ FEW REMARKS.
After a pause. Red Cloud rose. ana. ~
Vancing 10 Commissioner Smith and shak-
ing hands, said: when / speak / always
can on the Great Spirit 10 hear me, because
tell the truth. The white men tell me many
lies, and ] became so troubled ! wanted TO
come TO Washington and see the Great
Father himself, and talk with him. That is
his seat. y moment later he arose and said.
when spoke of white men telling me lies
/ did not mean the white men present"
Laughter, IN which some of the chiefs Joined
SPEECH OF SPOTTED TAIL.
Spotted Tail came up smiling" aud Shal-
ing hands said: Il am glad To see you and il
You can do anything 10 help me to-day
want you TO do il, and we will nelp each
other. i hav'nI got mnch to say TO day 1
nave brought my own Interpreters. and |
want YOU 20 hear what they have 10 say
GLOW "HOw'D l have one friend i'm
Washington. He treated me good when |
was mere before, and / want To 90 him
again." (The Interpreter explained that he
meant the Washingto house where ne
stopped on previous VISIT
Commissioner Smith said these intarpre-
tiers could come in whenever they likeI. As
foi Spotted Tails quarters. he had already
made arrangements which he could not very
well change.
White Swan said he had some business
with the Great Father which could not be
iraEsacIed in one vt Is must see him
nun Der OF times.
The Commissioner said he must rem an
Der that the Great Father mas The care OF 80
many people that he could give them but
little time. He would let them know when
the Great Father would see them. He then
introduced Governor Thayer. of Wyoming.
The Indians then visited the model room OF
the Patent Office.
N REPLY TO Cong FRESHMAN WHEELER
The New Orleans Republican raises an Issue