The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-15


Indians at Red Cloud from October
of last year until the letting of the
Indian'cpntracts on the 9th of April
last, IA remarkable, to say the least.
But then he Is a remarkable man, a
professor OF Yale College, a bone
hunter, and an alleged philosopher.
We are curious to know why the
Professor did not unburthen his soul
of the raScalities and wrongs he wit
messed being practiced on the Indians,
directly upon his return to the States
from his trip of shrewd observations
at Red Cloud. Why did he sleep on
ii so long? A session of Congress
has met and passed since, but we do
not recollect Of hearing that he went
before the appropriation committee at
Washington, or the Indian commit
tee, or the Indian Department Of the
government, to lay bare the outrages
practiced upon the poor red man.
But so soon as Baldwin & Dodge,
Of Council Bluffs, Pratt & Ferris. of
Fort Randall, Bosler, Of Sioux City,
and Wilder, of Denver-the reputed
backbone of the Indian ring-were
ready to spring their plans and pool
the supplies.and t"ransportion for Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies, he
leaves his scholars and books and
fossils at old Yale, and be is away TO
New York. April 9th was the day
for opening the bids for transporta-
tIon and supplies in that city. The
reputed back bone of the Indian ring
was not certain that the bids would
be awarded to its members. One D.
]. McCann from Cheyenne had put
in bids, and for some reason or other
1t was feared that he might be the
lowest responsible bidder. That
evening it was arranged in some
manner, that Prof. Marsh should I'M
bosom himself before the commission.
He did so. He related his cock-and-
bull story about supplies and their
distribution at Red Cloud in such a
pathetic and elegant manner that the
enormities he saw and described
made the flesh crawl upon the bones
of the members Of the reputed back
bone of the Indian ring. They had
never heard anything 10 thrilling or
so chilling. The Professor demanded
that the -four should be inspected ut
Cheyenne by an army officer-Gn
army officer. He was respectfully
informed by one of the commission
that the -four sent to the agencies
last season Uds inspected at Cheyenne
ny an army officer, Captain Long, of
the ComInissary Department. This
was an unexpected blow, but he soon
rallied and g~ratuitously asserted that
the -four must have been changed at
Cheyenne or before it reached the
agencies. We are a bad lot here in
Cheyenne-very bad $50 thought
the commission, and all because hat
Yale College Professor said so. By a
vote of five to four the commission
ruled out transportation via Chey-
enne, ruled put McCann's bids, which
were the lowest, and the reputed
backbone of the Indian ring was
happy; and Prof. Marsh was voted
to be an extraordinary and huge fOs-
sill, and the most remarkable bone
hunter of the age, and a wonderfully
observant fellow at Indian agencies.
The back bone of the Indian ring
and the bone hunter carried the day.
Sidney was the point that Indian
transportation was to be shipped
from. There would be no changing
of xxx superine -four then, for
shorts, bran and saw-dust! No!
Nothing of the kind. Baldwin &
Dodge would furnish the incest brand
of hCur-they always did that--as
persons here can testify, Pratt &
Ferris would do the freighting, and
if the Indian supplies were not quito
ready, they could ship several thou
sand pounds of that rotten, sinking
bacon down from Fort Randall, and
make a starter on that for the poor,
hungry Indians, and when the sup
plies arrived pay Themselves back for
their kindness. Wilder was to figure
in the "divy" in some way, 1t was
a nice thing,
But there was a sequel. wyoming's
Delegate heard of Prof.>Marsh's say
ings anu "oings before the commits
sion, and of the result of the commi,