Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-09-30
Indian Diplomacy.

RED CLOUD AGENCY, Neb., Sept. 70, via
Fort Laramie, ". T., Sept. 27--On Tues.
day, Red Cloud, chief Of the Ogalallas
failed to meet the commissioners and the
council adjourned. Yesterday, Spotted
Tail, chief Of the Brules, did not come to
the council. To-day, at two O'Clock, as
the council was about to bc adjourned,
Red Cloud and other chiefs appeared, and
the Indians went into private council
among themselves.
HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS.
Mounted Indians to the number Of five
thousand made semi-circle outside Of
the two companies of cavalry and the
commissioners. Little Man and dozen
savages-wiid northern Indians kept
riding around the outside OF the circle,
and finally these bad Indians were found
outside the circle, back OF the troops, each
behind Il soldier, with guns loaded and
cooked. The commissioners called tie
attention Of the friendly Indians to the
fact, and the latter turned the wild
Indians away and substituted friendly
Indians on horseback in rear of the troops
and private guard Of Indians and SOLD
iers was detailed to follow Little Man.
They found him very restless. 1t was
Little Man who sometime since threat
cned to kill commissioner. There will
be no council by the commissioners to-
morrow, as The Indians want to hold a
council amongst themselves. Major
Burke and the Indians of Shading Rock
agency leave in disgust tomorrow, but
the Indians have delegated Major Burke,
who is their agent, to sign 4 treaty for
them.
RE1NTORCEME>TS EXPECTED.
A large acquisition Of troops is looked
tor. A single shot fired to-day would
have resulted in indiscriminatc slaughter.
All the cavalrymcn were standing at the
hcads33 of their horses, but could have rem
dcrcd no assistance. as The Indians were
mounted and surrounded them. Tile
commissioners hopes Of making a treaty
arc not encouraging The commissioners
desire the publication Of the following:
Senator Allison, by order Of the commits
sioncrs, has written letter to Commits
sioner Smith, giving him official notice
of the number of Indians here for the
grand council, and stating that Agent
Saviilc, on rcqui>i,ion from other ascnts,is
issuing regular ratioEs to them" This
contIadicts an error in the Associated
Press dispatches stating that the commits
sion had ordered 5000 head Of cattle adj
ditional to those procured for extra IA
tons to the Indians. No extra RI lions of
any kind have been ordered by the COM
missioner for any Of the Indians. The
whole number is not exceeding eighteen
thousand, and all are subsistinS entirely
on the regular issue.
New YORK, Sept .29.-Special dispatch
cs from Red Cloud agency, the 241h, via
Fort Laramie the 26th, report that the
council closed on Thursday without re-
suits and with every Indication of failure.
The feeling among the wild Indians of
the north is openly hostile, and an attack
on tho commissioners by young men Of
the Cheyenncs, Arapahocs and Ogallalias
was only prevented by the GOODNESS and
promptness Of Young Man -Afraid-ofhis-
Horses and Sitting Bull, whose warriors
drew away the vicious Indians and after
wards formed III battle array about the
commissioners and lhci: cavalry guard to
prevent conflict