New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-08
The Redskin Warriors.
A special correspondent of the Chicago
Tunes writes from Bismarck. Dakota:

Times writes from Bismarck, Dakota:
The atorious Rain-ju-the Face, accom-
panied by 230 lodges, it is reported, has ar
rived at St1uding Rock agency since tn,
rumOrcd change of management TO tn,
Dilitaiv. X ,iu-in.th6 FL 90 is the same " az
killed GENERA, Crster, and had war dance
over Tom Gust IRIS hesrG. He murder d
the trader OF S'1a'ey's expedition in 1873
and af' rwald exhibited bis sep at he
agency. A war. ant was lasued tor him
and an at. tmpt made 10 S,.r t, but 1t W.
rCsis by the Indians, who bid the mur
derer, snu threatened to fight il an attempt
was made to take him from the r. serva ON
Two oompanies of cavalry were sent q
Standing Rock to aid in the ar.rst, but Tom
Custer, who was commanding one of the
companies, made it personally going among
the threatening Indians, ticking the fellow
By the arm, and dragging him out. The
Indian was taken to Fort Lincoln, and
placed in the guardhouse, to await trial
in the United States court, but escaped. He
threatened Tom with war dance over his
heart, but was not heard Of except as beirg
with the hostiles till aiter the Cusr ,r mas
sacre. He is now in with hundreds of Others.
and no doubt will insist upon his dsposi.
tion to be good Indian. Early last week
the determination of the government in re-
iation to the Sioux agency was known. aud
Colonel Burke, agent at Standing Rock,
said to his chiefs: "You have elways esii
your young men were on the reservation,
and l have believed You, but the great
father has thought differently. Now, /
want to see your young men here on Satur-
day, and want them to stay here hereafter"
$50 runners were dispatched in every direc-
zion and the result was more Indians were
aound at the agency on Saturday than at
any time for months.
This system of Indian runners eeems to be
little understood. If important news is to
be carried an Indian gorges himself with
meat, takes short nap, mounts enc OF the
aeetest OF their ponies, and rushes along
like the wind until his horse requires feed,
when he mods few times While his horse
satisfies its hunger from the luxurious
neadows; when the ride is renewed the
runner needs nothing for his pony and takes
nothing for himself but his arrows end
blankets, and will in the manner indicated
ride two or three days and nights, passing
over from sixty to 100 mics in each
twenty -four hours. When the nearest
camp :. reached, his story is taken up by
Others Indians, and in like manner carried
IN every direction. The speed with which
the news travels depends upon its impOri-
auce, but in this wav the Indians often beat
the telegraph. aud their first re rte, if they
come direct, are usually to be relied upon
The runner " no brings great ne VS. is Toasted |
until the story begins to grow old that he |
lets loose his imagination and adds to the |
orig nal in order to keep up the interest in
him as the bearer of great news. There are |
always volunteers, and frequently two or |
three will start for the same point, but the |
one that gets in last is bound to tell the |
biggest etOry, if he has to deny the state |
men of bis rivals or cut his story ont of |
whole cloth in order to do so. Hence the |
conflicting reports.
From the mass of Indian rumors in rela.
ton to the Custer massacre, Gull the fol- |
lowing which am inclined to accept: The |
loss OF the Indians IN the Seventh Cavalry |
engagement was, killed in action, forty |
two; died of wounds Immediately following |
the action; wounded, several OF whom have |
since died, eighty-six. Custer stood but a |
few minutes before the fearful odds |
brought against him. The Seventh Cav
airy carbines were as inferior to the Indian |
long-range guns as Clusters command was
inferior to the Indians IN numbers, The
Indians were cool and knew the ground
we'll, while the soldiers, after being sur-
rounded, were demoralized and excited.
The Indians still insist that Sitting Bull is
dead, but was not killed in the action, and
bis BODY was certainly not found on tho
field. About 100 indians crossed the Mis-
souri, On Friday few miles south of Bu-
ford, believed to be hostile, en- route to the
agen cies by roundabout CO ursc.