The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-06-01
END OF THE SIOUX WAR.
| Ceremonies Attending the SurrrMder ot
Crazy Horse.

Ceremonies Attending the Surrsnder "t
Crazy Horse.
From the n. Y. SUM-
FORT LARAMIE, w. T., May a.
Gen. Crook WAS not present ut the SUR
render Of Crazy Horse, which occurred
at Red Cloud Agency on the 5th inst.
He was represented by Lieut.. w. Z.
Clark of the Second Cavalry, who has
had charge of the Indians there and ut
Spotted Tail Agency during the past
I've months. He has managed the
Sioux with the most consumnlate abil-
ity. Major Randall and Lieut.. Rourke
were also present to represent the Com
nanding General of the Department..
The official ceremony of the surrender
comprised meeting between Lieut..
Clark and the redoubtabIe chief him
self. Crazy Horse was escorted by
three hundred picked warriors, whose
gaudy trappings and soldlierly appear
ance recalled the splendid retinue OF the
old Barons Of feldal times. Fully two
hundred additional braves remained
mounted and obser want upon he neigh
boring bluffs. Immediately accom-
l.anying Crazy Horse were the chiefs
Little Wolf, He Bear, and Little Big
So ~ SpSStk. III
Others among his atlherents are permit
ted to familiarity address him or ap-
pr"ach his person, and in this respect
he is different from any Indian chief
haveever seen. He holds himself al loot
from the common herd, and though
greatly feared, is correspondiugly re-
spected. He is probably the ,blest OF
their chiefs, not excepting Spotted Tail.
Tall and about thirty-eight years of age
he is not unlike other fine-lookiny and
intelligent Sioux, though bearing him
self with greater dignity than any OF
them. His eyes are exceedingly rest
less and impress the beholder fully as
much as does his general demeanor. A
bullet wound through his left check OBJ
tanned, it is said, in Il personal fcud
which first gave him notoriety, disfig-
ures his face and gives to the mouth a
drawn and somewhat fierce Or brutal ex-
preston. "a.t ..
Crazy Horse advanced entirely alone
to meet Lieut.. Clark and after proceed
ing several rods, sat down upon the
ground and awaited the coming of that
young officer, who Immediately follow
ed his example. Crazy Horse then
arose, and moving slowly over the dis
tance which separated them, shook
hands but said nothing. Subsequently
a council was held, in which Red Cloud
was chief spokesman for Crazy Horse,
who continued to maintain his singu-
lar silence. The former stated for him
that neither Crazy Horsy nor his war
riors were defeated or cowed into sub
mission, but that he deemed it best as
Il matter of policy to surrender, and
that they acquiesed in this us they
would have in any decision he made
From 1000 to !, 800 bucks, sduaws,
and pahpoosscs surrendered, 500 of
which We're warriors. Twenty-Five
hundred ponies, in fine order, were
turned in, but only l47 arms were re-
ceiveti, most Of which were, however,
tirSt-rate sporting rifles or else Spring.
field carbineS, caliber 10, the. same as
now issued to the United States troops.
Beyond u doubt the rema in6ler of their
arms were choche3 in some secure re-
treat, where they can bc readily obtain
ed in An emergency.
Crazy Horse had not been to an
agency ON foot for twelve years, his
last visit to any settlement having
been made to this post. His proud
and almost cOntemptuOus behavior
chafcs the impatient CoL Mackenzie,
who ill brooks the peaceable surrender
of Custer'S brutal butchers. lie thinks
that Crazy Horse would he benefited by
a dose OF the Camp Robson guard house,
and the exercise GffOl ded By attending
upon the post water wagOn--and so
expressed himself. The Indian villa
ges, and particularly those OF the ARA
pahoes and Cheycnnes, that were in
the vicinity OF Crazy. Horses camp,
have marched further away through
positive fear Of that willy and moody
chief. The Cheyennes, indeed, have
borne the brunt OF the war, and We're
in perfectly destitute condition when
they arrived at the agency. They say
they have had enough fighting for the
resi- of their lives. .. ,..
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