The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-06
TINE INDIAN SITUATION.
Interviewing Gen. Crook and His Adiutant.

ASHOANSA 80 eIoA u
Crook at the Grand Pacific Hotel in
Chicago, last Friday night, and being
referred to his adjutant, Lieut.. Schuy-
Ter, had the following conversation with
him. Said the reporter:
when did you leave Red Cloud
Agency"
eve left Red Cloud OH the both OF
April. When we left, Gen. Crook had
received a message from Red Cloud,
had been sent to find Crazy Horse and
had then heard that Crazy Horse, who
his band were on their way to the
Agency to surrender. They had previ-
ously heard the same thing through the
| Cheyennes who had surrendered on the
2lst of April last, and some Sioux who
came struggling into the Agency said
that Crazy Horse was coming in to sur
render. Crazy Horse has been moving
very slow, and as Gen. Crook had not
heard direct from him, he wanted to
have the matter Of his surrender settled
in order that he might know what to
do, and whether he would have to de-
tail a force to go and meet him. In
order to decide these points he
SENT E CLOUD AS AN ENVOY
to meet Crazy Horse, with instructions
to ascertain whether he wanted to come
in and surrender under terms with
which he had been made acquainted,
OR whether he wanted to stay and fight
it out on the plains. Gen. Crook sent
word to the Indians that he didn't carr
much, but he simply wanted to know
what Crazy Horse intended to do.
That worthy was found coming in, but
very slowly, because his ponies were
extremely weak and poor"
GLOW many lodges has Crazy Horse
with him?"
"He has GAG lodges that have been
counted. Red Cloud reported that the
proportion of warriors vas very large
much larger than ordinarily. This is
accounted for by the fact that Crazy
Horses following consists of a great
many young bloods from the Agencies
who went out with him before the Custer
fight. They are the worst element that
we have to contend with, because, as
young men, they had not yet become
known, and they had to make their
reputation"
"How many persons do you estimate
are in Crazy Horses band?"
1--WE reckon that in this case there
will be about 1000 persons-men, wo-
men and children. Generally speaking,
from five to seven persons constitute a
lodge, being about the average of an
ordinary Indian family. In this case,
however, they are largely doubled up"
"HAvE YOU HEARD FROM SITTING
BULL ?n
1.-The Indians report Sitting Bull as
north of the Yellowstone"
"How many warriors has he with
him now, do you suppose?"
at is impossible to estimate how
many are with him-either the number
of warriors or of lodges. Some of the
Indians estimate that Sitting Bull has
about 200 lodges with him, while 9TH
ers, again, estimate as high as 500
lodges. After all the Indians are in
that have surrendered, there are yet
45O lodges to be accounted for, and it is
supposed that they are yet with Sitting
Bull"
"Do you think that Sitting Bulls
day of reckoning is anywhere nigh9"
"Gen. Miles will be after him as
soon as he can get his Yellowstone ex-
petition ready, and complete his pre-
parations.
"Is not Sitting Bull the toughest
character you have to deal WITH"
aHe is undoubtedly the worst of the
WHOLE NDIAN ELEMENT.
The Cheyennes have surrendered. They
were badly crippled last November by
Gen. Mackenzie, and hat had it's effect
upon them. They are the bravest
fighters, and they have suffered the
worst on account of that bravery, be-
cause they were always placed in the
'front.'"
"What is Sitting Bulls band COM
posed Off"
'Sitting Bull has all sorts Of Indians
with him, mostly Uncapapas or Dried
Beef Eaters, of which he is chief"
SIS he really their great leader and
planner and commander in campaigns?"
"There is a great misunderstanding
in regard to commanding or planning
campaigns among the Indians. Sitting
Bull is no doubt the leader before a
fight, and his word is law. He is the
authority from which all orders ema-
nate. They say he is very intelligent
and has a head shaped like a white
mans. An Indian fight, among Indi-
ans, commences with every man for
himself. There is no command, but
some one leads. 1t is generally a young
brave who wants to make a reputation.
The rest follow him; and that may ap-
pear as though they were fighting under
a commander when they are not"