, 1877-12-16
GEN. SHERIDAN


Gen. Sheridan returned from Washington Fri
day night, and was waited upon yesterday morning
by the delegation of Northern Cheyenne Chiefs,
consisting Of Two-Aloons, littlc-Cnief, Crazy
Mule, High Backbone, Old Wolf and Black
Wolf, under the charge Ut the Government Inter-
prefer. Ben Clarke, one OF Gen. Niles scouts
The conference WIS held at high noun, and the ap-
pearance Of these real lire Indians, done up in all
the 4u-y Of freshly -daubed war paint, served to
attract crowd Of Board OF Trade people. casual
paesers- by, and any number of street ga1nins to
whom the sight Of So much greAtrlrs5 pccu urly
e1hlsratn.. The voice Of the aforesaid street.
Arabs heard III the land the untutorcd chill
dren OF the forest made their way up into the Union
Building and thence into army headquarters. and
ii is not too much to say TINT so1ne Of the remarks
were what lhe@e wuFus of the nation wond have
termed entirely irrelevant If not 1mpertncnt, bad
they been blessed with the ability to understand
them. But us they were not 80 blessed, they
passed aud took nutice.
1nulans WAS to know with inore certainty what was
10 be done with then by the Great Father. The
ch:c:s above nameu: with me bands they reprc-
sent. ,a*=rcEatins :'o1 Warriors. surrendered to
Gen. Miles nearly year ago, They took par. in
tue Custer campai.n, but since their
surrender ,ss. they iayc been Cooperating
OIL the Tuncue River. Somc time ago It became
evident that II was costing too much tn keep them
there. wfere provisions were scarce, and Gen.
Sheridan ordered that they 60 to Lincoln. where
they might ren.uu until the 1st Of next May, II
tEty chose. proceed 1t once 10 the RESERVATIONS
III the Indian Territory. The 1ndians with their
natural desire talk. increased by desire to taxe
u look at the h:gnest cvdeacrs Of civilization,
which were, Of course, to be found III Chicago
persuaded Hcn. Miles let them come to 1h1s city
when they could the place. hold pt,w-w
with Gen. Sheridan. and decide just which alter
native they would accept 20 to Lincoln the In
dlau Territory. At the conference yesterday Gen,
Sheridan expressly stipulated that there was 10 b.
big talk, us the only thing to do was for then,
to decide Of two things. The stipulation
hal the effect OF repre5sIny almost every one OF
the visitors except Two Moons who was animated
with tile natural desire 10 tell the General ali thu
ya!oEous tceCs that he and his proyeni1ors hud ever
acconlpll shed. lie was not suffered, however tn
proceed with his self-eulo1istic remarks In anr
Ircat extent. The result OF the conference wl,rt,
la=tet perhaps half hour, was that 1he intlinns
expressed themselves u willing to 70 to Lincoln nr
the Indian Territory, but If tucy had any prefer-
encc 1T all, it would be to 90 to Lincoln remnin
there uulil May !. aud then march on down IN tho
Reservations As this was the Geuvra,'s nrofa,
tncc 1t Of course did not take long ia roma
to u conclusion. Their ultimate r..
moval 10 tue Territory is oniv
another step in the Governments policy Of SATIN,
the Indians away from the c1ctIu. scenes If ,c;s
Youth ana manhood, including seyerul patte frlIs
"here ihe} have shown tle1f prowess and Of 4e.
thug theni wncre they will lie under ti,c hrni",
anu ~. c''l'lxing Influences Ut the Indian Eutcau.
lhe parry Will return to bismarck in Iar or So
Where tAcS viii join their bands and take uu the
ine OF march to Lincoln, to remain there unf,l
NAY l. ana then remove TO the reservations