Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-03
The Indian Ambassadors.

their les. l0terr;cE With Ctc.GLa!! |"uf'L ' &C
;srIay. Rei Cloud spoke Is follows - ny |
lsar father, am goiuE 10 speak to yen tti' rs.
Tie i1:ss; Sp.i, aco7e this coIo;Ty says poT'
lion o: the country b=louE: t. ne. That Is tie
reasoa | an here to day. Tae people aiou0d my
couotrr come TO visit ne the same as We come
20 visit you t.4Gsr. They come 10 Vs>ti lie ex-
pec;iog to receive prr.eots. aDi 10 eve them
al the Irss:uts 10 oo7 power. Hrta: ta!AeT,
have spoken 10 yJu b,ilr: u III: p3lr c1Gd!'
,ivn 10 which W. came Lcre. Uaf r:0re are
wonen SOD chlIdreo. aod ara al! p2or As y9u
see Us 70 day. The reason speak Tbs Woy Is
Ms people a!e opposed 10 gGiuE - tie Missouri!
r.rsr. acI say il eeGo thzr@ 81! -;ork WIZ IL.
! i. 10! Ia ~ sou tbs way because co
want to obey your orders. | want 10 obey you
aud 50 do my people. aud am tal4iag Ter them
as getta, for myself. { am speaking 10 y9u
easy ADD quietly, great father. | know wbsn
20 back al! my young men and people VII! l@ri
very badly because Tie have got - 20 10 thc
Missouri river. All the North=ru ltdlaos that
have been brought int0 tie res5E7alors haze
been brought in by Spotted Isl! and myself.
That is all have to say.
Spotted Tail spike a. io!loE: My Grea:
Father, shake haud. with ytu t0r earnest ADD
good, AID it makfs ny heart glad. Nten
spoke to ms G05i Father, II Vas good % t5ib
.ll5s. The decision be his made |: you!s. II
il your deci-Ioo and not 0us. gu AK Ene aod
ny people 10 90 near to the ,l!ssourI river. c
caono: 20 pca- the Missouri river this wint*T.
OF Ms delasston here, altogether, &c have j.,
cidsd that We eauao. 20 to the Missouri RIVER.
If should tell my people lad been ordered
to 90 there ADD had sanctoaed the order, ties
would scatter all over the county. This d:!e-
CATION hare with ne have tod you our opinion,
and have decided what to Do, bu: IL seams M
plans are 10. entertained. We baTe picked
gu, good plaza, and sTe wiling TO 90 10 il lo
the srriup, but We cauu0t move this TEL. We
would like to Be at peace aud keep reaco With
the whites but it is Impossible Tor Us 70 mC7t
away this tall We came hare to-day 10 CO
business for ouyscIVe: AID cur people, aoi Tor
no other purpose. We came here for the par.
pose of picking out place for r=5erva,loo, 81
tba. We may have our people and cur chldran
instructed You told ne 10 pick On, place
for u1y reservation, aud have d5aa y. 9ur
people lry to increase their property. All that
i what I want 10 10. Ny Grea, Father has
plenty OF money, aud can help u. We Ha1t
cur agency at Wouodad kaec Creek. Cur
words 10 ne are very good bns "a Do DOT wan:
10 m11e to Missouri riGcI aud mo7e back again
in the zprog Where we are q: PRESENT We ara
ali prepared or The Hinter White Zen noger
. throw away thi. labor What White men have
they love, aud il is the same with u; We doo /
want to throw our labor= away. /: y5u want Us
, to throw that property away you should pay Ii:
for IT, If yCu ray u Tor X probably w ca1
move away, otherwise re ca6uot. asked
these men that | have hare With ms t. g back
Oh horseback from where they have he railroad,
aud they fee! happy AMI glad 10 d. 50.
Alter the departure Of The S!0lI the ArT'
pahoe chict: spoke.
Black ulou1 said --''ii' b9o 20 back ! Il
goioe 10 It'll my people that was treated good
and | van! the Great Father 10 give us s1mo
arms to shoot game. | want u. Irwin to 80
10 the Shoshone Agency to max: pace between
the Shoshonss aud my people, and THAI they.
have their reservation Gear ours 10 tie sIIld2.
: Snarpnose followed. aud said Tine Pre:t.
dent sept for me aud | have c,ua, ard since |
have been here have been treated kindiy aud
cot been disturbed BY foolish people. | w1ut
! to travel With the white peop!e. The indians
are very poor and want all here 10 authority
to take pity On me, aud do all they can for "a.
| want my children to grow up al! X IL The
right road. My head AMI hart kno1 thus Is
good. My tongue only speaks strashtly
. way III. said When be came Dcar 10 bis dfcat
Father hi: hart was Cad. II: swallowed ~"
word: given to him and treasured them VI IN
bis heart. lie has explained al tbs 10 ten.
Crook, vic ma erstooI AL his van, anl n"eez
sites. When Gen. Crook wanted h!m - 90
:, with the whites he did %. aoi west. lie lJuGd
: some Indians were Graz: aul had small ears bu:
We made their cars larger. aud they were
able to listen il that EAy. tie reviewed the
. rtu1cst Of yesterday regarding the supply 81
wagons, seeds, Dowog machines, ETC.. Tor u.e
il the spring, and said he would a. Ike to
have Two small wagon, painted black, ior the
= use Of Back Coal and himself. lie Ws1!e" to
? live as the white people I've, aGd hay What the
white p=opc have. First Of all l." wanted
school houses, Is his children luust learn 70
read anl write lie c)nculed by saying Dyh't
1 forget 10 send the Catholic priest.
! Secretary Scfurz in reply repeated the ssa:e'
rncnt made tysthe President that their supplies
we're now on the Missouri river ana could not
be moved to any ether point; they had been
carried there in compliance with treaty onllga
, tons, aud it was now requisite that I'll" lodlans
: should 20 thiiher, 50 that they might DC led.
The Indians leave to day Tor home Via New
York They have been supplied with over
coats, trucks and some money to buy presents
for their wives aud children.
The QUICKSEss OF THoUGHT.-It Is q fsmlll ar
idea tina. thare are quick. wttcd people and
sow-wiltad people, but it is rather Startling
addition TO the notion that the pace OF mind
may be measured by inckc; and clock AND
that if va could establish mcn!s! EPSON or
, Goodwood we should ind certain lumber, ard
no moro, of men and women wiz could pretend
to "enter" for the cup. Mr.. Francis Cation r
, r. S, in lis address &, President Of tte Anthro'
biological Department Of the British As5oe la.
ton, this year, treated Ct th; matte: with ms
usual originality, as a branch Of the study 20!
tho,. groups Of men who sic sufs GENTLY similar
in their mental characters to adm! CT classical
ton
What singular fact in Illustration is tho
following, to which he call: s.santlon There
e1 ists-wcll recognized by astronomors-a
phenomenon called ''pers onal equation" In
making tho common observation Of the exact
moment when star travels across the tine
vertical wire interesting tbs field Of view OF \
telescope, some observers always antlcipste
the event. and others allow i to pass before