Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-12
CIRCULAR I
THE AGENCY.
Grow Council.

d Crow Council.
;, Especial Report to the CoURIER.]
: On the 3rd inst, delegation of Grow
e Chiefs, headed by Good Heart, met Gen
It Brisbin's command at the mouth of Still
J. water and desired TO- bold council. Oh
y the 4th at II o'clock Gen'l Brisbin reachc;
!. the Agency. the council converting al
J. O'Clock. the following Chiefs, represent
- ing fully 5000 Crows, Bannacks, ant
Nee Perces, were presents, Iron Bull
Z Head Chief Crow Nation; Bear Wolf, tn
K War Chief; Horse Guard. head chief Rive
: Crows; Blackfoot, Iwo Belly, Bell Rock
. Tin Belly. Good Heart. Crane in thu
|Sky, Red Side, Mountain Pocket, Little
l Soldier, Show HIS Face. Bull Nose
b Medicine Wolf, Big Neck and Poor Elk
A large number of warriors, women ani
children We're present, and the Chiefs were
decked out in all their feathers and finery
and came mounted on war ponies.
Gen'l Brisbin said: l am glad to see
you all, and will now open my ears to
what you have to say.
Good Heart: l want to ask what you
are going to do about the Sioux this sum.
mcr.
Gen'l Brisbin: We are now about to
re begin the Sioux war and expect to
prosecute it until the Sioux are whipped
Iron Bull: l am going to plant tobacco
in few days-persaps next week.
Perc Chein (the Interpreter): Il is q cere
mony. They plant weed resent bling
tobacco and then soon afterwards move
camp.
Iron Bull: Yes. the Yellowstone will
soon be raising aud its water he very yell
low. want to get over it before it is too
high. am going down tie Yellowstone
this summer, perhaps as far as Porcupine.
GEM B:isbin: How many camps will
the Grow Nation be divided into this year?
Iron Bull: The Mountain Crows Will
have but one camp. There is my war
chief, Bear Wolf; he will drive the csmp,
and if it wants to split up won't let it.
We Will I'll stick together. don't know
what my friends, the River Crows, are
going to do; but there is Horse Gaard.
and their other Chiefs are outside, aud can
tell you.
Horse Guard: lam with the other camp
The Mountain Crows and River Crows
will hu.t Together this summ"r. in
tend to make tbs 3'nnacks stay with u.s.
If We have one large camp we will be
safe, otherwise. not. The Bannacks come
here and disturb the buffalo, and II they
disturb the buff'lo they ought to help
Fl ght the Sioux"
A Bannack warrior, coming forward
before the council table. said-Look y,
me. am Bannack, and was with Gen.
Miles in tie fight up Tongue river. 1t
was who killed the chief Medicine Man
Of the Sioux l am ready to fight the
Sioux at any time-now, to-day, or a
month hence.
Horse Guard: There arc some of my
young men who are not with me, and want
you to send them word they must come
and camp With me. ! am very poor, aid
wish you would send me little ammu.
nition for my warriors.
B!ackfoot: God made US all-the VIII lite
man, the black man, and the red man.
We have different ways of making war.
Last winter you sent me word you wanted
% know where the Sioux camp was, and l
sent young men to find it. Then you
wanted to know If l would 60 with you
md attack 1t, and said, Yes. l waited
TX weeks, but you did not come. and Il
cit disappointed. |,
Gen. Brisbln: The Big Ohief, General
Sheridan said / should wait until spring +
Blackfoot: Then you were not afraid
# the Sioux?
Gen. Brisbin: No. not exactly, but l :
loubt If We both would have been strong +
'nough to handle all the Sioux. e
Blackfoot: How many soldiers could
'Ou have tsken?
Gen. Brisbin: About $50. how manv 4
warriors had you?
BlackfOot: Five or six hundred.
Gen. Brisbin: And there were 1000
ioux on Rotten Grass, So l guess it was
) we'll We stopped at home. Laughter
nd Ugh Ugh from the Chiefs. i
nderstand Gen. Miles sent here for sew.
nty-1vc Crows for scouts and you did .
OF send them to him. Why was thati
Iron Bull: We sent young men to
lilies last fall, they killed some Sioux and n
lilies threatened to shoot them for it st
Ley ran away and came home.
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