The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
The Arrival Of ihe Notorious Tribe
of Nez Perces at Fort Leav-
enworth Yesterday.
Four Hundred and Thiry-one Souls
Men, Women and Children
Compose the Party.
twenty-five of the Men, Numbered
Among the Wounded, Hav-
ing Got the Worst of
it in the Little
Rocky" Fight.
The Reds Received with Military
Honors and Escorted to Their
Camp North Of the
Fort.

| over the wires TO. military hgadq uarters al
| Fort Leavenworth, to the effect that twelve
/ cars loaded with Nez Perces Indians lnc!u-
| ding Chief Joseph, were on their way, over
| the Chicago. Rock Island a Pacific road, and
! dc stined Tor Fort Leavenworth. Later a
message was received stating that the train
would arrive on Monday morning at one
| O'Clock. Yesterday morning came, and yet
no Indians; but i'm their stead message to
the effect that the train was delayed by an &C.
cidentai dliching of a freight tram, near Per-
rin, Mo. Having subs equenily learned that
ths tr in would arrive during the afternoon,
TINES reporter visited Fort Lsavenworth,
for the purpose OF seeing. aud, il possible,
conversing with Chief Joseph. who j. known
10 have CAUSED ~ much trouble TO Gen. How
ard, who chased him tnrough Montana, and
Ia To the hanIs of Gen. Miles, the last place
where he distinguished. hi IN self, by being de-
fe.lted, and captured after a hard fought bat
tie. On arriving at the Fort, the reporter
was, as il usual, most hospitality received by
the various officers about the gsrri-
son. He found There, the principal topic
OF conversation To b. the coming OF the reu
captINes. Durlng "A snort but pleasant inter
view with General Pope, II wts learned thai
tents 10 the number OF one hundred anu .ig ht,
mad been piIcaed the bottom grounds
.,b,,ut "a mile up the river fOIn the garrison,
Tor me US OF tue women and children OF the
o.tiId, and Ior
THE WOUNDED
numbering twenty-iiv,. ihe General did
not specify tiiS< <1,ugtn Of tIm- tle ciptIve>
would remain IN tn Camp y. epi,r' Il Tor them
Jut said .lr-rely, "I..e liidIaI,s wlIi remain
"a Il. 10 The present." also tat the ..ie p,.. s.
or .-,i IoI - %. the baud wouid Io.Iow ihr
Tram Wn.-n was exp-c Cd, aId that ail VI
.aIe band would bc pIovId, II ius ia the way o.
-oya Wno.r-onic lopi- The Ueiesr sraph up IA
Io. n NJ >',u.nt siId IL Ma IeaIn, u from
lim the u Gln Was expected at
.,:SJ uc,oCk. Near tai time company
EGI.I nam DcT 81 o.. I.I r. porter kt-
Toni iIlr -5tII Is~yn a. POM kuown a. IA
p.t magazine on L.ar afss nal grouud>
V..-rr loan Capt. IiashetI, o the ii, and
.tn t>-orI ii zen ma awaiting the nrrival oi
..t- B,-w acouIrt>- >eNersai anIOu .tuccs anu
oJ.Irr .ls,,ns were also GA thu gp,und 20 con
NrN the ohnficu HIio.isb.y To he 4 mp, |
JoE al ma lII, Ut tue -5i, n.aVtng command
Ga .as MIR, ..iiaIr .s@ 20 I rOHIInHnucT liI
I.Ie bseuce Oi Gea. JEFF {. DaVIs VINO Is nov |
In 1T. JAIon, y. NJ, atteniing IA court mar
tia,. quit. iarse number ri Iad.' - from the
G.rTl> and C-t.Z III !io.El down Tow IA were /
"n the siouUd 10 see tI.e new .srIlSIis. Al |
about i've o'clock the train came sieaIning
Ihrou. IA the ueep cut near the mag szIne and i
STOPPED al the proper place, with Two engines /
atiacned.
di;iIIs consisted vi Jwo companies ot I.e First
Infautfy. under cuIuinanG OF Captain Robert /
T. Johnson and Li,'ut. Hugh I. Rcd.
>up IInIendcnI Walker, of The road, who
hal personal charge OF tne train, at once goI /
of and reported Ia Major Randall, and after
G.. p am Haskell had ordered his party TO
Keep ine way ci.af, tine wOrK oi unloading
De IN. AHo4Ig the first who stepped from
the ears alter the proper reports Lad been
Iissue. was
CHIEF JOSEPH HIMSELF
who IoOke,,, attirrd, as nr was, every inch an
! dan Il" appeared 10 b about nve feet /
.lsEt inches IN height, limbs firmly knit,
face "A dark copper color, eyes Father wide
apart, a,Id sparkling with intelligence. HIS
sn.R.t. . rlIIln "a
appearance, and ms deep ell 81 'Ioken-'i, a.
'iId his general personnel Considerable
strength ANA activity.
HIS ATTIRE
was marked, and entirely different from the
"a bs worn by the remainder Of the cul,f> and /
braves of Tia. party. He wore a hat with
narrow rim and "a pointed crown, striped /
with bright green and black, alternately.
ly about ms shoulders \ DEighI blue silk
bU.ech -ciout enciTclei his hips ON the outside
of pair of grs,rn lfsgIng>- About his waist
was finely worket belt, from which WAS
SUSPENDED an Elegantly beaded pouch, which
would be a trophy W, II wort h place in any
col lection C.IuIcr .trIicIcs DII ms ltft
was hung in s not uIgracefuI manner am
els CANT gray woifS skin which Wa adorned at
tn. 1c,t and tail with eagles feathers.
His ft,-t were covered with moccisin> rich |
in ,ea.d work, and his bearing toward his
as the, left tn. tram, WAS naughty |
and commanding, and al the same time gov
,.rned by IA digniied silence.
Closely following him wrs "A brawny fellow, |
WHO ~e,med ~ DE his chief subOrdinat He
was baTe-I.aded, and was, like the rest of the
ms IA, enyeioped III "A bright hucd blanket,
ami rejoiced IN the name of ''CIiari,.y." An
attempt at "A convrl sai.on WAS made with
the two, but beyond the words, "Me talk hot
much Engiisii," nothing was gained IN that
direction.
French was tried, but without success.
The language spoken by the tribe stems To
known As Chinook nor mi Nture Ol French, |
Spanish, English and Pequot, which was
dopIed 10y tine Hudson Bay traders, years
ago, TO facilitate business transactions. |
AT the command OF Captain Johnson the |
Mr.. A. r.. Chapman, inior ned |
Ihirf Joseph that ne was Ia take his position |
Dn the green sva!d, ON the hill side, west OF
he tram and that his party should follow
him. He, without a word, wake! 10 tine |
place designated unarned and unshackled, |
,nd IN "A deep cultural tone called Ia one CT
his chiefs TO give the proper order in their
,wn tongue. The chief alluded TO, whose |
name is JOHN" obeyed, and as fast
~ the party, numbering $50, inciud-
ng women and papooses, were un-
osded the yranged the .nselves around their
;nief, Jos.ph, much in the same man
Ier II IL Presumed they had been oftri-
lines before, when the eloquent voice of the
warrior had uiged them to he tru. 10
heir uibe and fight Tor the memory OF their
athers. All Told, there Were one huDd-
I'D and thirty sarrio.s, twenty-five of whom
were wounded. The remainder ofihe parry
Vas composed Of women and children who
dressed much in The same manner OF all In |
hans WIN the exception THAI outside of tine |
PAINTED FACES
IF some of the men they made clean and
heat app, p,arancr. Quite number of the
-quaws sported bells ON their ankles and
Redd accompanied the party TO
a. look after the wound-d, and will possibly |
remain with them Tor the present At "A late |
hour i'm the evening the captiyes Were trans |
erred from the ars nal grounds To their camp,
v here they will far. much better than they |
I'D when fighting the whites ON the frontier.