The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20
THE TABLES TURNED
A Genuine Surprise Party at CAM
Joseph Last Sunday.
Mr.. Frank D. Carpenter, whs was
Once Prisoner in the Nsz
Pecces Camp, Visits his
Former Csptor, Chief
Joseph,
A Hunting Knife That was "Givsn"
to Charley, Found sad
Recovered.


neCOvere0s
Many of our readers will remember that on
the 2ith OF August, ls77, party consisting of
Messrs. Frank u. Carpenter A; Oldham, Geo.
Cowan and Miss Ida Carpenter, OF Helena,
Montana, Mr.. A J. Arnold, of Biackfoot, and
Chas- Mann, of Rad-rsburg, who left Helena
Geyser Springs, were attacked by a band Of
the Nez Perses, capture,, some OF them kill
ed and Others wounded and left for dead.
The Helena party, after many hardships es-
capped death by the merest accident as a
council had been he d on the day OF their
the captives was fu ly discussed. The scale
was turned in their favor and they were told
TO 90. They started, and Joseph's camp was
broken up about the same time, the older men
going away. The younger warriors, howev-
er, Jagged behind, and when their chief was
out al sight, the prisoners, who Thought
| with insults that drove them almost TO des-
peration They would be started in one d.
rection and then be driven back. then turned
and driven back again at the will of
those who were enjoying the sport. Finally,
| forbearance ceased 10 be n virtue and Mr.
Carpenter, who, with his two sisters and Mr..
| suit WIS several shots, and Mr.. Cowan and
Others were badly wounded, and Car
The tolls. This occurred on Friday: On the
| following day a second council was held, and
| again the prisoners were told TO go.
his two sisters fell in with Gen Harvard and
| were saved. Mr.. Cowan, after having been
| shot three times, once through the thigh,
picked up six days after the fight, by Mr.. A.
| /. Chapman, the interpreter, who is now
here, anu was taken to zen. Howard's camp,
after which he eventually got well.
THE PRESENT. |
On last Sunday morning when the Chicago,
Rock I>Jand and Pacific train arrived at the |
Union depot there was no unusual hustle, |
| but a close observer might have noticed a |
young man about thirty years of age, who |
on stepping from the cars cast a searching |
look abort the depot as though he expected |
10 mud some one he had known In the past. /
He made no display but "looked business" !" |
Finding that he was in populous city, he |
sought hotel, and afterward made himself |
known TO q gentleman in the city as
FRANK d. CARPENTER.
He stated that he having heard that Chief |
Joseph was a prisoner at Fl. LeavenwOrth
had come considerably out OF his way to pay
bis respects to him as he was an old friend.
He then quietly rode TO the camp where
the Indian prisoners are confined and with
out ceremony
INTRoDcED HIMSELF
to the warriors:who had seen him :at one time
together withhis sisters, a pqwerless prisoner.
RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
and confronted Joseph and his men the sur
prise could not have been greater. The In
1
they were powerless to conceal their aston |
ishiuent. One after another was recognized
ana spoken 10, and while the face of the Wis
itor may have expressed nothing, his feelings
as he remembered. the time when he was the
life and death were the only prisoner .and
questions, may be imagined better than de-
scribed.
A TROPHY RECOVERED.
While in Chief Josephs tent he after rec
ognizing Charley" as one to whom he had
been ''pursuaded" to give a hunting knife.
-ka..v. hxr L.,
possessed the weapon. Charley said yes, and,
after some little trouble, found il among a
heap OF stuff he had about him. Mr.. Carpen.
ter's eyes blazed when he saw 1t and taking
II il his hands said '.Charley, guess III
just keep this" "Oh, no." said Charley, 81
like IL much" |,
Never mind, think / want il and you can
give il to me MS well as not, and, furthermore,
l would nike 10 have the sea bbard; can you
md that" Charley found 1t and gave II TO
him.
After some further talk he LEFT the camp
and returned to the city
YESTERDAYS VISIT.
Yesterday afternoon he again visited the
camp and was accomp anied 10y a representa-
tive of The TIMES.
AT THE CAMP.
On arriving at the camp, the Indians were
found To be enjoying themselves in their 4
usual ways, some shooting at a mark with
bows and arrows, some gambling in Indian ,
fashion and all looked after by Lieut.. W. G. !
Manning and his guard of Soldiers. The :
tent occupied by Mr.. A. /. Chapman was tine :
first and most important place visited, for ,
cine Man and other men OF the t.ibe and Mr.. u
Carpenter Was heard.
INTHET TENT.
After the party had been in the tent a few
ing hands all around, sqatied down on a pile !
of skins and leisurely filed pipe with KIM
kinnick, and after putting 4 few times passed .
it around Indian fashion. Every one in the d
tent except Mr.. Carpenter took a few whifis
and when the pipe was empty, Charley went =,
out. He had been gone but a few minutes
when r
came in, and the pipe was again set in mo-
ton and emptied. Several other Indians of (
Joseph walked out. Among the new arrivals
was one who was present at the. councils
where the fate of Mr.. Carpenter's.party was
deliberated upon near the Yellowstone. He
is known as
wEP.TAs-wI HEY-ECHr
He was accompanied by Yellow Wolf
"Ciark," an Old man who dates his birth
prior To the Lewis and Clarke expedition in
iso3 ,El- pa to- klutt, or the-man-w ho-smokes
in-the- he-middle-oi-the-day, and one or two
other old .Councilmen."
THE TALK.
the rounds, said he had something to say to
his white friend-meaning Carpenter-and I
through the Interpreter, Mr.. Chapman, he
you. / would like to be called your elder
brother, and he friendly wherever. we meet"
Except when on the war path," said Car
II want the white men to be friends and
have counselled our tribe to be friendly" I
ali nv Who beisepdsa c1r party e iass year bup
my heart is black TO those who treated us +
badly"
The medicine man then spoke at some
length. and said in substance: 81 Ihave al
ways given good counsel TO our people When Z
Il n. Howard was in our country told our
bring trouble on us by their rashness, but
there are always some the older men cannot
control when out OF our sight. used my in. s
vice when your party were prisoners. The !
young men attacked your party without our
knowledge. and afterwards they were chas-
tised In the Neg Perces camp I have given .
the same advice since the fight with General :
Miles, and said
THE YOUNG MEN Ia
were to blame. At the second council IL was 8
yfq 60 rade aSe aronSs
camp and announced IT. LOOking-Glass,
Joseph and all the leading chiefs were
Nj: Carpenter then asked: "why did they ,
"The council said you were not the ones
WHO WERE AT WAR
with us and itwas not right to kill you. When
heard the young men had attacked you.
Then we had the second council and again
After the "talk" Mr.. Carpenter visited Chief
Joseph's tent, where he received Q number Of
presents as = token Of the friendly feeling he
had always entertained, and when the visitor
lett he said he was more than ever Impressed
with the opinion that Joseph's counsel Wa q
the cause Of Ills escape from death.
The Centaur liniSnents are Of tive
kinds The white is for the human fami-
"; the Yellow is for horses, sheep and 9TH
or animals. Testimonials of the effects pro-