The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-24

I Thav Iefr in a BODY and went TO Red Cloud
which gave rise TO the report that they hac
b. oxen away and gun. pvrth.
prn c,o,-,
On.
~enl 70 "hI'e Siay creek 1' ms own accoro
a"ei .ne asen' ie,' nun; iiis inten'ions are
Peiiec's Peaceaoie. ne was only impatient
!ne long ueisy LID carrying OUT 'he suPu'
THE NEW rpr.rv
Tho ,,;,c;,., ,.b;sf. If Pod C,o,d,s hand
81 Sip,iI n,., CoJ Tbo,nhn,oh and NJ;
} C,rI,nn there W,ndav bv inv,tat;on ii
the former. and
A BIG POwwow
ensu,d. The Indians were represented bv
he'd CIoud, American Horse, Little Wound,
Young Man Afraid-of-his. Horses. Red Dog.
No Flesh. Three Rears and Little Bic Man
b.sides twenty or thirty warriors. The
council wa. held in the adiuran,'s Office of
A.. uo.t and w,s attended bv Cant Nona.
han post commander. and the officers OF
Thornbnrsh's and Cartons commands.
The lrdisns took seats mostly on the floor,
and
| THE FIFE OF PEACE
went round repeatedly in silence. A half
breed named William Garnet acted as in
! terpret'r. The Sioux chiefs were in their
gayest paint and feathers and presented
STIRLING spectacle ss they sat IN council.
Each csrii.d SharPs carbine. Nearly
all had knives, IeToive:s, and belts full OF
cartridges. hed C!oud" unpainted intei-
iectnai lace wore ifs customary thoughtiul
expression, and con;rasted strangely with
the pedaupeu Sisages oi MS
GAfER, YOUNGER, AND vAINER CHIEFS.
| lhe Absence OF beads, feathers, and paint
oetokens that The Old man Is growing old
ana that ne Is done with wars strlIe
LITTLE BIG MAN,
| a dimiputiye savage. who epdsavors to in.
| crease bis stature bv the aid of biyb- -beeIad
boots and a tall hal was nresen, ,e.nIen.
dent in medals pres,p,ed bv he Prss;Jsr,
for services rendered the xb;,e. lie holm.
| ed IN csntp,e and kill Cr.zv Hors. Us :;
said TO be a tower OF strength, He ,boy
with reat satisfaction a rear on his wri-t
from a cut ri ven him by Crazy Horse 81 the
time of his capture.
oSEo THE rH,yDsoye-r INDIANS
A., 80, =,
ou Won ,t ''u, ""o a' ~ tne
u,ines' .?in't oi me fo'u' ",'i ar'A Du'
-. r. r;n.;..i raaa "a" 80, So ,ha Ia; ~"
,,ouaril
COL. CARLTON.
who was anxious TO o., ;oore d. finite uro,n-
is.s frrr, R.I Ind W;,h -,,,rI ,n H.. fn-
give Cbevsnr,s. di,ected EIs s,,.n.;on ~
III. rumor tha; s.Irle Cheyenaes were now
in nis camp Red ClouG'- face show ed ;he |
slight, 81 trace cf r. eminent at being doub;- !
ed. lie replied with some a-perily ihat
ur Mn xorur
II,
y. .n ~: II ~ ~, i,ie '. ",u
w. "".s ~ ne i,t ulu not "Hn' "usou
He lad told the whites that he would give
DIP, and now he vi ned 10 say it 80 plainly /
that the white chi.f could no; be mistaken.
II t"ey came to MS camp he would Use
them flEht, hut would bot let them 20
away. Inc savage orator nsde scms Sc
we're
REMARKS ABOUT INDIAN AGENTS,
and closed b. saying:
"The Cheyennes were not treated
right. II they have good agent like We
have, tee Ch.yenues will have 10 trouble
with the whites ! think il is right TO fetch
them In, iced them, and help them to get
good agent Ike cur Dr. win, whom We
want for agent always"
wHIrEwAsH,
a low -broxed savape With face and hair
covered with lead. said he r, presented fif,y-
a, IoJos, of
SPOTTED TAILS BAND,
who left their sgency and came to Red
Clouds people because they could not get
along with the agent. He said Red Cloud
seemed surprised when informed of this
movement. 1t was regarded n a hostile
one by the government Sheridan had cent
troops in pursuit of them under the belief |
that they had gone north 10
H. ,.;.,a =, a.. -, rI;. -,
diers vould helm catch tbev Cbevennes II
they came thai wsv. He had come into
the council TO get the white chiefs to write
a letter TO Spotied Tail to &c, the supplies
due there for them and the papers to trans
Ter himeeit ana me- !noians 10 req CIoud.
Spoued Ini ana ms agent Gid NOT van,
tnem tneIe, ana tnat was "ny tney had
come, ano no' 10 irighten 'ne "ni'e people
of n~Ae -
The JOLLY sA'AGH.
Col. Ihornburgh and Maj. Carlton, With
delicate tact' succeeded 10 getiing Inc IN
dians IN npge eood humof, and ~nen tne
councii pfoke up 'hey mao ,east prepared
for them on the porcn OF tne ad]usant
quarters.
RED CLOUD AGENCY
will he located at White Citv, twenty mii,s
from Camp Sheridan. The buildings are
r.pidlv going mn. and the supplies are be
inc moved. Red Cloud and his v,rriors
eInres. them.elyes perfec,Iv satisfied with