The New York herald., 1878-03-04

ing about It IN our lodges Our buffalo are gone
This winter will almost SEQ tho last Of them. Instead
OF them we have only the spotted buffalo, and oui
only hone them is to get So apiece Ior the hides
II the Great Father in Washington would stor
the killing Of the buffalo by the white man
there would be NO trouble.
WASHINGTON TALK
There were strong nrunts OF approval during the
delivery OF this speech Nobody rising immedl-
ately, agent Haworth read from q department lot
ter nstructing him to inform the Indians under his
charge that In future they would bo required 10
coffee, sugar and tobacco splitting rails and fenc-
ing their fields. This WINS received with a very mild
,ber synonym for Yes" comnr.ssns,oS
of the strangeness OF the demand. Then
which produced decided ripple the surface Of the
general pacidity. II contained Two inquiries about
raids-one committed twenty years ago, on a wagon
both in Texas and both attended with robbery and
murder, was the golden rule with these rough
riders OF tho Far West IN those days IL laugh
able to these men affect trial OF remembrance:
hut no such matter lived with them, OF course. Al
for twenty years ago. that was wiped out OF course,
HEIDsIcK POPS
When the assembled Indians had compared rem0m.
brances and failed 10 recall the little incidents referred
to- with grunts OF vlruOus indignation 80 informed
the agent Aedsiok began to speak. This ina,aS han is
have bought the lives Of captves from hts own peo
pie with ponies and blankets. He sat With sad sx-
remarks, as well all the others, being translated
into English by Interpreter Clarke and then into
uapss. ' Since child g. :aS 70 Rsa
Otter, Kiowa, anu now held BY him; although called
his y ns Do.
he didnt like: that about the raids he ddn't like He
thought all that talk was broken ~ two and We wes:
enough (very mild grunts herc), but u was new to
them. They had TO learn. wh,se people worked IN
wood and stone and In other things but their ways
hud not been as the ways OF the white men. They
must have time TO learn.
AN ANCihNT PROPHECY
For his part his heart was sad, very low and sad.
The Great Spirit who lives the sun had told then
fathers that when the buffalo disappeared the Indian
would go too. That his belief because his fathsra
had believed Vt, and 1t brought great erief home TO his
heart The bu1ale rearly all gone, and the last
the strong behef OF the Kswas. They were 70 become
extinct when the buffalo disappeared. As white men
saved, when the buffalo and the Kiowas fol-
lowed them thore would be something terrible happen
body would Dcdestroyod Dy fire. When the last buffalo
ced tho last Kowa would die directly afterward and
soon alter every white man would die and there
would be an end OF all things-the end OF the world
had come. All the Ktowas believed the same
There could be little aoubt OF the general belief for
when Heidsick ceased thcre was oppressive hnsh,
zach man there .'talking inside OF himself"
''wHITE MANS" SPEECH.
The Chief "Whitc Mah" then had word to say.
All their people had their ears open ready TO hear Tho
talk that Washington had to tell Heidsick and Big
Bow had only left nim little corner 70 talk IN Their
young men were wiling to do farming Work; they
Sal'Sf sna 'hoy were s.kwsrd :. i Som. q them
cboppng wood, and felt bad about It, but they would
60 ahcad aud try. The talk which had been made
all right. When they went out this winter on their
hunt they had found very few buffalo, and they wanted
strong paper sent TO Washington 10 have the white
chiefs IN charge OF buffalo parties from killing them
only for sake OF the hides. The country belonged to
his people before the white men came, and tho buffalo
belonged them. 1t hard TO have all the buffalo
killed IN this way and left for the Indians. rney
sIl fslt sad aboutit
WniteMan sat down amid chorus OF "ughsl"
BIG BOW UNBEyDs.
The next speaker was hg Bow. He said whom
his people cImc back from The hunt ne was right
encd because the buffalo were dying SO fast. he
wanted paper sent 10 Washington TO stop killing
them by white men, ut loast Tor time. Killing the
houses live like the wnito people. They
were not prepared for SO sudden change. washiDg-
ton coud have prevented the killing OF buffalo III such
numbers. ana by not doing SO had Drought on his
people great injury IL had cut of their supply OF
meat and ropes II was not light matter with themi
very important matter. He didn't want This
talk the prairie or slowed away IN the house,
but sent 10 Washington in . strong paper
Running Bear said the talk he had heard was all
right ana ne wanted 1t TO 20 tc Washington. He had
put gone out to hunt, but wheh the news camo back
that ms people had iound no buffalo he was fright.
ened because showed him that the last days OF the
red approachine-hist time hal come to pass
big river TO the iaud OF the Great SPIRIT be.
yond. lie believed this would cause the confusion OF
all things on earth. When the last buffalo had gone
there would soon be no Kiowas and there would be
light: the rivers and creeks would be drcd up and
the earth would be bare and scorched; there would
had been trying teach them to 70 the gooa road
they wanted to out the road was new to them.
and before they could learn TO walk It they bad been
into very bad condition through the loss OF
the bnlfalo.
Running Bear sat down in silence. The extreme
gloom OF the subject had taken possession OF all tue
Indians that they even forgot 10 grunt out thcr &C
quescence.
Nnho ofiUoI lea IA .V.n nnY
'Tnat ali and the agent rose 10 the OCCASION. He
regretted lind them sad about thoughts Of losing
the buff 10, but II they would turn the attention 10
raising the cattle OF the white man few years they
would have nerds OF them grazing on their lands ike
sbe white people ana would ana % ina. mat ono spotted
hall dozen buffalo. II they would travel Washing
toms road they must go 10 work ana think less Of
but the trutulness OF their land would never pass
away.
taken not 10 the dangerous ground Of their
superstition, by combating their theory that the sal.
vaon Of the universe was osRsnasns On 'nS annual
stopped they quietly rose. and in few moments to
all external evidence. had thrown away AL thoughts
OF the dismal butuionian future aud had gone In ior
annuity goods with rush.
TAKING THEIR GOODS
Outlying parties came In toward the warehouse ana
ranged themselves IN semi-crcular groups wnile the
cefs OF the tribes went in by turns to recove
make heir mark under tho supervision Of Captain
Wilcox, Fourth cavalry from Fort sill, NILE DIS
tant. IT sounded oddly to hear the call:-"Big Bow
Two coats three pants, locrteen shawls one boots,
tin pan ono Dutch oven;" and then this MURDER.
Gus savage OF the past come forward to up his prop
erty ana pacK It the Of u squaw who would
standng outside, ready with smiles 10 recoive what
the gous OF the white provided and be thankful
THE BUFFALO QUESTION
The talk about The Uuilaio was IN fact an informal
councii OF the highest importance and made impers.
tive by tho unsatisfactory results oil the late hunt.
You not impress the Indian mind tho 1uctua-
lions 0f prices of robes produced by supply aud
maud, from various commercial and atmosphere
causes, but 1t Is auinILied by all who hold
an intimate acquaintance with Tue Indian ques-
destruction OF buffalo ny The robe raiders OF the
East has It's serious importance While IL may be
true that the Inuan must give up hunting buffalo be-
lore no eau fairly settle down TO tn quiet pursuits Of
civilized liic, and therefore IL follows that the
tue uuaio becomes exiinct the better IN every way
for The Indian It should be remembered that these
savagcs with their ideas formed, are called
upon TO travel new road IN life at
c,,n arativ In