The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-09-14

Half Acre. IL a modern Heven Points o. BoweTy.
High carnival Il held here every night, and WOO
other evening they bad a great " SHADY" an.
much cutting and slashine. The ofbcsrA succnsded
Ia capturing eve Of these c0lored gentlemen. givs
lag Them quarters AZ The cisys exponse. where
they now await the justice % The Law.
A carload Of cattle, consisting Of thirty bead,
shipped from here % Chicago. arrived there only
o. for the tallow factory. AL being dead from the
beat. causing a loss Of S2500 10 The shipper, The
hea, Is 80 intense that meD attending stock dare
not enter the cars 10 get them mp when they are
down, for fear 81 suh0cauon themselves. Bat u IL
growing eooier this evening aud ~ are looking
for rain.
Leaning that Chief Joseph aud a portion q biz
tribe OF Nez Perces were TO pahs through the city
this morning from Fort Leavenworfh 70 the Indian
Territory. / rose early and was at The depot uhNn
they arrived. and a more deplcfAble set one could
hardly ever look upon. The " fair Indian maidsn'
was not among that crowd. There were four
hundred and ten In all, mostly old men and
sauaws. and tny papooses with their motnersL
Very few % the . braves Of the tribe-not they
had fallen before the Gre and bullets Of the white
man, and had gone 10 their happy hunting
grounds" l boarded the train and made every
effort TO obtain an Interview With Chief Joseph.
but be had no desire 90 see the I" pale lace" He
was sick in body and sick al heart, 90 was com.
PEELED TO content myself with but n single glimpse
as be lay guarded and screened In one corner OF
the coach. while a faithful brave stood by gently
tanning him. l made my way 20 the Interpreter
and gathered from him that All were dissatisfied
with their removal, and Joseph bad said. bat fOr
his tribe and people be would have preferred for
his bones 10 have bleached where he surrendered
last fall" During their stay at Fort Leavenworth
Of about eight months many OF them have died.
and their ranks have been considerably thinhed.
There are now some forty on the sick list one
corpse now on the tram, and Others not expected
10 live. They claim poor treatment bad much TO
do with this. They are cha6ng under their bondage
aud confinement. and evidently have no heart 10
live. They are 10 be q~uartered south Of Baxter
Springs. Kansas, and although but q poor,
miserable. dirty horde. sull they are human and
we trust will meet with fair treatment at the hands
Of humanity. They were unaccompanied by any
troops. and with a sulien, stoicai submission con.
scented 10 their transportation.
The railroad had placed eight coaches and fwo
baggage cars at their disposal, and aitbonEh We
have seen hlth. both In the cities Of The Old and on
the New World, yet have we seen nothing which
compared 90 the inside % one Of those coaches on
this bright Sunday morning. Old squavs, blind
and toltering men, the CANDY and painted warrior.
and the struggling papoose. with vlosnals ana
drink, 9th and sluEh. all In one conGl0mefate
mass, heaped aud thrown together. We wonder
not'that 10 little IL done 20 lfh these wretches 20 .
nobler lifei Where Is the paleiaced missionary
with The heart 10 labor In such a held