The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-09
THE INDIANS.
Chief Joseph's Youngest Child Un-
der the Care of the Medicine
Man.
A Letter Written by the Whites to
Red WoIfin the Year i849.


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s,r.,.srs ,ro,,, .h,,.d ,,is,,s,s C,amn Ios.n,,
euans, I'm aoau $50 p spH'
-, - - 60 ,,a IT,. o,h.-u
MON sumo !" pAss away .1e .ine' o'"eis
"h' nau no' Seen .ne iA'nou' o1
Oh curiosity ana others VINO hau sen .ne
oeiofe' 10 'earh iAofe Vi 'neii naoi'' ".N
tory than De gieaned rom one VISIT A"ons
the latter CLASS WAS iS "no
having In the past oeen ihteres'eo win 'he
priSners' sought 10 ieain "oIe oi mem anu
their present ho'so Shiei. nc hfS' paiu ms
respects 20 Lieut.. etiiie' ~no was oHneei VI
the guard, ana being assuieo "y INA. e
man tHat '"e hn "
was ms nv "'''i - -.
'ers''i"h' o~san niS WAN ""o"' 'A'
ses.
Among inc ms y. 'ne iNu' -.
an old, grey-haired man, VINO was DUSTY
| engaged with long khiie IN sciaPiis
piece of wood, down TO the proper thickhess
/ desired In an arrow Ihls ihecn"nie uiu ho'
seem disposed to be sociabie, being 100 deeply
| engaged in his Work.
THE GRAVE YARD.
The reporter passed on a few steps further
when his attention was attracted to an en-
| closure Of an oblong shape, consisting OF a
high fence. This had been made by setting
| pieces Of srlit saplings about six feet long
| the bark having been removed) in the
| ground touching each other with the round
sides facing outward. On investigation it
| was learned that within this enclosure re.
snosed the remains Of five Of the band who
| had died since their arrival here. Beneath
the mounds lay the bodies Of a man, a wo-
mo wa
known as Observation-Disclosures Ikea
cr,ne-witb silyer.eyes.- This man was a
warrior and was one who was wounded in
the 6yl,t with Gen. Miles. HedIed some time
d,,ring last F.bruary. The woman died.of
copsnn,,ion- The children were all young
o,d did from natural causes.
! THE 1onGrs
| &, tho canp m, heinp counted were found to
| ,r,,har ,,r,v-aiyb, and although composed
| 81 ,,au army tent cloth. were in many cases
| go, 20 Ia ha,rimued with smoke about the
| - -, a., i,oy,tahla fire in the centre of
! ~, 49,, tn. majority of the hand do not
| ,t,r. a. ,.r, cloth as well as the ORIGINAL
| h,a,Io skin as the latter is tmperyious to
| ,.o,er while durinp the recent storms the
| ..ryass hos l.aI I'd IN the extent of making
| s.ro-.i f.niii.s exnress themselves ON the
| s,h;ao,
| IT. ronor,.r s,roIIcd on and finally loud
| roIs.s from, ., lo,g. near the northern boun.
! A., Ill, him in that direction- On an
| ,,-,..,i,, the s,ot he found one of the
| .',',uo,,nd.J bv N, .px,ous ,,on, az
| -, ,.onl. b.,waen whom and the can
%, 90, s.y.raI we'll dress, n Indians amonp
| ,rho,, ,,as tho ue,I knowp sub-cbief a,,har.
| los, ~ ,rho uas the first sent here and was
| IT,, ., III. suars bouse for n long time.
| Erom tho ips;Ia of the tent WAS heard ever
| and anon loud ou,cr,es which changing TO n
| soporous chan, recommended nv the heating
| q, drums were almost understandable. The re-
nort., Questioned aCbarlev, a, to the cause
ns the hidden c,n.mony. flor no one was per-
| mit,aJ insid.N lint The Indian was dumb for
| a time He however. said. .s.hief Josep
inside No-Itke white man close. He like
| all 90 w,v U.an troubl. ~ and r,lopsed into
| stoicism again. As he seemed to be obeying
an order given by his chief. the
the reporter communicated what had been
said. 10 the tystanders and during a fresh
burst Of the mournfuI though mysterious
nois. from within the tent, returned toward
the certer of the camp, where he afterward
met Mr.. /. Chairman the white Interpreter
| .Iuulny.d by the government, and from him
| Learned thai the tent referred NJ contained
| c,rrEr JosrruIs YOUNGEST CHILD.
| , bobv GIRL only about ten months old and
who was ouit. sick with a hi.h fever. The
i nam. ot mn. lille princess is AI-a-mo-tin-o
| which means ION. of that country or 10 be
! man. ,xn,i,it. as one would say She Is a
N,s.,.,ri,n ar y, Eansan. The mother of the
| h.,,,. MAS harm near "A creek called, by the
| Indians a.l,-mo-t.. hence the name of the
.I,ir,, ,rn.. c,.r.monv of curing the sick is
,I,,.,ys ,,arcorned by the medicine man who
in his instance was wap-tas-wah-hi-ec-ta,
| Nv ..L,..,h.rs- s,runr -oround-t he-neck.- lie
,,.s assi.,.d bv s.vera, attendants, Chief
| ros.,,,, aim self bainp present i'm person.
| T,,a ,,rnuI., il arst an incantation, burning
| -, harbs chants. and the pounding of tom.
toms CLOSE TO the sufferers head, having the
| .n.r,m.n, meanwhile shut so closely that
| no, e., breath of air can en,er. This is Kept up
| 10, s.varal boprs
The child referred TO is the only one that
| Chief Josenh has here. There is an oder girl
900, 1csen- named Pe-wa-lo,s-en-wi,w who il
With White Rir,. under the control of Sitting
puu she IL said To have much the same cas-,
of features as her father, and is considered by
both Indians and whites TO be very beautiful
as well as intelligent
!. purin.tbe conversation with Mr. Chapman
the walk was continued until a lodge neal
the western end OF the camp was reached
Their. the Interpreter spoke{rapidly for few
seconds IN the Indian tongue, without raisin:
his voice, and within short time a tall In
dian, well advanced in years, made his ap
pearance. He was, in the Indian fashion, in
| troduced to the reporter as It-sa-la-hi-ec-ta,
son of Red Wolf, who is so well known IL
Indian history as having assisted the Govern
ment, in 1873, in the capture OF the Cayuse
Indians engaged in the horrible
WHITMAN MASSACRE
, Mt Walla walla in 1871, that reference is un
necessary. The son of Red Wolf received tn
| reporter with a friendly shake OF the hano
and afterward-poi 70 MS owl son' We
grown, stalwart msn' VINO WAS e'o~e oe'.u
him, as the graho-Soh "a 'No -,
Becoming sohe"ha' -
truth Oh many sioiies ma. - -. ;.
as 10 the requests 'iaoe Vi '"e ""
that time oS Tue "oseinen. ~. 60
the question was "s ,, ,,,.,, .,
Ter II any soch ir'enu! ,. r,. s.,o,
isted. Inc reply ~.s ''e c.
Vi tue race oi onie.. 's III, q,
oens away 'e" "'o o,
o'o iea'her pouch "hion n1 - :, :