, 1879-01-24

post on the evening q tue 10th tnst lron, 'Is
i'a,n nns'!e eatap' m.'sm a"sJ ~ ..n",,o,n,n1
'nontn ago. Tor te parpnso 1, oi aar nnao
m! retnfh 20 tleif AgehGes. '9 n.i,.9 VII, ~
VRa.ala out Is married nto nnu - tf."x ,nn WIN
ao M,n!Seon1on na,I ~. INK ticy
G""1oa 1'" co be"ps osr. ~ ~, ~ ~, are wn}
knoWn nero. o lna'ams t ne'o vi 1stv ,at th"se "e
hostIes afe anxious ior pcaee' hna .ss s .fse fee
t t"o eseenRe!s naso mScn s.rs tn,d H. i itsc,,
W} H. s'1 Seii-. w. co,n Tro;n Isrnn
No!t - apitv" H., ,.n,,u,1o-w iino ~ VA
GaInp Enas slao . ~ ss ~ aI,{},, T3ivo. .i,omt
niooh Eses*. .'m.a' ~ " psi iA T. ..c,1I s H.
i.;,Ie igrs "n y, a1 Nv r nsnv indrc. vcro IN lint
ni. TO sny e uM "a,," Y snr.s to count
ehp camp "nesf ~ ~ ons niacat Lana sare werc eot
ne sein ~ tas ~ e nuov ~ ,,I reae fr9,n
s,e to te Kvsr taso.
To es ntn.s r., "Hre ,i,s ~ t,e ni"o.sc a
na ~ 'em Saxs @ rcent,v drawn rnttons at
gol." 1.o =. ae ,,4ania1,r Ensnn,, mi rhii.irrn
Eoft Eeeh,Lpne.psi's nuc y. un n,,e hnrn
1na un5 psip'T ~ H. w ~ hsiI r%r.,
f..ea co,,nci ios1oc 1ns ma,fa ~ tfat n,1rnn.G
Xii the Chiefs mid leading n1eu were present.
There wcro in tic council Uncpapas,. Ninnecon-
ious, Sans Arcs, Ogallaliss, Bfaekfcet, few
brutcs, ChGyenncs, Asstnibo1nes Dtoo0s, Pie.
gnns, Mex Pcrces, Flntheads, Bannocks, anil
santces; The principal men IN The council were
Sitting Ball. Of the uncpapas; Spotted EaRlc'
conjous; and 81: Road, Of the Ogaltala*.
ISlttin9 Hull sroke In this WY: when I
look back southwest from hero sec mY coun-
try where l formerly lived. long to bc back
thing. By that lost my country nnsl caused
nv pcpple great dcal Of suffering. From this
tlay on want to quit making wnr on the whites.
Hope to quit II forever,T;nov md forever.
ber ali he said. but that is tho substance Of It.
Ills speech was we'll received BY the Council.
Other Chiefs spoke in about the samo strain.
the different Agencies to find out m what terms
the Indians could como In. This was agretl 10
by tho other Chiefs. There was no opposition.
Sitting Bull and Big 1toad then selected thlr-
teon messengers from, the different bamls, mr.
self and friend among the number. Wc wero
eact, told to 90 to the Agency to which his band
belonged. Wc ali received tic same ,nstr,ic-
tions from the Council, hch were to find out
our Agencies; to tell nothing except what we
wo wcrc told to tell, md to bring back such
messages as We should receive from tho author
ttlos there.
=, II, ra,, Il, lnsr ard - ict m Grcat IA.
70 let you a.! kn9w' aEa 70 ~. tne usea@ ea-
W. stortn% ~ ,nethcr liar.
nm. and @ eane "a a. lar "a the t,ros ventro Aaci.
~ aeu Es 1sn, 90 III ti,n ~ ,rernioA inrs ~ H.,
a VT pcci. mn,cv wtsrc ~ s,orr .cycrn @
nem NV. tn,,i. I'm Nj ,I,n ,sns ,fvnr th"-a
ua5 .a's. ,,s,t ,io.o onn xii htn uhst mn
,1s.I har4 a.. .r.jsn >t,..,t - ~
MISSION val ana nshed @ @ 70 mS H., asat ~ .i. ano
~ ~ ~ nrr x.oSf .soi,r hat ~ ~ ~
nc ieef g ear.5 myself, sta.ne ,s "iat =. .ns el
rand VIZ ~ H., ~ os., thn ~" ~.
s ~ - ,,.is as ~ n,cont ~ the tntnrnroter
,rhn saw dI5 mt tnlk rnoi Ntnux. .1on;tI
think he explained It rs I wished it explained.
Tile Agent told mo there wcro two roads by
which could come to this Agency
one by following down the Missouri River, the
other BY cutting straiaht across tt.c country:
would bo safer BY following down the river
| that II undertook to 70 across tho county /
would bc liable to t1,cet paft!oA who would not
| trust nc. llo spoko very we'll Il, me III rcoard
wcro gooti mon here; tllat the Intllulls we're aII
peaccab,e, mud tlat would he perfectly safe III
coming rgtt here.
u va left ouc Of our number at that Agency,
across thv country, crossing tho Ycllowssono DC
| Inv The mouth OF Tongue Rlyer. and came by
ti,c way Of slim Butte. There wo scparatcd
Two went to stanling Rock Aganuy, 1nyeclf nn
went to tic He'd Cloud and Spotted Tai
| Arcnciea.
"eefiae,; "Ths Weather. wls we Travelled. was ycr,
cold, and wo suffered a great deal On The way
come. al liz Journey was mais for thu 9ood ol
iosts bsPe eoo S bero With the expectation Of mol
receiving any bad messages to take back to m,
back. would like to receive sotne good propo
hero 10 sec Il there Is any chance Of maklue
peace will Ills American people, and II 10 vii
| bc per1ptttctl to couto back to our homes,
run r.nt.rs nx.,ur rf, nrrnnu
~ H.. An.rr,rs - ~ ,sh,c,, ,hrx b,,onr Tho,o 1.
70 tue AReuIacA ~ "ne'' 1neI uci's. inGte u
INC lSasoM We naossu osSt i, ~ luz. w a.
M1nVoa oscr Aoout wv NY nAtt Inv MunthA aso
teIe sosu r. Aae W a.'s ~. s'ue, ~. VI.