, 1879-02-13

tel''nE us .1nc trutl ! never lhouVht VIC
Terc rh1!glst Into Tic l'''usc at Camp Robinson. |
Wc hal all Glven ourselves .sp, AMI tp.y we're mt
taken II wien NO we're ptlt IN The pr1'n',. !
t.,pnoscd We weto thoroughly searched
were taken IRON ue. negcr tnw them havo
my guns. iclt the South because Il was n bud
country. Ny peonio wero dying from tlckneas
and starvation. Tic Agent was bail man,
M,nl ho lid not lu ~ tile Grcat Father had
promised. ....-.
We know thcro wns Coof Agent Al tied
Closi1, who gayc the lnl!ans wl,nt tenhgetl 10
!l!em and rayc trn iarMtng m'!: t'nn'e.'lcls. We
not cUn,o back, hut VIC started. H1 did mt
want to kill the sgttlcrA or stval their ntnck.
Sanc settlers III Kansas wcrc k!c't by young
,Isrn as,i Southern CIInycnnes, The Southern
tlm,sway through kansns with u.s. They were
bad men. 'll,yso braves nn'i the 1ns,ng tucn Of
Little VOLTS band killed 'na'l' SETTLERS. The
ponies. Dull Knifo and Ills old warriors were
tie ust edpe NJ" ' @e ksW ie @ yous S gGs en rs1e a
tca1strUnC. AElh tUfd them to lU b0 harm. TIE
Gra.cs who killed the settlers arc ati!l nut. The
Suu.irrn C!,uschnes retl,rned to ilm!r re.crYa-
th,nt Dull Knife did mot knnw ANYTHING nlon1
II until 1t was done. Tho Southern CleScntles
did not want us down tllyrc. Tie said wc did
not jelonR thcre. 1t WIS lnos country. Tie
erouul was bad, the wnt.r was bud, lie wood
wns bad. We did not get anything, 10 cat. Wc
did not want to star tllerc. We did MT thtuk
We would be purs,tcd by tho sod[crs. We were
four days ou tic roaA before we wcss pursued.
They l'tl not say anything to us but rode amlong
ua And Tired on us.'f
nta HEADS TALK. -.
Biz lead, whu Ia still suffering from had
wound, snl only ah'e to walk With the assist
nnce Of n rude stick, saiu:,
~ nn nut Cheyenne In the first place.
wanted TO come back anyway. l should hare
come back if everything hal 'bcen alf right In
lrars band, ind want to stay 'lr!s: II was a
Iad country hllll did not suit inc. they did not
issue n,o ration there. 1 lived OF tile other
indians. 1'lluy called nc Sioux; did not issue
our trail, nnd did not SIC that aiybody WIS
killed. l nn Sioux, s,lMl would nut hide any,
thing fronl yuu. II Is mons vi my work. It
was nothing to mr.. ! will not lids auythltg at
they we're themselves Crows and | tuuk them
Into tllu tollga NNd fed item Mnl sent then,
away: No ono burt thcm. Little Wound. Of
tho Cut-0lfs. Ia done there, ind other Sioux wlu
were Hurried to Cheyenne women.
pEsCnlBEs Ills VISIT SOUTH.
When the Chcyenncs werc tnkcn down
Thought would 20 down on q visit. Thai Is
low ca1no tllcro. l thought could come back
when wanted to. The Southern CAcycmucs
had come up on rislts before, ai't! | Thought
Robinson Until the last, wien i'!cy wanted to
60 South. They did nut giTe us uny provisions
fur f'se duye, nor auy wood or water for two
Day. VIZ iioE ad , Cf9% wers taks To- lower
lie t1ntle tllo further statement lint lIe kucw
nothing of the arms, nl.tl this is believed to be
TRUE, aud TINT the ludlan!!, procured il!o guns
after breaking ous.> By Head csadcd oil qucs-
tions on this point.
aTARTEp FOR PORT LRAyENwoRTE.
Inst evening at Z o'clork the Indians we're
pluged in q passenger coach on the Untan Pacific
lsaitruA stnnd!nE on II switch no1r the gtlar1-
'house. It was tlle fi1st timo they we're ever IN
railroad ear, as they wcru first taken across the
country. As tho .locUmotiye catne duwn With
Its kissing steam, e;auglng.brlI, nnd lyri!sinut
headlight, several Ut tile Isdlane staftcli nery-
ousiY and thu children SCREAMED. Confusion
rcigncd. tor monlcnt. Their .frar was soon
changed to astons1mcnt and frou nstouis,-
ment to delight. Lieut.. Foute, With onc con,-
pany ot the NEnth Infantry, assumed rhnrkc,
md will take the Indians 10 the Fort Lcayen-
vii bo hsid for trial. TIE wo,net,,
it ia expected, Will ba tnken tu the
Indian Territory. 4 detachment With the In
dians left Sidney Oh tue regular train on Sunday
nrht, rcaehng here thia evening, your corro-
spotdcnt accompanying them. There WIS great
excitement nn1 ct,tlnsity nll alonG the line, The
car car wns surrounded at every atopt'!ng point:
Ilse Interest was principally, centred on Will
o;nai,a depot, alld few lcaling citizens we're
alowed 10 entor the Tar. Wild log displayed
hia self'iuilccl wounds With priuc, And pointed
to tic trons on his fret and ut.ts as praots VI
his bravery. Must prominent among his d"rora-
t!ons was larga metal slar attached to brass
chain, benrlnE Wild liUg's hume un one side,
md TN the other "Nowurk Industrial Exnib!-
tton. 181} Newark, N. j." This WAS presented
to Wild Log Oh his visit East.
BEvEN BTILL MISSING.
All tho Cheycnncs are now accounted for, cx.
| cept AcYcn women nllu children, who lru etifl-
| posed to haYp heeu Ir0zen III tbs bluffs during
tho escape. Interpreter Farnhan md Surgeon
pcttys Insist t!at Dull kniic md Two Of ti4
braves, wilo arc reportel killed. BY the ltNllans,
Gers arc sure .iat tilis statctuent is ti,iountcJ
Twenty-Five Cheyenne WOMEN nt Sioux bl0ul
and tweHty-thrtu cIli!uscn, turned over to He'd
Cloud for protection, loft this cytlllhg for The
South over thu Kansas City lint1rond.