, 1879-01-24

tAh5. Wttc QnlfttlnQ tHc Cneff""S p!tooH
and aided thu band TO- hIs command. VITA
the other companies / guarded INC post
nntl performed tho usual garrison duty. When
guard detailed daily from all tlr companies OF
OF my company to cook for the indians. and IN
strattcd tic officer Of the day to visit them fire.
On taking charge found ttcse Choycnnos
prisoners OF war, and thought Of courso that, as
they had been in Co'. Carlton's. possession for
szs s;ea enf 70 e they "sss s tsS59nssa' no2ssa a, dst
.9as .sy 'sa found p'es sakea ss'fia sway. 9Th knew
they bad knives. for | saT then daily: nna
Thought % there sat &c T9 carton &c 'tss
discouraged the Ssoli1 visiting this post, nnl
uone had been here fur long while proYions TO
The outbreak. When Sioux visited the building
ways | two scnttnels IN the room,. beside. non
commissioned officers Of the guard, and officers
constantly passing through the rooms.
Everything wentIon nicely; tho Indians were
hut told myself and other officers, repeatedly,
TINT they never would 20 south. ], however,
never said much to them on TINT subject. for
the reason TINT did not know anything apoutit
When received orders to move them to Sid
ncy, well knew TINT had
MOST DIFFICULT ARD nKsronsIHLE TAsK
before mc, but folt perfect confidence Ia myself,
anu resolved to do the best knew how. Ny
shed and exciting the Indians. md in all my
conversation was cain but decided.
When everything was ready, on the morning
q tie 81, I called iioe, Crow, Dull Knife,
told Them that the urcat Father had decided
that they should be srnt back tn shr indian Ter
rttory; that they woulil probably take the
t s ss y 1 s1ssysns sy r2 Pses.s ss ps, sns or
food un.l cIothing. Dull Knife got up first and
fald That this wns the home oE the Northern
Cheycnnes, nr,d their fathers wero buried and
se[ a9cpey sot To cemc to th,s psc, aid hero they
wanted to rernatn; TINT tt,cy dd not Get
enough 10 cat At their Agency; and that slncc
going south with Lieut.. Lawton, Fourth CAY
airy, Gfty-cieht Of their people had. died. and
eyg,l tte children did not wish to return. Hog
repeated whit Dull knlie Ind said. / a,lswcrvd
il.at / hau nothing to do In the premises; TINT
was simply obcy,ng orders; their going could
oo ou,rrry Avn w,rtto11r rRo,,nr.r.
49, ~, ,ra. ,,,o.a,,t ~ tho I'll, ,o,,
Eapt' stoolu. WIZ "as p!eseHx ~ uE LIN, aolu
nnd would & tee my ,,s %efe wei carey lot: IeY
tlien went pae" u us,e % %aunscs ~ spn t,.,i,,t.
eats g eI ad ". th nnYt III swaen cn,,.
aaI'na tMaH . a{ n" p ~ H.. nEt so a,1
took the eeht!nel that "a' ou '"s 'us'o7 A'o put
hin on TIC oiltslue.
l. IN inc AFTERNOON Q! tae ath cal1cu 11oQ III
tnc ot1lee: hntl Gshcu !1!ul MINI LUCY MsIo Ko!E
to %. LOG ehlu tltey wouh 10 ANYTHING inst
wanted thtm 70 az except ~ sooth, anu lsiat
they woulu not TO- tol.' n9g t1at l. "ontu ,!i
nave no more 70 eas W. nes; ~. nI9hs IMIv
aan eupt,eT, ont o'ueauu s.t y snoau oc .ne'e
last nlca, nnu fia. tlley ahouia receive no more
fuel: They tat'lefstooa tilat as soon % theY
would give up tney eena Cyl H., nave % taol ana ioou'
However, o. nc tinie o'a lucy aunef M ior enner.
! gave Instructions to t1,e oi'Iser Of ine gay 70
Keep yoo.i look9ut an. nave ~ eent.ne.s VII III
| lint, h,al not under any circumstances to XIII
1naians ........
UNTIL 1T WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY,
c,.brr IN sayc their own ltYes or prevent escape
| an ths uiul,t OF thn 8th i made IN nv mind to
Srt ifor in Irons. as know ho was tic Icajlog
e,Jrit Md ihr t,t,e by whom they wcre iu rrcat
mnnsura guided. Dy getting hin separated
from tic rcst ticY would 10 Without iis coun-
al i"' all nutI,tns to amy onc ,,nttl lie nsxt
n,nrn;nr, whcn | 1pi Lieut. Baxter. Third
Cavary. what was going tolio, Itold him 10
for any emergency 1 then Instructed four
rusty men 10 10 III the clerks room mud como
| lin nv tti,ty, vj,cn linn entered. nrmI
| s ."'st ~ ~" ,x,,o, vnva lin st1n"i