, 1879-02-13
REBELlIOUS ClIEYEANES.
Arrival of the Fort Robinson
"Remnant" at Sydney.
Wild lfog's 1nlc.--rorccd to Uo South,
Deceived and Starycd.--I}ad
Agent, lind Country.
Old Grow Denies the Charges Of Murder
and Rapiuo--Big Heads Bluff.

Cspt. Vroom auuounrfug his arrival with tllc
"Chcyenno remnant " that dry. Bnow foot
deep had tmpcdcd lietr movement. At2o'ciock
In the Afternoon an ambulance brought Capt.
Vroou1, Of the Third Cnyary, intrusteI with
tile duty Of bringing tho Cheyenne prtsoncrs
from Camp Robinson to Sidney, who reportcd
detachment consisting Of Companies f aud l.,
Thfrd Cavalry, 4 short dEstanrc bchtnd. AT d
o'clock sixty of tho cayarYlncn, In 1argc fur
caps and great coats, arrived Drowned from loaR
EXPOSURE during tho Cheyenne campaign to al.
must tho color Of Indians. At o'clock the
main body reached Sidney. The Indians were
In two cauvas.topped wagons, each followed by
atrong guard OF cayalrYmcn. aud the train.
With provisions and camo eQulppngc, was tm-
mcdIatc,y brEtnd. During the journey Capt.
Vroom Ind Gnu foot frozcp, and several soldiers
had frozen ears mil feet. The Indians COM
Tie Indians wcsc taken Immediately to ille
guard house mid unloaded. Tho party coul-
pr!esd tl,u following:
Wtld Hog. his vile, and three children.
big Grow, wife, ard two chtllten.
nig llcad Tor Tangle ua'rl wife, and three
Fast Whir1wtna. -..........
o,1'o r1o5cTP!us tor TIC Blaeksmith) and bis wife,
Buffalo Calf, Lott Hand and his wife, md ono
orphan clllld-twenty-opo In all,-scyun bucks
a'ld fourteen won'cn aid children.
ArrHanANoE or TIE cApTlygs.
Wild Hog, bent double by wounds, was hand
c,liled md double stackled. lie, has good fcat-
four inches in hight, antl fs magnAccntly pro-
poFtloned. lie smiled, as did ali tic other In
dtnne. md shook hat,.le nll around with cur
dial 1lowan and acted as II It was the ptcas-
through tho llesby part Of tho thgh, vas with
out irons. lie llmped painfully. an1 moved
iorward with tic nssistar,ca VI a rude stick.
buffalo Calf has serlous wound near tho k1lcu,
WITH cven greater a'nlculty. Via noes Rss siasst
daughter, q gtrl Of l8, ia OF an oxycp.
tionally beautiful tyne, and was taxi
e.. e. i!om the entrenchmcnt after the
iu the ar,u, rendering her sick. she was helped
Into thu guas,1house. The remainder Ut the
bucks wero handcuifed, except Old Grow, who
was a!Ways friendly md lived at tho luwcr camp
u. Camp Robinson. The men were coullne1 In
onc eel, and the women and children In atl-
other: It was considered unsufc to place them
together. with the mourning aud crying Of tllc
most touching, bringing tears to the eyss III
several SPECTATORS, including of7lccrs. fhc
chfldrcn alone Raya evidence Of discomfort by
audible SOUND. Immediately after their arrival
they wcrc fed With crackers, meat, and coffee,
eating with great yoraclty. tie children clasnos
Ing principally for tile coffee. Finally tho duors
werc closcd and barred and tile guards wrrc
left In charge.
WILD Hoa INTERVIEWED.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning your cor
Farnham, an Interpreter, und WAS given IN o.
portunity to learn from tbs Che5cnncs wl,at
theY Bslcd to say. The Indians appeared in
Eg9d spirits aud manifested willingness to
| talk. Several officers we're present during the
Interview. Which lasted three hours. Wild Hog
| said
s"I was ralscd up among The Northern In1t-
ans. When went down South was homesIck.
Efsa! Sy Of our Psopo died. w. d not
ind yernin. Aya were not used to It. We had
many relatives IN tho North, and wo had always
been well tscd there. When went Buuth t!lev
when we got there we found the'coun.ry Was 10
better than thls up here. was married to q
Sioux woman, and my children wcre born uu
hsfe, snd they preferred to liys With the stouK.
plenty to cat At Pho Ridge Agency, mud thoy
wanted to cotno back wlacfo they would he used
| we'll. We did not think Of doiig anything bad.
WILL tell you thu truth about our supplies, Is
yoa bare ,v,'; atksa It.: Tl'ey gave us eornsa
mules, sou.e salt, and QUO beef for forty-sx per-
sons to last for scvcn days. Wo ato IL in thrcn
days aud starved four days. They gave us cot
fec somctlmes, but t., no SUGAR. 4 great many
iM the conmlaaary, but our Agcut used them.
The grass was % poor our horses died, aali
thero wus no wood.
| ANXIOUS TO rgL1 TIE TRUTH.
IT do not know whnt our Agent did With tho
though l,o had plenty. l wanted to CONF to tIno
Sioux where my people all were, md work OIL
tho Agency wEero my Hife's fricnds and rela-
ttyca wcro was alwags willing to work a1d
have alwa5s staEd on the Agency, ws'ere llad
enough to cat, anA have 6ecn il aood lrlla,,.
You can ask the officers a1d they viii tell Yoll
80. Now, atn In hurry for this trial. and
WDud sooner hago the President hear INC than
those mol SO @!tgll III authorlty.: These Stoux
always hayc plenty Of farming implements. l
heard tl'at tlley were getting somG p]ows,
waEans, cattlo, and good farmluC Implements.
was IN . hurry to got up here aud get some
81 them, 80 MIGHT TO something tllls aammcr.
hurry to lcaye this Southern country, while some
oi MY people wero still living. Ilvy wore dying
fast; we were pot alraid OF being poorly fed up
nl!l thought the doverntncnt would do II again
thought they would because had many BEou1
friends hero. Wa did nut thluk we were doing
Wrong when VIC left.
STARVING DOWN SOUTH
t1'he uovssnn.alt has mot kent It's treaty
wc lad used up everything we had biyinc uro
Ytttona. When wo lind soId everything n1.t
were starving ourselves we had to como. w
hud nothing. w hal sold everything. w
conc, Geeausc t''e Government hui no. Kept III
treaty with us III any respect. Notllug tta
was pronsed us was dUne. Did leayu tllt
reservation like n1an who wanted to tlghtl
n,u, NOR touch anything. rllat Is oil hare go
to sar.n Further attempts to elicit Information
from Wild Hog With rcgar,l to tho trouble q
camp HobiusOn, nl1 c0neealtng arlrHt nsHt ILL
rcaeon for attempting Ills own life, failed Il
elicit response.
DIN e.npyss srAryupHr