Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-27
HAYES TRAMP.
AT HUTCHINSON. IA

AT HUTCHINSON, KAs.
HUTCHINSON, Kas., Sept. 26.-The Presidential
party left Dodge Centre at o'clock this morn
ing on their road to Topeka, and were greeted
along the road at various stations by crowds
of people. At Larned station the train halted
long enough to enable the party to visit the
county fair in carriage provided for the oc-
oasion by citizens. At the train Capt. Henry
Booth made few welcome remarks. A plat
form had been erected on the fair grounds,
quarter of mile from the station. from which
the President and Gen. Sherman made brief
remarks.
President Hayes said Fellow citizens of Kan
| sas: am very glad to meet you here to-day.
Audiences appear before me in all sorts Of
places, land greetings and welcomes are given
| under all sorts Of circumstances. It is the mode
| of exhibiting attachment to FREQ government,
and is not particularly personal compliment
to anybody. It belongs to your loyalty. your
the republic and its great history. Therefore
can talk about it as q looksr-on. 1t does not
mean simply the individual man. It means
respect and hope for the institutions under
which We live. With this general view of it
must add, perhaps, one other. 1t is one which
appearing together for any purpose, whether of
business or pleasure, to do some
good advertising. (Laughter.) suspect that
the President of the United States,
especially if he differs little with his best
to Pe
ter,) he ia .a-ernsed by what be has saidebv
what IL said in his behalf, and by what he has
said against him. don't know which adver-
tisement is the most valuable
80 my friends, we are here to have a few mo-
ment's conversation together. Az I said before.
we are meeting large assemblies of people like
this on our journey, but will assure you I
have met no assemblages in my travels m.re
to me than this IN view OF all the
me at the cars said that this was but O FIVE
year old settlement, that this county and town
| is but five years old. As look around me up.
on the surface of things
do, not sec anything that appears
to be more than years old. Naughter and
cheers.) Here you are settled in this new
| country and beginning your settlement at the
right place. Il all new settlements in the
world were built on the same cornerstone that
You built the structure of your society upon
the future Of settlements would be far more
hopeful and far more prosperous than many of
them are. (Cheers.) I see what is your cor
ner stone. It il popular education; it is free
schools. The first institution that You have to
exhibit to q stranger is your popular system of
free schools education. This is the proper
American method of building up communities
TT for !self-government. fit for posterity
and nqdnd IT. IT, for for all people to be
the people Of the older States of the country,
and those connected with the government in all
capacities all emphatically impressed by
the character of The settlements made on the
frontier of 1.-The State of Kansas. CHEERS. J
They are full Of hope, glory and encourage
ment, and Of the general increasing prosperity
throughout the country. Cheers.
Upon concluding. the President introduced
Gen. Sherman, who was received with three
cheers, to which he responded. He said: After
the civil war was over was in command of all
this as military officer, and went out to Dem
yer and came along down here into Kansas, I
visited little fort up here called Larned. sit
uated between Bentzfort and Fort Leaven-
worth. When got to Fort Larned there was
small garrison there, I think three or four COM
panies living in dug. outs Qaughter), and one
or two kinds Of tents built up the sides with
sod and tent roof. These were the great and
beautiful palaces then of the inhabitants of
this State. Naughter.)
My friends, Mr.. Kicking Bird of Black
Kettle, and Little Raven. were encamped just
here about where we now stand. They sent
mo word they wanted to pay me visit 80 as to
talk with the commander-in-chief,a and sent
them word to come ahead. (Laughter). told
them what was going to happen and that they
had better prepare to leave. They would not
believe nae. The next year war came mn and
they had to go. On that occasion of their
visit they came with their war paint on and
armed with their carbines in their hands and
pistols by their sides, and they had prepared
themselves to look like devils, as they were.
We had what they called o talk and it was
pretty plain talk, too, on my side. They did not
like 1T exactly. They did not believe it when I
sald the white man was coming here
and take possession Of these lands.
would ever want to live here. The next year
we had war which resulted in the killing of
Black Kettle down in tho Indian country At
that time they came to me and begged for meat.
Although there was plenty Of antelope in this
country and some elk, they wanted some pork.
We gave them pork and bareback. but we
wouldn't give them bit of whisky because
We were temperance men in those days.
uaughter.) We gave each fellow q hat-one
| OF those soldier hats with feather in it-and
they were the proudest Indians you ever saw.
am very glad to see they are gone now (more
lsughter), and don't care very much where
these Indians are still left in the Indian coup-
try about Fl. Sell. Little Raven has
pretty good farm down there,
and he has raised crop Of
wheat this year and he is going to
Kicking Bird was good Indian, If you can
imagine such thing as good Indian, and be-
cause he WAS good Indian they sent him to
| the good hunting ground little sooner than
1as apPS aa ed Time by poison Black Kettle
country here can barely recognize the out
town OF Black Kettle and seemed to have been
between this point and where your town now
stands, otherwise cannot see one particle of
the old landscape.
am delighted to see SO many people greet