The New York herald., 1879-03-11

where, and Colonel Carlton put his troops in camp
around the thicket. hoping thereby to inspire the
Indians with confidence in his sincerity; but they
Immediately threw up fortifcations to corrcspondto 10
the position of the troops starting war dance and
than return s south. During the night Colonel Carl
ton reinforced By cavalry and artillery from neigh
boring posts arranged his forces so as to completely
dominate the Indian camp In the morning he gave
them his ultimatum that they must so to Camp Rob
inson and the Indians convinced of the hopeessness
their stand. and thus led to believe Colonel Carl
toms assurances that he meant them no harm. but
simply to keep them at camp, Robinson until the
authorities in Washington should decide as 70
compliance with Colonel Cartons demand
theyfwoud gain their desired end-namely. the per-
mission 90 1--WE az sa oiona asensS q gs"s
and wagons having been brought up the women ana
children. with their effects. were loaded into them.
side That tho Indians still inclined to with
draw their consent to this move was evident from
their reluctant manner: and h, the iact tnat waen len
chiefs having delivered from the tail OF wagon
hery harangue the warriors set up their war song
and created considerable disturbance.
AT CAMP ROBINSON.
Arriving ut Camp Robinson about ten p. M. the
Indians-men. women and children: to the number of
l49-were ushered into the barrack building prepared
for their reception. carrying with them their bag
gage. sontincis being placed within to watch theni
and Leutenant Chase with his company being placed
in immediate charge OF thom On the following morn
ing the chiefs again called upon to deliver up
any arms their people might have retained and FEW
weapons were procured from them. 1t was deemed
impractcable to separate the men from tho women
aud children. as there was not at tho post any
building except the weak barrack in which they
wcro ali put; and furthermore. the Indians
III their frame Of mind required delicate manage
mcnt TO keep them quiet It would nave made them
separated them. At this time the commanding Of
ncer desired use all available troops to try and re-
capture tho other chcycnnes stiil at large and could
not spare enough men to guard the Indians unless
that duty be made by keeping them in good dis
position. Several days after thoir confinement
Ia. NJ ths
sons Of the men and u few more weapons were taken
from them. The Indians now well fed and pro-
except for the constant dread OF beng sent back to
the Indian Territory.
DISLIKE or INDIAN rEnRIronY.
On this point they showed anxiety to converse and
continually endcnvore 20 impress upon tho minds
OF the officers in charge of them the fact that they
much preferred dcath here to q return. great
seemed to be the dislike Of the locality they had lett
For their reluctance 10 going back there were evil
IDENTIFY some rcssons besides the fear of ague and
their crimes in Kansas would not be for
gotten. and with the precedent of the
and the known laws of the white men as regards
capital punishment before their eyes, they
might well shrink from putting themselves
Although Dull Knife. Wild Hog and others of the old
,ognizcd by the whites as the chiefs.
they had in point OF fact but little authority. tho
young or sudicrs controlling by force the
whole. These young men were in the habit of gath
ering in little room which controlled the entrance
sci from thc old men and women. upon whose dis
cretion they could not RELY.
ARMS.
boy of the tribe occasion heard them refer
10 . number of guns whch they bad concealed in the
building and the interpreter states that squaw
scrts that she knew of these arms having been de-
posted under the fcor. The cool headed old men
cndeavored in vain to have all the surrendered
but were too lar tcrrorized by tho young bloods to
give to the whites the knowledge they certainly must
had OF the possession of these The officer
in command. knowing by experience the habits
Indians have OF sccrcting their arms In the
country through which rhcy march before surrender
ing. and believing that the search OF the prison had
beon thorough and that the Indians had been too
closely watched to secretc anything us large a
binc. felt confident that they had arms eg
copt the knives which they were allowed to keep Tor
uso in cutting their food. The regulations of the
prison. that visitor except the officer OF the
post should enter without specisl permit, and then
be examined tor arms and ammunition. These regu-
lations enforced. and scntinels were kept IN
the building that any smuggling in of arms
would seem to have been impossible.
RATHER THAN RETuHS.
When OH the 81 OF January. after having been kept
in confinement ior seventy days without any at
tempt to escape, tho Indians were notified by Cap
tain Vessels. who was then In command, It he
had received orders to them 10 the railway to
be transported back to the Indian Territory. they
took ono day 70 consider and on the next their
sincerity sine was 90 % oviasnt that Captain wss. %
inevitable unless tho Indians could bc in
duccd by harsh measures to change their
minds. He therefore used tho only argument left
him; he cut on their supplies informing tho depart
ment commander OF the fact. This measure. prov
ing as it did TINT the government was not disposed
to back down ON account of their defiance, made
them quickly show how desperately strong was
their resolve die rather than move. well under
standing they did that whenever they SHOULD con-
sent to return south they would DO well fed again.
srAnvrsG PRocEss.
Tho scntincls who had UP to this tine been posted
no 10 ionrer r place wicS white man could % enter
with safety. Although the commanding officer used
every day strong entrcatics TO induce the Indians
to send ont their children that no might feed thcn
they persistently refused, insisting. with savage
ferceness. upon involving thor offspring In
the common ruin. When having been four days
without food, except tho small quantities of beef
tallow and maize which they had saved
NJ for an emergency, and for two days
fuel, the Indians still held out. The commanding
officer believed their siubbornncss owing partly
to the influence OF their chief Hog. and caca him
ont and placed him i'll irons. Hog would not como
out alone. but WAS accompanied by Old Grow. an
Indian who had hccn employed as a scout with
troops. Grow ironed without trouble, but Hog
made a desperate resistance and before
being oyerpowcred succeeded in drawing q
knife and staobing soldier. He had two
more knives concealed upon his person. Tris
incident seemed to the Indians an Indication that
the authorities were about to resort to extreme
measures. There some disturbance ut the prison
door and only the presence of tho guard prevented
serious trouble. the door being again closed thoy
ut once commenced their preparation for an OUT
break conceaing by various excuses the real object
Of their labors from the women aud children So
curing the windows. they tore up tho
floor fSs rna SsrG s S to nsS
from the west. The post guardhouse being near tho
end of the building they evidently thought that the
guard would fire into the windows Of thai part when
tho outbreak should The officers aud soldiers
aware OF these preparations and feared I'M
mediate outbreak. and so large Eumber OF troops
were kept during the afternoon under arms near the
building. During the afternoon aud evening. both
before and after the parade OF the troops captain
Vessels made two attempts to PERU de Dull
knife to out but was unsuccessful.
prevented by tho young men. who showed them
selves decidedly aversc to letting the women aud
children of Hog aud Crow be removed. The com
mansling officer knowing the nature of Indians.
considered the excitement would be temporary.
and when in the evening the uproar erased,
thought that nothing would be likely to happen.
Believing the prisoners TO be dsarmcd. be had no
idea that they could effect their escape through tho
strong lines of scntines. evcn although the windows
not barred and kept after dark troops except
the strcngt thened guard prepared for the pursuit