Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-03
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MAJOR P0tLock*s IRAxel4.
FrsA Yankten 70 the Ute Country aud
sask sesraakssas~via spstssa rail
AEsnsy-Aw Winter Trip over Mountains
and laias-TAas ucsssse, ofa s.eoee.f.l
OAcial.
Major VIM. j. Pollock, Indian inspector,
arrived last night from the Ute county, via
Sidney, Pine Ridge agency. Rosebud agen-
cy and the Wyoming stage company's Mis-
souri, river line. Major Pollock has swung
around tho entire circle since he len Yank.
ton and reaches % again from the snowy
range and frozen plains, clad 10 his summer
clothes. the department not having given
him time or opportunity to put on his WIN
tor garb. He came In from the bleak viii
derness above By last nights stage. . frozen
lump Of mortality, aud while hs was thaw-
log out by3a red hot stove at the Merchants
hotel We made an. effort to pump some loose
Information from the great northwestern
traveller. He said hss wss not permitted %
tnpaftnuoh inlihs way Of knowledge. even
when he was 10 Q physical condition to open
bis mouth withoutldsnger of breaking open
the aide Of bis face. His work was rather
OF q secret nature and there were many mat.
tiers entrusted to his care which did not be-
long to the public. Anything which he
could conscientiously d,vulge he VA viii
ling to give. And 40 he ihawed, atom BY
atom, and the warm blood resumed It's
wonted course, he gradually lost his sphinx
like charactertstics and melted into his old.
time volubility. 51gta -zee
Major Pollock left for the Ute country
about The middle of October, 10 response to
telegraphic orders received while on his
way home from Yankton. he received his
orders while at Winnebago agency. at two
O'Clock in the morning and that night re-
piled from Omaha that he was on the way
to Colorado. His experiences In the Ute
country were startlingly unpleasant and
fraught with all sorts Of dangers and priva-
tons. Accompanied by 4 short hand re-
porter he crnssed the snowy range on a
mule aud penetrated the hostile country. 1t
was here that he discovered that the Hatch.
Adams. Ouray commission had been ap-
pointed aud had advanced in force on the
Ute camp With the olive branch 10 its hands.
Major Pollock performed the duties en-
Trusted, to him. struck southwark across the
mountains again. astride his diminutive
iackass. at times wading the snow knee
deep and picking bis way along obscure
trails. When tho San Juan range was
c crossed he reached telegraphic commu.
nications to find awaiting him an order to
proceed Immediately to Rosebud agency
and investigate the trouble existing there.
He started on this journey, coming over.
land from Sidney. and when he reached
Yankton last night he was in a frame Of
mind which prompted him to remark that
it wouldn't take much more of that sort of
business to induce him to abandon his
position Of inspector. He reports the res.
t~sration Of quiet and good feeling at Spot.
ted Tails camp. The recent excitement
had died out and the man who was shot was
rapidly recovering. He thinks Major
Newell has made some mistakes, the result
of inexperience. His idea wa that the
major should have retained possession Of
the Indian who did the shooting when he
vas first delivered up and says he would
have been sustained in that course BY the
influential men Of the tribe. Between
Major Pollock and the chiefs Of Spotted
Tail there exists . covenant (made while
Pollock was their acting agent) to the effect
that every Indian guilty of shooting a
white man shall be delivered up for punish.
ment. The chiefs remembered this com.
pact and were anxious to fulfill it, but
Major Newell, not being sufficiently fami.
liar with Indian character 10 fully compre.
bend the situation, feared an outbreak and
. general massacre and yielded up the
prisoner after he had been surrendered.
Major Pollock was received with every
manifestation Of delight at Rosebud. Spot.
ted Tail presented him with = large photo.
graph Of himself, inclosed in an elaborate
gutta percha case. Numerous other Indians
gave him tokens of their regard and he
came away loaded with presents. many Of
them valuable. The parents and relatives
Eof Indian children attending school at
Carlisle made him their agent for the pur.
chase Of Christmas presents for the children
and gave him about q hundred dollars in
greenbacks with which to buy knick-knacks
for the student papooses.
M.;or Pollock has presented us with
another illustration Of bis wonderful indus.
try and endurance and of the successful
results of: his indomitable will and his
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