New-York tribune., 1880-04-05
AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAf1

~
vivors of the massacre of the NoFthsns
Chcyennes. vivid pictures arc drawn ofH
the terrible slaughter at Fort Rotjnsees 4
and of the circumstances which wes4 :
made to serve as pretext for it. A peusi0e Z
claim agent has charged that $4,000 pend14
claims could be settled now, and would be4
except for fear thai it would hurt Mr.fShor-
mans chances in the campaign. In the dis
sensions which exist between Messrs. ManninS
and Springer, of the House Elections Co.
mittee, there is ground for hope that DOnpeu
will not be permitted to occupy Mr.. WasAs 4
burns seat. The fairness with which ~ Z
Exodus investigation is being conducted = 4
spoken of as honorable to Mr.. Voorhees,.
THE MASSACRE OF THE CHEYENNES
VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF THAT BLOODY INCtDak4
OF THE WINTER or 1873 BY TWO or THE CHIsyU {
OF THE BAND. s%@a,iFf
(rRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE TR1sunn1 )
WASHINGTON. April AIN o former letter
showed some of the of the fight Of the Nuft1.
ern Cheyenne IndansfrOm the Indian Territesy u
September, 1878, which the Kirkwood COMMITTEES
has discovered in the course OF its investigation.
After the fight there was pursuit of nearly .
month by the United States troops from Fort
Reno and other posts in the Southwest. DUR
the Indians generally whipped the soldicut
and numerous ourages were pcrpetrated on
pcaceable and defenceless citizens. AbOut halt e
the band of Cheyenncs, famished almost naked saa
perishing with cold, then surrendered upon the
plains, south of Camp Robinson. in Nebraska Tke
committee has as yet taken no testimony bearing
on what occurred after the surrender. except from
two or three survivors. In the massacre, every
man of the captured band, excepting eight only,
was slaughtered, and twenty or thirty wOmoa asA
children lost their lives besides This story wssr
very graphically told to the Senate Committces
however, by Wild Hog and Old Crow, two Of The Z
survivors. The Indian version Of it has never besn
published. and it will be found interesting,
Wild Hogs description was as follows:
When we surrendered and were taken to the gssieen
at Camp Robinson VIC told that would -
sRs 'ps suss %
ws .sSs treated pd Sa
stay in. and we had plenty to eat:
called s Sens soane By Ss s
t" aa rds aS Tan s bs5 and
cheysnne agency We were very much surprised e
that time: LSS1 TssT. at us sec
Sn US hardly Ts snow that
feeU; The weather was exceedingly cold We s,idws !.
m 70 res ec Dar 1at Of ne ouT Daaa We're
large ana 5 t6as tac Ssy could al Ss got sOssSs
r %s na S 60 Se ~SS Could ScS x ps
We were sent for several times after that weswsyp
aa ID e met saS @ :" Would not
would rather wait Then all at once the comnaods~H
BECAUSE we said we did not want to 60 away IN tbs
FOR days None Of Of u.s. me1 womn nSs
bitter cold, We had no fre nor any fuel With wh,s
were nearly starved and nearly frozen We expected y
be starved to death SO we broke SHt THIS nas nsy
have not been lying at all.
In answer to questions from the COMMITTEES he
said that after they had been without food or water
or fuel for days. the commanding officer sens
for three Of the chiefs, Of whom be was one. The
building was surrounded by soldiers, and he
thought there was to be trouble The command
ing officer repeated his demand that they
should Immediately return south, aud th>
Indians reiterated their excuses for not desiring -
do so then. Then from the motions of the soldiers
he thought that they were going to kill him. md
he tried to stab himself struggle ensued, and The
chiefs present all put in irons and sepaxAsed
| from the rest Of the Indians.
| Old Crow gave an account Of what followed He
| SAID:
After those who had been left behind heard.t ,ss
beng roned and taken away. and our relations .skrn
ts t"ube ne" not p Sn"wins what would follow what nf
be doue them; and the young mep OF the oand saia
SissI. 10 meyer be- fS sseS Sn' back aas
SsSe given We up %vS and
they ns are sarvnx rs me US to death
we'll ale here as to be taken back south and
wanted Them to out they could seize them and
take them south.
talking during the atsrGSon but Su. they e
TALKING the mater BY sa n:e aeS Eay Tad sa
but we will die here like doss We Will di9 o.
prairie We will die hshtlng III Inen ,ney mace ''s<
p KNIFE snS sssaSS s
Se4s kaG aid t" Sa ss ns .
as SraRs out Tns mc5nps q s,s che "a
asss ss~' $s % a,ns r T.. Z ~:
%suS wagon 'V with him and saw there the dead bodies
graf many men, women and children: In, ! aiter.:sd
women and children taken prisoners.
c 9nS S many %ohSn se 1 ATnss asp we
;a % Tp s sst ssa''
that we must come SOUTH and u we oid not sGss
e. sout sss that we rn away from Tho os
ern clnry because We were a,rain 10 dic Oh s.ctne
g. ok south and die there Tucn they qn issanx !.
9D 9DG iasy 5sy sy Stop fuel iol' ATieS Yd nss
give us either wOOd or waicr. sf
% NOW d HWs a SsS"
Ing not much We had not been suffering ire", s""
and the house couGncl IN WAS pretty waEn ~
one. ~, - ..s...r,o,. 90 49, ~
r.tG,ns i'm those daysa Ave were without nsy yxM4 "a
Wiareyer TO eat One could tell by LOOKING nr the o9a
~ those who were killed aud those VINO were oro1 y.
bacL mrso,,rs that they had been nrary sarvea - II
,iesf they were naciated '-
Iaont know what the committee will report - 81
regard to the treatment of Che Northern Cheyennos
ts,, tbs time they arrived ut the Indian Territees
- 1877 until the terrible slaughter ut Camp Rob.
;nson described by Wild Hog as " Just like bhc1s- q
no cattle y; but do know that anyone with the e,
east sense of justice will rise from perusa of ~
of indi1nafian the v