Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-07
THE INDIANS.

Crow Kings surrender-sitting Bulls
 Last Remnant of a FoIlowfng-An End
 1.-the Struggle in the Northwest.
 FoRT BuFoRD D. T., Feb. 6.-The long an
 ticipated and hoped for surrender of the
 band of Indians controlled by Crow King
 took place yesterday at this post. The scout | Allison arrived here accompanied by Crow
 King, who for many years had been the most
 formidable chieftain the Sioux have had, the
 equal of Sitting Bull in influence and his su-
 perior in following, inasmuch as he (Crow
 King) led the soldiers band of the Sioux. I Crow King and Allison had long interview with Major Brotherton. Crow King said he was coming in with all his people,. that he 1 and they had resolved to give up for good, that so soon as they came in they would turn over their guns and ponies and that in future 1 they would obey the great father. Crow King has with him about four hundred h. dians, most of whom are fighting men. This surrender leaves Sitting Bull alone in glory and almost alone in person. He from this time out ceases to be of importance, and, finding that to be the case, will undoubtedly come in just about as soon as his ponies will bring him.
 Captain Davis, Second cavalry, arrived here with his company and about sixty In- dians, who are from the much dreaded, nev- CT surrender band of Iron Dog. This Indian has long been considered the most wicked of the hostile Indians in the northwest. He was the most uncompromising opponent that Allison met in his negotia- tions with Sitting Bull to surrender and even when Sitting Bull did start in for that pur- pose Iron Dog and his lodges remained be- hind on Canadian soil. He is now driven by hunger and loneliness, as Sitting Bull will soon be. Your correspondent was present when Iron Dog and his people were received by Major Brotherton to-day. Iron Dog is a very old man and was profusely trimmed with feathers and trinkets. His manner, how ever, was dignifed in the extreme and his greeting to Major Brotherton was emphati- cally that of fallen to a victorious chieftain His people were in the last degree ragged and forlorn. Just as soon as Crow Kings people arrive they will be placed in camp, near the post, and will then formally surrender their arms and ponies. There will then be about eight hundred surrendered Indians here, who are the fruits of diplomacy rather than of war, of fair words rather than of hot shot, It IS not known what steps, if any, will be taken by the government to hasten Sitting Bulls surrender. His strength, however, is broken, and he can hope for nothing more in the future. His prominent men have all left him and come in-Iron Dog, Good Bear, Crow King, Gall, etc., and when he finds they are well treated his fears, which were unquestionably aroused by Col. nges' fight with Gall, will be dis persed, and he will see, willy and shrewd as he is, that his only chance of power in the future lies in his making merit of necessity and giving himself up. Inside of month he will, without doubt, be eating government rations at Fort Buford.
 With his personal surrender the Indian question on the northwest frontier ends. The Northern Pacific railroad can continue it's extension without any of it's workmen losing their scalps. The countless fields of the Yellowstone Valley will fill with settlers and the Sioux soldier will lay down, not his tom ahawk, but his Winchester rife, and cry peccaUS to the white man. This great result will have been accomplished without loss of life, with scarcely any expense to the gov ernment and with an assurance of lasting ness that no forced surrender ever guaran- tees.