Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-11
INDIAN POLICEMEN.
Queer Named Braves who Keep the
Peace on the Indian Reservation.

Peace on the Indian Reservation.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
! WASHINGTON, June 5.-Atter July
| the Indian police will get better pay. The
increase is from 50 to So a month for the
privates, while the officers will receive $40
a month instead of IS. There will be a re-
duction of the force, but not in proportion
| to the increase of pay. Hereafter the de-
| tail will be IS officers and 100 privates.
| Policing the reservations with Indians is
regarded as no longer an experiment.
| Every agency now has its Indian police,
and the lists are turned in regularly to the
Interior Department. While Calf Is the
Captain OF the Blackfeet police, White
Buffalo is Lieutenant. Running Crane,
fComing-up-tne- and Red Bird
Tail are Sergeants. Equally picturesque
are the names of the twenty privates.
Among them are Fancy Jim and Rather,
Piegan Man, Big Brave, Wolf Asleep,
Crow Foot, Bull Shoe, Tearing Wolf and
Thin-RObe- lnside-Out.
Black Wolf commands the Arrapahoe
and Cheyenne police squad. The Bull
family have been able to secure the follow
ing representatives among the privates !:
White Buffalo Bull, BOb-Tail Bull, Tall
Bull, One-Eyed Bull and Bull. But the
Bear family see the Bulls and go two
better. They have Sergeant Bear Climb
ing Hill. and Patrolmen White Bear,
Spotted Bear, Little Bear. Bear Louise,
High Black Bear and Bears Lariat.
Fine Weather is Captain of the Chey-
enne river force. Straight Head Is Lieu
tenant. Afraid of Nothing, Fish Gut,
Meter and Whistling Hand are Ser
gesnts. If there is anything in names,
the privates must must be doubtful set.
Fool Bear, Jr., Ground Hog and Lazy
w bite Bull cannot amount TO much.
Coming and The Comet are
two Of the Fly" officers at Fort Bel
KNAPP. Speak Thunder 10 the big talking
Sergeant.
The Fort Berthold hobbies are rather
queer lot. Selling-BeeT is the dignifed
Captain ana Bad-Gun Lieutenant. Pretty
Grow, Set-at-Night and Old-W hite- Man
are sergeants. These five officers direct
the movements OF the five prlvates-
Wounded-FRce, Red-HOrse, Strikes-Two,
Poor-WOl aud White-Face.
Chief Eagle, the Captain at Fort Peck,
counts among his good men aud true
sucks is-Breast, Runs-After-DOg Medi-
cino.Besr-Track, Growing Thunder and
Swings Hle-Hhigh.
the Indians who maintain order at
Lower Brule Agency seem to have been
chrstened under adverse preiudices.
Crazy bull heads them, Then there are
Fool Hawk, Soldiers Partisan, Low Dog,
Big Dcg, Poor Dog aud Little Tail.
The Nez Perces police have made a step
toward civilization. They have gone the
white mans road TO the extent Of adopting
his names. For example, Capt. Kahn com
mands the force, and his sub0rdinates
are PriYates Amos, Thomas, Titus and
so on.
Similar development is noted in the roll
forwarded from the Nsqually and PaYal-
lup Agency. scrgt. Marsels spot and
Priyates Jim Webster skinskirt and John
smith are fair Illustrations Of the bOr-
rOWed names.
At the Omaha Agency there is a divi-
sion Of sentiment on the question Of names.
Private George Peabody goes down on
the roll alongside OF Private Pa-hoo-ga-
mO-ni.
The Pawnee police still cling 20 their
Indian nomenclature. Seven stars is the
Captain, and he looks with pride upon a
stalwart force in which Big Dave, Big
Mountain, Big George, Big Charley and
Big AK are Conspicuous.
n-Who-Carrles.th crossword very ap-
prOpriatoly Is the Captain Of McGilli-
cuddy's police at Pine Ridge. He's got "A
choice lot Of priyates, rejoicing in such
names as Standing Soldier, Bear-Runs.ln-
Woods, Kills Hundred, Man-ADoye,
Wake Under-Ground, Blg-bellied S0r-
rel Horse, Airaid-ofNothing and Bob
tailed Dog.
Attorney General Garland has justruled
that Indians who still maintain their
trihul relations 70 the government cannot
be officers Of the United states. This rul-
ing was called out ythe issue raleed over
the eligibility Of some seventy-hve Indians
who are now holding post Offices. How
far Mr.. Garland will carry this opinion Of
bis nobody can tell. IL - earnestly
hoped, however, az the Interior Depart
meut that he will not interfere with the
Indian police.