The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-21
HEAP BIG TALK.
Gen. Sheridan Let's the Red
skins Talk While He CIO-
ses in on Them.
The Cheyennes Hiding Their
weapons and Ammunition
While waiting to Talk.
ArarahOes fdOn't want tO fight,
Always been good and
Hate Cheyennes."
The Northern Cheyennes Rcst.
less, Making Medicine 10
Raise sheoI.
TERRITORIAL REDS.
The Cheyenncs Conosaiing Their
Rest weapons ana Ammunition.


Hest weapons ana Ammunition.
Kansas City, July 2O.-Dispatches
from Crossiield, Kas., says: "Thirteen
hundred soldiers are in camp here to
night Sunday. About 100 miles
nearly due south fus, on their own
comprising about 100
miles square, and Oh that which is
known as the "Old CantonInent"
which is well known Indian camp
ing ground, about seventy-flve miles
west and slightly south of St. Reno,
are most of the Cheyenne warriors
with a chief who will not come into
Fort Reno for a pow-wow. The re-
Spouse given by these Indians is that
the young ''bucks" having had INSULT
Gent rations, are out hunting for
game, and when they return then they
will come in and pow-wow with Gen
erals Miles aud Sheridan; but util then
the soldiers must have patience.
Meanwhile, stories arrive at head
quarters that the Indians are insin-
cere: that they slip out to hunt well
mounted and finely armed; that they
come home with poor guns and only a
few poor ponies; that they arc securely
hiding fire arms, ammunition and po-
MES, west of their reservation; that
they have below 800 "bucks," and
that the arms they secrete are princi-
pally winchester rifles.
THE TALK WITH SHERIDAN.
Wichita, Kas., July 20.-Thc Eagles
special from Reno, says that the dis
satisfied Indians were given an oppor-
tunity to talk with General Sheridan.
The conference was confidential and
private, but the correspondent learned
from the Indians that the elements
represented in the talk were the Stone
Calf and Little Robe outfits that have
been creating so much trouble out in
the western part OF the res
eryotion since the old can
Torment was abandoned as q
military post. These two bands
have been making their headquarters
at Forth Supply instead ofthe agen.
cy. They assured Gen. Sheridan that
they were glad to see him, so illustri'
Gus visitor direct from Washington
and that the talk about the Cheyennei
wanting TO fight was all lie, and oil
the contrary they were now and al
ways had been entirely peaceable
but that they had some causes OF com
plants, that they did not like thei
agent and that they were opposed Il
the grass leases. On this account the!
would like large portion of tn
reservation set oil separately for thei
own use, so they could have their owl
agent and lease their grass to thci
own friends.
Powder Face, the Arapahoe's chic
was present and made speech, i
which he told General Sheridan ths
tor many years his people had ncve
fought the whites, and that he (Sher
dan well knew the Arapahoes had n
fused to join the Cheyenne
in their last war an
that in the present troub
the Arapahoes had remained b
the side of the whites and thus ha'
ing been friendly for many years !
thought the Arapahoe's statemel
should have as much weight as tn
of the turbulent Cheyenes presei
who were always making troub
that the Chcyenes who talked again
the grass lease were only very smi
number of the tribe and that II lar
majority of the Cheyenes and all I
Arapahoes were strongly in favor
grass leases, that the money had be
promptly paid them for
use of that which would otherw
have simply rot ed or been burned
That the lease-men had always act
honorably and kept their promis
and that he Powder Face want
the government to distinctly und
stand that, with the exception OF
few who had talked, all the lndi
wished the grass leases to run for
full term (ten years. for which q
had been made. The dispatch Gle
by saying that Sheridan is very
. ling TO allow the Indians to am
themselves talking until such time
he can make suitable disposal OF
troops when he will talk.