New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21

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they comes right straight over Ter Charabcslain
an sells 'em for dollar. They sells everything
they gets-ponies, clothes. hats. an then Hes boue
1t ter the agent an begs or steals more
Are they dangerous ?" asked. Thst is. ,are
they liable to break outp~
They're afeard. They's the wust cowsrdssycu
ever sec. oas night White Ghost come downstbcx
river ter Chamberlain an went ter see man wot
was shippin' cattle aerost the Reservation. Tho
cattle had been eatin' prairie grass along shex
trail, an he wanted money fer it He said ct
he didn't gt yher money, he'd send his young men
an take ther cattle.
40 Rev you many wagons to your camp In1un
says the rancher.
- Heap wagon, heap pony; heap gun, sAys
White Ghost
You'll need 'em all, Iniun. says the ranoher.
'Ef you come around botkerin,my cattle; be surs
Ger fetch yer wagons erlong.'
'HcwT said White Ghost, meanin' 'wottferr
Ter cart of the bodies of yer young men.
Intun' says the raneher.
White Ghost tuck one o. them quick, ieoIrHv
an, she, Who speaksp
'Mep says the rancher. I'm big warrior,
Injun. My names Big Gun Thet Alters Kills, an,
tit in the war Of ther Rebellion. Hev yos hesrd
bout tibet wor. Intnr
White Ghost grunted, an the ranchsr says
she, Well was there. lniun,' she. AN, I killed
926 men in one day.
White Ghost bumped bis shoulders. drored HE
blanket all aroun' him, and says, She. Ughis
she, an he made break fer the door. They
wasn't no harm como to them cattlei'
We were rowing gently down with the current
upon the muddiest water ever saw. On either
side Of the river, stretching up and down fos
miles, rose countless succession Of mounds and
bluffs-the Gumbo Hills Of the Missouri. Sterila
tough and sticky, the soil Of the hills is bereft
of vegetation, though just behind them rolled a.
fair and rich o prairie land as anywhere exists
Once, centuries ago, as you easily may see, the
waters Of this great river touched the highest
summit Of the furthest bluff, and reached at least
twenty miles from peak TO peak. Gradually as
they fell, they moulded these curiously shaped
bills, cutting deep gullies and gulches between
them, and forming long island in the river now
covered with heavy growth Of timber. Below
this, which belongs to Chamberlain and win soon
become beautiful park, the river has made long
lines of ever-shiftng' ssnd-bars, and with scarcely
enough water to accommodate our, little sltir. we
padded cur way through the bars!*o the reservas
ton landing
There the agency wagon was waiting for its
mail-bags and supplies, and in it made my
further journey. 1t was b" killing day. upon the
reservation, the day upon which cattle were
slaughtered. The Indians were already gathering
from all over the prairies, coming deetly in upon
their ponies backs, with their'squsws and chill
dren in little Dearborn wagons. They were any
thing but pretty to look at. Some, pointed out as
the wilder and more savage Of the tribe, who but
rarely and only upon such occasions the pres
ent came to the agency, were clad lin their native
costume, picturesque certainly, and even i'm
pressive but scarcely of kind to excite agreeable
sensations. Buckstdn trousers, heavily trimmed
with leathern fringe, covered their legs, oddly
painted here and there with grotesque representa-
lions of horses, coyotes, and other creatures over
their heads, formed by single quick motion into
a hood, and then extending down about their
shoulders and across their chests, they wore q
blanket of white or colored aannel. OF these
fellows nothing was visible excepting their ugly
dark faces, always bearing most sinister express
sion, but animated only by their little black eyes
that cleaned like snakes. Some Of them did
without the hood, wearing nothing over their long
wiry hair, which fell from parting'in the middle
straight down upon their shoulders. headdress
Of gaudy feathers often tied to the scalp-locks
and stuck up therefrom in the familiar style.
They all had moccasins upon their feet-and walked
without making the slightest noise, the circum-
stance which, most Of all, affected my nerves
The greater part however, were clad In an ugly
and ridiculous conglomerson OF civilized and saw
age Dress which left them none of the native dig
nifty that in high degree characterized the APP
pearance of the wilder portion.
AS human curiosities the women were by far
more interesting than the men. They wore moro
native toggery beads bracelets, necklaces. belts
and such vsnities. They sat around in small
groups upon the ground, catching the pneumouia
and ehattering like monkeys, often with their
papooses strung over their shoulders in the APP
proved fashion. Fully half the tribe were paint
ed with @ light red dust. Being as ugly as posi-
bic without the paint, II had no other effect than
to make their ugliness O trife more.striking.
Many of the Indians 60 armed. You could see
their pistols or guns as everything that fires
a bullet ia called in the West stick
ing out from under their blankets al around
you Less than q dozen white people live at the
agency, and removed from all Others of their kind
surrounded by tribes noted Tor their malicious
tendencies, one would think their situation any
thing but enviable. There are no soldiers at the
agency only the principal himself, Major Tppetts,
O physician, q stOre-keeper, q civil engineer and
half dozen assistants. Major Tippetts and his
superior officer, Major Anderson, whose heaor
quarters are at Crow Creek, some miles above
Chamberlain, are regarded as model Indian man
ayers They are both, after long experience
among the Sioux, advocates of the new peney'
which contempIates the establishment OF each In
dian family upon farm TO which the head OF the
family shall have title in fee simpie; the preak-
ing up of the tribal relations, She foaAdlng Oh
public schools upon the reservsosns, 30 tpas
cbildren shall not be taken from tleir parents
and the educational influence shah be felt BY both
Young and old; and briefly, the substitution OF
modern civilized methods and manners for thoss
which are at best a compromise with barberism'
Major Tibbetts believes that the Indian VIII never
make substantial progress until his interests are
identified with those of. the whites, and his am
billions are stimulated by the same chances OF
protit that render exertion worth while to other
people.