The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-11
DR.. Wroten,s Letter.

ana l snail spars them such an AZ
g fiction now. 1.-THE presiding dig
/, nitary ofan Indian Boarding school
with a eixty-fye acre lsfm attached
, attends to his duties from April
to August 30 he will not have much
time for anything else, except he rob
! himself Of sleep. Ana when he has
been on his pega from six a. m. to
SIX P. m.,and then conducts the ey.
e3ing services of the school room
he welcomes the sound Of the retir.
ing bell In addition to my regu-
lar duties | was acting Agency ply
sieian while the official medicine
man was away on leave.
Fortune has smiled ON this Sec
ton Of Dakota this season in the
way ofcrops, and If the favorable
weather continues-mar that eifn
the territory will receive a won
derful boom. No rain has fallen
for about three weeks, andas hot
wind blows nearly all The tins, it
does nottake longto bring disaster.
II looks nov as if | would get The
first crop Of oa.s this farm has pro.
duced for years. So far as garden
truck is concerned we are simply
immenae.
We had a big sensation here some
lineage, One Sunday a couple Of
men passed through with drove
of horses. They were seen and
spoken to by several of the Agency
people, and would be recognized if
seen again. Two weeks from that
day one Of the Indian police found
the body of aman In wash-out
about five miles from the Agency
in the direction the men went. He
reported his discovery to the Agent,
who had the body brought to the
Agency, when it was discovered that
II was the body Of the elder horse
man. lmade an examination of
the body and found the skull crush
ed all to pieces. Subsequently the
post surgeon and I took up the
body, took the head off and found
where two bullets had gone through
1t. The younger man had murder.
ed his partner, sold the stock near
Pierre and fed to the Black Hills,
where he was arrested. He was ex-
amined and held tor trial at Yank-
ton in September.
The Commissioners appointed to
treat with the Sioux win be here
about the 10Th, when we expect great
times. The commissioners were
very successful IL Rosebud or Spot
ted Tai, but at Pine Ridge the willy
Red Cloud was too much for them.
They are now at Lower Brule and
Crow Creek, coming here next.
The commissioners seem admira-
bly, adapted to the work. General
Crook holds the suspicious tricky
ones well in hand, Governor Foster
makes the law clear, and General
Warner is what Sandians call
good mixer. Over at Spotted Tail,
as they call Rosebud, they gave
Governor Foster handsome war
bonnet. 1t is a head dress to which
i1 attached trail reaching to the
floor, The whole thing is made Of
bright feathers, and the Governor
seemed SO fond Of his present hat
he was adopted by the Sioux and
called Young-Man-P roud-O His
Tail, The Indian is very quick to |
notice any little peculiarity attach
ing to any one, and names him ac-
cordingly. They know me as
Hoonspe Hooksida TIP Toaka,
which means the teacher of the boys
at the government school, but they
have another name which / could
never get any of them to spell, and
| despair of putting it on paper.
/ am unable to saT what the In
dians at our agency will do. The
failure at Pine Ridge will have a
bad effect, am afraid, and the work
Of the commissioners may be pro-
longed until fall. The most crafty
and one OF the most influential IN
dams here is White Swan, and no
expression of opinion can be had
from him, He alwaYg comes to see
me when ne visits the Agency and
speaks freel5 on every subject except
ing opening the Reserve, On this
he is an old Reservation himself,
When the grand moguls arrive
and the pow-wow begins will try
to be more interesting, |,
| am glad to know you arc all so
wide awake and pushing since | left.
If I lad only foreseen, what effect
my departure would produce III
should have left years ago.
'lsI. - Ny Wy