The evening world., 1890-07-21
HATCHE1S FOR BUFFALO BILL.
His Indians Coming Home Angry,
Sick and Disguised.
They Complain that He Has Abused,
Starved and Deceived Them.

Gen. james X. O'Beirne, superinten-
dent of Immigration at the Barge Office,
ia indignant ut the way w. +. Cody CBuf-
falo Bill is alleged to be treating the In
dams he took from the Pine Ridge Reser-
walton two years ago. and this afternoon
he will forward q letter to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs formally com
planning and relating the facts that have
recently come to his knowledge.
He has already written a letter TO Col.
Gallagher, the Indian agent at Pine
Ridge. telling him substantially the same
story.
Gen. O'Beirne got his information from
the three Indians who arrived on the
Augusta Victoria, from Hamburg, last
Saturday.
They are Shunka-K a-Scar. which trans
lated means White Horse; Mario Che
numpa, alias Bear Pipe, aud lie Chunka
Satkta, alias Kills White Weasel.
Bear Pipe was the most important indi-
yidual of the trio. He is n daring and
expert horsenan and is one of the Ind ans
who took part III the famous attack on
the ~1JtHNWOOu N'hSLs Nv
ing, wcll-bullt fellow.
White Horse used to take the part of
one o. the friendly Indians, who come to
Buffalo Bills rescue wien he white
settlement is attacked by hostiles. Kills
White Weasel is also one of the Indians
who make the wild charge on tie coach.
All three of these Indians arrived at the
- nn.~. ,;,Ir n-l Iie1,aAAI Al
though unable to speak English they
managed by gestures to convey the i'm
preston that they wanted to complain to
some one.
and through him he MANAGED to learn
that the whole colony of Indians under
Iody's management are complaining of
ill-treatment.
White Horse was the spokesman for
his companions. They complained about
the way they were handled. In all SORTS
of weather. cold or warm. wet or dry,
they axe compelled to strip naked to per-
form their acts. They urged that they
should be allowed to wear clothes, but
Buffalo Bill said that they must be
stripped. ,
Their meals, they claim. are horrible.
The food, in their words, Is absolutely
unfit for a dog TO eat. Many OF them nre
subsisting on Biscuits, as White Horse
saws, and he also says that If the Great
Father at Washington could ONLY See the
saunt, lean bodies of the Indians he has
Lett behind, he would surely declare
them Ill-treated.
is that Buff, 10 Bill has violated his
promise to furnish the Indians with
horses. He compeis them to use their
own animals, and The result is that many
of the Indians have lost their fine steeds.
White Horse alleges that Rocky Fear,
the Chief. aud Broncho Bill, the inter-
prefer, are cruel md harsh in the treat.
ment of the Indians and that the latter
have to submit III silence.
White Horse is n cousin of Red Cloud,
and 10 the latter he will relate his story of
cruel treatment. Red Cloud Will prob
ably demand that his men be sent back at
once to the reservation.
That White Horse and his companions
are broken dow and dtsplrlted IS eylnced
by n remarkable occurrence at the Barge
Office yesterday.
when the body o: Otakte (kills Plenty,
who died on the ocean while on his way
hone, reached New York, Gen. O'Beirne
had il photographed.
Yesterday he called the Indians to him
and sh wed them tue picture. White
Horse took the photograph In hand and
gazed at it steadtastly for at least five
minutes
II was apparent that a terrible struggle
was going IN in that powerful frame, a
struggle to keep back tears and other evil
dences of emotion, the BETRAYAL Of which
is considered rnmanly in Indian tribes.
Finally. the photograph dropped from
The shaking hands of the powerful red
SKIN. and it fell on the floor. White
Horse covered his face with his hands
and wept like a cLild. while the eyes of
his two companions filed with tears, but
their faces retained then stolid express
sion.
:" have suent many wears among the
Inllans." aid Gen. O'Beirne this morn
ing. when relating The incident. and l
never saw an Indian cry before"
Gen. O'Beirne shipped the Indians to
Pine Ridpa yAsterday afternoon,