Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-08
COLONEL CODY GETS HIS INDIANS.
Mr.. Morgan Finds He is Not Bigger Man
Than Mr. NchIa-

indiana Commissioned Morgan has discov-
cred once more that he is not bigger man
than the Secretary of the Interior. Some
body started the story last fall that the
Indians who had been taken abroad by
Colonel William L. Cody TO take part in
the wild West" had been badly treated
and were surrounded by degrading in
fuences.
As soon as Colonel Cody, better known
as Buffalo Bill" heard of this talk he
rounded up his Indians. who we're in win
ter-quarters at Strasburg, and brought
them to Washington to give Commissioners
Morgan an ocular demonstration OF the
falsity Of the report. 1t was an expensive
undertaking. When the Indians reached
Washington Colonel Cody sought an inter-
view with Morgan. To his surprise the
Commissioner kept him waiting from day
TO day, ana il was not until Buffalo Bill
had secured the active help of promi-
nent Cabinet officer that he was able to
bring his troop before the Commissioner.
Then the Indian troubles broke out in the
West, and at the solicitation of the au-
thorities Cody and his friendly Indians
went to Pine Ridge and did good service
tor the Government.
But when the Colonel got ready to take
his Indians back to Europe he found o
large-sized snag in his way. Commissioners
Morgan fatty refused to permit a single
red man TO leave the reservation. He had
been told that tine Indians did not have
proper surroundings abroad, and he con-
sidered it much better that they should re-
main on the reservation than be demoral-
lied by foreign travel.
No amount of evidence that Colonel Cody
could produce, including that of many
leading Americans who had seen the show
in Europe, could affect Commissioner Nor
gan. nor would no listen to the recommen-
dations of Indian agents and General Miles
and Colonel Forsythe that it would be the
best way TO prevent renewal OF troubles
in the spring 10 let Cody take a hundred Of
the Sioux ont of the country. The Ne
braska senators and representatives joined
IN trying to induce Morgan to issue the
permits, but the only result was to call out
an order from Morgan for the arrest Of any
agent of Cody who tried to take an Indian
away from the reservation.
1t had cost Colonel Cody O good many
thousand dollars to bring his hundred In
dams to the United States and take care of
them here. and then to have them sudden
ly cOrralled by the Indian Commissioner
after their return passage had been paid
for was a little disheartening. Colonel
Cody has been here week working hard
to prevent the destruction of his show
by Morgan's arbitrary act. The mat
ter was finally laid before Secretary
Noble, and to-day the Secretary over
ruled the Commissioner and issued an or
der directing that Colonel Cody be given
liberty TO take to Europe as many of tho
Sioux Indians as he wished. A fortnight
hence 100 of the redskins will sail with
Buffalo Bill, and Commissioner Morgan,
who boosted that he never attended a
theatre OF q circus in his life, will have to
give them up to tho demoralizing and de-
grading influences of foreign travel and
contact with the civilization of the white
man.