Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-05-17

THE A,tn und4 SlAndarl uf Sunday
| last ha- tie following descriptive tr~
tlclt f'r,u tar yet, ot "Urt' Htr-+y,
fnrmrr Resident ot Miles City:
Alt.r the Custer n,A@-.c,t III 1876 the
allied iiht- uf hostile sioux ~ere pur~
sued ty til" nrtny i1tu tie northern
}4urt It tue territory, Wl!enct they
n,ndr their ..ctrt Arro~s the line into
'he British possessions. After AL aim.
| less, nonladic life On the other ride,
tu4ting SOME three yeAts, during
which they received neither uid Dor
conltnrt from the Canadian govern.
ment, and were thus brought t. u re-
aliziug rense Of their utter helpless.
nes-, IL purtion Of the scIf~expatriated
Indians, under the immediate leader~
ship Of Gall aud sitting Bull, returned
to United States territory ard yieldtd
themselves up to the military authors
tie. ut Fort Buford.
The uore contumacitus remained at
large year longer, living BY best they
might. first by selling their ponies,
guns. ammunition, tepeea, robes ard
blankets, and finally by brgg4ry and
stealth from the ations OF the mounts
ed police ind the camps nf wal derinK
half. breed traders, until finally by
sheer stArvation, they wtre forced To
offer ut unconditional surrender. ind
Spotted Eutl- and Rain, ir-th" Face,
several u"ited, TUT otherwise dtmora!-
zt. rau,l~, tr'n4tsting of UyullalA~,
UlIcup .u's A'sint" Ines ana lHt'k
tuuu-, u,utl- their why to tie u l1ow~
stuue. :nd tpttItd nego'tAti:'nA with
Miles ut Ktertl, which .rr>u|ttu in
their accepting tte trruss # ttHn''l-
ntlng t,tuct. a :nrrler appearing tlo~t
lit vtr WIS ,ee3, utu !he pFnuft hnttlt
ptumuye had given pfaee 10 nnkenp'
uttd ragged lnck-, and tt,~ scarlet d1np'
rrtt- "f wur 10 >4uu|id rags aud uttt r
nuk+dnt%s. For sonle days they hat
cnmted +htlterles~ and s:prviuE o'l tt|t
,orttl hauk Of the ltl!ows' ONE, orI"-
-ite ,ht l,u=t, hnt Vt the cnncl1>lnn "'
conference they were Moved IN tents
ana tepet,- which lAt b+en hn>ti!y
prer:ucd tor them along the t,, nk@ q
the Tongue river. Here, i, 100 In hum
t,er, they remained ia captivity unit
1nt~ iii the following J eAr. Whe1l THE,
WIRE relnnved hy Steamer 10 For
Yates, Sanding Rick aud Krd C1out
lAxenrits. Many Of them nndtri"'i
I farming, nnd the rude and primitive
nlunuer in which they strove t" fore
frolu al upbrpken and refractory soil
a SOFT Of independence for themselve
had something pathetic In 1t. TIL
t1naws dug holes in 1he earl4 will
their knives in which they plante
CON and potatoes furnished by tn
government, And ia many eases the
secured marvellous crops from thes
unpiowed fields. During the wiute
of lSS0>S1 these indians carried IN
large trade with the merchants I
Miles City, the government permittin
them to hunt the buffalo for hides I'll
der Il guard OF soldiers, and also
trap the rivers for the beaver al
mink, thus supplying themselves viii
the means Of purchasing coffee al
sugar (uud sometimes whisky, lux
~ ries dear to the Indian heart. On sc
eraI occasions "trade dances' were i
dulged In ut Miles City, which WI
remarkable exhibitions ot savage Ii
The various dances ia which Indie
indulge have u dramatic purpose, nl
to him in s,1llc seuse what the tlleut
is 10 the civiIizYt' race.
They Hre puntomlmic rtprt 'entAti0
of the Images Of his nliud, and I
tragic Or otherwise according TO
mood. Thus the tun~dnnce is fe'
ful living picture ot the warriors
i'll which candidates. for tile honors
battle are passed through rApuls
ordeal Of phys'c,| snllerlng; tho grr
dance IL II story OF thu huut, in Will
the trophies Of The chr@e err shov
aud recounteurs Of personal pro
- ess given ia weird snnE, while
trade> lance III II remarkably renli<
presentation of the warriors nee
The cnneent of the commanding q
Ger at the post having been
ceived, word would be +
to Miles City arloin,irg d
aud elaborate preparations would
9iu in camp for the coming festi'
Usually by ID O'Clock III the morn
Of the day chosen, the distant bea
tom.tou,s would 11rst he heard,