Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

Walker, MINI. Oct. little hostiles
have at last agreed to come into a
councll-the very thing Marshal
OConnor and Inspector Tinker sought
to bring about before the battle ever
was fought. There are, however, the
inevitable indications of delay so char
acteristic Of Indians on matters Of i'm
porta1ce. The hostiles demand the OPP
portunity Of counciling with their
friends among the Indians at the
agency to-day. Then on Friday they
will all meet Commissioner Jones and
the authorities at the agency for Il
grand, and, it is to be hoped the con-
Guiding council, when they will finally
get down to the meat in the cocoanut.
and answer definitely as to whether
they propose/to law down their arms.
surrender tte men Marshal O'Connor
wants, accept the almost too le2ient
proposition Of the government and go
to their homes. They will also elabo-
rate upon their grievances, the timber
question as they view it, the alleged OPP
preston Of the deputy marshals and
all the other kindred woes Of red men.
This was the determination reached ut
the council held
At the Hostile Camp
by Commissioner Jones and the recall
citrants last evening. There We're
eighty-two Indians present by Com
missioner Jones' count. not including
the squaws and children nor few
young 1rcn who could lie seen hanging
round in the timeber. The arch-con-
sEirator. ug-ahmah-ge-shig, would
not come into the council. He refused
the commissioners hand and took 10
part in the proceedings. although lie
was within sight and hearing Il portion
of the time Mr.. Jones addressed the
Indians, urging upon them a compli
ance with the law and the surrender
of the accused men. He promised to
listen to all their grievances and 90
his best to right them, but insisted
that they must first agree to the propo
sition Of the government. Several Of
the Indians, including Kay gway-ge.
way-be-nung, who accompanied the
commissioner, made speeches. The
council lasted two or three hours.
The Indians went over the subject of
their grievances quite generally. They
accused William Bonga, Ed Warren
and Ben Fairbanks Of getting the best
Of them on the timber question. They
accuse the deputies of prosecuting
them for trivial offenses for their own
benefit After the palaver was over
the question of a council at the agency
was preached. Commissioner Jones
asked them to name delegation Of
their representative men to come into
the council.
The Indians Agreed
to this, but requested day in which
to meet their friends at the agency.
and the commissioner consented.
After his return to Walker Commits
sioner Jones expressed his satisfaction
with the result of the council. ''They
talked pretty ugly at first" he said,
''but before we got through they were
feeling 4 good deal better. I had the
authority Of Gen. Bacon and Marshal
O'Connor to assure them that they
could come into council without fear
Of arrest. and this was satisfactory. I
think this matter can be settled in a
short time"
The other departments interested,
those of war and justice. are not so
well satisfied and are chatting under
the delay. The braves at the council
spoke of the fight of Wednesday as a
victory for the Indians and tauntingly
said that the bucks We're "having fun
with the soldiers. They claim to have
accounted for every Indian and no one
of them was killed or even wounded.
This attempt to minimize their cas-.
ualties, however, seems to be success
fully contradicted by the fact. as
stated by Lieut. Ross, that five rifles
were picked up on the battle field by
the soldiers. This would indicate at
least five dead men. In addition to
these evidences of fatalities the lieu
tenant saw several trails where the
dead had been dragged off. The killed
among the soldiers were not una