The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14
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al resulting fatally. that they became
terrorized. the medicine men saying II
Has a visitation from The great spirit
.-Essadowa' called a council al which i
was agreed that the tribe should 6isperse
10 the southwark, meeting ar the Wich-
tia mountains. ard 50 they struck out
each family for itself, abandoning every
thing in their wild flight. When mem
Der OF 4 party vas taken Ill on the route.
they took him Of the horse and laid him
down b. the side OF stream where he
could reach the water. leaving some pro
visions with him Strange 10 say some of
those people 50 abandoned. recovered and
after Incredible hardships. rejoined their
YeopIe on the Washita. but principally On
the Ninnescah and Shakaskie. The chol-
era abated as soon as the people scattered
and IL IS strange that IL never affected
any OF the other Indian tribes. because
they were more nomadic than the Wich-
itas, or. perhaps. as a celebrated surgeon
asserted al the time, that the cholera
VIII not attack an exclusively meat-eating
; PEOPLE.
/ I came from Fort Sill 70 Leavenworth
F in July. 1868. passing the site Of Wichita,
with party OF Indians, among whom
were Buffalo Good. "Towocconie Jim. -
and some Caddoes. The latter do not be
long 10 the Wichita stock. which IS Paw
nee. but have among them the rem
uants OF the tribes encountered by the
French in Louisiana: Natchez, Hi-nyes,
Anadarkos. Chatots. etc, and were not
at Wichita when the cholera arrived
They are. however. included in the "af-
hliated bands" at the head OF which is the
Wichltas
From what Buffalo Good told me
there was not a half dozen Of the Wich-
itas died at their camp. near the site
Of the present city. before the stampede
took place I do not believe that any
Indians were buried on the site OF the
present city. and It would be very easy to
determine their remains if they were. No
Wichita warrior would be buried without
his arms being put in the grave with
him. with other trinkets that he valued.
and these articles especially those OF
iron, would last as long as the bones.
The body would be buried with all its
clothes on. wrapped in buffalo robes or
blankets. '.Essadowa" would have had a
large collection OF things in his grave,
and, in addition. twenty or thirty horses
would be killed on the grave 10 serve
him on the road to the happy place where
the squaws are all pretty and the bufTa-
Ices ali fat Bill Grirenstein. follow
ing the Indian custom had twenty ponies
killed over the grave OF his Cheyenne
wife Jennie, who died in the Eureka
valley in 1858.
Dutch Bill as he was called civilian
Griffensteinl was called BY the Indians
Sore Eyes. the Wichita word being
''Ne-quayts." He had sore eyes from
the sand and dust when he first reached
the plains. and thus he received his name
Matthewson. being big broad-shoulder-
ed fellow and slightly stopped, the Co
manches named him Buffalo Bill. Coast
cha Bill Buffalo Good the Waco chief.
was "Coastcha Tchaat," and bill Shirley.
called Irish Bin BY the plainsmeu.
was "Tim-a-yah BIZ" Grading Bid
among the Indians. Years after this
BIZ Cody received his name from the
soldiers at Fort Larned, where the beef
contractor hired him 70 kill buffalo from
the nerd which was passing near and
Gen Sheridan went by the name of Vel
low Belt" Hazen was called star Cap
tam" ard Custer was known as Panther
Face. as he wore a fur color which
vas turned up around his face when
they first met him. Horace P. Jones, the
oldest living plainsmen. adopted into the
Comanche tribes and now living with
them was called Buffalo Calf (Coastcha
ma tuar )and Phillip McCusker. for years
the Wichita Interpreter and at one time
agent. was called 'Ma-ack"
About December 18th, ISes when General
Sheridan was driving Comanches. Kiowas,
and Cheyennes and Arapahoes. who had
heen hostile. down 10 Fort Cobb on the
Washita. We had then two companies
of loth cavalry and two OF the sth in
fantry. about 20 men. and had mounted
two six-pounders in the old fort The
Kiowas having broken away and hostn
tiles being threatened, Gen. Grie-soR sent
down 20 the Wichitas for aid. and next
day about 20 warriors. from she different
bands. in all their war paints and teath-
erS headed b. old Essadowa on a huge
sorrel horse, came gaiOplng 10 Fort Cobb
10 our assistance. The old warrior was
fully armed with gun. bow and pistols
bat his dress consisted Of a yellow spotted
calico shirt and his red flannel brseeh
cloth on his head was a six hat with q
German silver band around il. and from
the crown protruded a couple OF black
ostrich feathers. that had probably done I
duty on a heaFse before the shrewd trader
brought them 10 the plains. To show that /
he was in touch with the white people /
he had a paper collar. tied at the throat /
with a piece OF bgckssin and a red neck /
tie As Major Woodward remarked. his /
tout en- sembie was striking. but he vas !
there Eor business Fortunately there /
vas no need Of his aid for Sheridan came /
down with the IN United States cavalry. /
18Th Kansas cavalry. and the year 1ss6 !
closed with the Indians pretty well in |
undated. VA E. DOYLE. /
stevensburg. Virginia /
He Coula Not Talk.
A little codger who lives on the West I
Side had beea ingo some deviltry and /
knew that he should b. punished he f