The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-10

dogs brought to the council nre,
skinned and thrown into the Goals
to roast. Then began the feast OF
whisky and roast dog. BY midnight
there was not a sober red man or
woman about the council fire. The
shouting grew into maudlin
whoop. The fire blazed low and at
last the noise was stilled. The dawn
saw the forms of hundreds of sleep
ing Indians heavy with drink about
the ashes of the fire or in the neigh
boring fields. Through the day they
slept, but by night were again ready
to resume the celebration. And so
it continued for the three days
Chief Dave, of the Washoes. and
Chief Pete, of the Piutes, are both
men of some education as TO things
in general, but especially well in
formed on matters pertaining TO
their language The treaty drawn
I'D by the two chieftains has been
translated into English by Johnnie
Kay, a member of the Piute tribe,
who has had a thorough education
at one of the Indian schools of the
United States The translation is as
follows:
ITO the people of the Washoes
and Piutes-their chieftains send
this message. For many moons past
the people of our tribes have been
engaged in a struggle which has
cost the lives of numbers OF our
noble warriors and plucked from
our tepees the flower of our rising
generations, causing our number to
diminish and our power to wane-
Little children toddling to their
mothers knees have been Taught to
hate their brothers of the rival ma
ton, and each scalp which was add
ed to their belts when they were
sent upon the warpath was looked
upon as a token of fidelity to their
respective tribes. OF late years 1t
has been manifested to us by the
Great White Spirit, who reigns su-
preme in the happy hunting grounds,
where the soul Of all brave warriors
finds its resting place at last, that
this useless war should cease, the
bloody tomahawk be buried and
peace reign supreme among our peo-
pie.
THE numbers of our people are
II h
Our sun once shining brightly in the
zenith Is now disappearing behind
the western hills, and our children
are scattered and have wandered
from the wigwams of their fathers
We. your chieftains, have been gath
cred in secret council since the sun
last sunk behind the hills and have
decided that, in obedience to the will
of the Great White Spirit, and for
the welfare of the remnants OF our
people, that from this time on the
warpath shall be untrodden and blot
ted out, and that hereafter that when
the red men of the different tribes
shall meet, it shall be as brother
10 brother with feeling of love
and friendship in their hearts.
I'm witness of this and in pres
ence of you all assembled, while the
summer moon floats in the full above
us, we, your chieftains, fix our sig
natures"
In effect. the treaty was also a
agreement that the Piutes would ODE
the behest of the white man and n
longer war on him The Piutes them
selves affirm that they have Away
been the friends of the white ma
and it is true that they have put u
no such resistance to the coming {
the conquering people from the Eas
as, for instance, did the Siou-
Against this claim, however. is til
record of a good deal of trouble wit
I the Indians of Nevada. so much tn;
a learned student has written pan
phlet on those very disputes-and {
= those Indians, the dominating leader
= were the Piutes In 1878 when Gel
O. O. Howard was campaigniI
: against the Bannock Nation, althoug
= Annie Winnemucca was his interpr
r ter. scout, and guide, and her fath'
: and grandfather, chiefs of the Piute
remained personally friendly to Il
2 white soldiers. many Piute joine
e the Bannocks in the fights against Il
troops. This warfare against the new
e corners the Piutes in their obedien'
= to the command to make peace wit
e the washoes, tacitly agree TO cease.
e The Piutes have known this enem
e the pale-faced soldiers, only abo
d sixty years The first sight had
: these particular red men is interes
e ingly and ingenuously described
v Annie Winnemucca- When she was
{ little girl, as nearly as she can pla
9 the date, in 1850. she says:
They came like lion, yes, Ill
g a roaring lion, and have continued S
II ever since. and / have never forge
% ton their first coming NV peOp