Year: 1867

gel, and not &c, anything by making speeches My
veiy strong We can make robes trade ,hem.
fhat Is what we have 10 live upon have no mules,
horses nor robes 70 give Colonel Leasenworth for my
goods. 4 am poor man, but am not going 10 get
angry and talk about It, Simply want 70 tell this 10
these oncers here pre3nS Such articles as the white
use ana make out IL. best We cam and II YOU throw
away any provisions VIII clean and use them also,
and thus do the best se see great many officers
around here wsh Tine clothing, but do not come 10
beg; admir-, sne clothes although never did oeg or
anything Of tsat sort. Lave DO hat, and am going
about whoxs one, the same as all other Kiowax
Colonel Benz used to come over often TO my tent and
the kiowas went there TO him very otten and glad
ana shook hands with him; and Mr. Curtis went
there, ana he was treated the way. All were
treated the same But I am not poor enough
to DE yet; think my women make
Whea Colonel Bent agent and brought our goods
10 vs., he brought them out and KEEP, them in train,
ana when he arrived he unloaded all our goods 10 US,
ard that was the way 10 do it But there Is diff
ferent way Of doing things Al my camp waited and
cent for The agent and did not him. but other chiefs


mounted their horses went there and claimed be


principal men, heard that this railroad TO


up through this country and men and other tribes


oblec.ed 70 Il; But advised them 70 keep silent


thought that by the railroad being built up through


here We would then get goods snre but they do not


come would like 10 get some agent who 10 .


our aunutes. i do not want agent who will steal


half our goods and hide them but agent who will


Them 10 me am not taking anything bad or angriiy,


but simply the truth don't think the great men at


wasnineton knew anything about this but am now


telling your officers find IL Now done, aud


whatever you General Hanc0ck) have to say to me-


will listen to, and those who with me VIII listen,


that when return to camp, can tell tho Others


the same you tell us.


Major Gent raj HANCOCK repIiej:-We have always


heard that you are The great Chief Of the Kiowas


anu that is the belief among the wh,te people


whom have seen IN THIS country: ! am


very glad 70 see you bere for that reason


We sp aking OF very serious and important things


and, therefore wish speak with those have the


most Influence in their tribes The Great Father did not


send here TO make treaties with you but came to


who respecting the treaties which have already


been made and the agents report any guilty ones,


are ready TO punish them We did not come down mere


cane prepared for IL however, and IL we found anybody


in this country who wanted war 1--WE heard there were


someh We were ready and intended TO meet them


When first coming Fort Larned we went up


the Pawnee Fork, l had then moro soldiers with


me In my command than all Of your men to.


gether. Your Great Father has many more soldiers


Yoo know this very WELL II lose soldiers do not


do not have TO wait for them to grow up Your Great


Father will send more, great many more Ii


sary. You know well that when you lose man you


have and send another, but must wait


have peace The Grea. Father is as much friend to tho


Indian 10 the white man but he learned that there


the trains and travellers the Smoky Hill and some


times on the Arkansas and also IN Texas, and he be-


came angry. ] have been cent here TO fnd out who


committed these depredatiOns Some time ago We


at with Texas. They thought they great


people, and rebelled against their Great Father


they have now been punched and put down. and they


his children now, before, and you make


war upon them AS have told the other Indians be-


Sew 70 o a~a


to the Platte the north that when any orders


tight Indians IN this country are mado by the Great
tribes who have one chief, whom talk to about
such matters, and whom the young win obey, in
divided authority. The Great Father win not permit
young men OF the tribes 10 roam around and commit
no great chief who can prevent them the Great Father
must IL with his soldiers When started intended
go sonth Of the Arkansas and see the Kowas and Co
manchos well ~ the Arapahoes and Apaches, but
we got into this war with the Cheyennes and Sioux
and have sent all Of our cavalry after them. We
do wish call them back here because they havo
plenty TO do where they are Nor do We want TO 90
south OF the Arkansas now because the tribes living
there tell they afraid OF the troops which causes
them TO run away. We do not wish to frightcn the
families Of those who are at peace with We will,
thon not go south Of the Arkansas ver now unless
find that We have enemies there The Cheyennes and
the Sioux at the North hghting and behaving very
badly, and great many troops are in pursuit Of them
winter learned that they coming south to in
ducc the Indians here TO join them. Sa-tan-i and
Sra '1d as MAJOR Dcass,s 80 S and an isas We must
Sioux came down here 70 mako coalitions against US,
and that they intended 70 make war here in the
us here We know that the depredatons that
committed last and winter and recently on the
know this, and have satisfactory evidence OF II You
say the Indians DO not want 10 make lie not that
Of and 20 % 'Us


70 Fort Iarned None but two chiefs eamo, although


waited there for several days and although they
the young out Al buffalo hunting and that was
the reason they could not But know the
on the Smoky HIN. Their agent was with us and I
took him along 2 .. 70 convince them that


hat whoever their agent told me was guilty would
make a demand for. II she agent considered the guilt
clear; and told them we did not 60 their vida
res make upon them When got up near their
amp We met Pawnes Killer, OF the Sioux who prom
sed 70 with the chiefs and The NEXT morn
'oms Of Che chiefs ef the Chsyennss remained in my


lamp all night and sept messengers 70 their people We
ssrs then ten mi mile. away t rom them and told them
hem our road to the South. They did not
The next day a. nine O'Clock, and then ordered my
received notice that they were coming, but it
Was windy that could NOT have confer.
them the evening camp and invited them to accom-
pany They said very well,n aud that they would
be In camp in the evening and have talk But all this
time they were going 70 talk with me, the Cheyennes
and Sioux and all excepting some few warriors
guard were running away when reached their
stray mules TO them Bull Bear and Roman Nose came
to me and told that the and children were
that the Sioux and nearly al The cSeyennes %s
rios had run away also, but told me, II
would give them some horses they would 20
hey promised TO keep then warriors in camp until
morning. told them very we'll" We put an inter.
prcter tnere 70 soc tney romhiRe0 IN camp,
Dtruced him TO and tell u.s. II they did remain


IN camp all night He came and told after dark that


hey were all running away and than 10 was seen that
they lied 10 US then concluded that the village
nest OF consprators and that they there for
m nschief as sa-tsnu had told and all the others
believe they away because they Justly fearing
hat We would punish them We sent our horsemen
Aftcr them, and waited there nearly week to II
they commenced war or not We had made no war yet
We placed guard around their camp, 10 allow
nobody TO touch IL We wished to II the Sioux and
Cheyennos committed any murders on the roads, and
waited there for that purpose They had started so
eariy that they arrived on the Smoky Hin
good while before the cavalry arrived
lhsrc and they burned one station and tired
TO burn another and burned three white That wo
considered war and then ordered their camp 10 be
burned, and everything they had In Il 10 DO destroyed or
Carried on Before that time they had fred upon my
exprcssmen on the Smoky Hiu ana elsewhere. We
wanted TO ascertain whether the Chcyenncs went North
or South and sent feS OF the cavalry the Cmavren
Crossing With orders that II any Cheycpnes came there
TO take thom prisoners There were horses out
herdins and grazing there, and six Cheyenncs came
along and tried TO crawl up and shoot the hcrderx
dsn't think they saw the cavalry. The commander