Year: 1876

spectacle from the lines and OF most painful and
sxcruciating interest and unessness both sides
the Sioux get their wishes and the whites in rcmem-
brapce OF the Candy affair This became especially SO
came forward by the completely surrounded
the little group OF officers


was much as usual the Indians complaining In their
speeches OF tho trains passing through and frghten-
ing the buffalo, OF occupation or their winter
home. Of following and nsh,ing them. &c


ORATOR.


Sitting Bull, pre-cminently their chief fighting
man. cannot talk express his thoughts "we talk,
but he is fighting chicf' so spoke their orator,
Pretty Bear Many prominent chiefs at tho coun-
cu Long and was the conference, the troops
awaiting the issue In the bitter cold The Indians
extrAvsgant In their demands, asking the withdrawal
Of the troops at Fort Buford and cessation OF trains
going through. But such demands were gradually
abandoned. General Niles persisted in demanding
simply that they should go TO Tongue River, and put
themselves under subjection 10 tho government. To
this they would no. agree, desiring 10 remain out to
hunt she buliAio. Sitting Bull is man OF thoroughly
savage and warke desires, wishing the Sioux to leave
the agencies and ratons and 60 and live buffalo
meat as in good old times


Several hours conference continued In this way.
Those in limo anxously wondered how 1t could break
up without boodshed. when a commoton WAS OBJ
served in the crowd, the parties separating as
quietly though they wcro civilized beligerents
on both sides, and tho Indians took their departure,
promising to return early the next morning, while
the Fifth infantry took lis way back to Cedar Creek
escorted part OF tho way by q lew acetly mounted
Sioux II in TINS council Il had been intended 10
delay General Miles, march, Il was a failure He
marched as far as he could In the direction neccs
sary to go order TO reach the Sioux. That night
prccaution taken to prevent surprise, but
no disturbance occurred. Early the next morning
Octobor 2i) tho command moved OFT northward along
Cedar Creek . lew miles.


Shortly those significant little moving black spots
appeared far in front, and word came back
that about 500 Indians were in front Of ua Line Of
battle was formed, the train closed up and tho Rod
man gun brought forward, while tho whole line
steadily advanced. white flag appeared from a
prominent knoll tho left 'front.' telling that another
conference was to come The ground which we
were now marching usually rolling prairie, with
tracks Of broken, junblcd, rocky and ridgy ground
near Cedar Greek on tho left gradually descending to
similar track on the right and rising to point on
range capped on the lett by the high knoll which
the indians appeared and beyond which nothing could
be seen. Tho line was advanced to this range, tho
knoll occupied for which purpose the Sioux
exactly like 1t 100 yards beyond and the Rodman
and company were placed on It, The train psced
in hollow the roar, with the usual skrmsh line
around


MILEs' LUCK.


when reached the ridge have described above
scene OF wild, savage pageantry burst upon tho
vision such seldom falls TO tho lot Of men 10 be-
hold, and which made every Fifth infantry heart
thrill with tho feeling expressed in Custcr's cry.
..Custer's lucK.n Here tho biggest village ever
saw, and tho landscape comported With the rest Of
the picture. From the ridge which tho line was
placed the prairie descended by = scries OF swels
down to creek few miles in front


SITTING BULLS CAMP SIGHT.


On tho LETT tho knoll mentioned but the first OF
long succession stretching to the left and ending In
high ridge. On tho right the ground descended to the
creek, having high hills along tho sides. This creek
bends around in front OF the described ncd and bc-
youd It rose precp,tously the ground broken knos
the high dvido In the far blue distance 1t wah
this field the Filth infantry gazed but It the
field that astonished them for on cvery knoll, dis
pcrscd through the whole field, and In solid on
The far dvids, appeared the savage forms
OF the Sioux. Hither ana thithcr, to and fro
were riding perturbel horsemen like . nest ol
ants when routed Tho dingy warriors swarmed
around and about, filing the knobs and ravines and
ridges aud pressing around our fanks and rear. Even
beyond tho heavy tho divide appeared an.
other mass, doubly massive and heavy and black.
which glass could only make out an immense
throng without being able TO detect riders. A more
magnificent spectacle was never bcheld, or a sccno
m a nam oP nj
artist On the knoll Immediately front OF tho first
were assembled the bearers OF Tho white flag One
company aud most Of the ofncers went forward be-
tween the two forces. Indians swarmcd TO that
point by tho dozen but no meeting could be arranged
here General Miles directed that il should take
place a small hillock Immediately in front OF his
line and Sitting Bull draw up limo on the other
side. THIS substantially agreed 10, and the two
parties met at this point, with tho two lines duly
formed


SITTING BULL STILL FOR WAR.


A long, earnest and eager conference began this
time, with little anxiety the side OF the Fifth by
reason OF officers aud going back and forth.
This conference even more protracted than on the
day before, the Sioux showing their anxiety for the
result by constantly riding tho council circle eagerly
consulting each other and then returning their en-
incncc tine line OF warriors that had been formed beng
almost entirely broken up by these movements After
long, anxious consultation, many OF the chicfs were
found willing to agree the torms Offering 10 20
himself hostage II hts tribc would be allowed TO
hunt buffalo awhile. Al this point. however Sitting
Bull angry broke up the conference, prcfcrring 10
fight to yielding.


Each party retired TO its own Side General
Miles sent final word to Sitting Bull 10 let him have
his answer promptly or he would open upon him with
his guns- No answer returned. As General Miles
and his party moved slowly back 10 his lines
the Indians on the plain withdrew 10 the heights
and crowned these and the high ground beyond tho
rocks in front From the prudent precautions taken
by General Niles against surprise trcachcry to his
command the Indians seemed to have had an idea he
would rather await, than make attack, so they