Year: 1875

painted deep crimson, shook hands. The Indians
in the quadrant had their faces varously embelished
Many striped, others were laid out in blocks Of
different colors, like the townships on a county map
while sti others had painted claws and feathers on
their cheeks All of them were armed with
tomahawks and rifles their belts full Of cartridges and
supporting pistols and sheath knives tobacco pouch
and milestone One or two OF the chiefs shielded
themselves from the by carrying particolored UNI
bTellas over their heads. chief, who adorned his
chin with dark green paint, wore proudly cavalry
hat with letters and figures its front indicating the
regiment and company to which the original wearer
had belonged.


The CoMMIssIoNER-Have you anything TO say?


LONE HORN or THE NORTH twho wore around his
head brilliant bandannn handkerchef- In my
camp there different bands They are all
here l come only TO my friends and to shake
hands with all of theln-the Cheyennes, Arapahoes
and Ogaalas want to 60 to visit them, and expect
to get presents from them ALL I afterwards going
back to Spotted Tail Agency to draw rations and to
stay two three days


Crow Feather who is distinguished by red diagonal
stripe his face followed Lone Horn in earnest
speech He is rather an unpleasant looking Indian
He said that word had been sent around to all the In
dians to go place to meet there for the Great
Council That place Shadron Greek. He did not
think that any Indians would go another place.


The CoMMIssIoNER-We propose to select the place
for the council and we wish the Indians to come to
that place.


Crow FEArHER-The Indians have all decided to meet
at Shadron Creek and have sent for another to
come there. (From all the Indians, ''Ughi'O When
the Sioux to the Great Father they did not stop
halfway and then send for him come to them. They
went clear his place, and you commissioners ought
do the toward


Crow Feather observed smile the faces OF some
of the Commissioners the shrewdness of his last
mark and closed his discourse abruptly by saying, 81
did not come here for fun, but to do my duty" He
then strobe Off and seated himself with dignity.


Senator Allison, after brief consultation among the
Commissioners, then said to the interpreter, Louis
Richards:-


''Tell them that have long way to their
country We are their friends (UghD 1t is incon-
venient for to go far Shadron Creek to hold the
council We will go out far as will be convenient
from this point We propose to have the council on
Little White Clay Creek near Crow Buttes. That
place will be just convenient for them as
Shadron Creek, and more so for us who have come a
great distance We their friends, by the Great
Father and sent for their good, which we desire.
Shadron Greek is too far away; cannot go there"


Drag Stone, old chief with gray beard, and
came forward. After becoming satisfied question





he said that he would like the Commissioners to send
upon the place where they wanted the council to be
held Many OF his young afraid to go to the
Crow Buttes to talk they made bad luck in OF



A LIVELY CONVERSATION.


Mr. Hnman replied through the interpreter The
Commissioners had gone to the Missouri River, by
direction of the President to invite the Indians there
the council They had told them that the council
should be held at the Red Cloud Agency. The
Indians started come, and now before they have
rived here they trying change the place of the
council The Commissioners had selected it and the
President had approved of it, Their colleagues had
Joined them and unwilling to make change The
place of the council fixed and could not be changed
The President had told the Indians to fix the place
of the council, but had told them If these Indians
would come the council at all they to the
place appointed and bring their famihes and when they
come here they will be fed. The Commissioners did
not propose go to the Crow Buttes, but them
He did not think that all the soldiers present were
afraid of the Crow Buttes. Smiles among the In
dians)


Little Black Foot, rerspring visibly through the
thick pigment on his face, speak A lively
conversation ensued. in which Little Black Foot re-
ceved ''the lie direct" from his brother of the black
cloth, Mr.. Hinman


LITTLE BLACK FooT-You went to the Missouri
River and told of the Council and you said it would
be creek between the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
agencies.


Mr.. HINMAN Ito Richards)-Tell him that we never
said any such thing


LITTLE BLACK FooT apparently somewhat con-
fused-The Sioux told ugh y and stuck stick in
the ground to show us where to come.


Mr.. HINMAN-You not to where the Sioux
stick stick, but you to where we stick a
stick.


LITTLE BLACK Foor-At the place which the Com
missoners have picked out it is bare this ground
There is grass.


Mr.. HINMAN-we have not yet picked out any place


Little Black Foot then said that there was a good
place Ash Creek where he would like to encamp
and he told to do and part of the way from
there to meet the Commissioners in council


Burnt Face second chief of the No Bows, said he was
a good man. and then shook hands. The concave then
was broken up. Walking Shooter chief of the INCA
papas shook hands He white label on his hat
with his printed in English thereon. His appear
ance is emnently respectable.


DELAY THE COUNCIL.


The delay of the Council is altogether due to the i'm
pression produced in mysterious way among the
Indians the Missouri River and the Brules, that
they were to meet on Shadron Creek The
Commission deny any responsibility for the error,
but it to have arisen from their
asking Spotted Tail where the Indians would like to
hold the Council Spotted Tail considered himself en-
powered to select the place and word the other
tribes and bands When he found that the Commis-
sioners going to choose different locality he OBJ
jected going there Major Howard returned from his
agency Saturday evening and reported that Spotted
Tail had consented to come to the place appointed


CAPTIVE AMONG THE INDIANS


native of the Sandwich Islands came to this agency
last winter from northern band of Indians carrying
upon his lips considerable story of his life and adven-
lures He had been living Sioux for six years
under the chieftanship of Sitting Bull of the North
who Is the terror of the ranchmen and
herders north of the Plato River Frank
Gruard is tho name given him by his
mother Louisa who domestic in tho household of
Franklin Gruard, an Englishman, and missionary Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, residing at Tohyta