Show Bed Clouds Ponies Washington 30Red Cloud in an interview today with the secretary of the interior and commissioner of Indian af fairs demanded the restoration of his horses or cash The commissioner of i Indian affairs remarked that the whole number of horses taken from the Sioux up to date was 7000 which were sold for 19400 and that the war department could not satisfactorily account for the proceeds of these salesiThis fact he added ei add-ed ironically waa a strong argument in i > favor of transferring the Indians from the interior department to the war de partmentHed Cloud then saidTwan t a new agent McGillicuddy M a bad man Be is quarrelsome and calls na bad names He says we are old women He steals our supplies You do not mako him vouchers for our supplies You take hia word and he steals from us II 1 |