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Show INDIAN NEWS. Cheyenne, W. T., 12. Tho Cheyenne Chey-enne Ja-lcr lias tho follotvini,' from its correspondent at Red Cloud Agency, ! tinted April 7th: The Stato Commis-tiioniirs Commis-tiioniirs rettimcd from Spotted Tail to-tiiiy, huvinfi acconiplidhed absolutely absolute-ly nothing Their pow-wowing at tho Agi-iu-icri has rather coniplieated matter-, bt'Lwecn the Indiana and Llie government. gov-ernment. The Indiana at Spotted Tail refuse absolutely to have their Agency removed, and any they arc- tired ot seeing Commissioners, and invited the present delegation to leave in liingu-' liingu-' age nioro forcible than polite. It is understood that the Comm issioners will proceed east at once to ask for a strong military escort and return will. ia a month and move the Agencj-. Tho visit of the Commissioners has only served to destroy t ho moral et-i et-i feet produced by the troopa. The Indians, In-dians, who are keen observers, have noticed that there is a hitch somewhere some-where in the working of things relating relat-ing to them, and they expect Pone thing from the military and are lead to believe something else from the Peace Commissioners. Spotted Tail accused the Commissioners, in council, coun-cil, of seeking to stir up trouble between be-tween his people and the Northern Indians, and, in the language of the interpreter, said ho wanted them to . "dry up;" and says ho has been moved mov-ed around and pestered bo much by these "liies" from the "Great Raher" that ho wants his words written down this time to show to all of them who come begging around hereafter that he won't talk to them any more. No doubt but Spotted Tail and Red Cloud arc acting in accord. The former, at the largest council, after a few words spoken in an excited manner, waved hia hand to his people and they all left. The samo scene occurred at Red Cloud. A show ot counting tho Indians In-dians has been made here, that is the Agent called in the head men and took their word for tho number they had. So far six thousand have been legist-nx-d. There are probably four thousand or less. Several bands have refused to either bccounled or change the number for which ihey have heretofore drawn rations. Some of them, after they had handed in their numbers, came next day and claimed that they had forgotten their women and children, and wanted to register them. The Peace Commissioners arrived ar-rived at Cheyenne yesterday. |