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Show Indian Mansers. The Sioux seem to acquire "table manners" more rapidly than any other IndianB. Mauy of the prominent Sioux and Cbeyennea have been recently entertained enter-tained at the board of General Crook, stafl officer at Red Cloud. Some ol these had only recently surrendered, and had never Bat down at a while man's table, but they were noticed to watch closely every movement of tho boat and endeavor lo follow the tame line of operations. Crazy Horae states that at the critical crit-ical moment when General Crook ordered his trnopsto cease pursuit, at the battle oi Rosebud, he was secreted with 2,000 warriors along the brinks of the cafmn were the military were about to enter. He claims that he could have there crushed Crook's little band of 00 men as effectually and even more quickly than was t uster'H rrgiment destroyed, &Dd he yet wonders what led the great white chief to make that fortunate halt. |