Show LOe ii U r 9 1 I t r 4 L 4 F k M I i 4 Y e A r v L r. r t w A Ya r i t s. s s E t t i t J 4 S I d do i J j o t i tiE I s y B 1 y e yc it Tt 4 9 S Y j 4 x Y rt Y rt rt t i-t ii oP r z e 4 Y Yi qi t. t MC 0 i f f. f h B Y YAir 1 L e qed qed- S v vR R 01 FJ i B OI t NE Air of the most Important events event Iri the Yo r history of the western plains Is 1 H 0 r recalled during the we week l of October O t V 1 t 12 to 4 n le sixtieth anniversary YS f s 11 tf l Q d l od g e Indian 1 Is observed d at fit treaty peace pta treaty tre Is being I Medicine Lodge I Iran Kan an wj b I IV V ate ceremonies ies The ch ht c J JY Y Y mony is a n ami 1 tj br iGi t mi nd directed re t by Grot rot st F. F L. L Gilson J tt t t h lid d dt h i 4 of speech at atthe the State the of the State college in which s United States troops In Indians ians from Ol Oklahoma p p. pd u Uj z t citizens of Kansas are taking part In In r the events lending leading up Ul to and including C Q 1 l council fa s g f s ole tha than than cour j ngot H 1 I. I t. t half hala a n c i A 4 n n t ria thes apo Po o w where ere eret ere t the treaty ty 1 s Al Jl l Is s 5 also being I unveiled JI and 1 although o the the- there hasIn has lIas' in the In p past st been to o actual site sUe that question was settled last year when See I-See I O a n famous Kiowa Indian InMan scout who r as a n young man had been present at nt the council came tame up from Oklahoma and definitely located the place This his old Kiowa warrior warrior- had the distinction distinction tion lion of being made a n sergeant in the United States army by nn an of congress n res fo for hi his s sere sere- services rv ices to the government in keeping peace pence among his tribesmen tribesmen- tribesmen tribesmen-an an 1 l honor which h he prized pried until his death on March 11 1927 1027 He remembered that the distinguishing feature of the council grounds was a n circle of trees and It was by these although only the st stumps shown In the picture now remain that he lie located place The Medicine Lodge council and nd treaty was as one of the the- high spots In the series of Indian wars which had broken out so soon n after the close of or the Civil war The h red d men men saw with dismay the threatened extinction of the buffalo and the overrunning o of their thelt choicest hunting grounds and they had ever evel greater cause for alarm at the appearance of ot the Iron horse as ns th the westward extension of the railroads began The unrest among the Sioux and other tribes of the northern plains which haul l begun when the first California gold seekers ekers had Invaded In their lands and which had resulted In the Fort Foit Phil Kearney tragedy soon spread among tl the e tribes s of the the southern plains and led t to a series of raids which spread terror through Kansas Military e expeditions sent to punish the marauders had comparatively ely little success General Hancocks Hancock's ks k's expedition perhaps the best known of all nil of them hem hem in four months of ot campaigning killed a total of four Indians I Gen 3 r ral L cust campaign Custers t campaign during th the summer ummer of f along along tike and the Smoky Hill rivers t had proved futile and the Indian In Kansas Nebraska and along the South South- Pla Ee e lin ln Colorado Colo Colo- Colorado rado continued 0 Sou the iov government nt i decided to try peace overtures overtures res Instead st of of military force to solve the problem n J 1 J W t I ail f f. f I r J One of the best n account of bf t. t the h Medicine J LQ Lodge g J I 1 treaty Is that given 1 by y George Geprge ge I d. d rn J ff his book The FI Fh Fighting s. s In In IlL It he 1 says Bays Sil 4 i V-J V C L- L Colonel Leavenworth then the I nt f for r the Kiowa Iowa and nd hack had been b been cn ordered i i by y tire the lire co CoinS Coin'S commissioner com Coin S 'S missioner of Indian affairs Jo o try to bring together all 11 tho tribes that had bee L 1 os n and to make m-ike makes mikea s a peace with them In order todo 10 o. o do this Colonel Leavenworth wrote to George Georgc Bent nent asking him to todo todo todo do what he could to o. o some of the head headmen headmen headmen men among the Indians to come Como In and meet Leavenworth at the mouth of the Little Arl Arkansas river where the were then living When Black lack Kettle chief of the was consulted about the matter mutter he expressed his will will- willingness In Dess to go and ho he and nc Bent t. t with two two or three other men and women started to lo go to the mouth of tLe lle Little Arkansas There they found Colonel Leavenworth and camped with him blin were here were Ten T n hears Bears and Long Lonc Hat fiat chiefs of ot the Wolf of the Apaches a arid and d Black Eble Cagle n a Young Toung chief chlof of or the Klowas with two or three of or his bis people Three e- e Arapahoe came In the the day day day- that Bent Dent and Black macJe Kettle rea reached there rc Ono One One of ot throe Muse was a named Yellow Horse fierce The day after these theao people got tot In Colonel worth n met the chiefs and explained to them that he hid had been ordered by the commissioner of or Indian affairs to meet some orne of the chiefs of or the different tribes tribe end die cURS the discuss que question of or peace and to toa a DISk ask l tI em to a place w where cr t w world would mc mea t out from h fJ tvete to crime come In n V tn i to talk matters over 1111 make maken mD e a R I peace Apace If Ie K rk T bo be arranged Colonel Leaven Leaven- 4 O. O L lI h 1 rf turn r. r wr f nc U Jr W 1 c a o Co and nd as d h n Ih ht le the theto i to duth tit of the Little t L L eav wa go CO P nth x r- his ret return rn fb he r d 13 t F t a o iMi k A r r's t l'-t Mt s S' S the buli rt it t a lIt g. g f fV L tse i 1 d tl uan-tl uan uan 1 E lit lb b h dd ie b Ef shipped In there for to the Indians c Aft ter r. r om otia ns ps n as to where the th theco cis was was' p be be el ld d S l ne rt me meent spent ent in HeV H q rt r t r eV sf to tJ the I Inc Id h l I l j t v till l pr Jt E sl sit Ut ait alt rid fd t loWi n r bow A few days cays after atter after u by m cd l o n to 11 Lodge Lade g tree clee ltd iid el a p the th O council council ground It Was as s a wide level flat fiat on the G i b I j a stream am am with timber Umber e end nd below and ami good goo places Murphy wa x cg died id Te far f ri n. n o f ol 1 1 the W Commissioners ame came nd d during all this thin time six- six I mule teams were busy l hauling r out h hents bad ds and anil vt Pi M Ments from Fort Larned Lamed l' l ng l I E 1 j. j put out were firer r ef ef of cattle much coffee sugar suga r and flour ft our iii and d' d dried rr fruits fruit's ts and i Cl a vast v st t K nl i bf y r blankets l nl material t made d HP up for the use of troops during the Civil war war and and at Its Us close left over In th the hands of the tho War Val depart depari- ment mont The War department had turned clothIng cloth cloth- Ing Inc over to the Interi f. r department for Issue to the Indians i iThe t. t The peace commissioners le left t. t Port Larned d October r 13 13 1867 for the camp on on Medicine Lodge Word had been received from Thomas Thomas' Th maa Murphy Murph that t h he hb already had lodges lodge's s of people on the th the c ground o and expected as many thany more He believed there there would be Indians at the thc council co Besides the com oom commissioners om missioners they were N. N G. G Taylor commissioner of Indian affairs Senator John B. B H Henderson nd of f Missouri Gen W. W T. T T Sherman Gen W. W 1 L L. Harney Barney Gen J. J B B. B Sanborn Gen A. A Ho H. Terry Gen C. C C. C Augur and Col S S. S F. F Tappan the Indian department department department depart depart- depart depart- ment was represented by Superintendent Murphy iMurphy Colonel Leavenworth Major Wynkoop Colonel Rankin and John Smith Interpreter General Augur reached the camp a little slater later He had be been n ordered to Join the commission to take the pl place ce of General Sherman who had been been rec recalled to Washington f r There were present also Governor Crawford of Ku Kansas Lieutenant ex Governor Root and nd S Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Ross floss The Tho secretary was A. A S S. H. H White The occasion was was one of Importance The The commission was escorted to the place of meeting by by three troops of the Seventh cavalry Ousters Ouster's regiment regiment- Gen E B. S S. S Godfrey then a H lieutenant ut and nd probably l the only officer of the Seventh who att attended the r f council now nov alive was attached to tile the escort anda and a battery of or Catling Gatling guns A number of newspaper newspaper correspondents were present among am among ng them II M M. Stanley Stanlcy then their correspondent pf of the New York lI Herald and afterward famous as an African explorer An CAn Interesting account of cr th the cotin council ll Is given In Stanleys Stanley's s Early Travel and Adventures Adventures Adventures tures i j i J I 1 r rIn In fact the Medicine J Lod Lodge e council would be notable for the galaxy y of famous frontier per pees pe personages connected with It ItIn In some capacity ity q pr r other If for IlIg else Fo For j Ip irk P. P a addition to I ru ed Its history history cont contains ins toe tire names of Col Cot A A. A G. G Boone noon grandson of off the fn famous Ilou Kentucky pioneer nr and d Gen Kit Carson who had hadl been active In the preliminary arrangements and of some some of ot the famous Indian chiefs who too tool took part t In It t. t Among these th S se were ere Lone Lonc V Wolf lf Satanta Satanta Satank and Kicking BIrd Blid of the Klowas Black Kettle Medicine Arrow and Bull Dul Bear Benr of the and Little Raven naven Spotted Wolf and l Yellow Dear Bear of ot the The old files of the newspapers which were represented by correspondents at nt the Ow co council reveal somE Interesting sidelights on this historic event For Instance Jn n the New York rk Tribune for October 23 1867 1807 an echo of the Indians Indian's resentment resent resent- ment meat against u the white man for tor wasteful slaughter ter tel of ot the buffalo Is heard in this paragraph from rom i ithe I Ithe the Tribune correspondents correspondent's dispatch r t rOn tOn On th the the thirteenth we we reached Medicine Lodge J creek i e ent nt at a point elf eight miles from th the tho I Indian n vU- vU lages Ja S Satanta tanta who as with us was was vel very cross crosa because th the oung young bloods accompanying the expedition tion hid h d shot the bu buffalo and Jeff eft them ahem where they thoi fell Said he ns as as the angry mounted d' d up up-s up 10 to his face Has th 1 white buffalo man rqn become c ome a 8 child I that r- r 1 he e should Kill tho tho Buffalo burr 19 for or sport Wh When n the re red men en kill they do 10 sa so that th they y may Y live livo It was a most extravagant course cOure to to PurS Pursue pur S sue Rue undoubtedly and an nD unprejudiced man could not blame him for bl i The scene cene which greeted the eyes of ot the thc com commissioners tom om missioners and other members of the party upon upon ri I at the Indian n camp Is tl thus US iby bil this ails same lame correspondent nt CT wr T r Th The camp mp was strewn with the most most moat ml miscella miscellaneous c U articles that be c conceived Dogs half e t up nned n b fIalo robes axes sots pots k kot- kot t- t 1 t f re AS j 3 a Ji j- j n In Ute ha f v reproduced tr u. u L JC A cut contemporary nip the the top Tp panel pane J er f f Indian Lodges at Medicine Creek K Kalls aS C i Peace W T the ij i j md t M Hor re 1 aw Coman et iTher portrait po of 4 L t le ave e. ar-e. flom hAt of r 1 U rth li T lei 1 n. n Ethnology i I t on gT fi S I a J 9 j a 9 sag Li f sot Ti z ties and and- pans sj j 1 a pY fn ol old moccas mo moccasins its chunks un s of ly kilted buffalo g a 1 cooking cocking In the kettles dogskin b Ib and and pl 1 I 1 es I n clubs L X'S rub g r k t s t ne j ary cI Jari i n. n doUs' doUs s' s oinks ls th the the- r y p SI Be i Uie y f bone f b bone ne sa es In s' s s r wl Ref Cei 9 1 Y jh il re a h r b 1 f. f were were po dogs sj o I u Young braVes and nd bops boyS romped in n a a complete c mpr i state of nudity with the exception 1 of of nn am for tor a h clout the M shape fa a narrow arro ragi ft Ci and oas oas' baseball after after their own own f fashion j. j yere were I tle I games gam S A rA f few w Hurled the at nt a a- target arget others practiced with headless arrows arrows Girls ten y years years ar old ld and upward rd wrested hS a dlf their light slight agile forms torms' per ver perform performing f form forming rm in rt wild In the air AU Al these I r sc transpired before b fo e eur our our ur ure eyes e eyes es and were were very very WI I pter s HnS to persons who had never seen such before 1 i hi I I h. h y pf some f some rome of the the Important In Indian lan figures nt at the council this correspondent gives the the following J Interesting picture ture fj 1 o 0 tI J t r I j The following chiefs Were vere at the grand council o held t today ay representing c their re respective vel tribes Rah Sah Pavy Wah Yah San Sah Mer Young Bear h heady chief Tip p enn pen nov pen pah-pen nor v- v vly sly ly Pali Painted e-d' e Lips yeh wah Iron Mountain Par Par-er- eh ve eh-ve ve Wise Shield we ah Z Without t W Wealth l h the whole co consisting of f. f l lodges Of or the Klowas Sat ta Sat ta White Bear Dear head sachem Black Eagle Dagle Sl Sit Sit-em ge em nh em-ce-nh ge-ah ge Stumbling Bear tank Sa-tank Sitting Silting Bear Bean Bear Ton ko Kicking Bird the whole tribe numbering 1 lodges Of the Little Raven head hend Great Groat J Spotted Wolf Storm Yellow Yel Yel- low Bear near Po Powder Ponder der Face race and Ice Ice representing 17 I lodges The Apaches numbering in all 85 lodges were represented rep represented represented resented by the head warrior Wolf Volt Sleeve an anthe and the th-e chiefs Poor Bear Dear Iron Shirt and Crow The Tire Che Cheyenne enne tribe was represented by Black Kettle formerly great creat sachem of the tribe but Who has lately been deposed because of his peaceful peaceful peace peace- r ful pr proclivities and Bull null Bear a m most st powerful warrior Is substituted Instead Bull null Bear chief o of of othe the Dog band was was also present present head warrior r of the Cheyenne tribe Big Tall Big Trill Tall Bull Heap I of f Birds Slim Face Black mack White Man and Grey Head representing In all lodges Tb These se chiefs were dressed in the most picturesque picturesque pic Vie manner Their faces were dyed with red redI I Ii O ochre hr with curious drawn In in other W colors P their cheeks Their head-dresses head mere were of ofa ofu a a u Very cut eagle feathers In plenty stuck in In a circle all aU erect rf and q forming a headdress dress resembling i a. a cr crown wn Their ears cars were hung with r brass t ings of r sizes size J ranging from one one inch three ee In n diameter tr t T Their scalp Jp locks were plaited a and hung down the back adorned by a n nIi Ii string of f silver reaching t to td the On their J breasts were shields qC carved rye shells enormous silver sll crosses crosses' and silver medals J 1 Their wrists and fingers lingers were Yere Incased In rings of brass briss Their feet teet were covered with moccasins strung with beads beads' of every dolor worked In the shape of ot flowers Sowers leaves rings stars and any other way that their vivid ld fancy could devise Black Kettle Keitle w wore re o on his head d a tall dragoon hat bat while flowing over his shoulders and trailing on the ground was a n long robe of bf the finest blue cloth Other chiefs had gaudy blankets interwoven with fancy j colors Some had Mexican lc ser serapes scrapes pes while the rest wore blue clue red black and gre green n blankets The The negotiations nn and distribution of presents ragged dragged on for three weeks |