Cheyenne Transporter. (Darlington, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 25, 1882 Page: 1 of 10
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CHETEN
VOL.3. I)ARLtNGTONL.T.JAN."25188i " NO. 11."
THE STOCKMAN.
Thoru is nothing so guy
As when during May
The stockmen nro'Uuving theiv rouud-np.
No longer in cnmp
And in mud houses dump
Tho Jolly cow hoys uro bound up.
The Mcxiuna pony
He looks proud nnd tony
And flecms to feel wintor is over;
Curos ad. for liis muster
And runs nil the fustor
Ho is smelling the grass and the olovcr.
And many a beast
Is Inter shipped East
Whllo westward goes nuuiy a dollar?
80 stocknven come all
And dress up in (he fall
Boal nobby from tho feet to the oollar.
A3 theclothingmcn's "Boas" .
Ie well known Kahu & Sohloss.
Where the stocicinon all moot and are trading
So you'll purchnsc 1 guess
At tho firm "K. & S."
WI1016 goods wear forever without fading.
Kahn & Soilless
STOCKMEN'S HEADQUA RTERS
Cot. Jao. Ave. & Main Straat.
KANSAS CITY
MO.
COSAN1) A MOSSER
Photographers
CALDVnsrLIi KAN.
?
J. W. BOKSON
Oontractor & Builder
CALDWELL KAN.
J.imo hair eemon-t & plaster always loranlo.
J D. 0. O'Cfrady
Civil Engineer Surveyor & Architect
AK28CANSAS CITY 3CA2T.
PlahH. SppctflcntionH and oatimntes ftir-
jjlehod at roniomiblc rales.
f3SMr iv..
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SAM SWAYER
DEALER IK
DRY GOODS
. GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS BLANKETS Se.
Has just received a full lines of all
goods usually kept in a first class
Dry Goods Store
fcrid offers them at lowest possible
prices.
Buyers will find it to their inter-
est to examine his stock and learn
hi 3 prices before purchasing.
Wr-Ordors from tho Territory by mail or
riUorwiso promptly attondod to.
f AJJWETTi XAK
31.11. PI.ATT.
.TKSSi: KVAV8.
. PLATT & EVANS
Live Htock ComitilHsiou Mrrch'nis
KANSAS CITY STOCK YAllDS
Nod. 18 & ID Bxchantfo Building
J&KUSA.H civy M.O.
KofertMicoi K&nsua City Dunks.
DYKE CREEK HERD
(Numbering 250 head)
M..K. PLATT. Proprietor
Hereford Short-Horn & Galloway
w t CATTLE.
Stook for Sale & Correspondence Sollcitod.
FURNITURE 1!
Arkansas City Kan.
A lnvgo stock of Kurn ituro constantly on
lihnd. (loods sold ut tlio lowest pos-
sible prices.
Metalio and Wood Caskets and
Cases constantly on hand.
Orders from tho Territory promptly
attendod to.
P. PJ2A31SON.
eorge tein
Boot & Shoe Maker
FORT HEW) IT.
Keeps n good stock of material constantly
on luind nnd is fully prepared to do nil kinds
of work In Mis line. Now work nnd repairing
promptly ut tended to.
Charges reasonable and all work warranted
tlrst class.
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1IIST01UG INCIDENTS.
BY J. H. i3E(5ER.
When we stop to consider what
the hnbils nnd customs of the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes were a few
years ago and compare thcin with
what they arc at the present time
we can readily nee that a steady ad-
vancement has been made toward
the whiskey was to drink they con-
eluded that tho colTee was to eat.
The plunder was soon divided and
in a short time the whole camp was
inordinately merry. After they had
gotten over the efforts of the liquor
they proceeded to fciiHton the coffee.
They thought it ought to be cooked
and so boiled it the same as they
would beans.. The remit was not
satisfactory. Thcv boiled it some
more but finally came to the con-
clusion that coffee was not fit to eat.
A short time after this Col. Bent
came among them as a trader; and
when he offered them coflee they
were indignant and informed liini
that there was not one in the tribe
who relished it. Knowing that they
did not understand preparing it he
made a feast and invitee! some of the
head men. In their presence he
browned ground and made a kettle
of coffee whieli was greatly relished
by the red men. But tin; part of the
preparation which gave the Indians
most pleasure was the act of roast-
ing the berries. While this was go-
ing on the Indians gathered from
every quarter to enjoy the rich
aroma. It soon came into general
use. After the coffee was browned
they would pound it in the corner
of their blanketB until pulverized
wow the coffee mill is in general
lise. Next to their beef the Ohey-
oboes and Arapahoes love their cof-
j fife. JJ'hen the Cheyennea were on
o wnr pain in ict one 01 'Uioir
greatest privations was that4 they -had
to do without their coffee.
desire to koop the land for their
children. They have put their chil-
dren in school 'have started on tho
road to civilization and are anxious
to possess their own undisturbed
and live in pcaoe with the whites.
They have a small country and tho
railroad could easily pass on either
fide of them on the white man's land.
The coming of the survey party
was a -complete surprise they hafl
no notice from 'the Department that
anything of the kind was intended
and the whole matter was looked up-
on with distrust. In the council tho
Indians took great care to state that
they had no thought of 'hostility to
the Oro.vernment but wished to thor-
oughly understand the matter; anji
asked' Capt. Gleason to discontinue
the survey until instruction couUl
be received from Washington which
he very prudently concluded to do.
The Indians behaved with great
courtesy and dignity but that they
proposed to have the survey stop
was apparent to all. They statod
also that thev had conferred with
the Kiowas ('amanOhes Caddos
and other tribes and that all thought
a railroad undesirable. The Sacifc.
Fox Indians wo understand have
sent a delegating to protest against
the building or the road through
their reservation. The above is writ-
ten ifroni memory and gives a fair
idea of the way the Indians feel
about the proposod railroad.
tj.emotFho5ls.
X
S RAILROAD MEETING.
borne three weeks ago the Indiana
of this Reservation held a council at
the Agent V oilier with Maj Randall
and Agent lilc - in which they took
strong grounds against flu- building
of x Atlantic fc Pacific railroad
civilization. Long beiore they came . through this country. (n'. CSloason
ui uuuuu:i vu in uit: wmies uus prog- ana party were announced as com
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ressean he noticed. Their tradition?
go back to ihe timo when they had
no weapons and subsisted ou such
small animals as i'hey could catch.
The Hint was the first material put
to use. Out of it they eoustruoted
knives tomahawks and finally ar-
row heads. To-day they woufd be
disgusted if offered 'a "sharp flint
with which to skin a beef or other
animal. However there are some
old fogies among them the same as
among white "people. A few days
ago 1 saw an a god Arapahoe getting
a steel made with which to strike
his flint. He said it was handier
than matches for lighting his pipe.
As they were constantly progress-
ing before they came in contact with
the whites their progress has !een
much more rapid since the Govern-
ment has sent teachers among them.
I will confine. my articles principally
to incidents in the lust ten years. imt
ill occasionally relate one of' for-
mer years. One the latter character
I will now relate :
About forty year ago when the
Cheyemuv i: campod on the head
iThe success of . the effort r to edu
cate Indian youth it niampton an'd
Carlisle has given considerable en-
couragement to continue the effort
on a larger scale. It is now said
that the removal of Indians to places
remote from their old haunts has tho
effect to reinovo their naturally no-
madic tendency. Rut the. objection
to this is that the influence of the
educated youth is lost on the others.
in order to keep both methods in
ing from the east. The Indians had use Representative Pound of the
been talking a good deal and ox-! Indian Committee has introduced a
passing a very carnestt hough ponce-1 bill providing for the establishment
of normal and industrial schools for
Indians at vacant posts or barracks
not reci ui red for military occunation.
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aoie proiesi. un mo im an lnuian
police went to Capt Gleason who
was just entering the Reservation
from Oklahoma and -asked him toj it. now seems possible to accomplish
come in as the Agent wished to sec omeihrng with Lho balance of tho
him. The police was acting under
a general order to bring all white
men who are not known to the office
that they may make knovn their
business and procure a pass. On
the following day Capt. Gleason met
the principal men of the two tribes
and learned their views in regard to
the proposed railroad. They say
there is no provision fur a railroad
in their troaty. that they had no no-
tice that the building "of a railroad
was contemplated that to them tjie
road would nc of little ue that they
are nut yet fur enough advanced to
compete with the whit man that
they desire to haul what freight they
have from Kansas in order to got a
little money and that they are not
ready to nt rtain a proposition for
a Kiuroau. iin-v insisi mai a ueie
Indians. utd the tdvncates of a civ
ilizing policy -hou!d have a chanoo
to work. K. C. Journal.
The above 1mj" the right ring and
shows a disposition to give tho In-
dian a. fair chance to become civil-
ilized. The abjection .to .remote-
schools mentioned in the above has
no foundation in fact as the educa-
tion of an Indian at a reservation
gchool never has ben and probably
never will bo 'accomplish' d. Nor is
it reasonable to expect an Indian
to become passably educated in a
houwfehooi where there are a hun-
dred influent- auninst him to one
in his favor. T.o savage influences
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came to a place that showed signs' ton to oomVr with the Govc-im.'-nt. M 1 i t 1
that the white man had been ihw:. and evince a strong desire to thur-1 oJl"" S1r1'1 'W md zC!0V
Kpticin a stake- rbey advanced to oughly understand the matter. 'Ihitjarued from barbariam until
it and discovered in 'doing so that spoke of the well knowr-xM Unit1 he foi u a character of his own.
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Eaton, W. A. Cheyenne Transporter. (Darlington, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 25, 1882, newspaper, January 25, 1882; Darlington, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70530/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.