Identifier: absarakaorwyomin00carr (find matches)
Title: Ab-sa-ra-ka; or, Wyoming opened:
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: (Carrington, Margaret Irvin Sullivant) 1831-1870. (from old catalog) Carrington, Henry Beebee, 1824-1912, ed
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America Indians of North America Crow Indians Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866
Publisher: Philadelphia (etc.) J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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y the current while bathing. Just about sunset, StandingElk—a fine spe-cimen of the Brule Sioux, and who, in companywith Spotted Tail, Two Strike, and SwiftBear, again visited us at McPherson in 1867—called to pay his respects, receive a present of to-bacco, and have a talk. He asked us where wewere going, and was very frankly told the destina-tion of the command. He then told us that atreaty was being talked about at Laramie with agreat many Indians, some of whom belonged in thecountry to which we were going; but that thetishtingmen of those bands had not come in, andwould not; but that we would have to tight them,as they would not sell their hunting-grounds tothe white men for a road. He exhibited all indi-cations of sincere friendship, and said that he andSpotted Tail would sign the treaty and wouldalways be friends. His pledge, thus given forboth, and renewed at Fort McPherson in June,186T, and often afterward, was fully redeemed,and our first interview with the Indians of the
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HK-HA-KA-A-NA-ZIN. StuiiiliiHj Elk.—Dficotdli Sioux. Page 72. FORT LARAMIE COUNCIL. 73 Northwest was both the assurance of the friend-ship of some, and the bitter animosity and opposi-tion of many. It was proof that the careful march-ing, guarding of trains, and precautions againstannoyance or intercourse with Indians had beenjudicious, and was equally suggestive of like pru-dence as the expedition advanced. Thus far,with the exception of Little Dogs rifle, whichhad been duly returned, not an Indian had suf-fered from injury at the hands of the command,and those who had visited the various camps hadbeen kindly treated, and parted as friends. CHArTEPv YIII. FOKT LAKAMIE COUNCIL OP 1S66—ITS EESrLTS FOEESHADOWED THE ABORIGI>ES IX THE MAKT OF TRADE—HOW THE tS- DIAXS DID AXD DID KOT. Fort Laramie was the center of important in-terests to the people of the West in June, 1866,and subsequent events show how important werethe negotiations then begun, and how disastrousand costly have

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