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GENERAL STATEMENT.

HEADQUARTERS, U.S.A., MEDICINE BLUFF, WACHITA MOUNTAINS. Indian Territory, March 29, 1869.

MEDICINE BLUFF CREEK, Southern Indian Territory, April 9, 1869.

HEADQUARTERS, MEDICINE CREEK, Southern Indian Territory, April 9, 1869.

INTERVIEW WITH THE WICHITAS, WACOES, CADDOES, KECHAS, AND OTHERS, APRIL 7, 1869.

NOTES AMONG THE INDIANS. II. THE WITCHITA VILLAGE.

MEDICINE BLUFF, WITCHITA MOUNTAINS, April 4, via KANSAS CITY, April 20.

MOKE-TAY-A-TO, OR BLACK KETTLE—WHAT CAUSED HIS DEATH? Extract from Memorandum Record of Indian Affairs at Old Fort Cobb, Indian Territory, November 1868.

November 15, 1868.

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THE ORDERS UNDER WHICH GENERAL HAZEN REFUSED BLACK KETTLE'S OFFERS OF PEACE. HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, MO., September 26, 1868. General W. B. HAZEN, Fork Harker, Kansas.

BY TELEGRAPH. October 9, 1868. Major-General P. H. SHERIDAN, Fort Hays, Kansas. The following telegram is just received from General Sherman: CHICAGO, ILL., October

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, MO., October 13, 1868. Brevet-Major General W. B. HAZEN, Fort Cobb, (via Fort Arbuckle), Indian Territory.

HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN INDIAN TERRITORY, FORT COBB, November 10, 1868. Lieut.-Gen. SHERMAN, U. S. A.

HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN INDIAN TERRITORY, FORT COBB, Indian Territory, Nov. 21, 1868.

HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSOURI, ST. LOUIS, MO., November 23, 1868. General W. B. HAZEN, Southern Indian Reservation, Fort Cobb, Indian Territory.

HOW A COMANCHE CHIEF IMITATED HIS GREAT FATHER.

AN INDIAN MAGNANIMOUS.

AN INDIAN VILLAGE.

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BLACK KETTLE, CHEYENNE CHIEF, said: I always feel well while I am among these friends of mine, the Witchitas, Wacoes, and affiliated bands, and I never feel afraid to go among the white men here, because I know them to be my friends also.

The Cheyennes when south of the Arkansas did not wish to return to the north side, but our Father (agent) sent for us, and we were told we had better go there, as we should be paid well for so doing, by feeding, etc.

The Cheyennes do not fight the people this side of the Arkansas, and do not trouble Texas, but north of the Arkansas they are almost always at war.

I do not represent all the Cheyennes; some are still north of the Arkansas. I come from a point on the Washita River, about one day's ride from Antelope Hills. Near me there are over one hundred lodges of my tribe, only a part of them are my followers. I have always done my best to keep my young men quiet, but some of them will not listen. When recently north of the Arkansas, some of them were fired upon, and then the war began. I have not since been able to keep my young men at home.

I have come here and seen all my friends among the Indians, and have also seen that the white men are my friends, and it makes me happy. I should like to stop fighting, and come here soon with my people, and stay here with these Indian friends of mine, and be fed until the war is over. But I only control part of the Cheyennes.