. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. .^â ^^^yix â â ^fti-rf ^^^"-^^^^-'«^^-^. Figure 8.âFort Keogh, MunUuia. {L'SAM jS^iSg; Smithsonian plwtu j/g2^.) reservation with constant civilian antl military super- vision. For the Indians it was the beginning of the end. Upon its arrival at Fort Marker following the actioir of September 23, Company K had been assigned as escort for the commissioners, thus StiefTeFs presence at Council Grove. It was a colorful gathering, with some 5,000 Indians on hand. First came a series of speeches. Then the treaty was drawn up and ex- plained t
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. .^â ^^^yix â â ^fti-rf ^^^"-^^^^-'«^^-^. Figure 8.âFort Keogh, MunUuia. {L'SAM jS^iSg; Smithsonian plwtu j/g2^.) reservation with constant civilian antl military super- vision. For the Indians it was the beginning of the end. Upon its arrival at Fort Marker following the actioir of September 23, Company K had been assigned as escort for the commissioners, thus StiefTeFs presence at Council Grove. It was a colorful gathering, with some 5,000 Indians on hand. First came a series of speeches. Then the treaty was drawn up and ex- plained to the Indians. They were to retire to assigned reservations, cease attacking the whites, and permit railroads to be built across the plains. In return the reservations were to be closed to the white buffalo hunters and the tribes were to be issued certain annuities and provided with farming imple- ments, seeds, churches, and schools. In short, the Indians were to be forced to "walk the white man's ; When the turn came for the Indians to reply, sev- eral chiefs responded, the most notable being the Kiowa chief, Satanta, or "White Bear" (fig. 11), one of the most remarkable individuals in his tribe's historv. Speaking for all, Satanta made an unusually strong impression on most of those present, Stieffel among them, for this is the incident which he chose to depict'' (fig. 3). Satanta is pictured in the act of speaking to the commissioners, three of whom can lie identified as the military members. Generals Terry, Augiu-, and Harney from left to right, ^- plus one of the civilian commissioners, possibly N. G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. A daring and successful warrior, Satanta's eloquence and vigor of expression had already won for him the title "Orator of the ; Every feature on his strong face, every line, showed 'â There arc several accounts of this. The best, in the opinion of the writer, is in James Mooney's "Ca
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