CHAPTER VIII.

_The Indians--Gen. Sherman--Kit Carson, etc._

Sherman and Utes in Council at Fort Garland.--Sherman and the Arrapahoes.--Gov. Cumming and Ute Treaty.--Indian Ponies.--Ute Costumes.--Ute Village.--Boy Braves.--Indian Dogs.--Indian Profanity.--Lost at Night among them.--Something of an Adventure.--A Scary Situation.--Wellington.--The Treaty itself.--Ooray.--Ancantash.--Shauno.--Speech of Gov. Cumming.--Kit Carson as Interpreter.--Ooray's Cute Replies.--Indian Presents.--"Swopping."--Jack Cox.--Ute Dance by Moonlight on the banks of the Rio Grande.--Ute Squaws.--The Average Indian.--Kit Carson.--His Personal Appearance and Character.--His Life and Adventures.--Kit on Fremont.--Sherman on Kit Carson.--Kit on the Indian Question.--The Chivington Massacre, etc.--Sherman's Opinion of New Mexico, etc.--Sumner's Ditto.--Sherman as a Talker and Smoker. 114-142