"Official Record," let us ask oursclres if any imagination could highly-colored " a story " as it tells.

"June 2d. Broke eamp at seyen o'clock and marehed sev have invented so " enteen miles, going into catmp near Ulysses. Roads in bad condition

June 3d. 1ad some trouble in getting started. Broke camp at eleven o'clock and arched eight miles. camp on Blue River. Many people sick, one of whom was re ported in a dying condition. Had bad roads. Raiued during afternoon Went into Marched fifteen

"June 4th. Broke camp at six o'elock. miles, and went into camp on Lincoln Creek, near Seward

"June 5th. Broke camp at seven o'clock teen miles, and went into camp near Milford. Daughter of Standing Bear, Ponca chief, dicd at two o'clock, of consumption. Marched four-

"June 6th. Remaincd in camp all day, for the purpose of obtaining supplies. Prairie Flower, wife of Shines White and daughter of Standing Bear, who died yesterday, Christian burial, her remains being deposited in the cemetery at Milford, Nebraska, a snall village on Bluc River

"In this connection I wish to take official knowledge and recognition of the noble action performed by the ladies of Milford, in preparing and decorating the body of the deceased Indian woman for bnrial in a style becoming the highest civilization. In this act of Christian kindness they did more to was here given ameliorate the grief of the hnsband and father than they could have done by udopting the usual course of this untutored people and presenting to each a dozen ponies. It was here that,looking on the form of his dead danghter thus arrayed for the tomb, Standing Bear was led to forget the bmrial-service of his tribe, and say to those around him that he was desirous of leaving off the ways of the Indian and adopting those of the white men.