"They have given us the peace sign.

They are coming toward us without arms." So Sherman, with General Harney, General Sanborn, and the other officers rode slowly forward to meet the oncoming braves.
"This is where you need Curtis," I told the General as he advanced.

"He is the best Kiowa and Comanche interpreter on the Plains and he knows every one of these Indians personally." Curtis was accordingly summoned and made interpreter, while I was assigned to remain about the commander's tent and given charge of the scouts.
As the Indians drew near with signs of friendliness, Curtis introduced the chiefs, Satanta, Lone Wolf, Kicking Bird, and others to General Sherman as the head of the Peace Commission.
The Indians, having been notified in advance of the coming of the Commission, had already selected a special spring for our camp and had prepared a great feast in honor of the meeting.

To this feast, which was spread in the center of the village, the Commissioners were conducted, while the scouts and the escort went into camp.
The Indians had erected a great canopy of tanned buffalo skins on tepee poles.

Underneath were robes for seats for the General and his staff, and thither they were led with great ceremony.