alia ▁of ▁a ▁major ▁general , ▁including ▁a ▁bright ▁yellow ▁s ash , ▁a ▁gold ▁bad ge ▁enc r usted ▁with ▁pre cious ▁stones , ▁and ▁a ▁medal ▁with ▁the ▁ins cription , ▁" I rat aba , ▁Chief ▁of ▁the ▁Moh aves , ▁Arizona ▁Territ ory ". ▁In ▁February , ▁when ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁his ▁visit , ▁he ▁replied : ▁" to ▁see ▁where ▁so ▁many ▁pale ▁faces ▁come ▁from ". ▁In ▁New ▁York ▁he ▁met ▁with ▁the ▁former ▁Moh ave ▁resident ▁O live ▁O at man , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁convers ed ▁in ▁Moh ave . ▁I rat aba ▁told ▁O at man ▁that ▁her ▁Moh ave ▁adopt ive ▁sister ▁To pe ka , ▁to ▁whom ▁she ▁had ▁grown ▁very ▁close , ▁still ▁missed ▁her ▁and ▁hoped ▁she ▁would ▁return . ▁O at man ▁described ▁the ▁encounter ▁as ▁a ▁meeting ▁between ▁friends . ▁ ▁I rat aba ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁where ▁he ▁earned ▁great ▁acc laim ; ▁government ▁officials ▁and ▁military ▁officers ▁lav ished ▁him ▁with ▁g ifts ▁of ▁med als , ▁s words , ▁and ▁photograph s . ▁In ▁Washington ▁he ▁met ▁with ▁President ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln , ▁who ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁silver - head ed ▁can e . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Native ▁American ▁from ▁the ▁South west ▁to ▁meet ▁an ▁American ▁president . ▁The ▁tour ▁ended ▁in ▁April , ▁when ▁he ▁and ▁M oss ▁sa iled ▁to ▁California , ▁again ▁by ▁way ▁of