The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-22 00:00:00

THE SONG FROM " LOTHAIR."

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There are few tests of success more certain than that
which is afforded when a work supplies material for
popular songs. A ballad has just been sung in London
by Madame Sherrington, called " Corisande ;" suggested
by the garden scene in Mr. Disraeli's Lothair. The
dialogue is so very limited at this point in the novel, that
it is not easy to conceive whence comes the material for
the words. Lothair, it is true, forgetful of Theodora, and
regardless of Miss Arundel, assures Corisande that he
never loved any one but herself ; so that we have
to remember " when the blood burns how prodigal
the soul lends the tongue vows," in order to preserve our
respect for him • and the lady responds to this with only
the eloquence of silence- However' there are songs that
are potent to move the heart with very few words, and
some in truth with none at all, thanks to ,Mendelssohn,
Schubert, and others; and the song of "Corisande" may
be of this character. "Lothair " has not yet been drama-
tised, although it probably soon will be, nor has it yet
received the honour conferred upon Sardou's " Fernande,"
which has been burlesqued at the Varieties. With the
accomplishment of these distinctions, Mr. Disraeli's
latest novel will attain the pinnacle of fame.—New York
Times.

THE IN DIANS.

WASHINGTON, June 7.

The great council between the, Indian delegates, the
Secretary of the Interior, and Commissioner Parker was
held at the Indian Office this morning. Several gentle-
men holding official positions under the Government,
having relations With Indian tribes, were present, includ-
ing Gen. Smith, Messrs. Collyer and-Brunot, of the Peace
Commission, and others. The red men took their seats in
the Council Chamber about 11 o'clock, and the conference
lasted until one. They were arrayed in all the finery they
possess, and were evidently much impressed with the im-
portance of the occasion. After the usual formalities of
hand shaking hands, the commissioner announced to the
chiefs that what Red Cloud had spoken to them had been
thought over, and the Secretary of the Interior would
now give our reply. His words were the words of the
President on the subject of Red Cloud's speech,
The Secretary then addressed the Indians at consider-
able length in relation to the requests they had made and
the feeling of the Government concerning them. He said,
" The white people who live on the frontier have been
frightened. They say that Red Cloud and his people have
been threatening them. They are afraid they will hurt
the people along the frontier. We want Red Cloud and
his people to say to us here, before they go away, that they
will never do so, and that they will keep peace with all
our people who are there ; when they have said that, and
we can tell the people so, we think we will be no longer
afraid to let them have arms to hunt with. There have
been people killed near the Union Pacific Railroad, and
we do not know who did it. Some say it was the Sioux,
others that it was the Cheyennes, and still others lay it
upon the Arapahoes."
At this point Red Cloud, who was a very attentive
listener to what the Secretary was saying, remarked that
he had heard this reported before he left his cotintry.
There were no Sioux south of the railroad. They were
across the Platte.
Secretary Cox, resuming, said: " We will believe what Red
Cloud says, but as our people are frightened, we cannot
say that we will give them . guns. We must wait till
there is a peace with all the Indians before we can do
it. Our people are not to come on the Indian reservation,
but they-will come out along the line of the railroads, and
be near them in that way. The Government will send
Mr. Brunot (whose presence at the council was indicated
to the Indians) this summer to see them, and to see that
they get the rations which will be sent to them. When
he goes he will ask which is the best thing we can do for
them. He will ask if anybody has done them any wrong,
and they can tell him when he comes back. We will try
to do what he says they need to have done. The great
thing we want to say to them is that if they will keep
peace we will try to do do everything they ask that is
right."
This concluded the Secretary's speech to the Indians,
and after a few moments, during which Red Cloud seemed
to be in a very deliberative mood, that distinguished chief
arose and came to the table where sat the officials. He
shook hands with those at the table in the council room,
and delivered the following oration :
" I came from where the sun sets. You were raised on
chairs. I want to sit as I sit where the sun sets. (Here
the Indian warrior sat upon the floor, in the Indian
fashion, and proceeded.) The Great Spirit has raised me
this way. He raised me naked. I run no opposition to
the Great Father who sits in the White House. I don't
want to fight. I have offered my prayer to the Great
Father so that I might come here safe and well. What I
have to say to you, and to these men and to my
Great Father, is this : Look at me. I was raised
where the sun rises, and I come from where he
sets. Whose , voice was first heard in this
land? It was the red people who used the bow. The
Great Father may be good and kind, but I can't see it.
I am good and kind to the white people, and have given
my lands, and have now come from where the sun sets to
see you. The Great Father has sent his people out there
and left me nothing but an island. Our nation is melting
away like the snow on the side of the hills where the sun
is warm ; while your people are like the blades of grass
in spring when summer is coming. I don't want to see
the white people making roads in our country. Now that
I have come into my Great Father's land, see if I have
any blood when I return to my home ? The white people
have sprinkled blood on the blades of grass about the
line of Fort Fetterman. Tell the Great Father to remove
that fort, then we will be peaceful and there will be no
more trouble. I have got two mountains in that,country
—Black Hill and Big Horn. I want no roads there. There
have been stakes driven in that country, and I want them
removed. I have told these things three times, and I
now have come here to tell them for the fourth time. I
have made up my mind to talk that way. I don't want
my resert ation on the Missouri. Some of these people
here are from there, and I know what I say, What I
hear is that my children and old men are dying off like
sheep. The country don't suit them. I was born at the
Forks of the Platte. My father and mother told me that
the land there belonged to me. From the North and the
West the Red nation has come into the Great Father's
house. We are the last of the Ogallalas. We have come
to know the facts from our Father why the promises
which have been made to us have not been kept. I
want two or three traders that we ask for. At the mouth
of Horse Creek, in 1852, there was a treaty made, and the
mar who made that treaty (alluding to General Mitchell),
who performed that service for the Government, told me
the truth. Goods which have been sent out to me have
been stolen all along the road, and only a handful would
reach me to go among my nation. Look at me. Here I
am poor and naked. I was not raised with arms. I
always want to be peaceable. The Great Spirit has
raised you to read and write, and has put papers
before you ; but he has not raised me in that style. The
men whom the President sends us soldiers and all,
have no sense and no heart. I know it to-day. I didn't
ask that the whites should go through my country killing
game, and it is the Great Father's fault. You are the
people who should keep peace. For the railroads you are
passing through my country I have not received even so
much as a brass ring for the land they occupy. I wish
you to tell that to my Great Father. You whites make
all the ammunition. What is the reason you don't give it
to me ? Are you afraid I am going to war ? You are
afraid lam going to war? You are great and powerful,
and lam only a handful. Ido not want it for that pur-
pose, but to kill game with. I suppose I must in time go
to farming, but I can't do it right away."
Each sentence of this speech was received with loud
grunts, denoting hearty applause, frOm the Indians
present.
After Red Cloud concluded, Little Bear made a short
speech, complaining of bad treatment by soldiers and
others while he was engaged in farming operations. Seve-
ral of his young men, he said, were shot while out
hunting, and that ended his corn raising. He reite-
rated the main features and complaints ol Red Cloud's
speech.
Secretary Cox promised to report all that had been
said to the President, and arrange a time for meeting with
him.
The, present conference practically ends the business of
hearing complaints and determining action on them, as
was evidenced by the speech of the Secretary. Both Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail made strong appeals to-day for
the pardon of John Richard, the half-breed, who recently
killed a soldier at Fort Fetterman, and who is here with
Red Cloud's party as interpreter. This, they have been
informed by the Commissioner, is being considered by the
President.
They were invited to an entertainment at- the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, but Red Cloud declined, saying if he was
to see the Great Father again he wanted time to delibe-

rate upon what to say.
The following order from the War Department, dated
June 4, 1870, is published :—" When lands are secured to
the Indians by treaty against occupation by the whites,
the military commanders shall keep intruders off by mili-
tary force if necessary, until such time as the Indian title
is extinguished or the lands are opened by Congress for
settlement."