The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-07-07
Interesting Letter from the sioux AGsa'
INDIAN rR0UBIEs AHfICIPArED.
MILITARY EXPEDITION AGAINST rHE YANG
ToNSAIs.

Sioux AGENCY, June u, 1889.
With view 10 correc, the thousand ri.
mors which are apt TO srise regarding mat.
tiers at distance, propose to give you al
authentic statement Of the present difiicul.
ties on the Sioux reservation.
On the 18th instant, two seit.constituted
delegations, the first consisting Of twenty
five and the other OF ten Indians OF the Upper
Sioux, came down 10 this place, and de-
manded Of the Superintendent that their
anuuities should be Immediately paid. As
certaining that these men were part OF q
small number who had visited Yellow Medi-
cine to receive few provisions which had
laid over from last year, and not having no
tilted the Upper Sioux TO come in, the su.
pcrinteudent informed them that he would
not make the payment until biz return from
the Ysnctonnais expedition. His further
reasons for this refusal, were that the teams
for transporting the Yapc,onpaisg goods and
provisions were all assembled here, nj M
expense Of some $500 per day, the detention
Of which for ten days or two weeks, neccs-
sary 10 call in the Indians and make the
payment could not he justified, besides from
the experience Of the two past years he did
not deem il expedient or safe TO pay the an.
nuities without military support, which wn'
no. Immediately attainab'e.
On his arrival a, Yellow Medicine, on The
Eth, be found but comparative small
number of the Indians there, but there were
frequent rumors Of the rapid approach q
the rest On the 18th be held Council
with those present. in which be reiterated
his determination not to pay them until
July, as he had promised the year before,
and which was o month earlier than usual.
The Council broke up, and the Indians
seemed satisfied and commenced returning
to their fields and hunting grounds.
On Monday, the goth, however greater
pulaber bad arrived a, ,be Agency, with
whom Agent BKows held Council.
While the Council was sitting. two $50.
dteTs" came from the Council, and accostsd
the Superintendent, ia the road, contiguous
10 the residence Of Capt. ALsgs, the black
smith Of the Agency, and sizing him radely
by the collar. attempted vioIently to drag
him towards the place where the indians
were assembled This the Superintendent
successfully resisted, bat the hold on BIZ
Goa, being still maintained, b.. requested
Capt. AuEs, who had just come out Of BIZ
house, to return and bring him hi. revolver
which the Captain did, bat held II betipI
him ~ he advanced Though the pisto
was neither displayed nor presented. ths
quick eye Of the ,Aysge bad detected The
weapon, and his boil Wa immediately
relioqaished N. PKEsoorr, the interpreter
70 the expedition us' then coming up, bed
some Conversation With them, when ,beJ
spoIogixed Tor their eondsc, and vent Of
The peI, Day. the teams being siresd,
loaded and spt 10 Adysnc, the sgpe nj
.eoaent. With Agent BS~s, set ~ ~
kettle Lake" the plso GIsd f9 ib'
assnbling Of The Ysnet1nnss. Thy hs1
10, sdvsDosd more than i1r ~ Eve miles
/ xben q ngmtsr u Indians we're ssr ran