The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-07-13
Red Cloud at the Cooper Institute.

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# the Cooper Institute, New York. The pro
ceedings were opened with prayer by Re,
q, Howard Crosby. ID. ID. Mr.. Peter Coo2c
;. presided and said:
.. 1T is, my friends but few weeks sine
;. the country was filed with the report of al
- inevitable war. All expectations of peac
+ were abolished by the authorities i'll Wash
r. ington; troops We're hurried forward to th
i frontier. and the minds of tax payers, al
+ ready familiar with the odious income tax
were prepared to expect fresh burdens
- During these dark hours Il suggestion wal
made 10 the Secretary of the Interior ant
4 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs thrt i
they would invite the hostile Indians to come
q to Washington and discuss their grievance.
they might all be redressed on the principle:
OF JeStice. and peace might therefore bs
4 preserved. La reply it was said those lu
jians wou'd not trust themselves in oul
no~er- Within twenty four hours fr(,n thi
."nv"rshiinn. official assurance was receiver
Eit K \ Cloud and his principal cai-
! Eplic COME on tn : erraIid. To-day w,
cave before Us the very men Of whom bu,
yesterday we were assured that nothing
could be expected but mercilass war In
the interview between Red Cloud and the
Secretary of the Interior, the Indian has
shown himself equal to the occasion. "Thrice
Is he armed who hath his quarrel just" We
have recognized in solemn treaties the In
dams claim t" the hunting grounds upon
which they have. from time immeuoral, en-.
ljnyed the rights of '.hfe, liberty and the.
pursuits of h ppimrss." and it is too lltr Ia
deny his title now, while we profess to b.. a
Christian nation. As bandtt or fr--bo,;t-r.
We could Claim the right of might, but oI
NO other ground IT you refuse to pay tni-
| rqpiralant amicably aud seek or force ITO
wrest il from them. you will ihaugurtae wal
that will cost so many millions that til inte
rest alone will more than equal the, price ~
| which you can now purchase it. and lind too
| iute that honesty would have been the best
| policy Ii members nf Congress cannot
understand all this; if. while making 10
their c"nS;tuen's profession ut -cun"tn
inry take course which can only .uu ia
war. and subject the industry of the cour,
try to millions of unnecessary taxation. We
cannot hold them biam-less. We. til. peop-.
want reace-not only with those who were
lately in rebellion, but with all mankind"
Red Cloud was received with deafening
applause. He pointed with his finger TO the
roof OF the building. aud with charm OF
manner and an elegance of gesture that
/
ized and highly educated pale faces, said:
My brothers and friends who are here he
fore me to-day. the Almighty has made Us
all, and He is here to listen to what l have
to say, The Great spirit made us 10th H..
gave us lands; you came in here; we gave
you those lands. and received you as broth
ers. tApplause.) When the Almighty
made you he made you all white and clothed
anil her IL ,,ifl -.,1 l.. a
made US poor. When you first came we
were many and you were very few; now you
are very mauy and we are very few. aud W..
arc very poor. Yoa do not know who it is
who appears before you to speak. We are
the representatives of the original A eri
can race, the tirst people of this continent
(Applaase.l We are good and not bad. The
reports yoa have heard concerning us are ali
on one side and from Interested men. We
are al good, although you hear that we are
all marderers and thieves. We have given
you all the lands we had, and now we have
no more but a small Island. If we had auy
more we would willingly give them And
now. our dear friends we want you to help
US with the government of the United States
(Applause.) The Great Spirit made us poor
and ignorant. and made you rich and wise.
Ind skillful in doing things about which we
know nothing. He made you to eat tame
game and US to eat wild. You ask any one |
who has been across the continent to Utah |
whether we have not always treated hiI |
wen. We have children TO raise like you,
and wa want y"n to help ns to raise them |
{ AnrlenSe Al the mouth Of Hers Cree! |
.iD.e 1852 t5e4 Frat Fath-r, m.d.,9 q,
tsraty x.,A Us swaich required that W.
saou.d leave the country open for transit fo, |
fifty five years. We never committed any |
depre,lations until the troops we're sent into
the country and killed our people. Then we |
could do nothing else. Since that time there /
have been goods sent US from time to time.
but only once have they reached Us. Very |
soon the Government took away the only
good man-Colonel Fitzpatrick, who ever
helped US to goods. The Government said
we should go To farming. Soms Of our peopl.
went to Washington for that purpose, ami
that is the reason We are here now. In 1865
men came out and brought papers. We ar
ignorant and cannot read papers. and they
did not tell US what was in those papers.
We thought at first hat the United States
Government would take away these fort.
aud give us traders. They misrepresented
and deceived US. and we did not know what
the papers contained. When went t.
Washington and saw the Great Father. b,
told me what the treaty was and that the in-
terpreters had been false t. me and did nol
let me know what the real subject Of Ill.
treaty was. (" Tr
/ want no more than right and jostic~, and
did not succeed altogether in gett Dk whal
L xi.,.ied. / want you to help me-, am
the representative Of the old Sioux nation. / |
am no Spotted Tail. that will say one thing
one day and he bought with a fish. (Grea,
Applause.) Look st me. / am poor aud |
naked. and yet / am chief of the nation.
We do not ask for riches. We do not want
them. but we do want our children properly
brought up. Riches bring no good. i We
can't take them with Us into the other world.
aud all we want in this is love and peace.
(Appause.) The riches that we have iu
this world-as Secretary Cox rightly told
me-cannot be taken into the next lfe
Now. if that be SO. would like to- know
why the commissioners " hO are sent out IL
US do nothing but rob us all the time.
(Laughter.) was brought up among the
traders and those who came out to US 10 thel
early times, and bad pleasure with themtI
They taught IN. to wear clothes, to smoke
tobacco, the use of fire arms. and al, was
well until the Great Father sent out to us
men who used to drink fire water; men who
the Great Father could not keep at home,
and so he sent them to Us. Laughter AND
appiause,) have sent q at many words
TO the Great Father. but / do not believe
that they ever reached him. Now have
had something to say, and thought would
come and say it myself. l am going to
Irave you to day, and 60 right home. l
want I" have men sent to me and my peo
pie that We can trust. We do not want
strangers You belong to the East. and 10