, 1870-06-11

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useful. do not want stale nonr. rotten tobacco.
sn Sd soais s wa.3 is
esef @ yoo oo peEmttssa :he Chiefs Who lad been
% secre,sIy coz explained the treaty Of 1857 to
and deal honestly Nth each othe1 The last
The Sioux agreed not 70 disturb 1t, and that It
Should be buil;. Now II tho road interteres with
hunting we Will trg TO make good the damage By
feeding you We mean that the government Ah21l
keep back the white men from going Into the 1n-
dian country, as we'll as bad Indians from going
into the white country. This is what the troops
are there for. II any OF people at the forts do
not do what Is right the President Will punish
tElm and send better men III their places. The
samc treaty gives the lines Of the Indian country.
A map was produced, and the Secretary explained
the boundaries liked In the treaty Of 1851, Red
Cloud locking On with great interest He said Lc
Has asked to sisu tue treaty merely to show that
be H2s Pcaceabtc. and not to grant their lands
He continued, saying:
"1?lis is tile nrst lime haye heard Of such
t1eats. aud do not mean TO follow il want to
these things to the Indiana The names of three
were mentioned, ard he said: II know nothing
about Il, i Vas never explained to me"
Bear III the Gr1ss said.
The Great Spirit hea1g me to-day, and tell
nolhlng Int what Is true, when say thnt these
words nt the treaty were not explained. It was
ship among the whites. When we took bold Of the
pen theJ said they would take the troops aEay,
50 we conld raise children"
seclctaJ Cox explained that the treaty was
slgned " more than 290 different Sioux Of all the
bands+
Red Cloud do not say the Commissioners led
onl the interpreters were wrong. never heard q
Hosu ONLY what Was brought to my camp when
The forts were removed. came to make peace :;
Jon had your war harness When you removed, /
signed treaty Of peace We want to sttalghten
Secretary Cox. have been very careful, 50
that no mistakes should be made, and that our
word should be IS open as daylight, 80 that 1e
may understand what binds the Sioux and our
Eelves We are trying to get Congress to carry out
cur promises, and We Eant the Indians to do their
ps e Ms emPly sSy th1s Is the a; mae
viii give one to Red Cloud 80 it can be interpreted
to him exact]y what iR
Red clond said oil the promises made in the
whites Was to cTnsh the Indian down fu nothing
The Great Spirit ronld Judge these things here
Father. they are sost Before % taey set % here. II
am Chief Of the thirty y-nine nations. 1 Will not
take the paper With nc. II Is all lies.
The Secretary distributed copies OF the treaty to
the Interpreters, agents. and traders present, and
adjourned the council until tomorrow in order
meantime that the prosisons Of The treaty be ex-
planned to the 1ndtans.
AMOR Gade1, e1-Deputy Collector oi San Fran
cisco, arrived this morning on mission from the
San Francisco Board Of Trade. lii, 9aden was
detained Al Chicago I've days TO secure the CO.
operation and ADVICE Of the Board Of Trade Of
thst city IN hts mission. He acts for both boards
and will 90 before the Committee OF Wars and
Means On Wednesday, His object Is to secure the
transportation df imported goods from New YORK
and other rorta Of entry TO Chicago, Snn Fran
cisco, and other important cities, tn locked CARS
In charge Of Custom House Officers, the dnties,
On which sba1l be paid at des tinahon.s
'CoCNTERFElT STAMrS,
Counterfeit sixty and forty pound tobacco
st1mps were seized In Baltimore on tobacco re-
ceiyed from North Carolina The stamps were
photographed and little lasger than the genuine.
The extent OF the tssne is unknown.