, 1870-10-27
TIE INDIANS,
Thc Dnkotns nnd Nurthcrn Pacific
KnfltoNd,

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Correspondence Of tht 1St.r l'art 7r,Lun,,
-yASk1uS. u. r.. Oct l9-There are index
items Of knnsty question to be settled be-
tween tho Northern Pacific Railroad and
certain tsihes Of Indians in this territory
The three tribes knosn ~ the -Arick-
arccs, Gros Ven.res. and Manlans. h1vo
lived together rs one people for many years,
i'll tho vicinity OF Fort Ge1tho!l, near which
point the railroad will cross the Mig
sou1i Myer. They lsavc been fricnds Of the
whites ever since signing their frat
treaty, YEAR, ago. and .eem vary strongly dis
lsoetd to remain 30. For ysar or tho, how
ever, they have complained that they have
been neglected, while tho warliko siou. have
been well fed. They have really hal c,use
fer murnsnring, Int it has partially ari-cn
from the failure of their crops, the appropri-
ations having becn ba-ed u1sou the belief that
they would be laseely relf-suppoIting, aud
when their crops have been short they
Tl,ey have also been constantly lar-
n.scd by the Sioux. and the Tribune quite re-
Gently published M account OF nh attack mSdo
upon a email party Of Mandsus who we're re-
turning TO camp from hunt. Still, as they
express it, g. they must starve in camp il their
yUnng men do not Ilsk their lives in hunting
tor meat"
On the Goth OF September, the chief On.
Eipcer Of tho Dakota DIVISION OF the Northern
l'atific l.ailtnad arrived at Fott Desthpld, and
stated that every alternate section. l2O miles
I'll width, had bcen granted to the Company.
The agent writes that lc had taken caro- 10
keep the statement from the Indians ~ long
at possible, in tho hope that something might
he Iouo in their bchAlf. These Indians claim
ihat Commissioners from Washington, several
years aEo. agreed, On condition Of their lear-
lug the greater part Of their hunting grounds
End the graves Of their dead. anu living in
peace vith the whites, to give them reserya-
inn W&n AZ ~,
Of Heart River, follow up the Missouri River,
including al the river on both sides OF it, to
the mouth OF the Yellowstone; thence up the
Yellowstone to the mouth OF Powder River;
thence across 10 tho heslwa.ers Of Heart
River They say, too, that this treaty WAS
subsequently recognized IN 1855, when Com
1aissitnets we're as ain sent to treatwi.l them,
aud Fort Stevenson waH located on theE lautis.
THIS tract is abont 200 miles long and 100
vide; and il, IS it seens most probable. the
railroad should esoss the Missouri At
or near Fost bcrthol1, aud run thence
will travsf-r the cut.re ieugth Ct ti,i. tract
! uear the crcn:rc, ana take every altcsnatc sec-
| tion within it, bounds. Mauy acres Of the
land in tho sicinity Of Fort Hersl,ola have al.o
been br.ken UP aud cultivated by tho In.
dlaIs, aud fur their benetis. II 10 quite evi-
aeIt that the government has moi uadcrstool
that this entire tract was to belong to the
lneians. OF, At lcass- has not acted upon this
belttf of late years; but thss have
20 regasdtd it, nevertheless. Tnev seen.
70 have been exceedingly tsasona-
bic iu ali ttcis demands, and might have heeu
permanently located ou > much sin,llsr trac.
II tic matter had batn rightly managed. What
It. to b. dono With them now i, is not saay to
teal. An attcmr, 10 build the road on the
}AEoutc proposed aud i refusal t, recognize ans
| of the rights which they claim viii
nnaonhtedly lead to trouble. and
.hat Of q serious kind The th1es tribes
is urquestioned, especially br tho Sioux, whe
dare not a.ssck them except With large odd
in then fAvcr. They seem elow to 70 to war
aud their confidence in the government is ve.y
strong; hut il this confidence il once entirely
destroyed they nary become determined sud
| persistent enemies.
| 1t might bc thought that there wsa plents
OF land at other points, where they might be
placed. hut while therei is mono t1iat il avail,
able TO the eset or north OF them for this puf.
pose, that to the south and west is claimed
" the different bands Of Sioux, who an
tne'r entnses, snd who rather prefer fight
ing to any other exercise when the least
ehadow Of r1eteat is given them Tb.
agent writes to the Governor. urging thai
some means shall bo tsken to secure some
lands to them, and especially those which
have been cultivated for their benefit. Il
view Of the uncertainty Of this, however, h,
been breaking ground for month past forne1
yeafs crops, md announces his intention I,
astcazsEe sl'oos half OF the employes AZ 500,
as s:eam6t ~ arrives to take them home.
Dr. William F. Cady, who III
| tcen far some months ma
Acting Commissioner Of Indian Affairs 4
Washington, has been assigned to dutv 1t th
Grand liver Agency, in This Territory, VIC
MAjorJ- A. Heam. relieved under t6e prc
visions Of tho new asa1y bill DR.. Cady coul
find no better place to stody the Iud,an cha,
Gtand.l{ixcr. AMONG the @arllke Sinnx,