The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-13
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A FINAL GRAND POW WOW.
Another Speech by Red Cloud
FROM EUROPE BY CABLE.
The French Regicide Plot.
This Afternoons Quotations.
ETC.. Etc. ETC.. ETC.. Etc.
FROM WASHING TON.
Final Confab with the Indians Another Speech
from Red Cloud.

Final Confab with the fndIaue-Au0theriSD Speech
from Red Cloud.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
WARRINGTON, June 13.-Secretary Cox and
Commissioner Parker, at the request of Red
Cloud, gave the latter an interview on Sunday
Several of the party delayed attending, being
dissatisfied with the former proceedings, but
they were finally induced to come into the room.
Among others present were Representatives
Garfield, Ferry, Latin, and Smith, of Ohio,
General Walker, Superintendent of Census,
and Commissioner of Customs Sargent. Com
missioner Parker remarked to them that If they
had anything to say they would now be heard.
Red Cloud then spoke as follows:--
Father:-I have come to bid you good-by 1 want
an answer to my request for the men have named
for my agents and traders. l do not want strange
men. also ask for II horses to take us back home
from the railroad. Before you sent troops to my
country you never had any trouble l ask you
through my county. / divided with them what /
had put moccasns their feet, and made them
presents OF horses and want all you present to lis
ten to me. All of you seem against us. The men
you sent out to my country always make war and all
they want is to make money by destroying us. / do
not want any military men for my agents or superin
tendents. would rather have other men. You
send ont inner men who are who may MI their
Secretary Cox:-As Red Cloud wants 10 leave here
to-day, will try to be short in what have to say
AS to agents and traders. Red Cloud repeated what
he said the other day. We are not prepared now
anybody there to steal from them If we know it. II
you any agents traders cheating you, we want
you to tell Us. will bring them away and punish
them. The putting Of agents north Of Fort Fetter-
man is a new thing, and depends upon seeing that
Old treaty said the trading Should be done on the
Missouri river. This new arrangement Is made
out Of Kindness, and we are going to carry it
entitled to great weight bat we are not now ready
to determine the question The President made his
we removed because we agreed 10 DO 80.
Fort Fetterman is south of the Platte river We
cannot remove it now. We believe it as much pro-
lection for the Indians the whites in that couhtry
to stop the people from going into the country both
butif we bring them all away there win be more
trouble than ever before We have them there to
both hs ds re aane e M th nave mot vet
want to make presents. General smith will have a
good deal to buy presents on the way for you and
your families but we have not yet got the seventeen
horses you ask for. You will have everything we
can give you to make you comfortable and presents
etc. We have plenty for that purpose. Ifyou shall
stay quietly on the home assigned to you we shall
keep adding to your presents. The treaty read to
ing great deal of meney. We will add more from
time to time. do not want to promise you any
thing that we will not do and therefore we are
stiney in making promises. do not want to say
anything you will not find true when you get out on
mined to be our friends and that we will never have
another quarrel with the Sioux people. Wnen W., we
fell that M all your people e are are really our friends we
You will see how kindly all our people are towards
you. We hope you will have a safe and pleasant
journey home, and when you reach it you will send
send us word by telegraph. We will remember all
you have said In council here. go
Red Cloud after pause, Sald:-l know you Will
remember what | have said, for you nave good me-
mories. II had not been for peace should not
| have come to my Great Fathers house. Tell your
| children to keep the peace. / do not say to my
| Father go to my country and scare the game away
| Tell him TO keep his people away. | VIII not do
| wrong II you had Kept your people across the
Platte you never would have had any trouble. You
| have your land fenced In, and do not want us
| to come on it. We have our lands fenced, and do
| not want you to intrude on us. all the nations
are around US. do not want to make war with the
| Great Father. want to show go away peaceable
want to raise my children on my land, and there-
| fore want the Great Father to keep his children
| away from me- was never raised by my father on
horses. The Mexicans showed me how to ride them.
| / want good horses-the same as you gave TO
| Spotted Tail. am not mad with you. have got
| give me horses, very well. God Almighty raised me
| naked. am much pleased with your offer to give
| me presents, but do not want them.
The council here terminated. Red Cloud and
| the other warriors shook hands with the Secre-
| tary and the Commissioner, and then hastily
left the room, followed by large crowd of pale
faces. They will ieave Washington to-day.
The Assault on Congressman Porter.
General Bradley T. Johnson, of Richmond,
arrived here this morning as special counsel for
Pat Wood, held by the Sergcant-at-Arm for
| assault on Congressman Porter The Judiciary
| Committee will meet this evening for the con-
sideration of the case. At an interview with his
counsel to- day Wood admitted he was fed pretty
| well, but he objected to the mileness of his
lemonade.
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