Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-06-18

seem against us. The men you send out to
my country always make war, and all they
want is to make money by destroying US. l
do not want any military men for my agents
or superintendent. / would rather have
other men, You send out men who are poor,
who may fill their pockets. These do not
want / intend to make speech in New
York"
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 to name the
traders or agents. We shall not send any
body there to steal from you if we know it.
If you see any agent or trader cheating you
we want you to tell us. We will bring them
away and punish them.
''The putting an agent north of Fetterman
is new thing, and depends upon seeing that
you are willing to live there in peace, because
the 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 out, What we say we mean. What
you say is entitled to great weight, but we
are not now ready to determine the question.
"The President made his answer the other
day about the forts, some of which we re-
moved because we agreed to do so. Fort
Il
cannot remove it now. We believe it is us
much for the protection of the Indians as the
whites in that country.
.'We have not yet got from the Great Coun-
ell all the money We want to make presents.
General Smith will have 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 to take home to show. We mean to
treat you kindly. We have plenty for that
purpose.
If YOU shall stay quietly on the home as
signed to you, we shall keep adding to your
presents The treaty read to you the other
day named a good many things costing
great deal of money. We will add more from
time to time do not want to promise you
ANYTHING that we will not do, and therefore
we are stingy in making promises.
You will see how kindly all our people
are towards you. We hope you will have
safe and pleasant journey home, and when
you reach it you will send us word by tele-
graph. We will remember all you have said
in council here"
Red Cloud, after pause, replied:
Il know you will remember what l have
said, for you have good memories. If had
not been for peace should not have come to
my Great Fathers house. 1eli your chill
dren 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,
will not do wrong. If 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 land
fenced in and do not want you to intrude on
us. All nations are around us. do not
want to make war with Great Father. l
want to show / go away peaceably. l want
to raise my children on my land, and, there
fore, 1 want my Great Father to keep his
children away from me.
81 was never raised by my father on horses.
The Mexicans showed me how to ride them.
/ want good horses, the same as you gave
Spotted Tail. l am not mad with you. l
have got better heart. l am going home.
If you will not give me horses, very well.
God Almighty raised me naked. am much
pleased with your offer to give me presents,
but do not want any.
The council here terminated. Red Cloud
and the other warriors shook hands with the
Secretary and the Commissioner, and then
hastily left the room, followed by large
crowd of male facps