The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-01-25

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g. NJ. 01Anks, ~ unanimous CONSIST, Sab.
iOltsed eAC fol)owing resolution:
RessSe1. That the Secretary 1t tho lnte
1(0r b. directed To inform the House ut tho
numben and location If the Teton Si0ux,
their coadi,ioS. organization anil dlspos
ui0n. and y nat disposition has been made
during tho current tiscsl year of the money
Appropriated ~ Congress fer their benefit.
Mr.. sargent. Il ask unanimous consent to
make short statement ~ connection with
that resolution. / shall occupy but few
moments. The matter ut the Teton Sioux
hos been treated in the public press with
considerable feeling durinl the pest few
weeks, and perhaps Il IL due I" myself hav>
ing charge Ut the Indian appropriation bill.
that should make astaicmcntOf the matter
of the Teton Si0ua, a. / understand Il. and
~ believe II IL understood Ivy the Interior
Department.
/ will state. hOwevcr. with reference 10
the object 1T this rcsOluti0n, that under.
staod that at the requess Of the chairman
of the COMMITTEES on Indian Affairs of the
Senate to the Secretary of the Interior ~.
port covering MI the information called Is
now being made out ct the Interior Depart.
ment. and will be sent IN the Senate to-day
Or Tomorrow. II 10, therefore. possible
that this resolution may not DO needed. 1t,
however, the chairman Of the Commute on
Indian affairs Of the House prefers TO have
the communication In IN official form to the
House, l see NO objection t0 II. aud there.
fore make M objection to the adoption OF
the resolutions
The amount stated in the papers - hav.
ing been appropriated for the Teton Sioux
Il $500, O0O This 10 mistake of 900, 900.
The amount appropriated was 600, 600, and
. letter from the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, which was read to the House when
the Indian appropriation bill wss under
consideration. stated that ut that amount
3600, 600 appropriated for the current
fiscal year 4i6O, 900 will not I've needed; in
other words. the expenditures will b. $3.50.
600 less than the amount appropriated. The
expenditures for tho tribes upon the Mis-
souri river necessarily take place in the
spring and early summer Of each year On
account Ut the condition OF the water in that
tn the Indian tribes ON the upper Missouri
after June or July 1t latest; therefore, all
the expenditures take place in the carly part
Of the year. This hcing the case. and on
suggestion Of Mr. Walker, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, when the Indian spprOpria.
ZION hill was before the House, had the
amount cut down frDm 500. 600 To 5000. 900
which. with the surplus remaining over Of
last year, will make 930O, 600 instead OF
$5OO, 900. the amount which was spprOpri~
sietl for the current fiscal year.
While IN investigation may bc made into
the conduct Of any agent in the Indian
country upon the upper Missouri. and am
in favor Of thorough investigation being
made, IL SET whether there hes been any
wrong done or not, think it TO the credit
Of the Indian department that they have
saved of the amount appropriated. ar will
have saved by the end Of the present fiscal
year, nearly $e0O.0OO. o.
Some criticism has been made upon the
name If Teton Sioux" 1t has been said
that there 10 no such band or tribe of lndi-
ans as the Teton Sioux, and that the appro.
priation was consequently nude for myth.
icsl purpose do not know that cthnOlOg.
icnlly this correct name - applied to these
Indians. But ] lind by reference to the
early treaties made by the Government of
the United States with the Indians, that in
1916, Or about that time. treaty was made
with the Teton Sioux, the name lseing
spelled ''TcetOn." There probably Is error
in the designation ut one half of the lndi-
Nm tribes III the United Sl.ias. even Of those
with whom we have MADE treaties. For in.
stance, there Is M such tribe Or band of In,
dams ~ the Chippcwas, yet we have treat.
les with the Chippewa Indiana. Now. the
Chippewas are simply the Oji6wsys, cole
brated in COOper's novels and In the early
history Ut the country There 10 no such
tribe Of Indians ~ the Kxw Indians, the
n>n,e coming from the Raw river In Kansas.
there Was large and Important hand Of
Sioux Indians near . mountain Of that
name, which band Was dignified or recog.
nized % capable of forming q treaty with
the Government nearly sixty years ago.
name 10 given IL the Indians; the question
really Ii whether tllefe are number of In.
disns upon the upper Missouri river, In
Dakota Territory, IN the neiShborh0od of
the Teton or any other mountains, who be.
ing in hostility To the United States should
be treated with by the General Government
In order IL induce them 10 remain peaceable
with the United States. and who II not %
dealt with are liable 10 enact the mischiefs
which wild Indian tribes do enact, and such
- those which occurred in the history of
Minnesota. Or euch - arc now occurring In
the southern portion Of Oregon by the Mo.
doc Indians. .4. p,' ....s,
Mr. GARFIELD. ut Ohio.--l would like 10
call the attention Of my colleague upon the
committee to another feature which I deem
of importance. The only allegation which
Il seemed to me had any apparent force was
that whatever these TelOn SiOux ore, they
ere m aggregation Of people who are really
In other tribes and ere paid under other
names, and therefore the payment 10 an
overlap, the yame class Of 1sdisns being
twice paid. g8r.u 7df
Mr.. 6argcnt.-That would only occur
where there are annuiiies paid tospccif1c In.
dians. This appropriation was not made in
the shape If an annuity. There ore no an
nuity Indians embraced u. this number of
I et0n Sioux % fas,as know. and % far -
have been able ~ obtain information from
the Indian Department That there may be
here and there On Indian Hr scoso Of lndi.
ans wandering I'll frum tribes that have "a. .
puities and banding with These Teton Sioux
or any other Sioux think highly probable.
But The great mass At these Indians are
those who were Collected together under
this appropriation 1T )5OO. O00 who before
that time had been very hostile, and some Of
WnOm Sy0 StSJ W0tlJc. AOU VINO were
collected together In the vicinity OF Fort
Peck. ffstef-i. ,"
When this matter was before the House
the last time had read communication
tto0 0enossl Walker. WIN isgsnerslly b..
lieved. think, not only . man Of sagacity,
but Of uprightness. he goes on to show in
that )etleg, letter which ought to have at>
trscted the attention Of the c,un,ry and Of
The newspaper correspondents who make
tlbese mistakes In the amount OF apprnpria>
ton and the number Ut ll,e Isdians-he
shese 1ndissa dpring the Ass summer. and
hundred IN the south side II the river.
making In ell over ssvea ihouaoad Ut tlsese
Indians ...s.@a, az.
i Now. wl.eiher $50, 600. the amount which
knS 6nnsA nRs Ia A.. -