The New York herald., 1874-09-06

Scb ia Ht tApcCteu bOm6 uIJeen or SIX
teen thousand Indians around the agency, but
OF this lot there are probably about three thousand
Arapahoes and Cheyennes and couple OF thousand
from the Northern Iribes such as the Uncpapas
Sansarcs and MinnecOujas These 1ve or six
thousand not provided iOr In the appropria
for the Osallaa Sioux that are supposed to reside
at this agency, but yet Agent SavilIe says he can
not let them starve, and when they come inf issues
them ratlOns the same as to the Ogalalas This may
be all very charitable and very philanthropic, but
still it is not justice to Red Clouds band, who
have remained quiet in the agency during the
summer. to starve them in order to feed band OF
hostile Indians that have been marauding through
the country since early spring, and who. thinking
that punishment for their crimes may be awaiting
them at their own agencies, come down here to
beg. The only Indians that have been implicated
in any or the murders around this section o. the
country are said to be the MinnecOujas, ana yet
when they come IN to the agency they are
treated as well as the Ogallalas, who have
kept faith with the government and acted
up to the letter Of their treaty. the practical re-
suits of this policy found on my arrival at TINS
agency. In my interview with Red Cloud he
stated that they had received no sugar or bacon
for four months, and the cattle issued to them
were very small, and that consequently they were
not satisfied with the agent 1t Is only the result
OF feeding Indians for whom the government had
made no provision at the expense Of those to
whom the appropriations were assigned. At
present the Indians here are pretty hungry, and
numbers come to the military camp every day on
begging expedition. next found very
LOOSE MANNER OF REGISTERING INDIANS,
that probably accounts for the large mum.
Der present on the agency, as shown
by the returns or the agent. For ex-
ample, an Indian presents himself at the ONCE
Of the agent to be registered, and receives his
order for beef and other rations. He gives his
name, number Of squaws and number of children.
and generally ADDS one or two mothers .in-law and
thirty. He probably wishes to draw his beei with
some other Indian, and cattle are generally issued
no check to prevent some other member OF that It
family coming up, registering the same number
and drawing ha rat0ns for them This &C.
on the agency. and enables the agent to issue
his raSn' IN IN sno%s t6aa loose man
ing for more than ne actually has. At the
last issue OF beef there scarcity of the article.
re % Be tAee
p0mndds a per hesd gross WHICH is equivalent to
agent tod them four Their actual allowance
would be 4,Soo pounds, so l asked the sun-agent
dong very wen. on the issue day saw the cattle
run Ou ny Luc luulhuS anu 5uOL uOWu anu OutCn-
cred on the prairie, and cannot help thinking
that | would rather sell rom the agency scales
op az as he m my s0n the faSe
a party OF 160 Indians would be entitled to six
cattle instead OF the iour they received.
The only other rattons that have been issued
since have been here were soap and toDacco,
very necessary articles but not quite what is re.
demands made by Red Cloud and other chiefs for for
nOur, sugar, bacon and coffee, the agent said the
N arrive and I undprstQnh M nd
coffee are now on the road There is, never
theless sometnng SON very wrong in this whole mat.
to have the necessary supplies In the agencies In
order that the government may keep faith with the
there did not appear to be any system. sS tSey
were issued with lavish hand and without any
to pound TWO one way or the other
$4,000 per annum LOT salaries OF employees inde-
pendent OF that paid to him and the interpreter.
He claims that he requires seventeen hands to run
the agency, and has been compelled to cut his help
down SO much tnat he is cramped in transactlng
to practical man 1t would be difncuit to nnd work
for seventeen men.
Last Monday went to a fox dance. that was
got up for the beneht OF Mr. Valentine Bromley, an
English artist who is sketchlng In this part OF the
on foot, attired in fantastic costumes and under
the command OF Sitting Bull or Three Knives and
quite weird picture as they danced up to the
agency, Yelling and hring on their guns. The
circle beating time on the II I'M and I singing s
melancholy kind Of dirge. The mounted chiefs,
aIrayedp ARA BIN. In gorgeous ors costumes decorated
dress OF bufalo horns set OF with eagles
feathers, pranced around the circle encouraging
the dancers The horse ridden BY Three Knives
had white spots Of paint all over his hind quarters
which, was told, represented the di7erent places
hts horses had been shot when In battle. If / had
been Three Knives should have painted the chest
and fore quarters Of my steed In preference to the
rear. Seversi nanoS were painted on the animal
%sa hsa Ss sentsd SsS the
near enough TO the enemy for them to lay
Q hand upon his horse. That renowned CHIEF
had also q white woman's scalp adorning his
and, when they had received ali the presents they
sea i ~ss 70 Ss' D sr Tsg T sSs
pistols, as they sent ball through the window Of
one of the trading stores, rather adjacent to the
saturday afternoon Agent Savtlle mad talk with
Little Wound, Red Dog, yellow Hair, Grass and
few others OF the Ogallala chiefs. They were
s,derabiy nolined when they 'pRResd0 heard they they
be poss very " aGS .ssa sans. Little s
right OF the soldiers to cut wood on their reserva
tion without paying for 1t, and nardly appreciated
the soldiers were there to protect them and the
agency from the attacks Of any OF the Northern
Indians. Red Dog said he felt very bad about the
VISIT OF CUSTER TO THE BLACK HILLS,
which ne claimed mad belonged TO the Ogalalas for
years and had been given TO them again in the
nation, farmer Grass, farmer Yellow Hair and
farmer Red Dog, had their hearts made good by
the agent, who told them he had purchased twenty
were all anxious to know whether they could
drive their ponies IN the wagons, and appeared
little disappointed when told that the wagons
would probably be too heavy.
II would be well II the Indian Department were
to take into consideratlan the advsabity OF issu-