The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-05
BIG INDIANS AND BIG TALK.


GEN. SAM'L JONES,
College Station p. o., Prince Georges Co.
BIG INDIANS AND BIG TALK.
The Indians and Secretary Delauo had a
"big talk, - on Tuesday, about a new treaty
and the Black Hills country. The follow
ing is about the substance of the confer
ence:
After the Secretary had spoken, Red
Cloud made long speech in response. He
called the heavens and the earth to witness
before he spoke. He had not forgotten
what had been spoken. The President
must have made a mistake in telling him
| when he first came here that their arrange
ments were for thirty-tive years. The
President told him at that time to select a
country for hunting, and he had done so.
| The two men by his side came out last
Summer, and told him for the first time
about the $25, 600, and he said wait till
go and see the President and see if he has
got the money, if it is really there. I have
children and am not willing to do anything
to make them poor. This So, 900 will only
| pay for the land to Pawnee Creek; we wish
| to retain the rest. When he was here four
years ago. he was shown large building
where all the money is kept, and he knows
he had large amount of money there.
| He would take this $25, 000 but when
| Winter comes he wanted them to try and
get more. When he came here before
nothing was said about the Indian Terri
tory, aud since he has been here this time
he had seen but little Of the President and
he thought it hard that he should be asked
to 60 there to live; and he now told them
twice that he would not go there. His
country was good one and he wished to
keep it. He did not like the running of
the Nebraska line through his country. and
he considered it a robbery. Red Cloud was
followed by Swan, who looked upon the
$25, 900 as too small to do them any good
He had less than ten people with him here,
and could not settle anything for them.
The President had Congress and many
others to aid him. The President had
! spoken to him something that frightened
him. 1t would not do for him to take any
word back to his people about moving to
the Indian Territory. He wished, when he
returned home, to have assistance to aid
, him in keeping the white people out of his
country.
Secretary Delano now spoke, saying he
wanted to explain to the Sioux what they
were invited here for. He continued: We
are all your friends, and want TO make you
all as happy us we can. We all see that
the white people are going to spread them
selves all over the country, and this will
necessarily destroy all the game, 50 the
Indians cannot live, and the Great Father
wants to provide for this. The treaty of
1868 was made for this purpose. 1t pro-
vided that the Sioux Nation should have
country of their own in Dakota, and we
now see that game is so scarce that it is
useless to hunt there. White people are
| there, and there is danger of trouble. In
| this country are the Black Hills, and white
people think there is gold there, and there
is no game for the Indians, and the Presi-
dent fears that there will be trouble between
the whites and the Indians. He wants to
do the best he can for all his people. We
all think it would be best for you to 60 to
the Indian Territory; but as you do not
want to go, we give that up, and will try
to do the best we can fo- you where you
are, bnt you must try and do what we
desire or your happiness will be interrupted,
and | am going to propose the next best
thing. Hunting privileges in Nebraska are
not worth straw, but if you will give
them mp we will give you s25, 900. If you
do this, it must be done within four weeks
or you cannot have the money. We cannot
try and get Congress to give more, but all
| promise is to give the $4,000. If you
will agree to this we will stop and make a
treaty with you, and then talk about the
Black Hills and the commissions. Will
you agree to thisa Shall we draw up the
paper?
HOW SPOTTED TAIL DOES BUSINESS.
AT this point Little Wound began talking.
concluding by announcing to the Secretary
that he must give him $40, 600 for one hun
bred years if he wished the North Platte
not to be crossed. This drew from the
Secretary the expression, "If all of you
are of the same opinion we may as well
stop talking at once" The talk did not
stop, Spotted Tail Immediately saying that
this matter concerned him to the amount
of $4,000, and that his people would
accept Secretary Delano now told them
that if they signed the treaty and took the
$685. 900 the paper would be so worded as to
allow them to go East as far as the one
hundredth meridirn. An agreement was
next drawn up and read, agreeing to give
them $25, 900 worth of presents, and they
were asked to sign it, whereupon Spotted
Tail said: When l do business | am
accustomed to sign the papers after l get
the money. If | sign it to-day | shall
| want to wait till l return to my people.
If the money is given to somebody here l
am afraid when the presents reach me they
will be rather small Secretary Dslano
replied: {" We will put the money into the
hands of anybody you may select, Bishop
Hare, perhaps, but the paper must be signed
before We can draw the money from the
Treasury, and if we wait till you get home
it will be too late to draw it." After long
consultation the Indians agreed to sign the
paper if they could take the money home
to their people and divide it among them
instead of taking the presents. The Sec
rotary, Commissioner, and Bishop Hare
held a consultation as to the proprety of
giving the Indians the money, when Spotted
Tail rose and said that now they had got
| ready to take the money, there seemed to
be some difficulty about paying it. He
thought it would be better to let it 60 until
they could see the President, and see if he
could not devise some way to let them have
it, and they would abide by his decision
They finally asked to take the agreement
to their room to consider it, which was
granted and they withdrew.
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