The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-21


belonged to them. For three years their eyes had
seen their blankets and hour disappear, but they
could not tell whittier they went When the In
dian goes for food to the agent he puts some be-
FORE him and says "thls Is for you;n but he don't
tell hlm where the rest mas gone. The agent has
door which opens for none but those who rob the
Indians. The Little Father tells them TO come, then
he sends them away, then says come again, and
at last he gives them what white man would
throw away. The Great Father talks well said the
speaker, land promises to keep his young men
from spelling our country. lie sent the agent
blankets Wesaw t1em come. But they stopped
in the agents house. They didn't como 10 US.
! We get no ratons, so we have to eat our dogs
The whites poison wolves; our dogs eat the wolves
and ale. We received no blankets last winter
when IL was cold, and the moons were dark with
Ice and snow. But now when the sun shines and
! the grass grows, TINS Little Father OF ours gays.
| come and get your Blankets"
asked laundering Bull what rating they gave
him. sarcastic smile ran around the lodge, ana
| he continued FOR an ordinary teepee one pint
| OF sugar, two scoops OF -four, bacon the same as
| none and beef none, that any one knows Of once
they gave us a handful OF coree, but there is none
now. The little father talks well, but we are still
hungry.
Mr.. AID-oF-THEBE BEAR,
Of the Yanktons, said his peops were to be pltied.
| They wanted some guns or provisions. Now they
could neither shoot nor eat. The steamboats,
come with much for us, said ne The agent gives
us little Ny heart is full to md that at last the
Great Father senos TO hear our complaints. The
two agents have not treated us right, and It
makes our hearts bad. have known the country
| Tor fifty years. All or US, the men, the boys, the
squaws and the little papooses, want new agent.
WHAT does the agent do that Is good He does II
all bad lie made me one or his children. When
the cattle came he put the Fat ones IN his own
corral and gave the poor ones TO us. II we GO TO
his house to speak with him ne locks the door.
The trader is bad. He sells our goods. We had
rather have the Old trader Durfee & Peek. He
gave US more for our skins and money. Ny talk
Is small, but it Is enough for the white nation to
hear
REDsToNE. CHIEF OF THE AssINIBoINEs.
It IA pleasure to talk with this man. All the
whites agree that he has rare intelligence ana
good heart. He wore a Hungarian military hat
with q string OF decent beads around his neck.
His chest ana shoulders were bare, but q dark
blue blanket fell from his waist, and he looked
like o sailor In the tropics. His face Is melan-
choy and he Is as quiet and gentlemanly as a
member of the New York Farmers Club In its
palmiest Gay. He said that he represented 600
lodges and 500 warriors He had been around the
agenci three years; was first at old Fort Union,
near Fort Buord There they traded with him
well Since then the cups OF nour and sugar have
been growing smaller. The traders are bad since
Durfec d Peck closed. Leighton had treated them
worse than all the rest. The old traders used to
make tue CHIEFS present or give then feast
when they came from q distance to trade with
them. When he came mp from Wolf Point that
day Leighton gave him quarter OF a yard
OF nannel. Our weekly ration, said he,
Is two Kettles OF hour, pint OF sugar,
| a pint OF conee and pound or
pork, and this is all to feed seven persons seven
days. They won't let US have guns to shoot game
or to defend ourselves against the Tetons. have
always been friendly TO the whites and have
obeyed the Great Father. We are looked on as
dogs. have thought that he would help US II he
knew how badly we were treated. Alas. can
not READ write. l am helpless We are In
the hands OF bad men, and we have to take what
we can get Beef has been sent TO US. We got
only six cattle for Il3 lodges during the winter.
The trader cheated Us ana the agent would not
give Us lood. The steamboat Fontenells came up
the river, and went to trade with her, for was
hungry. | sold some furs and did well. Then
Leighton, the trader, put stop 10 it and made
the captain pay nne OF $500 for selling goods
at honest prices, ana his boat was tied up TO the
shore until the 1ne was paid. have received
blankets until now. The squaws got some In the
spring. At Fort Beknap the Indians had TO eat
horses and dogs. The white men put tobacco In
our sugar so that we could not use It. They gave
US two cups OF sugar for robe.
/ know just what the agent and all his friends
will say on reading these letters. man spoke
for him the other day. "Keep all white men rom
the reservations ana there Will be no trouble. IT
they persist In coming shoot them and throw 'em
into the river.n Even men VINO pretend to be
honest have said in my presence that agents can
do nothing II white men are allowed to interfere
with their management. In other words they want
to be let alone that they can brand and rebrand
their stolen goods; so that they can load their
sleds in the dead OF winter and send them away
TO the lonely posts OF the North and there make
way with the Indians food, so that they can rob
and grow roh and haunt their wealth in the faces
OF honest men and starving Indians II was only
two weeks ago that some chiefs came TO me with
their eyes blazing and said that was trying to
steal their lands; the agents Interpreter had just
told them so, aud the agent advised them 10 keep
away from The agent went to Wolf Point
the next day threatening TO drive away all white
men except his OWN, and report came that
4 strcter rules would be enforced at Fort Pecg In
the future.
The brazen impudence OF the Ring is unparal-
leled. Every pains is taken to prevent invesliga-
ton and fair dealing. Tue representatives OF the
Crandest government on earth stoop TO the level
or a common fraud, and he nations shield IS
made 20 cover the most contemplate acts OF the
robber For the last two years, to my own knowl-
edge these wicked deeds have been committed
and reported at Washington. Nothing is done
but to grant new favors to the guiltiest members
OF the Ring. Legalizcd swindlers are escorted
through the country by orders from Washington.
The Presidents brotser organizes and protects
chain of stores that become depots for stolen
goods. The we-led demagogues at the capital
sheer at the complaints OF the Indians and bur-
lesque their claims for justice. But day OF ret
riOutlon is coming. Ii the law refuses 10 adjust
these wrongs the tomahawk viii surely have It's
revenge and the bloody massacres OF Minnesota
VIII be repeated beyond the Missouri.
No white man can visit this country and behave
himself without creating Ill will and suspicion.
Ii he pays his bills and attends to his business he