, 1875-09-04

he letter from our correspondent At Cheys
enne, printed in TuE TRIBUNE Of yesterday,
touching tho arrival of tho Sioux Indian Com
mission ut tint place, ponding tho ncgosia*
ton for tho purchase Of tho Dlnck Hills, de-
vclops some singuar facts concerning The
Intlinn ring wlaicl, should receive attention.
1t appears that tho Ring, OIL learning TINT the
Indians were disposed to ccdo their slight
claim to tho territory for fnir price, went
nmoug thom and in various ways succeeded
in inducing them to pnt MI almost fabulous
pricu upon it. Az the result of these yisita-
tions, tho Indians are now talking millions,
and annnitica for fifty years. OF course the
more money that in handled by the In,ljanH,
and tho moro annuities ind goods received by
them tho largcr will bo the division with tho
Indian Ring, and the more they will obtain
by fraud and theft. Tho object of tho Hing
In 70 transparent rs to nllow Of no excuso for
not trnmpling ont its conspiracy Mt once.
The amount which tho Ring Inns put tho
Indians up to demanding will roach in the
aggregate, it is stated, $11o, ,000, ,00O, which
wouldatfortl tho Ring even richer stealingsand
pickiugs than 1t has ever had before. The
1lupuAENEo NHA AU7A4A4k5 oA tA1 Elt114 .
shown by tho fact that it Is only question
Of comfy whether the Government will rny
the Indians n single cent for the Hack Hills.
It Inns already given them subsistence and
kept them from starving since tho SHERMAN
Treaty Of 1868, for which they haye returned
no consideration wl,ntever. Their subsistence
hns been purely gratuitous. they do not oc-
Is Tfii1o 4,7v md xrfn
as there nrc no bnfFaloes there. They do not
mine tho country, and ncscr will! 1t ia OF
no advantage to them agriculsurnlly, as they
mover work. They only rau1blo over this re-
gion in II goneral manner, like tho wolves
They hayo no foe-simple in it. Their in
terest in it is Of nomataio sort,
and about as Wild aud binding al
that of the wolves and other small
gamo which live In and t1avel over it.
That they should como in now and demand
over hundred millions Of dollars for prop
erty which thoy do not aud never will occupy,
and in which they have no valid title except
through suGerance Of tho Government, which
is supporting them and keeping them from
starvation, Ia d proposition 60 1nonstro,,sly
absurd that it should DO discarded at once.
The Commission should not condescend eyen
to listen to it. II, however, they are in.
duced by my underhanded or upperhanded
influences to report favorably upon the
proposition, then Congress and tho country
should reject it ut once. The Indians should
DO paid as they hnve been paid heretofore
| that il, reasonable SUM for their alight In.
tcrcst, and this amount not in money to bo
divided among Indian Agents, spectators, and
thieves, but in food md clothing, until thei,
title is extinguishod. 1t is the manifest
destiny Of the Black Hills to he opened
| to civilization and to be developed In vhat
ever why they will pay tho best, whether Il
bo mining or agriculture. The Indian Ring
Inns promptly recognized this feet, aud il
seeking to mako it tho occasion Of a system
ATTIC and impudent raid upon the revenues
| Of the Government. The Government
therefore. should protect itaelf by aquolohine
| IL nt rucn