The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-10-02
THE INDIAN COUNCIL
Red Cloud speaks his PIecr.

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Commissioners met 500 chiefs at the
council; Red Cloud, chief of the
Ogallallas, said, he felt better than
heretofore; he considered the Black
Hills more precious in metals than
the entire wealth of the United States;
he proposed TO ask a large sum for
them, the principal to be put at in
terest SO that they could derive sufh-
cient income to keep the Sioux ma
ftion; in addition, he wanted the
President to furnish annually 10 each
head Indian or family, six yoke of
oxen, Il wagon, span Of horses, har-
ness, bull, COW, sow, boar, sheep,
ram, chickens and other domestic
fouls; coffee, tea, sugar, side meat,
rice. cracked corn, beans, dried apples,
and Il host Of uther articles which he
enumerated also houses and furni-
ture the same rs white men. He
said the government WAS trying TO
make Il white man of him and he
wanted to be INDUCED as n white
man he wanted a saw mill for every
tribe in the Sioux %naiiDn removal OF
the troops from the posts adjacent to
agencies; also the right Of appoint
ing Indian agents, employees and
traders. He was very emphatic in
his demand to have the Catholic
clergy for special instructors and said,
God had given his people the Black
Hills so that they might ull subsist
from their wealth; he an opposed
70 any roads 10 the Bl..ck Hills *
cepl the one made by Gustav, from
Bismarck, which he designated rs
the thiefs' road he wanted all the
half breeds and white men married
~ squaws treated the an us Indians;
described the limits of the Black
His that he wished TO sell and was
emphatically opposed to disposing OF
the Big Horn aud Powder River
country.
He was followed by Lone Horn,
chief of the Arapahoes, whose speech
w,ts similar in tone 10 that OF Red
Clouds. He insisted on the removal
of the agents and employees and
putting in men acceptibie to the In
dians. lie said all the Indians had
put their heads together in the opin-
ion .thut they wanted Catholic mis-,
sionnries as instructors.
He was followed by other chiefs
who all spoke in the same strain and
demanded that the boundary line Of
their reservation be extended to the
middle OF the Platte River, in Ne
braska, and that the survey be
stopped.
The council was then adjourned.
On Wednesday the Commissioners
met the Indians in council at > o'clock
p. m. About 200 chiefs were present,
all old men, Gen. Terry personally
superintendent the placing IF the cav
airy in position and had vidette's as
skirmishers to prevents surprise and
quite a number of unruly Indians
were turned out.
= The days proceedings consisted in
a recapituIation of Tuesdays eXhOr-
bitant demand upon the President, TO
give them additional provisions and
annuities. Ore of the chiefs asked
seventy million dollars for the Black
Hills, part payable in cash and the
remainder TO be left at interest, the
proceeds from the latter to be used in
the purchase of such articles as the
Indians require, Each of the speak
ers. to-day, demanded Catholic in
structur9. Red Cloud in his speech
said: Six generations have passed
away and this is the seventh the
only condition on which the Sioux
nation will sell the Black Hills, is to
be guaranteed hat IA great-father
will provide for the Indians for the
next six succeeding generations.
An Indian generation is ono hun
dred years. Most of the Indian
speakers, to-day, made similar de-
mands, to those made by Red Cloud,
as to the conditions of selling the
Black Hills. Demands were made
that the government, ont nf the treas
ury, reimburse the white men for
losses sustained by Indian marauders.
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