Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-26
Indian Council at the White House
PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE sIovN
CHIEFS

/ the White House until quarter before one
| When they made their appearance they were
/ marched INTO The presence OF their Great
! Father. ia his office and as they were sever.
ally introduced said how" Ate. tney bal
/ got comfortably fixed
FEE,IDFNT GRANT ADDRESSED THEW.
saying the object of bringing them hefa To-
/ day was 10 say something u which Ia ev-
/ pected no reply on their part. He waltai 10
/ be friend OF tHe Indian>. and was anxious
/ TO 10 what is for their good. The cOr4tTy
! they Row live in, as they must ba wei
! aware, l. entirely incapable Of SURVIVING
/ their wants. By the treaty OF l>5-, c,grGi4s
| was guaranteed TO them for seven years
/ provisions only for five years. TIE fool AMI
/ provisions given them for the last two years
/ Mad been glatuity on the part OF COngre-~.
/ IllS may be taken nom them AZ any time
! without violation OF the treaty. His 90
I iect now wad 10 ma ze some agreement with
/ them by which they aud their children NAV
/ be secure for the future. Howl IL must De
evident to them that II supplies OF foot are
/ withheld by the white people il Will be i'm
E4s sue iot them To i've where tAsy now are
/ ihey must see that the white people out
/ number the Indians two hundred to one in
! the territories of the United states. This
/ number is increasing rapidly, and before
! many years ii viii be impossible To fix the
/ limits whore the Indians can prevent tue
! white people from going. IL Will SODa be-
/ come necessary for white people to 90 10
| countries, whether occupied 10y Indians or
| not. the same a. they now 20 frOm one state
/ to another. For this reason IL l. dc>irs be
! thai they. be located where they can get sun
! port beyond any contingency. 10 not uro
! pose that they shall leave their homes where
/ they were born and raised without their con
/ sent. but | want 10 point ont TO them The
/ advantag eS both IN themselves and children
! II they viii enter into an agreement I snail
! propose 10 them. There is a territory
/ south OF where they now live, where game
/ and grass is better, and where whites
/ can be Sent among them 20 'ea n them
! IN the arts of civilization. This year
| there has been great difficulty in keep
| ing the white people from the Black
| HIS in search OF COL but the gov
| eminent thus far has prevented them from
| gong ana remaining. Each recurring year
/ this same difficulty Will be encountered
| unless the right 10 go 10 that country is
! granted by the Indians. In the end this pur-
| pose TO get INTO that country may lead 10
| hOStilitleS between the whites and the IN
| dams without any special faults on either
| side. All this trouble wish 10 avoid.
| want To see the Indians welI-prOvidel for so
| that they viii he tr Spected by my successor
| and other administrations i'm the future. /
! want the Indians to think of what | have
| said 10 them. | don't want them to talk To-
! day, but To speak freely with the Secretary
| OF the Interior and Commissioner OF Indian
| affairs.
| \ DENIAL BY SPOTTED TAIL OF TUE.sITFAP
BIG LIAR STORY.
! When the President had concluded this al
! dress, Spotted Tail stepped forward and said,
| with some snow Of indignant feeling:
Ny Great Father: It has been printed in
| some of the papers that / called the great
| chief Secretary OF the Interior a heap big
! him that was only the publisher of the news
! paper who first printed it,. Whoever said it
| said II himself. ] didn't say il. think 100
much OF my friends to call them heap big
Tie Indians then Withdrew, and procee lei
| in coaches 10 their hotel.
! CCM MISSIONER SMITH. OF the Indian bu-
reau, has returned from New York, where
| he went on business connected with the
award of contracts for Indian supplies
when the award for tobacco was made many
fgale.
! united IN protest against the award on the
ground of the incompetency of the inSDect or.
| The tobacco has since been reiuSpecteI under
the auspices of one Of the leading houses,
| ana the award pronounced all right.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Captain Edward Simp-
| son, ordered to take passage in the Powhat-
| an on the 18th of June next, for AspinwaII.
| thence 10 Panama. and on arrival 10 take
command of the Omaha. PaymaStar Geo.
X. watkins and Sailmaker George :. Has
klnS, To take passage in the POwhatan on
Inc nth OfJune next 10 ASpnwall. thence to
| Panama, and on arrival 10 report for duty on
me Omaha. Detached-Lieutenant s. ID. B.
0liuden from the navy yard. Boston. and or
| dered 10 take passage on the POwhatan on
| the 1itn of June next for ASpinwall. thence
| To Panama and on arrival to report for duty
as executive officer on board the Omaha.
Lieutenant Commander S.W. Nichols, Lieu
| tenant Socrates Hubbard, Master Thomas
| y. Lee Midshipmen Frank s. HO;chkiSS ami
Jesse NJ Roper, Assistant Surgeon Howard
Smith. Payma>ter W. Colds borough, Gunner
Matthew j. butcher and SALTWATER JohI G.
| CheValear, from the Omaha on the receipt
| OF thlS order, ana To proceed 10 ASpinwIll
| and report for passage in the Powhatan 10
| The United States, reporting their arrival 10
the department.
THE MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN WASH
INGTON AND NEW YORK.-The following *
the letter of Strickland Kneass. assistant
president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany, acting for Colonel Scott. To PoStmaS-
Ter General Jewell, in relation 10 the mail
service between Philadelphia anu New York:
las The existing mail service upon the Bal
unlofe ana Potomac railroad requires adjust
ment TO bring il under the authority Of yoar
department we would with great respect
state that the existing embarrassment i'm the
business relations between the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and the Baltimore and
ONO railroad company precludes the pos
SlDlllty OF continuance of a through and I'M
iinIeIfup.ed man service between Washing
ION ana New York by tine cars of that com
pany. as no cars Belonging to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company can use our
rails between this city (PhiladelphIa) and
New York. Therefore, ali mails destined for
points on the Pennsylvania railroad. AMI
arriving here in cars belonging To the r.
* y. Railroad company will he forwarded by
our company in our ears when delivered To
us by your department. We would also say
thal all cars running over the Baltimore AMI
Potomac railroad also run over the lines OF
this company to and from New York and
tnat any arrangements made with the Bal
timOre and Potomac railroad for CARRYING
the InrOQSn w aSnlllStOn anu New York mail
over their line VIII insure TO the department
safe and rapid transit, free from transfers
and with all ACCOMMODATIONS that can rca-
Sonably he demanded. We trust that on or
before the first day of June you will advise
us OF the conclusions You arrive at The
Postmaster General has Forwarded a COPY OF
this letter TO President Garrett, and is await
ing statement from him as To his ability TO
perform after June LIST one-haIf of the ser
vice between this city and New York, as at
present
CHICAGO BANDIT STEALS A $1,000
DIAMOND FROM GENERAL SHERIDAN
The marriage of General Phil. Sheridan will
take place in Chicago Thursday, June 3. II
will be strictly private affair, without any
parade or display of any kind, and the usual
wedding trip will be dispensed with. Bishop
Foley will perform the ceremony. A num-
Der of workmen are engaged in decorating
the generals house in preparation for the
bride, and on Monday q man who subse-
quently claimed to be an artist from the
New York Graphic, gained admission in a
somewhat peculiar manner, and undertook
TO sketch the rooms, but was soon inter-
Iupted. After his departure the general dis