, 1875-05-29
Some Warm Words by the Latter and
Commissioner Smith.
4 Letter from Secretary Bristow Re-
garding Certain Customs
Appraisement.
Nearly q Million of Currency
Withdrawn from Cir
cltlntion.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
rRQs. MANstItn CHARGES.

FrectGi Dtspdteh Ia IAs Chicago 31ibpHs+
WAsu1so7os. D. G., May 2s.-ono OF the
mast important events connected with tue
SIOUX negotiations occurred to-dAy. The etfoct
upon tho tnal issue will donbtleaB be considerA-
blo. Red Cloud MAS iu tue sulkB because tho
Great Falber would not Iiston to him. rrof.
Marsh was s1Ho an1lous that tho President
should soltto the question IL to tho provisions
raiaod by hinself. It mne accordingly under-
stood TINT tho President would meet doloGa-
tlon OF scven Of the PRINCIPAL Sioux Chiefs.
The President, these Chiefs, tho scc.
retary Of tho Interior, and The Conms.
slo,,er Of Indian At{airs ncre 10 constitute tho
tribunal which nhould tr5 thcao charges, but 4
change Of plan MAS made. Tho Indians woro
disappointed, tie examination then proceeding
with Gen. Couan, Commissioner Smith. the
Sioux, and Prof. Mo1sh. Tho Rev. Hinmon act
cd ~ check upon "Fort Randa!l," the squaw-
man selected By lied Cloud AZ interpreter. and
nnde Eevoral corrections Of FREQ and incorrect
trana1atious. 1od Cloud made full statament,
hut 14uivocated. Prof. Marsh undertook to
cross-o1amino Rod Cloud, but, either from tho
unreliable character Of Indian evidence or tho
want Of corroborAtlvo oyldcucc, fAilod.
Marnh did not sustain Ills chsrgos At
tho Red Cloud Agency. Marsh claims.
QOWGTef, kEHl pQ1lCT luuuCaQ 1t00 NlDuu
to abandon his charge. Prof. Marsh bad per-
sonkl controversy With Commissioner Smith, af-
ter tho Council, ID which 10 n.aintaipnd tho cor-
reetness Of his original charges againat tho IT,
dian bureau and their susceptibility Of proof.
Smith replied with somo warmth. The Indian
Council has had tho effect to induco tho 1ntorior
Department to decide upon the removal Of Mr.
savillo, tho Episcopal Agent at tho Fl. Larasne
He'd Cloud Agency. Tho Indiana thus far ha1o
carried their point.
fht 4sthtfffs1 rrtst
wAsnmoroN, D. G., blaJ 25.--rLia afternoon
tho Sioux Indians cAlIod nt Tho fntalior Depast-
mont, whore thoY o1Ecctod TO nloct tho rrosi.
dent and Secretary Delano for t4e p9rpeso Of
unabIo to bo present, and Secretary Dolano
could not attend. In tue abacnco Of
the Secretary. the dclcgat!ons wore roces7ed by
Aasistant Secretary co"an. The Indians COM
iug. food, mud tobacco igauod 10 them by the
agon.B. Commissioner HmIth Informed than
that, IN the future they would 'havo bottsr rA-
tions and blankctB aud thoy wlthd,ow.
rnor. AApsu ON THE INDIAN nINn.
| NEW Yonn, nay 28.-Prof. o. G. Marsh. in a
| Communication to tho Eocninq Post, complains Of
| gsoat Injustice 10 him Ia Washington d,apAsch
Of tho nd lust, saying that he bad czrtessed
great borrow for having unwitting'y caused crit
| silers generally good, aud no has not seen
| 1ndlan supp'tos In bulk, but bssed his
complaints on samples shoun him by fed
Cloud. Tho rrofosHor adds: at would be dill
cult to condouae = greater number OF mlBatAto-
mentn in the Rhmo apaco thai this paragraph
contains. When It was written had been at
| tho interior Department only twice, and mainly
TO correct Misrepresentation alnlilsr 10 the
Abovc. llad expressed no sorrow whatever ut
having causod ths criticism of tho Indian man-
ago1ncns but only regret that had not dono so
years boforo. ! do not consider tho Indian mau-
agemont generally good. but, IA whola,
thoroughly bud. i did not acknowledge to tho
! Commissioner that based my complaints merely
| On tho samples that lied Cloud showed, but
| hnyo abundance OF othor ov,dense OF frauds
nrActicet1 on Red Cloud s@ad Its tribo, that
ssRnd ready to givo before anv proper tribunal.
DO not consider your correspondent at I'll TO-
spons,blo Tor tho errors In hia Dispatch, a. he
oniY reported QUO Of mn1,y lions hcnt out b1 tho
Indian ring to weaken the forco Of the facts
that laid before the President and Hoard Of In-
| dian Commissioners"