The New York herald., 1875-09-22

and the skilful augmenting of the TO be given
the Indian land owners richer harvest for gov
ernment pilfereTs
THE COMMISSION
The Commissioners ntrusted with the negotiations
with the Indians are believe disposed to be liberal
toward Them while at the same time they will trust
to their own Of right and justice repre-
sentng both sides in the treaty instead of to the
moving intelligence with which they have to deal
Much useless stalk -aheap" can be avoided They will
aim to compass that end by conhning the discussion
the making Of propositions to the chiefs and elciting
from them their assent or dissent The members Of
the commission are United States Senator William B.
Allison, of Dubuque, Iowa; Brigader General A.
H. Terry, United States Army, commander of the
Military Department of Dakota; General A. G. Law
renee of Rhode Isand Rev. S d. Hlnman missionary
at the santee Indian Agency, Nebraska A. Comingo of
Independence, Mo- W. II. Ashby, of Beatrice Neb. G.
P. Beauvais, of ST. Louis, Mo-; and John s. Collins, of
Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Mr.. Collins is Secretary of
the commission. General Terry has yet arrived
here, but will probably appear Wednesday, he
has been heard from his way. The Commissioners
accompanied from Omaha after their return from
the agencies the Missouri River by Captain Ncker-
and Lieutenant J. G. Burke, aides s-de-camp on the
staff of the commander of the Department of tho
Platte. From Fort Laramie they escorted
to this agency by Major Vroom's cav
airy who encamped at Camp Rob-
inson. 1t anticipated that they would
be stationed guard the place of council Red
Cloud, however, approached the Commissioners the
subject Of their safety while among the Indians, and
said that he did wish any soldiers should be at
the councl he should feel in such that his good
faith doubted He would arm his own young men
and would place them guard where they could pro-
tect the Commissioners. Mr.. Allison as chairman of
the commission, in response, said that the Indians
should comprehend that the Commissioners came from
the Great Father authorized and instructed to for
the good of the Indian much for that of the white
man, and that they had it just much at heart.
INDIAN EGoTsM
One OF Red Dogs speeches to the commission is so
Characteristic OF Indian eloquence that if it writ
ten in full it would be literary curiosity 1t was de-
livered before my arrival here and havo only been
able to obtain few sentences Red Dog is unqueson-
ably the John Cochrane of the Dakotas He began his
Grafton by alluding to his power chief said it
he who had made the treaty of 1868 with Tonkasa he
Great Father and he who had placed the Sioux
Missouri River and the Platte Ift were beneath
his dignity the greatest of his nation he would
go down to Sintgaska Spotted TaD and tell him to
up here with his people to conncl and he would
He dare not disobey. But because he was such
very great man, other chiefs had become jealous of
him and had tried to keep him down. He had made
he commanded them to give up their leader
ship they would do it. After he had settled his nation
in this country he had sent for General Smith
taken him up to Washington with him. Now he had
out and had brought in all OF his people from tho
other agencies because he wanted to be kind to his
poor relations He himself owned the Black Hills,
clusively, and all the country north OF tho Platte
could sell it If he wished but he willing that others
should have something say about it. In conclusion
Red Dog said:-
''rherc was man walking upon the shores of the
Missouri, and the nations trembled. That was
Red Dog. There was a man who was walking by the
Platte, and the earth shook. He Red Dog And
there is a man who treads the banks of the White
p' and the tribes l''''" and obey and he is Red
When Req Dog first met by Commissioner Ash
by he assured of the great pleasure the occasion
afforded
81 do not wondcr he replied, ''that you should be
glad to wise man l. -
Red Dog in reality, has the full rank of chief
but Is big medicine He holds the position of q
much talking politician, and has little power He is
of the three chiefs who led the Fort Phil Kearney
massacre.
Mr. s. D. Hinman, in private conversations with the
Indians, instructed by the Secretary of the In
terror to interpret into English for the commission in
the important councils however, the Indians
will be represented by interpreter selected by
them
TRIBES AND BANDS
. One Of the most puzzing features of the present
condition Of the Sioux nation is its division into tribes
bands and families The names given to all these are
significant but numerous and the relations of
the different communities so intricate as to be-
wilder the inquring mind. The explanation of some
of the names which they bear involves the history of
past Red Cloud (or as it is in the Da-
kotah, Mocpea-lutah) gives mcagre outline
of the tribe of which he is great chief
Man-Araid- of his Horses has, however much higher
hereditary rank than he and may be considered a
prince of the nation. The story is in very few words
In the old, old time two brothers who were chiefs
holding joint authority nthe tribe, quarreled
the banks of the Missouri River One threw dirt at the
other who called him tauntngly "Dirt Thrower" and
told him to take his followers and depart "Drt
Thrower'T Ogallala has been the of each men,
Der of the tribe since. Formerly there were
bands known the Sioux of the Leaf the Sioux of the
Broad Leaf and the Sioux who Shoot in the Pine Tops
They have however, blended with larger communities
and the obsolete. The Santee are tho
Leaf Indians; the Mnnecoujoux Sioux are those Of
the Ripping Water; the Brule, of tho Burnt
Thigh the Powboxas, of the Cut Head;
the Sans Arcs have bows; tho Ohenopas of
the Two Kettles; the Kiocsi cut OF from their trbe)
There minor bands, whose have all some ref
the initial facts of their history The Aricka
rees as is we'll known-now a tribe by themselves
although just the verge of exnction-vverc an of
shoot from the original Pawnees when that pow
eriul nation met its severe reverses
A PRELIMINARY COUNCIL
Major Burke agent at Standing Rock, Dakota brings
here 1000 Indians of the Upper and Lower Yanck-
tonais and Uncpapas Backfeet tribes of Sioux The
principal chiefs accompanying him are 1wo Bear Iron
Horn, Bulls Ghost, Mad Bear, Running Antelope
Grass and Slave He says that before starting they
felt very favorably in regard to the proposed
sale of the Black Hills. Major Burke met
with serious difficulties when he took charge
of his agency, owing TO the administration of the
previous incumbent but has his people apparently
under better control than other Indian delegates that