The New York herald., 1875-09-22
Plain Talk Between Northern Chiefs
and the Commissioners.
SPOTTED TAILS PRICE FOR THE BLACK HILLS.
Caring for the Widows and Or
phans of His Nation.
ITS SPEEDY EXTINCTION PREDICT Ed

The gathering of red men on the White River for the
Grand Council will be imposing and important
spectacle than will probably be presented hereafter
by the remnants of the early American race. In the
language of their Chiefs the Sioux Nation has
long TO exist 1t will become extinct 1t is now
stronger than ever since tho Great Father took it
absolutely under his guardianship and more capable
for brief period of perpetratng mischief upon
the whites but this power is ephemeral and would
consume itself, leaving whole people to perish if
they continued to remain in a hostile attitude. But
the savage is not far seeing, and the present
occasion is which accidental circumstance es
might rouse in him the unreasonng and uncontrola-
bic frenzy of murder and set the region of the
Missouri and of tho Rocky Mountains ablaze with
the terrors of barbarous The Sioux chiefs with
the exception of few of the wiser and older of them,
carry themselves with good deal of arrogance and
insolence. They have undoubtedly feeling of sullcn
dissatisfaction, not conducive to continuation of
solid peace. Sooner later there must be sound
drubbing administered to the Sioux unless, through
the present negotiation, they imbibe a salutary
idea of the overwhelming power of tho
whites This be given them through
firm and authoritative conduct the part of the
missioners If they choose. If they such
bearing toward the chiefs to be assembled in council
they shorten the duration of the powwow by many
days and will be able to treaty just to both the
government and Indians The latter are nearly as
weak as children in mental development, although they
possess shrewdness and cunning which some
times very surprising. They are extremely slow in
reaching conclusions and unless tho which is
left them is plainly indicated to them they will
sumo several weeks and, perhaps months in long
drawn out discussion. The Commissioners are en-
powered and directed in their formal instructions to
for the best interests of the Sioux well of the
government, and can, therefore, any to
ehana he Of fha tn
their views This policy is the most sensible means of
reaching settlement of the troublesome question of
the Black Hills speedily possible If adopted
and the Commissioners inform the Indians at OF
what the government will do in their favor in return
for the REIMBURSEMENT OF their hunting grounds the
rounc ought to complete the business within days
from the opening.
RINGS PIE
There are, however, influences at work adverse to
the success Of this council very brilliant op-
portunity is presented for the plant fingers of the
Indian ring to draw from the public pockets large
roll of greenbacks. II is of those chances
when there is no great risk of detection.
The financial stupidity Of the Indian has before made
him easy victim for Official robbers But it is not
improbable that continued lessons in the futity of
trusting the white mans alleged good will where there
Is temptation to embezzlo may have, at this late pc
riod educated the Indian a degree ofintegence suf
nc1ent TO make MN moro guarded ana WatchIuL he
sent expressions of Red Cloud Spotted Tail and Red
Dog significant They do not expect get all
Tho money that they bargain for in exchange for the
Black Hills. They not simple. Half of it, they
say, will 60 into the pockets of white men,
AUGMESrING THE PRICE
II would be unjusti1able TO make insinuations
founded on mere presumption Therefore shall make
merely certain true statements, which may be
sdcred significant when looked upon in the light of
the past history of the "Indian Ring" The de-
STABILITY to the government of the purchase Of the
Black Hills, apparent year ago. 1t will be
distinctly remembered that according to correspondence
from the Sioux country the Indians at that time
well disposed cede that portion ofher reservation by
treaty. Now there will evidently be much haggng and
dispute. At that time they thought little of the
Ke-Sapa Some of the Indians belonging at the remote
Sgencies tho Missouri deprecate the Black Hills,
In conversation with white men, not having
been imbued, have those the White
River with large ideas of their wealth Striped Clio I'D,
Northern Sioux, possessing much influence told me
Saturday that he did not think there any gold in
The Black Hills This gives tho lie to Spotted Tails
statement that the existence of the 81 there has
been known TO the nation for great many years The
truth the exalted opinion of the Black Hills has
been held by the Sioux only during the past year. 1t
has owed origin the great ado made by the govern
the value of the country, the failure OF the
military TO prevent rush of adventurers to the gold
Geld and the sending of n scientific expedition this
summer TO study its resources. The heads of the
INDIAN Ring see in the future the inevitable
result OF buying their hunting ground from the
Sioux II will be their removal to the Indian
Territory and management by officers of the army
der system which will admit OF the perpetration
of fraud quite easily heretofore The strongest
secret influences of the Interior Department at
1T u
by the Indians; but it early dawned upon Mr.. Deano
That the occupation of the country by the whites, an
irresistible influx of whom had already begun,
foregone prophecy.
THE POLICY "RNG"
sxas speedily metamorphosed The restoration OF tho
Indian Bureau to the War Department might occur
during this administration; the price OF the Black
Hills would probably touch the palms Of the
servants of the "Rng" which, it is pretty
well known by this time, have pecu-
liar itching propensity. The government knew
lhen sufficient from the results of Custcr's expe-
dition of the value of the Black Hills have offered the
Indians price for them; the peculiar method Of the
'Tndan Ring" was different Mr.. Jenncy, an inexpe-
renced young man. fresh from school. sent out as
chief OF scientific corps with escort Of troops, to
thoroughly explore the Black Hills. Before this step
was taken a few hundred thousands could have pur-
chased them. Now tho compensation which the Indians
expect for REIMBURSEMENT Of almost their last ioothod
of territory is among the millions It Is needless to
point out that the expedition devised by the Interior
Department has enhanced tho price Of the Hills
and has piled up the difficulties which confront
the Commissioners in the way Of enecting a treaty
INDIANS ADVISED
To further this object-fof such IL seems 10 be-
actual advice has been given the Indians by of
their agents to sell their country unless they
an immense price He has told them-and doubtless
with great deal Of truththat they will be egregous
fools if they surrender beautiful region almost all
that they possess of country, aud without "a local
habitaon" pass out Of existence they surely must
finally becoming extinct and remembered only in name
II white men would always give TO red men advice
sound this there might be less shame in the record
of their intercourse during the last two hundred years