The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-21

caTeu TOT seven generatlonS-4nQ II
Indian generation is one hundred
years-the care to be bestowed cost
ing, at very low estimate, not les.
than four or eve millions per annum
One band wanted seventy million.
FIVE per cents set aside forever, the
interest to be used for their benefit
In addition to this they wanted the
northern boundary of the State oI
Nebraska changed to the Platte
river, and the troops removed from
the reservation. Various other
things were demanded to oil al
which the Commission answered that
they would give them six million
dollars, in ins,allments, under the
same ruling as governed the pro-
posed lease. To this the Indians only
gave laugh, and the chiefs pro.
posed that as the Commission and
they could not agree, that the word
be taken to the President that if he
desired, the chiefs-two from each
would go to Washington and
there try to make treaty. But !
am Of the opinion that this is only q
dodge Of the shrewd Indian for an
other junke,ing trip at the expense
of the Government. The Commits
sion, not being members cf the grand
combination formed for the great
swindle, never for a moment enter
tanned any of the notions their agents
SO generously pressed upon them,
and hence being unable to treat at a
fair value, they declared the negotia-
tions of. | doubt not but that the
people of Iowa will fully endorse the
action Of Senator Allison, who was
chairman, in the conduct of affairs as
above stated. a large sum paid for
the Black Hills meant only one dol
lar for the Indian and two for other
people-found all along that line
from the doors Of the general Indian
Commission, vino let the big con-
tracts, to the last man between the
goods and the Indian. Senator -Alli-
son and his associates had their eyes
opened by observation in this Indian
country, as to the manner in which
business is conducted with the In
dians-so that they could not, being
endowed with the average of honest
intentions, do anything to make the
flow Of fstness assume greater vol
ume. An abundance of money is
annually appropriated to feed and
care for these Indians comfortably,
but the rats are very bad all the way,
as the Indians say-and some rats
should be killed ve'y dead.
COUNCIL SIGHTS AND SCENES.
At no time were there more than
three thousand Indians present at
the council. In the camps round
about there were perhaps twenty
five thousand, men, women and an
everlasting lot of children. Like
some Of the old bucks we read about
in the Bible, many of these Indians
go into the family business at
wholesale rate, and as they have
nothing in the world TO do but to eat
beef, sleep and steal horses, you see
at once that the increase is rapid. If
the things were used, | don't think q
better field could be found for sooth-
ing syrups, rubber rings, and such
didoes, than the Sioux nation. Some
of The squaws have a good appear
ance, especially if one has been long
from the States, and the longer one
resides here the more so does he en-
dorsc that opinion. This the traders
tell me-of course, and the large
number Of half breeds around IS
living proof of the fact,
At one time, when two hundred
chiefs and head men were in the
council circle the sight was one of
great picturesqueness something af-
ter the story that Fennimore Cooper
tells in one of his books, but on that
day the whole outfit came within
point OF being massacred by the
young bucks, and that has spoiled all
the romantic that was in it for me.
But while | was looking at the stall
wart bucks lazing around, ! could
not help thinking that the Lord was
allowing great many good bodies
go to waste out here, when they
might be raising corn and hogs. In
an economic sense the Sioux Indian
does not average high.
The Indians are generally we'll
mounted, and not less than fifty
thousand horses we're grazing here
when the Council commenced. They
were mostly ponies, but an occasional
horse and mule could be seen which
some poor misguided Indian had
stolen from the whites. Several
white men saw their property in the
herds, but the law did not permit
them to take it. The Iniian must be
protected in his rights.
INDIAN RATIoNs.
| give you the following table of
being on basis Of one hun
ared rations for ten persons ten days.
Ii will be seen that the fare is not to
be "sneezed at" and up to the grade
of:lssue to the volunteer army:
Article. No. lbs.
Beef, gross ..,..........,... 800
I lour ...,.,........... 20