, 1875-10-01
Letter fJom Senator Allison to the Indian
Bureau on the Question Of
Rations.
A Projected Massacre by Malcon-
tent Saragcs of The Con,mis-
sion and Its Guard,
The Catastrophe Averted Through the
Efforts Of Young-Man.Airaia.oi.
His-Horses.
THE GREAT COUNCIL,


axz ~. TIE Great COUNCIL.
OUGHT 10 III IN THE wAr or hlIuwl1'isa DOWN
nAnpAnlc ulkIs.
EUp Cf.oru AGrScy. Sort, ~. sin SIDNEY.
Nch., Sept. 3o.-The Commissioners met tho
Indiana Council to-day. Three hundred chiefs
worn prescnt ns,i f,jun5 t-Iicf NJ thu f,pataI,
W., -, ,,a,,af =, ,ho Ind,sna snd ,o 9s,, hot,nr
thar, hefototorr IIe EatI Ito considered the
1ruI. 49,. ..1,.,, -, .,;,,. ,,,o, ~, 49,, a.
At".n N''fo '"'o'e'1 :" pr..-. ,"o'~' su'' s"'
entiro wealth OF the United Status. 11e pro-
uose1 To ask inrpe tt,b, for them, The Drincinlo
.ho,d Lc n,t ot interest. IRON, tho lattor thev
you'd derive sufficient to keep the Sioux Nation.
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IN auatt!oh 10 "An'e" '.f"n' " lult'l'n annually
each head Of, tie Indian family
nix yoke Of oxen. wagon. a snnn
Of horEas, hszncss, bull. a COW, a sow aud
boar, sheep aud ran' chckeus' and othor DO
~ D' '' "' s"b"A' o t.'""'' A'sot
cracked corn beans, dried apples. and host OF
other articles which l,c onumoratcd; Also houses
:, =. ....' ," - ,-' '
anu 'arn>lufc' the aafha Us white nsef. tic SAID
tho Government was trying to make d white man
o,,t ,,f hi,, o.1 In ,y,,t.i ~ ;,a,,,,o ,r,,,,n
s " ' N'o 49, "1 :" '9"'no "N's.
nan. Ao wanted saw-ln1il for overy tEibe OF
Tho Sioux Nation: tic removal Of tropps from
,, .,.,t 49,, J,,ot ,n.;.a 49,, H. :.,.
tno Pohe a'''' auJ"ce"1 a6oAe'es' ANU eho I'Eht
pf appointing 1n1ian Agents. employees and
u"u'''. ~ wa et,""'e ~ ; 4''' ~.
maha LOT eatholio CLERGY iof special Instruct
IT,, ,sr 1,,1's - ,,, t'r ,a,'. ~ .nn.,. trp,
,no pasx ,'s u.s. 50 , sn1S ss " " taDs' a iron IRON
'i % 1s ss s s tss ~ nts s 1oad Io IL ~a
II taf.b'esa, and witt, .nen who married sqaaws
treated tue same ~ ln'''ahH la dsaaf'oeu tue lints
a s @ Hssa 4 s ng ' uo9 si
Powder lt'sr country.
,.r..u., -! lErEr1I'oSs; ~, a..
hne,, in u sle1h si.uil,r III tonr 10 Hc,t
G!":I: lie insisted IN tas removal ot
ma. ucccp.aGo to the 1n..-nt. }iu faI I'll tho l.,-
sial.# lu mt tllt'r hca.'a toe,l"r in ortuuu, aud
up wus followed by u.ner Chiefs. I'll III tho aafnc
stran They d,a,ad'' taat thu boundaryluo of tha
isatto is,yer iu Suuraska auI wanted tno survey
s,s.led.
,u,s sn.rs NIT tLe indians In coulcii 1T i p IN.
About 1uu EeIs wufs i.rr4r11r all old u4. Cen Tsrry
a St rt to III sr
uuL 4uet fte ut.rnIy ltuals. Iku result af the ays
proceedings oousrirA III let aruatlon Of Tuesdays
s,horbltlnt trmaud ios graut III additional 1,fo-
visions aud auuuitite One Il ihp Cliufa asked {7u
suouto tur the DIatk lt, lart payable In cauh ito
;lc lst,rr 10 uur,asu s,,cn artics ~ Intliana r.
quisc,
instructors lied Cluu1 ia lila yiptcb xaid
Xix generations Of ,uia,s iai 1sxcI sway Tho unIy
ysl.io,.n tlo sInS Nation would veIl ts Hills ut,.
wuniu Ea r,ara,r. tIst thr prt wouII nrnvida fnr
tho Indians fur III nrrceetn, rr,,rr,,f,,D. An fn
ali generation ID 100 yeas4 Muat of tlu inIIai s,pk
RI tu.,lnv nnte Alnar d,u,n,,s m f ct,ntt,r ~
trNne tt.s Eiack IIs D"ma,Ja were .nada Fiji Tia
Guyrruu,put nut ur lin Treasury nhnuiI rrmh,,rr.
whjte lnrl yr !us.ra n,sutae y wi, ,,,et, I,1 iud
IN n,a1anurfy, -
Tunurrow tho Commissioners submit Tim trenty
pr0Tvatjon rEr ru,u,is st,ers ia y" rtuc In c,,;
ciuslut. lila. il il impogsIle 10 r,aka trraty In thu
preseut teuirrr Of ILa lndlann ljcforn s,Iinnrnnu
thu Commissioner. informri IN. Iniinns lint tI,rT
would uub,u!t Aeirc.ty irn,nsiIiona In iho murnnt;
IN T,jy Murstsu
nrn IT orn Acr.cx G., ~. ~ ox,, AL, mn
Thet,inns 1"r ~ l ,h -. 1,;as - - ~ W.. ~
ryoj1,J. .n >nhm:t.1 ~ ~ stt.' - S