Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-27
Grand INDIAN Council To-day.

place a the Interior department 10 day.
Afser the ehieis haI taken seats the Com
missioner of Indi IN AT said. I'm yo lr
call yesterday upon the President ne. a er
talking to on awhile directed I, v0l 10 90 to
ne Secretary OF the In erior, and he is here
| ready To talk with you. You have already
! sha ken hands with him, and he has BID on
welcome
sPEFCH OF SECRETARY DEL.xo.
| Secretary Delaro. Before say any: linr I
wish To say In all re iatsrp .eterS that II the
| lmterprei Il on ma ie by the PEI son who has
hcen dc, 'gnated To translate, shall in their
| oplrton ce inaccurate at any time, l wish
! t1em report the ina carney at ON g. and
| lave the correction made, % cause my object
| IS ttrolgh the shot ha al reporter thlt |
| b We employ ct ard {" -ough the reporters of
| The p .es', = 1otain an accurate account of
| vi at Is said. Chiefs and head men of toe
| Slou. Indians: am glad to sea yod here to-
| Gay. You have reen invited here to confer
| with the government and your Great Father:
heohjeci OF this conference is your well re-
$nd ire welfare o. the white 4 cope "a the
United States. 1 want you to re,nemoe art
urderS land all shall say TO YOU" After re-
! ierfing 10 The condition o. the Sioux prior u
%, and e. claiming tce .eaty made thai
| year and its provisions, he said the govern
ment had done more than IL agreed to do,
| while the Sioux Were all the letter and nan
| pier Tor having lived at pea ce with the gov
/ eminent He further eXpl in, that the
white people were pre-, sing the government
| Tor The privilege of settling the cOuntry north
of the North Platte a nd along the smoky
| Hill fork of the Repub icsl river. He also
| tod them OF the pres te brought on the gov
! eminent by gold hun teis to get possession q"
| the Black Hills, n country unfitt~i Tor n gri-
cultural pufpOSeS. The government hal
| been TO the expense OF STA ),GCJ per year 10
| feed and clothe the Sioux, aud he feared If
| some SATISFACTORY ARA gements could rot
he made Congress wou Id re use to CO /
tinue its appropriations. Tire President"
sand the Secretary, "has no money / have
no money, and the Commissioner of Indian
| Affairs has no money except as Congress gives
| II 10 us. Now If you don't do what is right,
congress VIII refuse to give you any nnC e
aid; so / want you 10 IL nix about IL, and DO
what is best for yourselves and Oh ildrep /
! nave not called yOi here to force yod to 20
aS we like, but tn ask YOU TO carefully COO
slider our prOEoSItion.H lie then told tbQ n
of the deSirableness of the Indian Territory
with its fertile land ard Genial climate. and
saId II was the OplrtO of all the lrierds of
the Indians that that was the best place for
them to settle. The whites could be kent Olt
of that country. and there the IptiafS can
tie taught 10 take care OF them. elves aud
live like white men. If they thought favor-
ably OF the proposition he woIld serd dow n
delegation OF the HE'S to see the cornrrv
BY going there all danger Of disturh m.
would be avoided, and they wo,'d get a
country much better than the one they no
occupy. He desired them TO think Owe, 4 a
matter and lei him know.
COMMISSIONER SMITH MAKES FEW J.
MARKS.
commissioner Smith here said: Last wear
The EfesIdelt sent commissioners to YOU TO
see II yod wouldn't give up your right D
hunt on the north fork of the Republican.
oo t mas N3ted $500 Tor you, as =
Inc COMMISSIONERS reported that you were
net quite ready TO negotiate and one of thp
Osaialla chiefs wanted TO go Olce more o.
the Nlabrara river. and see if he could find
any buffalo; so TIE business was not finish 4
Now this money was given you for one wear
ana lhat year gees out in about one moon
SO that If the President don't get your an
swer within thirty days he can't give Won
the money. l know that Wien You went
aown 10 hunt, last year, YOU agent sent
word asking me to send you provisions. or
you would starve: so / suppose YOU didn't
find many buffalo. Therefore the priviIp 70
you are wanted D give up is not a Ve.y val
liable one. SO if you are ready to make an
arrangement | want you D tell MS what we
shall purchase with the 5000. Ii Won IN a
not sufficiently considered the mater, ye,s
can wait until you come gain, and then let
me know
After a pause Spotted Tail arose. and
shaking hands with the Secretary anu the
commissioner, resumed his seat and said
ms remarks being interpreted by Rev. NJ.
Hirman)
SPOTTED TAILS GRAFTON
"My Father: / nave considered all f.e
Great Father told me, ard have come n z
10 give yen an answer. When people have
1ulIy considered subject their concllSiOl
ought to be a good one. IN de the - ltv
with Generals sherman and Harvey i'm 1<.$
ard have not broken it, / came here to
shake hands and make a new ,reaty. came
here TO ask for q great deal. | want good
clothes, such as you pointing 10 Secretary
DelanO and Comm lsSloner : m tn both wear
Howl When / was here before the Presi-
dent gave me my country, and put my stake
down IN gCCd place. and there wa,f To
stay. Know my country is a goc1 COUNTRY
because put things in the ground and 49,,
grow up. nave asked for a saw mill
Pl0T5 ana 0ttler things 70 Iarm with.
Ny Father, one tning displeasas the.
Your surveyors have come aud nut down
stakes, and don't like it, and want then
f ,t lHoW) respect the treaty, out
me WIlte men who come in our country do
not. You speak of another country bu1 in is
Eot my country; 1T does not concern me- and
want nothing to do with it. was not bon
tnere, but II II Is such coed country Won
ought 10 send tue white men now in our
country there and let us alone. How! How,
now oy Tue entire delegation an1 laughfe, /
among the pale races presently You say Won
VIII give us $4,000 If we viii give NJ, no !
privilege OF limiting buffalo outside our !
reservation. If you will add $500 to fhiS !
we Will give you the buffalo Laughter we /
came here in great hurry and n ID bui lit !
Tie time 10 consult our people and we wat |
you TO send some men TO us to talk the mat ,
ter over. The weather is warm and Congress |
is not III session, and after we consider tha 1
subject more we wonld like to come 10 Wash |
lnetoi with fifty chiefs 10 settle the matter /
council here and then go home"
secretary Delano said the survey referred |
to by Spotted Tail was made in pursuance OF
me treaty OF 1865, aud the stakes must not
be removed. In regard To the S25 COO he said
me Pr Sldent mo- himself had no power to
Increase Ii IL $4,000.
Mr.. Hinman said Spotted Tail denied that
thelr boundaries and the Secretary told him
20 say to Spotted Tail that it was lin the
spotted Tai said he and Rel Cloud were
there Whe,I the treaty was made. and he
ncaIu hJthiDg about 1t. At any Fate he |
WaMp I'd a different line drawn.
Lac Secretary explained that this could I
.fot be done without the con sent of Congra,S
and impressed upon Spotted Tall The danger
OF delay. BlOodshed might follow il some |
arrangement was not speedily made
OLD SPOT DISPLEASED.
Spotted Tail.-"What you say about blood
shed displea es me very much. The country
there belongs TO us, and not to the white
people. Instead of encouraging the white
I9ople TO so there you ought TO punish them
You say you are my friends, and both of you
say you have no money, but Congress gives
money for us and for you"
The Secretary asked Mr.. Human to en-
deavor to make bin understand that the
government might be unable to prevent
white men from going into their country.
He also asked nim to explain the $4,000 APP
pIOpriation to Spotted Tail.
After comforting with Spotted Tail, Mr..
Human said he fully comprehendeI il, but
said his people We're stubborn, and he was
aiIaid to speak the same. as the Secretary
afraid of the IJa coiI