, 1875-06-18
THE SIOUX.
4 Nation Of Some Thirty Thousand
People. .,
The Country They Now Inhnbit-Whore
They Came from.
Tho TMelYo Bands into which Tley Ara
UtYfdctl,
The Nation, Really Ruled, Not by 0hicfs
but by Societies Of Warriors.

oMAHA. June 12.-Now that Tod Dloud. aud
Spotted Tatl and American Horsn, a,ui Sitting
Bull, with slfs throo-knved was-c!ub and biz ncw
rife from Tug prpssdent. harp hsql thom hack 10
tho land from which ttoy came, tho pnblio is bo-
ginning to Inquire, "5Yho nrn those Bloux. any
l'ows And wko Aro those people TINT would
dcfy tho nation And exclude the american people
from portion Of ila qWn domain7 Whore do
they eome fronl7 aShati t4eir blstory7 Aud
how many Do tl,e, number ,"
THE Hi0u1 NATION
consists Of 2s,300 people, divided Into tvclyo
tribos, counoctod by llood-solailonshIp, and oil
OF which speak tho Bamo language. WITH thou
aIe allio1+ By association and intermarrlage,
300 Northern ohoyaunes and Aapalocs, rola-
lives OF tlp Southern .choysnnss aud Arapahocs
q southcrn Kansas aud Northern To7as. or
thedn $1,000 siou1 anil AfIitihtlng tribes, II, 600
sro abls-bodted warriorH, #e!l mounted on In
dian ponies OF gEeas endurance. pnd partially
armed With repeating and brpoc9.loading
ntiua, obtained from whits traders, from
lhe dovornmcnt - r1esopts. OIL tito was-
path, OF in trade with Northern Ind,ans,
who In turn procured them from British
traders 'beyond our northern Boundary, TAoy
occupy Tho country bounded on sha north by
tue auth dog!eo ot north latitude, on tho aouth
by tlo nor.hern boundary line Of tho State Of
Nebraska, op tlls oast by tho Missouri River. and
On the wesf by tho 10th dcgreo Of Longitude
o! !t9 Gs"Ssa es ssres e. s'is p
specially set aslds for tlam ~ tho Hloux Boaot-
Fation by tho treaty OF 1868; and by authority
granted them in tue same treaty, they roam and
south to tRq Ya]IoTutopa a9d Missouri 'Hivers on
tho north, and from tho Ai1aPouri Rvcr on tho
"a easI = 70 tlo anmuit Of tho ug Horn Mountains
TIE sioux cAMx on1olxAt1y
from tho country bordering on the Uppor Mis-
asshippl River. wheuco thos mere driron by tic
Chlppowas iato Southern and Wcatorn Mnno-
sota,-" t!le laid Of the ,Dako,as, ,"4ifom whsol,
iatssE locality thay :orossod t4o Missouri nLyor,
ennes, Arspahoes, CroKs, anl snskes Or Bho-
hhonos.. In tho year 1879, tho Sioux and CloY-
onnes. fighting for possession Of tho country,
bad great battlo on the Chug Hirpr, as miles
s9Ith shteh o. the piesont st9 ot Fort Laramie as
Attor Tho tight, an Understanding between
tho contondiue forcea WAS arrteed 'at, resulting
tn the ceseion to tAq Sioux Of tho Territory
Tying north Of tho rialto Hlynr, and tho raon-
theroof. Tho oioyennea ani A1spahoscSs hsS ta tlon
becarnn naaociatcd together. and ilYcd in COM
pasatiyo harmony till 1914, whom, Hocal foud
breaking out anong them, 40 lodges. Tor wig
hoes 'sont north aud assinil.tod WITH tho Sioux.
sioux capps. when 1?9 ledgos of Sioux wont
Vn'sa sVoa'sh t9d l. F99god. Tll 10 cheyenncH In tho
h'n'''' nd ssF' s'1,sS {: at3SIor1n
- nRms which they hold to thia day. 4 lodge
ih estimated by thosa Indians at alx persons, two
81 Aoh warIlnrs, Thcso seeding northoru
have; from 1s4l tothe' 'prss6nt: timb: boen CON con
tinualty changing Is parties hayo Joined their
EesfaecsiFe banda frQm tho parent tEiuas, Of have
!elt them tp Fstusn TO tholf pld atl9!assons. fqr
yhile p 1892 tho nor!heFn A1sbqhoes bec.mo
overt,ifoS to tho easterh sh6stones, or Bnakes.
70 Join them on thot reservation ID the Wind
A'1er Valley, and to form an. atiaaeo
nh iae o'ssFe sa Sna Wn.asss sstsn1s e, gs
OF tho shosl'ones, fearing treac,orv upon tho
part Of tile Arnpahocs, refused to listen to their
propositions, and thoy remained with tho Sioux.
With whom they arc now in perfect harmony.
utses !!s CsoWs' Rpgkea. .tqa A.iel .raoa. >.
THE TWELVE THlDEs
OF the 8io41 are the DEates, the 0ezllatlahs, tho
mixed Hfuies md 0gsl!sliaAs. Tho YaucsonnaF.
ss tss eaS?a1stt 'st ssstss! T. fe sGss ss
arc again divided into bands. which e.ubraco ut
times maoy shifting members from tho uoye1al
grt9u dsTl9iona ot the Sioux, hner th6| fashi9u
Sat o. Tho qat-o4'' tho choyennas, and the AF4ps-
= hs Dnlles conslst Of nod Clouds band, which
numoers gay petsonss OF Iron Shells baud. Of
24u; and Spotted Tails band, OF t,2o0. Tho
SFi;ss ssps1'} L. S csB$s e$sa pe s i
Sa bsst III istie oa" "nSs' uunStsss asess s' ses
and the Loafcrs. nnnloriux $50. lion, th:s Ii
Tfu!es aud partly Of os.sishs' i wbiea it5 f5ra m
g e. division OF themselves known as "tho
Ml3od nsulaa and lQKA!allaLs.". .TAa Qyoohpas,
under Standing Dull aud 4yd Dog, humber 751..
Ihese 1pqienB arg governed BY lIa Ba1ap laHa ~
order 4 Warriors Of liz ~hita % sasA % and arc a
JUDGED Oga1lalsb; Init they baud by thou,Helveu,
ere have dfssineuro aam. pf their oxnt Tho
i.ncsonhss nunapsr a,6ooi and thu Mtnheeon.
a ~ or soeaty u Sri5fs tEs s
sss. 1fss' pplss BottIy IT. halI. 'DH yelio~ w
rs Soss Ss eoss r. s! fs%efF x.te Rsy Rss
ksssa srsEes spa Ws.sai E.ss Fbes;s siis Il!
H. ssi Hstn nsst IN ase h3ss fS g9ga yH,s
600. Tho no.tlsorn Che, enpsp, under Modic,no
Man Of The Cleyanpos, number l,8o0 and tho
potshsra AEspslpes, Under Friday and Madeleine
Alan Of the ASaps4oss, pumpor 900. Total ,at
seSSsr eSssspss:. ss g. 491 aG' OF e'''' 4faP'A'S 'na
Thoso Indiana, including tho Arapahoes and
CAoTenpot WluteE IN tho country
AROUND THE Hack HILLS '''
whore timheF and gn1pp sgo found In abundance,
and upon The streams flowing into tho Yellow
atono and Little Missouri nlyors. led Cloud is
not hofotary Chief but huccessful soldier,
WHO has aaluoYed rotaiHass by psomees in ha.tle
and by force Of character American liorse suc-
cesded to hls Chlef.atnahip BY inhoEifauco :
wh,lo Spotted Tail did not, but was ap,,ontsd
to hIA position BY len 1aarney, ten years ago.
Tia touer OF tho Chlefs, o1ospt iu their own
villages. il liInttsd; aud tue trlbos over which
taey p1eside arc mos:ly goysrnod by *ooiasiss Of
6aab," or ''Tla Booletv Of tho Bravo Heart"
1hsse aooiet|os mako tho laws tor she,t Tribes,
and deeds oa war Or peaco.A 1lloir doc!ytoua arp
tnahdasory, snd thpy ars indeo4 tho oliof fu1ors
OF thetr respective t,ihos. AMI, through general
couuclls. OF tho ontlre Sioux Nation. Sitting
bull spoke truly, rhen %. s.id haro while oS
Cloud nor aputtal TAIL nor any OF tho
party, had any poFeF wpatoyer to conclude
ttaaty that any ttoatJ which they might A.
tempt tomake would 10 rejected BY theIr nation;
and that tbs treaty must 1a mado In tAc!1 own
country
NJ THEIR own pgoPLH,
xH r. t-.t.