, 1875-09-22
And tha Commissioners Propose to Retog.
nizo .lAether rlonl for tho
Apntt.
Spotted Tail Comes Up Smiling,
and Plays Worry Big
Indian.
Proposition to Lease the Hills Country
for a Term Of Years.
an Apparent Willingness Among the
Indi0ns to Part with the
Land.

Srttf11 pisra.eh 10 The cAi.aqo Tribune,
HEt' GLnun AHEN,s, sept. 20. win Four LARA
MlE, Helt. 2i.--Iho Grand Council With the
Sioux Indians orcned to-day at 2 r. nl, neH
osst Ut This Ngency, not muro shan 1.60o inniNps
bo'hg present III person. 6euqtur All,Aon
mado the opening address, lropos:ng n
Ecsso Of tho Hack Hills. Which wan
not vol received by the Indians Rcd
Dog replied that the plan proposed was worry lu,-
poTtaht, aud that II WOULD tako about suven dArs
10 consider. The Indians then left tho Council.
He'd Cioul was not p.cscns, being afraid Of
being deprived Of Ais chieftanry. Tho
Corumiasiou ia divided OH tho quos-
ton u the lease or purchase Of
the Hills, soule think thai Tho Inaans will not
acccpt nysh.ug short of Al, txorhta,,t sun,,
murlI moro than tbs Commission will ray them.
Thoy fnror the adoptlon OF tic lcaso nlan first.
If that fails. taoY will try to buy ut rste TINT
will he fair but tho Hing hnye got thugs wcll
fixed among tho Indians, as1d may defeat n ttea-
ty altogether.
Ito le As'oeia.ed Ftrss.l
llEn C4qup A1EScY, Ncb., hrpt II, via CuEY-
ESsE Wyo.-Tl,p conmltseo Ut Elk Indiana ap.
pointed BY tho Conmiuslono1s on "Wednesday to
aolect place for holding tho Council litter
| reported to tho CoumlrHion yeatertlay that tGey
could not agree, 10 tho Commissioners yeut out
yesterday aud selected tho E1ospa tAsnselvea,
abont one mile nrsrer tle Spotted Tail Agency
tslRn the point previously solicited BY them. The
distance from this aeeucy is something oyer
miles.
Quite = number pi tha Mtshou1i Iuyer Indians,
tired out With the prolonged dalay on thn parto
tho tomlnIasiop. Atartfl home yeste1dHy, aud
oshcra ato reported to hayo moved out to-day.
TIE coUEctL-aNouSD
laA been named tia Crow Butto Council ground,
! aud this afternoon two large hospital tents,
With ango stretched In 'front.' will 10 e1cctcd on
tho grounl for the tlsa OF tho Conmisatoncee,
preparatory to the beginning OF tho "big talk"
to-uarEow. Tbs Indians arc all to po notified
today. aud will orcck number Of topoes (wig.
wAnia) for t4owsslyeA on thu Council ground.
Rcd Cloud will dota, . lot Of tlla soldiers to
stand guard night and day oynr tho Council
tents.
4 largo party Of military will start out fox tho
Bad Lands. DAk., to-day, for the purpoao Of col
iccsipg foaala, under tho o4arge Of Nal. stan
ton.
lo1 Cloud came into the agency this morning,
just ss these dispatches aro closed, DECLARING
that neither himself nor Ills people Fould attend
tho Coupcil unless II IL hold Inside tha stockade
Of this agency. Tho Commissioners hold brief
conference among themselves, aud decided to 40
On IS though nothing had occurred With thair
preparations for tho Council, and erect tents for
tue aaps on ground Already selected. Red
Cloud IL
auRLr AND 1Lt-SAruRED INDIAN,
who has heau ous Of tue piuclial LADDERS arnong
the Sioux IN all tholg ditioalsisa with the whites
H.
ah1axd M spotted Tail, Of whom ho Ia very zeal.
GUS, as tAe latter has much more influence
! amoug tho Iudlaaa shap himself, and he thiuks
that holding tue Council A. this agency will havo
tho eifoot OF convincing the Indians that tho
white man oo,ialdor him tto moat influential
Chief Of tho two. d.;
CHEYENNE. w. r.: Ropt 21.-TAs treaty
COUNCIL near the Red Cloud Agency held lts ilrst
session on Saturday. Aftor much wrauglirg
among tho Indians a to tho locality Hhote the
couucl should be bold, Cen. Terry, on tho part
Of the Comm,Hsionsrs,
BELEc1ED TUE GROUND
near Grow Bqttes, aud tho Indians ners notified
that &hsH selection way final.
den. Bradley, Col Stanton Capt. Mx, and
other o!licels. arrived at Can,p Ilohinson on
Thursday. and Capt. 1lilla' company Of the THIRD
Cavalry Was immediately ordered fron Camp
Sheridan, 70 He'd CLOUD, 10 that tha force Ut Rcd
CioiiI now consists Of 1hloo compauiqs at cav
airy and fonr Of iutautry.
Lieut.. Vgoom, with Company L, Third Cayal-
n, Nss ordered to escort Col. sEapton to Spotted
Tail, md thonco On his expedition into the
| nosthefn Bad Lands.
liEp CLoun auEaoY, Sept. 10, yiA EoRF Lana
MlH. Wyo., sopt 21.--Tho Council which waa
! expected 10 have been cQmuepced yesterday,
WAS
FasrPqxEp
until tom arrow, but Il ia not likely much will bo
donp until Tuesday as the counesl-tonta havo
! not jet been erecrcl, The Commldstopera mud
Indlau Agents syo snxlous to got homo pna ei-
forts vii! be pade to p,pse IN tAe huyipess by
Saturday uert Good feeling On the supjoct Of
nc treaty prevails anlon1B thee Indiana. No dit-
4 party Of at1 black Hills miners aruyod hero
last night, having been broiighe out bY tho u-
tary. They Atart for Hion1 4cily to-lnorsoW, all
being TestdoniA OF tlatp1pco.
THE COUNCIL oPES8
HED CLoUp AnKauy, hept. 20, yia Fl. L4A-
| AMig. Wyo,. eept. q. TLoComtuissldn want out
to tue Council grounds this morning, esoorted hv
two obmpauiea of cavalry. They wA4tod several
er ' but odua hs e s19s g q g; S o
o'clock p. m. slle Council Qpentd with
speech BY Senator Allisoil. There wero {fcsanf
SIottea Tail, Chief of Tho Drul6s; sfAu.AfraEds
lia.ftorses. md lia aoa Of tIe sdms namo;
he4 Dog. Chief of l4e DRa!af!as; THO Hour:
nnder Uhiels, about 3bo IN Ill! Louis IoliArfa
| vas elqsen Interpreter for tue Uqia,nasaton.
| alsp fgr the 0xAIal!aa, john BrpheR for tue
! Yenktouuas William QuiStsY fof the Upper
i.snlrs; aud Alexander 2eRhreys for the Lo"sF
| UruloH.
SENATOR 4L11soA's AppnEs5
Senator AlIEot, aldrsAsed 'tGs ltiuians as fol-
Iowa: -
Our great fathcs has requested to come to your
sionx s,ation h.s sgree4 ID tnsct MI W. sfs
ssIntlcd together. wv aass b<eu 1t pdsoS WITH ypu
eomy Dur great i4slus tq4 W q 4ss4Ia Sod Ut h4s
friendship aud tho friau1ah1p Ut tho G0Vefnnrnt t0