The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-11

IsIiUns with the Sioux Indians and
she OTder~ of Gen. Sheridan. The
Indians nave time aul time again
violated the terms OF this treaty with
iuIpunity. livery year I'VE might
with propriety add every month too
since the formation Of the treaty, un-
~ within tile Tast six months, the
Sioux have totally d~isregurded the
provisions of this treaty the
part that provides them with clothing
and supplies from the government.
TIL Part they live up To like men.
They have not gone upon the rcser-
walton marked out for them in the
treaty, and ac now living and located
within the limits Of the sovereign
State Of Nebraska. /. the whites in
vudc the Sioux reservation proper in
Southwestern Dakota they Will be
trespassers, and will he there in viola
lHtiun Of the terms Of the Sioux treaty.
The violation Of it 10y white men will
not be justified because the Indians
have not observed its terms. The
parties To the treaty are the Govern
meut and the Indians. So long Us
the government itself has not seen
proper To declare the treaty violated
although it has been hundreds Of
times viulatrd 10y The Indiaus-its
citizens will not he permitted to do so,
aud treat il rs null and void. There
need be no miscunccption on this
point, because il is evident that
whether ii will enforce the provisions
OF the treaty against the Indians or
not,the government proposes tocnforce
them against white men. Whether
this is justice alike to whites and In
dlans II Is not necessary to discuss /;
but We may safely assert there are but
few white persons in the western
states and Territories who think it is.
But despite whatever advice we may
give 10 the whites upon this subject,
Il may Ls stfrly predicted that the
United STATES troops will have to be
Kept busy next summc If miners are
kept @l the Sioux reservation, unless,
indCd, the government shall change
its policy. There are gold mines in
the Black Hills! That is definitely
settled and known. About one-haIf
of these Hills are on the Sioux reser-
Walton the other half are on the
unccdcd Indian lands in Wyoming
and off the Sioux reservation. Gold
diggings exist in this half OF the Hills
rs well rs in the other. Now there
are the Panther Mountains west Of
the Black Hills in Wyoming, and the
Big Horn Mountains and in these rs
well as in the Black Hills gold is
ETiOwH 10 CriSt. The Indians are will
ling I" give up to the government
for q consideration all claim to the
country included within the limits of
/ the ''unccdcd lands" in Wyoming.
Here would be a fine field, and Il re-
m~ulIeratiYe II too for the restless,
energetic and vcnturesome miners,
and other persons who are now ex-
I cited with the gold fever. The gov
eminent can throw open Wyoming to
them with the consent of the Indians,
and conflict with the Indians and
military be thus avoided. The
- Nsh' " llNN lNhullO llVlll NlltN-
cnne, Laramie City, Medicine Bow
and liawlins, and no part of the Sioux
reservation invaded to 5eaeh it. 1t
can also be reached from Montana
via the Yellowstone, and will satisfy
the demand of these people restless
for years to come for prospecting and
mining purposes. Besides, it will
open to settlement a country that will
furnish homes for thousands upon
thousands of permanent settlers, in
the various Gvocations of western life.
Towns and cities will spring up in
different parts of the Territory now
excluded from prospecting and settle
mcnt, and the Sioux reservation will
he lCsl ccted. Throw open to miners
and settlers the country now unoccu-
/ pied 10y the Indians in Wyoming, and
the Sioux reservation will not be in
VadCd at least we think not. Give
the hardy, e~nterprising and usually
law abiding miner n chance TO hunt
his fortune once more, and all will be
we'll. From what we hear and see,
we predict that he will hunt it any
way, but would rather have the per-
mission and consent of the government
in the matter.
The decision of the Supreme Court
in the following cases, was announced
yesterday from the bench by the Chief