Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-15
THE INDIANS.
Statements from IrdiaR Inspector Van.
GerVere and Bear-Sian6-Up, an In.
dIaa thief OF the spotted
Tail Agency.
Sitting Bail Proposes 10 Fight 50 Long
as the Black Hills Natter Il Unde-
cided-RgmOred Death OF
Sitting-Bull-Et

WASHINGTON, July I4.-Jndiau In.
! specloT NandeTy6re reports that at a
| council with the IUdians Uf the Red
| Cluud snd Spotted Tai agsuCiesi Juae
| 30,h, the chiefs AID Others expressed =
| willingness to reliUqui-b he B.sck Hills
| country on the terms offered by NaDdaf-
/ yeIe. The Cuiefs ell promised - Keep
| their people at home and to remain
about the agencies. They declsFe, and
| the evidence here sustsins .heic dtc!ara-
ton, that very few Sioux are absent,
and that il is chiefly the Cheyennes who
have committed depredstions in this
neigh hbarhOOd and who have gore north
! TO Join 10 hOstilitjes.
Tne Inspector says: "fhs new ar
rangsmenG aith the Indians regard as
| practicable. At the present time there
! Ia an agreement between them and the
government by which they shss reiin-
| quish all right to the Black Hills, snd
| consent 10 such dimiDished boundaries
Of their reservation as shall secure this
! obi -ct. In confederation of this relin-
| quIshment the government shall guar
| aniee TO continue supplies If food Snd
mer treaty, for fiye years fTom the date
o. the new agreement ! would further
stipuIate with the IndisLs that they
shall, whenever the government Ie-
ouiTes il, consent to the removal Of their
agencies from their present location to
| anyI point that may he designated for
them on, or near, the Missouri river,
where better farming land can befound,
or to wherever the government may
| choose to transfer them 10 better t cir
| condition. As al inducement TO gain
| their consent TO such removal or trans.
! fer, there should be offered to them a
reasonable supply OF stock, cattle and
oxen, farming implements, lumber ior
| houses, cooking stoves and utensils,
wagons, etc, to be distributed to those
only who take land aud settle upon 1t
| for cultivation, or VINO engage in stock
raising or any other usef industry.
Provision should also be made for the
| schooling OF children and instruction Of
the Young men in mechanic arts. Law
should be established among them, and
| Jurisdiction OF our cour s extended to
| them the same as to white men, l
| would give the Sioux tribes the privilege
OF sending one of their own people to sit
"a a delegate in congress. Ne lly the
| entire force of the agency Indians are
hsre' now and anxious for peace. State
lnents representing a different sthte ol
| things ave not entitled to credit. Moth
ing could be more unfortunate than to
| ston the rations Of these Indians at the
| nresent time, and thus drive them tOtne
alternative OF stealing or starving"
! Amended 10 the report is the follow
! ;ry statenoent OF Bear-Stand.Up, 81
Indian of the Spotted Tail agency, whc
arrived from Sitting-BulPs camp:
uJune 25.-I went north to the hostile
camp for the purpose Of bringing homo
some relations and children belonging
fo NV wife. There are few northern
| Eantees, Var kt3Dias, AssiDiboinss
Ariearees and GTo5 Ven,Tss. The chiefi
OF the above are Ssntee, R=d End
Ysnktouia, White Face, aud the Others
ere not known. OF the above there arC
n very few people from ncrthGrl Chey
| anne. Black Moccasin Is chief OF Rbou
one hundred and seventy lodges Black
! feet. chief Scsbby Head; Uncpapas
! thief Sittiug-BnLl; Sous Ares, chic
| S,ootted Eagle; Minneconjous, chic
Rlnck Shield; OgasllRs, chief CfaZy
hors>: in all there are little over TIVE
thousard lodges. After the troops so
into The country could not get away
tha Indians made the soldiers watch tht
camn and keep aii the peO
| nle together; / tslked some witt
Sittin9.BulI before lesving, and thief
moved my lodge out ia the night, com
inc yery far around to keep out OF th'
wsv of both soldiers aud Indians, anC
| came bv the road known as the Olt
Fort Pierre road, on the east side OF tn,
BIack Hills, striking the road shout hal
wav between Missouri and the B!acl
Hills. and then came straight to thu
! agency. Sitting-Bpn sends word to m!
aSsnt' to Bisonette aud to BOuchet ths
he does not intend to modest any on
south of the Black Hills, but that hi
will fight the whites in inst country
long az the question is unsettled, snd
not settIed, as long as he lives. AS sO0l
az the Black Hills question is settled h
wants my agent to send him WORD
and tell him what to do, He says ht
finds a great many guns and other thing
about theHills where the white men nav
killed each other and left them on tn
n,siries. Sitting-Bull asked how Brule
was trssted at their agency. l told hin
we'll. Int ne dGs 8 not believe it. be doe
not want to fight tn2 whites, only stes
! ,+-om them as they have 0U2e; the whlt'
ro, steal and the Indians WOMB conn
~ NC 80, lement; the whites kill them
o,1,eH W : "a .71ake the Black Hills stink
sc o'r1 osnv dead ,-1en; says he heard tina
Indisns coming fr,.. N the sgency woui'
not not he allowed to res:..-u. He has mad
a law that no visitors sha,. oA:s oe'm We moSi
the agency and his camp, ne. net il,I tnul
ana or whites. When the rGscalitS SOg1
the Black Hills is settled taen u
| will stop his rascality. The government
has promised much TO the agency peo
ple that never was fulfilled, and /
wants to move the agencies again. VINE
will OCCUPY the land? 1t belongs Il
YOU, Ifyou remain where you are
want you to send me word; if the goo'
white people WON'T listen 10 the Gres
| Father no more, you ycuag men Wal
Iisten to your chief. Sittibg-Bull say
If the troons come out to him he mus
fight them, but if they do not come on
he intends to visit the agency and Ia
will counsel his people f0F peace"
Bear Stand. Up, VINO mske5 this S aye
ment, was IN Sitting -BalPs camp nine
teen days, from about May 25th to Jun
25sh.
SITTING. BULL REPORTED KILLED.
CHICAGO, July 14.-The Tribune
special from Fort Lincoln gives fuTthe
details of the Little Horn fight, in whic
1t says that Sitting-Bull Was killed, ais
q white man named Milburn, Sitting
Bulls chief adviser. -Four cnmpanie
Of the Twenty second infantry, consist
ing Of twelve officers and one hundre
and forty men, have arrived at Fol
Lincoln, and will leave for Terry's CON
mand on Sunday. The wounded al
recovering, and there will be no moi
deaths. 1t is thought that Sitting Bull
command obtained nearly twenty thoI
sand dollars, the soldiers having jui
been paid.
Reformed Episcopal Council.
TORONTO, July IA In the RsfOrme
Episcopal Council tO-dsy, Gener
Buckingham presented rts1luiion
the effect that in the office of deacon
! il not necessary to exclude any hold