, 1876-12-26

pal',., tnmn.nR ron si,e M'ss'ssppi hiyer 70 thc
Possessions to the northern boundary Of Kan.
eas. In 1895, by trcaty Of friendship, the Ora
lallah:, !cions, Yanktons, un,l fanktonais ad.
nttted that they were residing within The terri
t.riA' limits Of the United States. asknow1.
Whieh was pledged. anil thc United Statcs
them. In lS5t Immigration to California across
the Indian COUNTRY made a new treaty ncees-
ttons were established and confirmed. Tlla IT.
dfsRs conceded 10 the tinted statcs the right
10 Nuke military Or other toads across tlietr
country, and ihe United States agreed to make
TIT whites while passing through ther country
The Government nGrecri tn ply them SiOu)O
year tor thty years. subsequently the senate
cut Tits term io"n to ten years. without suo.
m!tt'ns TIC pIopus.tton to The Indians. ~hc be.
tevcI the original treaty VA. IN lnree. It has
heen more thai ten years since this appropria.
faith wits the cause VI the Powder River war.
After referring At length to The Mixed Com.
mission known a. the pcarG Commission Of
1867. and their report, which was another YER.
d,ct against tho Government for disturbing
their peaceful relations with these people. the
Commissioners state that eh1t Commission was
compelled. after full Investigation 70 confess
the nation's shame hy the tacte which they then
reported upon.
In The light of recent events, the Commission.
crs say 1t may we'll be asked.
Df WHAT AUTHORITY
llas war been tnauEurated with the Sioux In
dtans, and their property setzcd without discrtm-
inatfon between friends aud foes cuntrnry to
tilt: express provisions o! the Ordinance Of lfs7,
and when our own people aud the whole civil.
11sa f;ei ~ofd know we are the 0pn5ess9ss,
thu. right to hunt in Western Nebraska,
aud the Commissioners believe that the failure
10 RECOGNIZES this right has led to mnnY CONFLICTS
between citizens and tho Rrniy OF Tue United
States and The indians. After going over the
history Of the Custer expedition to the black
nilas, IN 1871, nganst the protest Of The Indians
aud their frlenos, and III violation Of treaty, the
discovery Of gold, The rusl, of white men to this
new Eldorado, and stating that, not~iths.and-
Ill the Indians learned that here they had
country OF untold valuc, which, by tho intrusion
OF tho white race. was about to be wrest.
ed c;lu from them by foree,1the comn,!s-
present indian wa1. ' Tie Des cause. - which aes
melted It, and to exculpate from blame the
Indian Agents who hare bccn charged With fur
nishlng tue hostile savagcs with ammunition.
arms, ana supplies: They state that during tho
searcityof provisions tho Agencies, and that
the fndtanal left tho Agcnclcs, with the knowledge
and consent Of the Agents, to procure foud, and
ior no other reason: There Is wateF-navigatlou
5000 miles through tho Territory, and On i'm
The Canadian frontier. So long as TIC inJians
viii sell buiialo-robcs at a low nr!co. and nav
two prices for guns, the greed OF white men !yfl
furnish them. The atscnro OF these Indians
from tic Agencies when the recent CENSUS was
taken Is liable to mlslcad Congress- in maxine
estimates for tl,o future support Of tie Sioux
The Commissioners say: "Wo h1r{Ijy know
how TO franc In words The feelings Of
SHANE AND SORROW
which fiji our hearta "a We rcgalf tho onv recor}
Of the broken faith Of our Government, It is
made murc sa,l in TINT thu reicttinvs of n,,r
sursow OF widows and ORPHANS mAde Uy a neeil-
less Indian war; and tllat our Government has
expended more money In this war than ali Tie
religious bodies Ut our country hive sncnt In
IndIau mfssions since our cxlstencc M nation.'i
After retrieving our InJian policy from i,s
earliest inception down to the present time, and
going over all the evils that hnyc grown out Of
f. t1c Commissioners submit that tho rcmetiy
for the evil ia not to be found by arain
nlactnr the case ct the Indiaus in
Tho War Department. Il had this dutv
for more than three-o,,artcre OF q
ccntury. and, during the whoia nerio1 tfere ia
no mrs In Tic history Ut our fujian mat,arc.
melt Ipou which our recollection can l,ngcr
with emntlons Of pleasure. If va ;ntenl IN
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