The New York herald., 1876-07-09

those reservations to night our troops, and II the
present peace continued they viii go back there as
The snow falls 10 feed themselves and their
ponies for new operations next spring.
Mr.. sEKLyE, pnd.l OF Mass-ihe bands oil Sioux, tho
original source Of trouble in the Northwest have never
been on reservation. sitting Bun has had no treaty
with the United States any time but IN the control
of few hundred savages he has been maraudng and
numbering both Indians and white people IN that
region Tor IA number of years 1t was necessary to
cause this maraudne and numbering to and the
government was perfectly right IN the exercise OF It's
functions when last fall II scouts
TO sitting Bull demanding that he should
appear the reservation at given time that he
should he forced to do lie did not appear, and,
therefore, tho military expedition under General
Crook fitted agalns, him. This expedition
not successful. Tor reason which 1t Is not
necessary now 10 go into. IL was rcpused
with great loss This very naturally en-,
Sioux TO suppose that they were able to control the
United States government The gentleman from Wy
oming sr. Steele says that he has received reinforce
mcnts from the reservations That is literal truth;
but Tor very different than that which he has
assignei The fact is that those Indians with whom
We have made q solemn treaty 10 support them on hs
reservation we have ouy parlsy fed during the last
year. by the failure OF Congress 10 give proper appro.
priatons The agencies at Red Cloud and Spotted Iail
were obliged 10 cut down the subsistence 10 one
quarter OF the rations Thus the Indians, instead OF
having been on reservation have SIMPLY been
starved. This is the first cause OF their complaint
THIS excited commoton among them As We all know,
the subsistence which had been carried dunn
isned failed entirely by April l. That Obliged
Congress TO make another appropriation in ordcr To
exc out the iscal year But that appropriation was so
small that before July round the last pound OF
food was distributed That has obliged Congress TO
eke out the supplies for ten days longer by special
appropriation 10 meet the emergency. The conse
quence of this was that excitement spread among
those wild tribes. BY their success against Gen
cral Crook many OF the young braves became rest
less but the old chefs, BED Cloud and Spotted
TAIL Is asserted have been successful In keeping the
nam body OF their forces in order Added TINS Is
the statement which has gone abroad a..ong the In
dans that is proposed to transfer them to the War
Department., and that (as the Indians interpret ~
means that the government proposes to withdraw oil
protection from the Indans ana give them up 10
the cxtermna,ion OF military rule II is well Tor Con-
grcss and the country know the literal fact That
the reason why the Indians gone the
walton swell the sitting Bull and the
force OF The massacre which has taken place These
Indians have undoubtedly exaggerated OF The
difficulties to be experienced by them IRON the pro-
posed transfers but 1t is not strange they should ex
a2gerae them. The iact is, however that getting
word that they were TO be transferred to the of the
Military Department the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes
have become unsettled ana have all gone from the
crvation, and the result of all that reinforce
sitting Bull, who with his original lew hundred men
could not have withst0Od such force Custer
brought against him. IL Is well tor Congress the
country to understand these facts
Mr. PAGE, Fen) OF Cal. who had originally intro
duced the BILL and had aterward reported II from tho
Committee on Indian Affairs, remarked that the bill
had no reference to the late Indsn war, and that a
discussion on that point was entirely out OF place.
Mr.. kAssoN, (rep.) OF Iowa. read from the treaty
with the Sioux TO show that the United states agreed
In the sixteenth article OF the treaty that tho very
country which the bill proposed to throw open to cx-
poration and settlement to be held unceded
indian territory and that no white person should bo
permitted TO settle on IT, or pass through It, without
the consent OF the Indians
Mr.. PAGx denied that that the force object OF
the Dill The DILL he said, only contemplated throwing
open TO exploration that part the country referred
in article IL o: the treaty. 1t had never been conem
plated that all OF the country north of the North Platte
RIVER and east Of the Big Horn Mountain, outside OF
the Indian reservation, should be forever excluded
IRON sc settlement, tie, rms OH SIMPLY provided that that
and which was rich IN mineral wealth, shouli be
opened for settlement
Mr. KAssoS---Ths bill opens it also to settlement
MT PAGE--Very well, why noty Has the gentleman
any objections to its being thrown open to seitementY
Mr. KAssoN-I have the face OF the treaty made by
the United States which says thpt white person or
persons shall DC permitted to settle upon It.
bill provides that nuthing IN II shall be construed TO
prevent tho Indians from hunting that territory.
Mr. KAssoN-The bill expressly opens the territory
to exploration and settlement, while the treaty
prcssy says Of the same country that white person
or persous shall DO permitted to scle upon occupy
any portion OF It.
Mr. PAGE-rhat refers to the 25 O00 OF acres en-
braccd within the Sioux reservation.
Mr. KAssoN-li that was SO then the bill would be
exactly the same country that bill refers to.
Mr.; LAWRENCE. trcp.) of OHIO, submitted that the
bill should be referred TO the Committee Indian
Affairs with instructions TO report the facts
House. If he understood tho facts. they these
In 1888 treaty made by which agreed that
white citizens should settle in that country. In
violation OF that treaty citizens Of tho United States
had gone into that territory with a view to mining
operations and the army that Ind been sent in there to
protect these citizens thus went In violation Of the
treaty This had led to this unfortunate war.
thereS
Mr.. LAwRExcE-I suppose the gentleman understands
VOICE on the republican side--The Committee on
Appropriations daughter
Mr. LAwREScE-rhs, say, has led to the unortu-
nate which the lives OF so many valuable officers
and men have been sacrificed IL this be correct
statcment of the facts 1t Is cuty call back the
are to vacate tho country Then we viii
be in position in which treat with the Indians
on The subject If we arc the aggressors y, we have
our citizens to invade territory where they have
right to 60, and Il we have sent our army to protect
them In ul trcspass then We arc in fault It
is our duty redress our errcr
The debate continued by Messrs Hale, OF Name,
and Hurbut Illinois who to the Clerks desk
and had read the following correspondence to the
origin OF the late military expeditIon:-
Drsssanss1 w.sn,ss1os 3, Fss E.s Is1sa.GH + ,s1s
Hon. SECRETARY or VAR
qos%ns ON tho Powder country
70 Be each Of The sioux ageass. Informing their
Sioux agsnce. before the 3i.. ul, prepared remain il
:, the War or he wGus S"ss
directed s0mgs .osns" s% so"py S. vxsu ws h ns
in which to return to an agency having expired and the
aases Indian Once bsns tn. effect tina.
the Commits the said Indians hereby
army as you may under the
sSsSsf Of sSpx R @ o
that hos.ilities bo commenced vsry rsspecsiuy your
E n.
DEPARTMENT INTERIOR,
WAsHisGToS. u. e., Dec 3, 1878.
TuI HoyoR ABlg SECRETARY WAR
sR-Reerring TO my letter TO You dated the 2eh ut
OF certain hostile sioux Indians resd
ing outside Of ther re.ervs,ions snd remote from any
20 upon and their depredatons have
,h. honor 10 inform that this directed
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs TO notify said Indians
that they to reservation before
Tho 3lst day Of January that II they neglect
refuse so TO will be reported to the War De-
p.r,msn. hostile Indians. and cha, military force win
bc sent compel obey the orders OF tho Indian
Once Yon win be notified Of the compliance or
with this order aud II said Ind
ans shall neglect refuse comply with said order.
have the honor request that the proper military officers
he their removal TO and residence within
th. bounds Very respectfully. your
obedient servant u CHANDLEK, Secretary
These Northern Sioux derive their arms and ammu
milton partly from the British provinces, but largely
from their friends amp connections around these agen
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