The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09
THE WAR WITH THE SIOUX.
hVYOMING DELEG1TE ON THE COW
hRDIY PEACE POLICY.

from the Reservations ne
starved to Fatten the Army Contractors.
WASHINGTON, July SIN the House to-
say, Mr.. banning dlb, Ohio) asked leave
10 offer resolution calling on the Secrs-
iary OF War TO report the object Of the
military expedition under Gems. Crook and
Terry now operating against the Northwestern
Indians. with all the correspondence bearing on
Ibe origin Of the eIpedition. and all military |
orders issued by the War Department
MIR Young (Dem., Tenn) objected as he de- |
sired to offer q resolution himself on the icme |
subject.
Mr. Boone Dem, Ky) from the Committee
on Indian Affairs, called up the bill for the ap- |
poiotmeut OF a commission to treat with the
eioux IndisDs for the cessiOn OF tho BLACK hiis'
Mr.. Conger tRep.. Mich.), having raised the |
uuestlon of consideration, the House decided
by 81 TO IS not to consider II at this time Inc |
House then took up the bill reported by the |
Committee on Indian Affairs declaring tho coun- |
iry north Of the North Platte river and east OF |
ihe summit of the big Horn mountaln IN Wy
pming Territory open to exploration anu settle
meLt.
Mr Fort O2ep. III inquired whether the late
disastrous battle with the Indians bad taken
place in thc country affected by the bili.
MI. steele Of Wyoming said II wls not fact
that the Hilary operations were c-irvd on
without reference to tn peace policy. ln 1873
the United states had made a treaty with tho
flouA Nation, which was grave mistake II II
was not 4 national dishonor and disgrace. That
treaty had been tho foundation OF all the diff
Gculties In tho sioux country, and the cause OF
the death OF Custer and his men IN the Big
Horn country. In 1866 Gen. Pope established
posts ut Forts Phil. Ksarney, Reno, and G. +.
emith, 40 ~ 70 open the roads to MontSnA aud
from the hostile Sioux. In keeping those posts
ana opening that road many men, citizens and
action, that had taken place there we're the
passacre OF fstterman and his command at
Fort ihil carney nnety-six men and officore
snd vet after these men had sacrificed tneir
lives the Government went to work and made
treaty ny which II isnominiously Abandoned
that country % these suyafes, dismantlips rs
own post-, and leaving there the bones y the
men whO iid dow their lives Ia the wilderness.
Was II TO be wondered al, under these circum;
stances, that sitting bull and bis men believed
that they were superior TO the Genorgl Govern
nenti Anyoody who knows anything ahout
tue lndi-u's nature, knowe that tho l'gitmate
any price was only to defer the evil d6y whch
has nov come upon US. Since that time tire
The 'f frontiers mite or Of Nenraska. wyoming ana NCo,
taDs; and more men have fallen there Ia tue
%afmuf beiHs hear, than feil undc- the gallant
Custer on the 2ih OF June. The friendly crows
have been raided upon with every full m, IN, 50
vita the Snoshones, and at last these Outriges
have become so great aud so long continued
that even the peAceHble Indian Uepartmeut
could not staod tncm sny longer, an called on
The military arm of tue Government TO pr 'sh
tlOse IL WAS IN cdrrNiuK out TINS ipNCi
that Custer aOd his soldiers have been
stcrhced. l was up In that country at the
time that the Commist )uers were taere AZ
ttmptng to negCtlaie with The sioux. ~
thst lime Young Man Afraid Of his i.of e,
the heredit ary chieitan ~ the OK iaia rlhe nj
the man who by birth l. entitled 10 rGle over
these people, told me that there was no; IN thst
Northern country. under sitting Bull aud CraSj
would nos give them over so 1sdting msi, all
told. aud yet the report which We now ge' ~
that there were l.ctu lodges. nRerecating 300,
or 4,J,D nghting mrn IN the rncanpncvt or VII
laee attacked by Custer Where did the men
come fromf lheN came from the aserc.rs
where they had been fed ana fatteuei ~ O.r
Government and wnere they Lad teeu better
armed than the soldiers are. They came from
those reservations 70 nsht our troops, and 4 the
present peace policS Is 'ntinue. ~. w Z,
theuse YES and their ponies for Iew opera, ois
Mr. S--Ne (R-p. Ma.s)-The bands sioux.
abe oIigin i source Of tnis disturbance ia tie
kortDw-st' have never been "a a rcsrtvat "a.
tluing Bull has had 10 treaty wl.b the
United States 4 any time, Tut IL TIE con
trol ~ a few hundred sivsge-, he has been
and white people IN that region for humber
OF year.. IL was necessary - ci-se ihis ~ aud
m-pt was perfectly ri-ht in -he exrF Sc ol rs
functions when. last fail It : n 81 "a TO sit
the reservation at Aiven time, or that 90, sn .Lll
be fosctu to do 80. lie uid uuf Hp ear. ti,,
therefore the military expedltiat uetor Cen.
Crook was ntted out against hin. Ibis expedl-
tion WAS not successful, Tor reason wLich l. -
n.tnecess.ry now TO 20 into Il was repelseed
encouraged sittinG Bun and his few nunIfl
siou& - tpnse "a They "tfe 4,ls 10 courol
from wyoming (Nr. steele slNs : 3, i,e has
tnforcements from the ressryatlrs. h isa
than tnat which he mas asslg ed. The frct
that those Indians With whom We ha's made
solemn treaty 20 sup ort oH tli' f"se Na-
.tion, nave been only ?. ~ liy ied during tao 81
year by the fsiiure of Cpngfess 10 give pryier
spIropra',iens: ne ssene,T- a REQ 1i.ad an4
fP"ii"d Ia were o haei to cut down tae
suO.isteuCe TO ons-quarlet q the ia
tors. 1hus the Ind ans, Instead of having
starved. Tns is .h- hr-t cause OF their com
pau ihr. rAuit-u vv.-..-..-.. ~ III
-i khow,tne sub .stsnce Il" len i,u u, 90
Carried on st diminished rlte isiled eLn ely by
the Is OF r That U need Coug ess 10 Iaaae
4hother appfopratlon ~ osuef - cke Out n
Ymall hat before the IL 81 Juiy auie roun tue
-ia.t pO I'D Of food Was distributed. mat has
Obliged Congress to tkt OGt the supplies for ten
Gays longer py d s1eCial aIpr r1pritiOa 20 inoet
the emergency. lhe Consequence q! f.iss"as
that excitement spread an'ouP ;hos- wid "a bes
by theli snceess scalisl Cen Gro naany VI tue
ohisis, REQ Cloud and Spotted Tail, il is as
eer.sd haNe been successful In keeping tIe
main BODY Of Their ior.ts In order. Audod u
this IS the statrment ~Hlch na, gone abroad
emoAg tue InulanS that /, Is proposed to trans
feE them to the War Dep Ttinent, ma that (as
the Indians interpret ~ means That tns Gov
{Tumeut proposes to wthiraw ali protection
from the INDIANS and giye them up ~ tbs ex-
Termination OF military rule. ]. Is well ioI Con
rress and the county, to know the literal
fact. 1hat is tie reason why the In-
dians have gone from the reservation 10
Swel the forces uf Sitting Bull and
ttat is the cause oi the massacre which has
taAen place. Ihefs lndi Ia have und ubtedy
eIaggeTated some ot the q II 'aitles to be
perienced by them from Ia. proposed u. .nsfsr.
but IL is not stTauge they Should exd. ger tie
them. The f-ct IS, however Tn I q ting 6ord
thai they were to Ue transferred TO the care OF
the Military Department, the Cheyenn anu
Atrapahoes have become unse se,tlUu, Il ave
al gone from the Reservations and .he result
Of all tnat was To reinforce sittinS Buii, VINO
with nis original few hundred men could not
have withslOod such force as 4ster brought
hgainsI him. II Is well for Congress ana the
county TO unders ard these facls.
MIR. Page (Rsp. Cal.), who had originally In
troduced the ball, tod had fterward reported
u from the COmuittee on Indian Affairs, re
naked that the b had no reiero nee 10 the
late ludian war and that all dscu.sIon on that
point Was entirely out OF place.
hr' hassOh Rep. Iowa. read from the treaty
WIN tue sioux, TO snow thHt the United Sta o.
eYrerd' ~ She sixteenth article Of the treaty,
thal inc VerS country which this oii proposed
60 thfow open to exploration and ss'tlement
wn 10 De held as uuceded Indian territory, And
that no white person shoulJ be perGitted to
settle upon II OF pass through II without the
consent Of the Indians.
hr. FaRe denied hat that was the force or oh