Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-10

!. gcther to-day to tell you-:,ll of you
the news which / learned in Wash.
4=ington There is news for yousfrom
the great father that will surprise
you, and not please you; but these
are my orders and must tell you.-
You remember not long sinco the
great father appointed u ntw man at
the head Of your affairs. Scnator
Chandler. He is a good man, and a
Egood fllend of the great father, and
and the great father will listen to him.
There has been ~ new commissioner
OF Indian affairs appointed, too.
have four thugs To talk TO you
about,lo day. F.rst, these ,nor,heri,
Wild Indians, the MAn,la!.s, The M.n
neco,,jous, the G,os. VcA,res, The AS
sln.buIies, the \ l<aires, the, Peg
ions, and Tie Grows, who cause, Us 81,
mach trouble. Tue Great Father dc.
sircs you 10 send word TO these pco-
| pie that unless they return to the
agencies provided for them, and re.
main there, and STOP fighting aud
Stealing, and g'maraudilg over, tho
county, they sasill be considered as
enemies the government and of the
Great Father and his soldiers, and
they will be treated rs enemies; and
that they can have until lIie last day
Of January toSgo to their reservations
and stay there. This he told me to
tell you, and if any Of you have any
friends among these Indians, tell them
to go TO their agencies and be good
Indians, as you are. They cause a
great deal Of trouble; they steal
horses and commit deprcdations
everywhere. This must stop.
Next, want to talk to you about
your rations. The Great Father says,
and he wants you to remember it,
that they are gratuity, free gift, d
present. The treaty under which
rations were to be supplied to you
expired two years since. You will
remember that | have often told you
that you should draw by families IN
stead Of doing as you do now, that is,
have one man draw for u number Of
lodges. You remember that told
you that ! expected to be ordered to
issue to you in this way. The order
has come. White people live in. fam
ilies,s and each man should be chief Of
his own family, and no other, as far
as family matters are concerned. But
when you have tribal business to at
tcnd=to, or the interests Of your ma
tion are concerned, or when you have
business with the government, you
should do it Though your Chiefs
You have the smartest and best chief
in the whole Sioux nation among you
as your chief-do your tribal business
through him, but. if any Of you have
any business with me as individuals,
come to me, and | will attend to it for
you.
Next, | want to talk to you about
schools. You all know that in 1868
you all agreed to send your children
to schools SO that they might learn to
live as white people do. The Great
Father has, ut his expense, built for
you comfortable schooEhouse, and
he has sent teachers here to teach
your children. This costs you moth.
ing. Now, those Of you who wish to
send your children to school may
move up here near the agency build.
ings to live, while those WHO do not
send their children to school must
move further away. So if.you- come
here to live you must send your child
ren to school. ! shall insiss-upon it.
The great advantage in this for you.
is that your children may get -knowl-
edge, and be taught TO live as; white
people do. As an inducemcnt for
you tosdo this, the Great Father has
told tot me To- give TO every child who
attends school, one pound Of beef ex-
ira each day, aud those Of you who
say that you do not get beef enough
should remember this. Next, the
Great Father wants youto work; the
head Of each family for himself, and
he says that you must work or you
will get no rations. Those WHO are
able to work, and do not, have no
right to eat. He says that you must
cut logs, and build houses for yourss
selves; and when you have them built
| will send carpenters, and have doors
and windows put in for you. And
you must dosthis or freeze, for the
Great Father will give you no more
tepee cloth-you have drawn the last.
And ! now have the most uapleas-
ant news Of att III -tfor-you, and
Der that these are MT my words, but
those Of the great chief. 1t has been
recommended to congress, and if con
gress agrees to it it will be done, that
x;c,, In oil ,novoJ - IL, Mr..