The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-27
SPOTTED TAILS SPEECH.
TEE PLAINEsT KIND or TALK TO
THE SIOUX COMMISSION
Giving n Record Of Violated Treaties and
Broken Promi-e--The Cause Of the War
signing the Black nils Treaty.


oPorrEp IAiL AGENCY Nep, sept SS'-
The hrst council with The Sioux at Spotted Tail !
Agency with the full commission was held TINS
afternoon. Col. Boone, as Chairman, sBid: |
/" Nv friands sevsn davs sincs wa sant down |
some propositions to you that we're submitted |
to the poople at Red Cloud. We have come now
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10 near your answer anu uec's'"h'
Spotted FAIL said We nave come here to
ma.t vou NV fri nda Wa b,va considered tina
80 ' ~ 49,. =, -
Wotus you otouSht us from tue ore"t rdtner'
and have made up my mind. THIS Is the nfth
TINA yxor,s bave Gonna TO ma from the Grant
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f"her' httne Tune the hrst treaty was msuo
on Horse Creek, there was a promise made to
horrovv IN. overiand road of tina Iodt,ns and
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though was COY then, they told me that PROM
ises were made to last nfty years. These prom
ia.a s o.. NAT haan Lent hs naxt oonfaranca
iso' "e'e "o' 'eon Ap'' 80 ooie,e"oo
we had was held with Gen. Maynadler,whent there
was no promise made, but We made friends and
.no.,L n.,a. rho, ,h.,a v.s tho ,,a.,v uada
'"ooN "u'' ' '"o'' "' '"' "o' '
ny Zen. snerman' Ten. ssoborn and Gen. Har-
ney when we we're told we should have an
uuhies anu soous ior 'hrV i've years. iheS
said this, but did not tell the truth. At that
time C.n snarman ,oid ma ,ba co,,n,rv waa
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'n'"e anu s"'"iu seiect any place. "i'"eu '"'
my reservation. said would take the coun-
try from the head ~ Whtte river to the Mia
80, -, - -, 49, - -,
souri, nc s@'u 'hef "ouio give US cows W iaise
cattle. mares 10 rtise horses, huu oxen hno
wagons to haul logs with, 10 haul goods aud
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ea'u money '"a. way ho ss'u as" '"e'os uou'1
be issues OF such Things as We needed to learn
tue arts with, anu besides that money to every
one. lie tod us that each Of US should nave
hiteen dollars Tor Hu annuity, but l
tolu tnein tnat was bad amount, that
We did not understand money, aud
that IL snOulu ne t2O 90 eacn one, aud assent
ed ~ tina. lie tOid me these Things should be
carried out. aud Tor me 10 40 10 tue mouth OF
the " milestone aud locate NV people, ud these
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true. hen these PROMISES fsiled 10 Oo carried
out, wenI myself 10 see The Great Father, and
Tue u eat Father told me to 10 home and select
any place Ia my country chose Tor my nome,
anu sO there and live Win my people. l came
home, ana selected this place anu moved here.
icy told me VI woulh move mere, should re-
out al got was some verJ sulall cows anu some
old Wagons tDat we're worn Out. Again, st
summer you came 10 tax ABOUT the country,
ana We saId we would CONSIDER the matter. We
III we wOuid leave L. to tue ureat Father TO set
Tie. In reply to That he has sent you out this
summer. You have come To visit our land. and
now ask you now many years there are Tor us
to liver
My friends. YOU who sit before me are trad
ers, are nercusuts. You nave not come nere to
turn anything cut Of tue wy without paying for
H. " u.n :, man has a ia, ssessiou tn al he yaIu,s
aud another party comes to Duy IL, he bruss
with niu sucn good tnings as he wishes To pur-
ootu Intellect aud nt att: YOU use tuese to CON
sIuef IA what way you Can 90 the Utst 10 live.
NJ, poo l., VIVA are mere oefOrg YOU, re prr-
M are ~ Ell of age anu dignity, nd men Of tuat
klnu nave good Judgment, and couslder well
wbat they 90. 4 iufsr from that tuat you
are mere to consider well what snail Dc good
ior my people Tor a tonx zine tu come | lniuk
each oil you h,s selected somewhere a good
piece oi nj Tor himself with tue intention 10
1--we un It that ne may mere r. ise his cnIuten.
MY people are not different lucy aish i've upon
the ear.n and upOu thlnss that come 10 them
from ABOVE. We nave the sane Ihuugnts anu
{, slres In tnat respect IN I the white people
nave mis- rs line country where the, wsrs
" htr Ii, Ieu nil tneir mr.,
ertl, their children, anu their horses, \ gu uAVe
come mere TO by this country OF us, anu It
would he well IL you would come wi. h the gOOds
YOU ptopose 20 awe us. ana to put them cut Of
your h-no, 80 that we eau see the good price
you propose 10 pay fur II. Then our hearts
woulu be sIad. Ny people have grown up to-
gether with these wuite men ~ho nave married
into our triDe. A great many Of US h-ve learned
TO speak lbeir language aud our childfen are
with them In our school. ana we want 10 be con-
sidered al one people Win them.
My friends, wusn you 10 back to the Great
Father, want you TO tel MIN TO send US goous;
SEND US yokes anu oxen, and give Us Wagons so
We can earn money W Launng goods from the
rail- Dad. InIs seems to ne to be very hard
Jay; balf of our country Is al war And We have
come upon very dihcult times. ihis war uid
not sprihg no mere IA our Iand' IL Was Drought
upon Us W Tue rhiluren oI tue Great Father,
VINO came 70 .ake our ianu toin US without
price, anu "nO 40 gro.t many eNl Things lhe
ureAt ther anu Ills ehluren re To blaine Tor
tnis trouble, We nave mere sstoIenouse to hold
our pIoH'e'ohs' put .he NroA. ra.ueT sehus US
very ittle PROVISIONS 70 put into our storenuuse,
and wnen our people pecdme dlspleased with
out piONie'oho ehN ~ q eN"o wv ~ " "Hht' Nhs
chljren oi Tue Urea rather are nshtlhg 'hem.
IL MS oeeh our "ish 70 IVY neIe peaVeaob' out
the treat r tuer has nlleu IL WIN soldiers VINO
tnlnk oniS OF oll ueAIu, Soule Oh our peOpe
VINO nave gone from mere III ofuer that tnei may
nave change ana olhvTs VINO nave gone nortn
10 hunt' nave uesn httacheu ~ solulers from
thls ul1ectlVh, anu W"eIe tuey nave GOT horth
nave oeeh at'aVAeu ~ soiulvfs iIom olner
olrectlour' anu now "heh tueF are WILING
To cohe oaCk' tne solulel stahu ort"eeh theun
ana Keep them iom coming nome. IL seems
10 me- tnere Is oetteI WAY tuah luls. Mhen
people come 10 uouplo u 10 oetter lor poth
partles 10 come IoRetner without arms, TAX
oNef. anu nhu some peacelul way 10
sc tie. You nave mentioned 10 mo Two co4n-
tries. Inc Missouri river county SNOW. When
We were there we hAu great ueal oi trouble
left hundreds more people ouried there. ne
other country nave never seen' Out agree 10
20 look al II Win my OF my young men. W hen
tnls uouule cnhmehceu Tue ufe9t rather
stoppeu the saIe OF ahuiuhltlon' Wulch mas
caused great suffering 10 NY people; Notwith-
standing. we are All slhcere 10 40 what - goo
Tor our people. Ny lrlehu tpoihting 10 Gen.Nan
Deyefl, you are wise MAJ. W heh you NeIs
here Last spring you to'u me you "ouid help
pe. want YOU To DO IT,
swirl beaT theh stiu ihey wanted 10 consider
until TOMORROW. Inc propositions we're read
for the second time ana lhterpreted, aud tue
council auJ"u'ne uhtll morhlh9.
sept "a treaty WIN tue Indians OF this
agency was concluded TINS evening AFTER thee
hours counell SPOTTED Ian mace another
lengthy 8. eech, IN "hich ne lnsiste ed upon eoug
I nan or IlEA 1E-N laaaL