The New York herald., 1876-07-11
THE SIOUX TREATY OF 1869.
lFrom the 81. Louis Globe. .pemocraLl


ST. LOUIS July :, 1876
To THE EDITOR GLOBE -DEAocRAr:-
BY solemn treaty, ratified with all tho forms attend
Ing treaty with FIRST class European Power, the
United States agreed with the Sioux 1sGs that al the
country north of the North Platte River and
Tummts OF the Big Horn Mountains and west OF the
Mississippi River should be held aud considered to be
unccded Indian territory and that no white person
should be permitted upon occupy any por
ton OF the to pass through the without
the consent of the Indians first had obtained HeIe
is solemn dedication OF tract of country OF vast ex.
tent to Darbarism-a country larger than any of
first class Staies-upon which no American citizen
shall ever be permitted to set his loot or through
without the consent OF the autocrat Indian.
Such bargains were very likely 10 bring the results
we have witnessea.
provided the part of the Indian that In consideration
that the United states should deliver to the Indians ut
the agency the LIST OF August each year. Tor thirty
years TO each male Indian over fourteen years SUIT
II woolcn clothes, consisting OF coat panaloons,
uanncl shirt, hat and par OF home made socks; to
zach cmaic twelve years, lanne skirt, goods
to make IT, pair OF woollcn hose, twelve yards of
the Ike articles Tor all the young Indans-in consd-
eration OF this and sundry other things the magnani
nous SIOUX agreed -
!. That we IN ght build railroads anywhere pleased
outside OF their vast domain
That they would allow coaches and wagons and
people about all over the Uncd States, except
their reservation
g. That they would not 20 any to the white set
children
That they would not kill and scalp white men any
more.
s. They graciously permitted tho establishment of
military the States aud Territories south oil the
North Pattc--on their territory jefferson Barracks
and ST. Louis Arsenal we're thus permitted
WHAT THE CONCESSIONS COST.
In consideration OF these gracious concessions OF
privileges TO the whites they agreed TO give each In
dian big and little, male and female $40 cash per year
every year Tor thirty years ar long they engage
In hunting or loailng exclusively. When they engaged
in farming they to have $40 per year. to be
pended in the purchase OF such things as the Secretary
of the Interior may think best aud they also to
have for four years pound OF meat and pound
OF -four for each Indian OF the age OF four years.
Now, the Black Hills country Is situated within this
reservation OF the Sioux. When General Custer
ported gold III that country white men went there in
violation OF this treaty. General Crook went up there
And ordered them out, and they went Then the gov
ernment called great council OF the Sioux, 10
slider proposition Tor the
The Commissioners on the part OF the United States
met the Indians last summer the vicinity of Crow
Butte and the Commissioners narrowly ESCAPED being
massacred The demands of the Indians pre-
posterous that no bargain made White men again
went into the Black ILLS ana the Indians commenced
hostilltcs. BY the treaty of 1865 the Indians
served the righ, TO hunt any lands north of the
North Platte and the Republican Fork fthc smoky
Hill River. THIS latter privilege was afterward reiiu-
qushed IN consideration OF cattle horses and supplies
oi various kinds
making any "treates' with the Indians They should
nave been lcgsated for and made subjects of the law
President Grant first declared the true policy toward
the Indian in this respect but the failure carry into
effect, by proper legislation. the
SUGGESTION OF TIiE PRESIDENT,
has resulted in leaving Of country called
'Indian reservations without evil government aud
without the machinery Tor enforcing the la. The In
dian Territory, bordering Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas, Is instance OF a country surrounded by
civilization and iaw-largc enough and rich enough in
natural resources make "a great Statc--soemny
dedicated TO lawlessncss, nursery OF barbarism
tained In the very centre OF civilization.
Why is It that Congress does not wake up and cx-
anime this subject? Why 10 not the newspapers wake
up Congress? They very wakening agency when
they become loud on any particular subject
THOMAS {. FLETCHER