The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-22
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A Fact Which Red Cloud and His Red
Loafers are Fully Aware.of-They
Have Another Talk With
The Commission,
Which is Broken up BY Sitting Bull Jry
And is Followed ty the Regulation
Feast.
Red Cloud Agency, Sept. 10 via Fort
Laramie, Sept. 21.-The Commission
succeeded to-day in bringing Red Cloud
and his people to a council. Among
the prominent Indians present were
Red Cloud, Little Wound, Swift Bear,
Red Dog, Red Leaf, Black Coal, White
Tail, Sitting Bull, Pretty Crow, Eagle
Dress, Young Man Afraid and Quick
Bear. Many officers from Camp Rob-
inson attended the council, which lasted
two hours. Red Cloud made the first
speech.
He said his <people were willing to
give up b eBlack Hills country and al
so have his young men take a journey
to see the country spoken of by the
commission Indian Territory and if
they report it a good country his peo-
pie will SO consider it; if they report it
bad they will consider it bad.
Quick Bear said that when the young
men got back from that country the In
dams would want to go to Washington
with their agents, chiefs and interpre-
tiers and have a talk with their Great
Father before giving this country up.
Sitting Bull said: 81 have got a
judgment against the agent. If he is
sues every ten days promptly, all right,
but if he don't 1 will go north"
Young-Man-Afraid said: "My faith
er shook hands with the Great Father
on the Platte river and was told that
this country belonged to the Dacotahs.
1 was brought up in this country to be
a chief. The soldiers have no concern
in this country. Since l have been here
and tried to do right 1 wish to tell you
plainly that I have been ashamed ever
since the soldiers came here and sat
down. I wish you, my friends, who
have brains and hearts, would tell my
Great Father what my opinion is, and
what l have said. 1 agree to the young
men going on the journey, but We are
going to ask of the Great Father a great
many things. We expect to have feed
and blankets as long as we live. The
Great Father has not lived up TO his
promise in the past.
American Horse said: The soldiers
have no business here. If they wish to
arrest anybody the country is wide; let
them go and arrest them. There are
a greatmany bad men in the north; let
the soldiers go and arrest them. laugh
ter on the part Of the Indians.)
Here Red Cloud took DR.. Daniels,
Major Howard and Joseph Bisnett and
set them among the Indian chiefs and
said he wanted them to do his business
for him and to go to the southern coun-
try with his young men. He also want
ed F. C. Bouchet, Antoine Janise, Bill
Rowland, Hank Clifford, Todd Randall,
Frank Solway and Nelse Moran to go as
interpreters.
Red Dog said the Indians were not
willing to sign any paper until the young
men got back from the Southern coum-
try, and they had a chance to go to
Washington and talk face to face with
the Great Father.
Black Coal, chief of the Arapahoes,
said his people had equal rights with
the Sioux to the Black Hills country,
and they would want their share of the
money received for them. He was
willing to go and look at the Southern
country.
Bishop Whipple replied to the Indians
that the Great Father required them to
sign a paper binding themselves to go
to the Missouri river if they didn't go
to the Indian Territory else they would
get no more rations. He urged them
to consent at once to the propositions
and go to the Indian Territory upon the
return of their young men.
Judge Gaylord, Solicitor of the In
terror Department, followed to the same
effect, urging prompt action on their
part in order to secure rations in the
future.
While he was talking, Sitting Bull,
to whom the President gave a fine rifle
last year, broke up the council, saying
there would be plenty more days to
talk.
Supplies were issued to the Indians
for a feast tonight and it is thought
another council may be held to-mor-
row.
OYSTER BAY,
444 Ferguson street, opens tonight.
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