, 1876-07-09

learned OF the proposed tranafer of tno 1na;-
nareHn nareiNd, to tho War Department. carts ct
| uatIlson had the same views ,,,o,. ~ -
lnni3n question. He reminded tha Hhns. +ba
hotliatn a.. i.insun had chled arest reputatio1 M
sja.e a,,1, y, tat NJ na:i' cjud cxiat halt
aiso upun Harrison, aed lie derlareIl th,f fl th
lnnina States could Tot exist laIf-sIavt: an.
.lasa-oaroarots aui1 III! - only heroic inciun
| IT, THE wAoAa Bull.
ta. Il nt;@s men eon1ounl the Sitting Bull O.
Sns SoThn, ING leader OF thu Wild trbrs with tht
Sitting Bull Of the Ogal}alas who vas ero in til III,
1r.!c. nouuc. !ast s401ner, aud whom the Freadep
presented with q rifle uri account Of Ills rrcat
service 10 the whites. The latter Sitting Bui
G, = tma o'1n who arose In ttv Council ut tic Rct
the Congressional COMMISSIONER E seemed med ID ID
aanger, AMI, drawing the rifle which the Pres
Gent gnyc him. sal1, "Therc must he no trouble
It Hsre. HAese white men must MT be hurt. TAe
n!xt i!;, 1halan that draws on white n1nn shall
kl!l mysnll." This had the effect to quiet tho
angry saYagcs. But the Sitting Bull Of the
North. against whom the present military
operations are directed, has never been /
particlpant ip any treaty, and has never mani,
toward the whites.
Gen. Sherman expressed the hope tonight
that the Sioux will now scatter, and that Tie
military operations will not be Us dill
cult as have been anticipated. Tho
Sas the Ga,sy nap b. t3ke eat point
tFcaty OF 1903, viii more abundant nrovisim,a
This js not fact. The treaty Of 1863 provided
that the Government should feed those Indians
fGp tour EeaTs from is date The four
that date, rs Delegate Steel showed to-day, the
United States Government, without any reauirE-
ment OF treaty stipulations, has given these ycry
siou1 for food over &8,500,0lo. Under this
mnch-auqted ny treaty the Sioux have no Claim,
and for years have had 10 claim whatever upon
the Government for one dollar for food.
TUE DEBATE,
10 the Wksfel77 AssocjaEed Hrtks
WAsn1Noros, D: G: july s.-Ths House this
morning took up the bill reported by the Com
nittee on Indian Affairs declaring thu country
north Of the North Platte River aud cast Of tho
summit Of the Big Horn Mountain, in Wyoming
territory, open to exploration and sette1uunts
Ar. Fort inquired If the late disastrous battle
WIN ths II, inalas tad taken place IN the country
Mr; Steele, OF Wyoming, stated 1t was not
fact that military operations were carried on
WITHOUT roierence to the peace policy. In 1853
the United States made treaty with thp Slpux
a national dishonor ind disgrace. That treaty
had been the foundation OF al the difficulties Ia
the Sioux country, and the rauso Of the death
a. q cnster and his men ea.s In that Big
aud c. ]: slnith, SO as to open the roads 70 Mnn-
tuna, and to protect the country Of the friendly
Crows from thu hostile Sioux. Iii keepingthese
posts and opening that road many men, citizens,
and soldiers had been killed. Notably among
saero Of Fetternan aud his command, m ,' At
Fort Phil K0aruey,- --ninety-sik men
nj" men i had sscreoa their G lives, @ tie T. GoTesn sne
n,ent went to work snd made treaty. by which
]; 'gnomlnloasiy abanaonea J.. that country 70
loaying tlleFe the bones af the men who had
laid down their lives in the wilderness. Was 1t
to be wondered at, uAder these circumstances,
that Sitting Bull and his men believed they were
superior to the general Government. Anybody
knows that tho legitimate result OF That COW
aEdly policy OF 'spearc at any price was to de-
fcr only the evil day which has now come upon
US. Since that time the aioux have been con:
Na,1iy, sNtantly depEedatlng on the frontiers Of
moro MEN have fallen there ID tbe
peaceful avocatiops Of civil life without mur-
1uur being heard than fell under the gallant
Custer on the 18th of June The friendly Crows
have been raided upon with every full nionn, 50
have become so great aud SO long continued
that even the psnaable Indian Department
could not stand them longer, and called on the
military arm Of the Government to punish
those mon. It was in carrying out this
policy that Custer a.1 his soldiers have been
sacrificed. was up III that country lust ut the
tiunc tile Commissioners were there, attempting
e negotiate with the siou3. At that time
. Young Hts1iorses,'' q tie hercd-
tary Chieftain OF the Ogallala tribe, and the
nan man who, BY birth is entitled to reign oyer
northern country u1&d0r Sitting Bull and
Crazy Horse more than from, 100 to 2oo
lodges, which would not give them over 800
ighting men all told Yet the report Which we
nov get is there were / 500 lodges, agggregating
$500 or 1900 fighting men in the enca1n nplncnt
II village attacked by Custer. Where did these
men come from! They came iron. the
!!gencics, where they had been fed and |
'attened by our Government, and where they
lad been better armed than the soldiers are.
They ca1no from those reservations to fight our
roops, and, If the present peace policy is contin
led, they will go back there as soon as the snow
Falls to tcol themselves and their ponies for. !
acW operations next spring.
Discussion followed, IN which many members |
partluipated, and the bill went over.