Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-05

counted for, no occasiln for uborrow.
ing" is likely TO arise.
Much of this chanIc is tlae 10 Cal.
John Burkes who came TO the agency
last spring. Possessingia level head
and practical mihd, with splendid cx.
ecutive abilities, he has rcorganizcd
the agency in every particular, and
through tirmness and Kindness, while
at the sailc time has meted out exact
Justice ,fhe has gained the confidence
OF the Indians, who ccmc to him with
al! their troubles, cydn Of - domestic
and if he can aid thcmhe does
SO chccrfully, or without nonsense
satisfies them he cannot interfere.
Even though the llia4s are like
and sna:lcsi EsliAlten>at that,
in he issue OF II. .lns. tl4re is now
no confusion aud 10 ,tllA being un-
dcrstood that al! misunderstanding
must be fixed at the office Of The
agent, 'who, through the interpreter,
aAplains all lhiugs fully to them, but
in few words, and when Lis cancln.
sions are announced that ends the
muiicr.
The agep, seems 10 sympatlaizi
with tEie Lndiaus in all of their laud
able undertakings, while ky IS dispos
ed 70, and does, place his foo! upo,
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The. recrlt' issue vi Iutiian goods II
this agency was the most satisfactory
in every respect ever :aade. Ihi
goods were OF the best--qnality, were
in full qli.niry. aud were so divided
among the SIS clnl bands that there
was, and, has been no complaint =
Usually, lhe time of issue is one o
turmoil and confusion, but Col. Burke
has changed all that.
Ii was unques,ionably tIcpromp
action Of this agcnt at Red Cloud
and his practical recommends. ions
shat saved the Sioux ccmmiission.fron
'mSsaerc, and prevented e genera
outbfeak on the part Of the hostiles,
involving the pcaccably disposed In.
dians in endless tron5les;- and since
then the confidence of the Indians in
Gel Burke has not been lcssencl,
bnt lie has been strengthened in their
affections.
representative OF tsieS,Fihune,
who visited the agency last week
writes:
witnessed killing OF cattle be-
longing to one of the bands, which, |
is done by rotation. 1t is
one Of the most exciting spectacles it
is possible to witness. Imagine 40c
or 500 head Of cattle in a corral; In.
dians by the thousand, with rifles load
ed aud cooked, more than ANXIOUS lel
the slaughter. When all is ready
the cattle weighed and counted, I'll,
word is given, and no one but an Ole
soldier can realize the fact that in
stead Of killing cattle for the Indians
he is in the front line Of some decisive
ll!e.IItcettt4e,zwitl the instinct
of nature, cndeavor to get out Of the
line OF fire, when the word is given to
cease firing and commence Oh ths
other side Of the corral; aud thus j
goes to the cnd-tO the death Of ,Iis
last horny animal. The. wonder i
that accidents, many and fearful, d,
not occur at these killings; but there
seems to be a power directing the re
suit, which kills the animals and harm
none Of the participants.
In a conversation with the agent
Col. Burke, found that these lI.dian
Il eeall Catholics, and have desire 1t
practice that religion: but for somf
unexplained reason, that church ha
not been able TO sustain missio,
there, but he thinks before long th'
Mother Church will take such step
as viii lead these people into !ull IL!
low ship with the sect that numbere'
among its missionaries DeSmet, VIII
is so we'll and highly l'onored by tn
Sioux nation, particularly BY th
Standing Rock Indians. hundreds G
whom knew him, and revere his meu
ory. y short time ago, the Rev. Den
liter visited this agency, and celebra
ted mass at the agents office. 1t wa
IAN imposing scene, the beautiful SCI
vice OF the Catholic church, the fu
attendance OF the employees, and tn
great number of Indians; who SCENE
TO be wrappedin meditation; whc'lie
fovcrawed 'bo the neat appearance {
the decorations (Which, it sceu,s, AZ
4 plenty with the agcnt) or their wel
i der a, the CEREMONY i canno,say. b,
ttts
selves with the greatest decoru,r un
respect The Col. expects in III
spring that encouragement will l
given to make this field Of great in
provemcnt in the advancement of I'll
Indians toward civilization.
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