New-York tribune., 1876-07-15
COUNCIL OVER THE BLACK HILLS,

INSPECTOR VASDEyEEE'S RFToRI-KED CLOUD, SPOT
IT'D ran AND HE FRIENDLY CHIEFS WILLING
To- SURRENDER TIE HIGS
WA,mSGrON, July 1.-THE Indian Olice has re
ceiyed the report OF Wm. Vaudeycrc. United States
I.di1u Inspector relating 10 the disposition NJ the
Indians at the Red Cloud aud spotted Tail Agencies
;r Naudcycrc had council a, the Red Cloud Indian
A.aaey jane 30, 1876, at which were present Red
anI all his principal chiefs spotted Tail aso
and Swift Bear. He made a statement 10 the chiefs
IN regard TO the Black Hills and the relations of the
Government 70 the tribes represented by tie chiefs
present a. the council His statement was this
The -uprllcs were nearly exhausted. Beef aud nour
for Il lew tays only vero hand. Before any NOR"
W. sent th-n they mus, agree 10 rcnqush all right
them the Government agreed 10 furnish pound ~ beef
and pound of our per day TO each Indian sotted ON
the rec fon ,or four years The time for which tho
Government had agreed to furnish beef aud -four under
tie treaty long agO expired. bat that there was M
zluc and the indian, could not live by farming IN mat
country aud they would str'c unless they Lad help,
the ioycrnrent IA, couuued to iced them before.
Iu iba meantime gold has been discovered I'm that part
Of their country known a. the BLACK hl!A lhc ba'k
Is is their country under the tr"aty 81 1865 bat tnc}
10 not use I- ard 10 nor know how o get the gold
Whte nave gone to the ms Q" get the gold Ihey
have night ." X" but have gone" ana are h"" ttrr III
such numbers that they cannot DC driven out Tue H.
dans foolish to 80 10 war about the Black Hiil+
They must remrinhcr that the Government is tecdu
tLc' though not bound 50 to do; ana taat now II they
want peace. The only thing tncy can 10 II 10 H,e Gr
thc Black ii'lr. on condition tdt tue poNcihh'I WI
give them beef. -four, cattle, farming implements 'hd
su,l A. help The Indians
must do another thing that i- hg'"" 70 Dc moved "htn
ever Great Faher wauts to change them 10 pace
thcy live better and nayc good and TO t'ri
Inspector Vandcyere talked at considerable let 9Th
10 the Indians and spoke of the necessity to them
of peace and of the good disposition OF the Govern
mcnt toward them. He said, in conclusion: When
the Council met last year You were foolish, AHA
asked too much for the Back Hills you are wiser
now and 80 are we; this matter can be settled,
first with Spotted Tail and Red Clouds people and
chen sc viii get rhc other Indians on the Missour.
and elsewhere 10 join III the agreement; and We Will
have peace aud Sitting Bull of the North and all his
people will then have to make peace
The Indians listened to the talk with respectful at
tcntiOn, giving many signs @, assent Red Cloud
Spotted Tail, Swift Bear, Red Dog, Fast Bear, and
others responded Spotted Tail harangued the In
dians at length, telling them that the talk was good
and that the time has come when tbey mus all DO
as the Great Father wanted them 10 do.
After the council the Indiana divided of INTO
bands and cOuEsclcd among themselves. They
came 10 the Inspector aitcrward, during the eYhu-
ing and next mornng, and SAID that his words were
good that they would rclinquish the Black Hills
upon the terms named, and they wanted the agree
ment written down. Il tho Great Father scnd'
Commissioners, they said they w"rld sign all these
things aud give up the Black Hills. Spotted Tail
but that he would advise his people 10 do ~ the
Great Father wanted. The chiefs all promised 10
keep their people at home, aud 10 remain near the
Cgenaics. They declared and the evidence sustains
their declaration, that very fe" Sioux are absent
and that it is chiefly the Chcyennes who have co'-
mitted the depredations in this neiehborhood, ana
who have gone north to join the hostile Sioux.
The Inspector remarks that il ls of the utmost Inn
portanco that supplies should not now be delayed.
1hc present favorable feeling among these Indians
cannot last if they are left TO dos'tutlon and want
They nave present means of subsistence, ana they
must be fed a while by the Government to secure
their good conduct. tnquestionably, II would Lo
far cheaper to feed them than 10 tight them. Tho
following recommendations are made IN the report
The arrangement with the Indians that regard as
prHcC able the proscat tine j. a. oet"eth
the AMI the Government by whlch lhr! hhhi rehlu-l
all right to Black His ana consent 70 such iin-
shcd boundaries reservation ~ shal hecOrttns
object. In cousrqueucc OF tins relinqushlneDt, TIE
shall guarantee to continue supplies Oi FOOD
other article. them, under the oilncr treaty,
i've years date OF tIe new arrangement.
would further stpuiate win the inuahs that lLey
ss whenever te Government requires, consent In the
removal Of their agencies from thor present locations 10
point that may designated for thon on on near hc
Missouri River better farming lands can Dc found,
the Government may choose 10 Transfer
them to better their condition. As an lhiuc"noh 10
their TO such removal taHsef there should Ds
offered them reasonable supply OF STOCK cattle. oxeh'