Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-10
give up my country want to be paid

give up my country | want to be paid
for it.
We are ready to work, but where
are the implements to work wi,h?-
How can VIC work when we have, nc
axes, no augurs, no plows, and no
moving machincs2 Then, we have
no pants, land we cannot work in blau.
kcts. @.c,haye no strong cattle or
horse 10 . pow withholding but
ponies. Ii we had horses and wagons
we could haul wood. We know how
to work, ,,and only wait for, imple-
ments.
I Now, about ra,ions. j have often
heard enough i'll the last two years
that we were not entitled to rallpns;
'llat they are present To us. See
the WHITE men going into the Black
Hills aud carrying off our gold. ] do
E=nmul=trouhle= Ii =lLe1n.2l=do=nnl=exel go
there TO see whether they are there
or not; learn it in the papers and il
/ the great father will read tine papers,
I he can read it for himself.
/ So, if the white man gives us ra-
tions for two years for nothing, hc
comes and takes away our gold, with:
out our consent, for nothing. We do
not feel much in debt.
| The time has not-yct come for the
rations-to be issued to separate fami-
lies, and it will not come until we are
all settled down. These people of
mine, many Of them are only good on
account Of the rations-dpn't WITH
hold them.
Thc.great father said he would
give me a church and school-house,
and now that have got them. he
wants me to move away from them.
We do not want to do it.
When the young ones arc educated
and grown up they can work; it will
be all right. We cannot at once put
up houses; give us two years for this,
and we will be comfortably housed.
The great father says the northern
Indians steal; but white men steal as
well as Indians. The white men
come in here and steal our land and
our gold (referring to the Black
Hills,) while the Indian only steals
horses, and not always from white
men, either. The great father should
say nothing. The white-man goes in
to the Black Hills armed, too, and pre-
pared to fight, and points at every
one. Tell the great father to help us,
if he will help US we will help him.
But the great father does not always
-keep-his promises with-,,s the
Omaha chiefs Senators Hitchcock
Paddock) that we have not yet been
paid for the lands that we have given
up all claim to.s..zMc-want--them TO
keep their promises. l have done.
Spotted Tail was frequently inter
rupted by manifestations Of approval
of his sentiments, and cries of show" !"
chow" that sounded strangely like
"hear," shear" After he had con-
cluded, Nothing, a young chieftain
and representative Of the young
bloods,arose, and, shaking hands with
Spotted Tail and Major Howard, said /:
You vetold US not to go on the
war path. 4 will not listen to the
old chiefs (pointing to Spotted Tail
and Txo Strike. We young-mcn
cannot get everything we want as
the old chiefs can. We must 90 on
the war path to get horses and pIund :
cr in order to live. If | am not to
go -ot,-t4,c war path t want 900 guns
and horses; if so, all right, then /
will listen TO the words Of the old
=chicfs. We young men do not want
to leave here and =go=on=to=thc-Alis.
souri, river. That is all.
During the speech Of the young
chicltain it was evident that his re.
marks were -ealy- approved blythe bv t44tc
young braves who were present.
Major Howard then arose and said:
| am very glad that you all came
to-day, and that We have had such a
good council. | will report all your
words to the great father, and do the
best can for you.
AT this the council wus dispersed,
the Indians quietly starting for their
homes. They do not much relish the
idea of moving from here, especially
tolhe Missouri river, where the pros
pects> for farming and grazing are no
better than l.orc. They seem to act
as thouglrthey thought that as long
as they quietly submit to the invasion
of the Black Hills by the miners,
they should receive great deal of
consideration at the hands Of the
WAlikox.