The daily gazette., 1877-10-24
OCTOBER "a, 1877.

Sitting Bull has lost all faith in his
great Father of the United States, and
and gone ON visit to his great Mother.
He is safely across the line into British
territory, and proposes to stay there. His
language in his address TO General Terry
which will be found at length in another
column, was anything but compliment
ary to this country, while it in speech
and action as plainly indicated his pre-
ferance for his great Mother, as it was
possible for him to do. His language
and manner Of communicating his ideas
of his contempt for the government of
this country seems very child-like. But
his fellow warriors seem to consider it
just the most appropriate, and attested
their admiration of it by frequent how !!
how's! Two or three of the chiefs of
other tribes followed him and spokeI in
the same strain; and, as if to make the
whole council as ridiculous as possible,
and show the utmost contempt for the
otNAe - nSACA nhA hlo oOlulC1o3 all luuldQ
squaw was brought into The council and
made to speak. Her language was like
that of the chiefs, and she declared she
intended TO stay across the line and
raise her children. All the council pro-
ceedings took place in the presence of
the English officers. 1t was doubtless
anything but pleasant to General Terry
and the othei U. S. Commissioners. 1t
will prove good riddance if the coun-
try is thus free of these bad Indians.
The Indians have always cost this coun-
try far too much money. 1t is true, no
doubt that they have been frequently
cheated out OF most of the money that the
government gave them. But then it is
the practice of the Yankee to cheat every
one he can, and we cannot see how the
indian can be made an exception or es-
cape this grief so long as the Yankee has
the power to influence the great Father.
II the Indians were made to feel the ter
rible effects that might befall them if this
government were to withdraw its aid
from them for year or two it would
have more effect upon them than crush
ing them on the battle field has ever had.
We tax our people every year to pay some
six or seven millions of dollars to Indians
And the frequent wars grow out of the
disbursement of these moneys. They
use the money to buy arms and ammu-
milton from the English across the bor-
der.
But the trouble with these Indians NAV
be very properly traced to the conduct of
Grant and his Cabinet. When thew
were brought to Washington two or three
years ago to negotiate, Grant offered them
$4,000 to agree to remove to a new
eservation. They refused it and begged
for $4,000. Grant and his Cabinet were
told by the chiefs, that they could not
satisfy Sitting Bull and their young men
with that small sum, and after remaining
IN Washington for some weeks,they were
'olu they would be compelled to go to
The new reservation whether they took the
$4,000 or not, and ordered home. The
wars that have followed as the fruits of
this detestable niggardness when there
ought to have been some show of gener-
osity, has cost tie country the lives Of
many brave officers and soldiers, and the
robbery and death of hundreds OF border
settlers. There are now hopes of short
peace;out it Is not such peace as renders
any security. The angry chief may at
any day take to the war path and again
give us great trouble. No maA can pre-
dict, however, when the people will get
rid OF the injuries resulting from the
general badness of Grants administra-
tions.