Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-29
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
The Pow-Wow at the White
House.
INTERESTING SPEECH OF
THE PRESIDENT TO THE
BRAVES.
HIS Policy Toward the Indians Ell.
plicisly stated.
WASHINGTON, September %.

CATION WAS resumed this morning at
the Executive Mansion. There were
present President Hayes, members of
the Cabinet, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, General Crook n others.
The Indians were in full costume. The
President said he was ready to hear
the chiefs If they wished to speak fur
Their. After a pause, Spotted Tail
spoke, urging that the lands now oc-
cupied by his people be secured to
them. Swift Bear, Red Bear, Touch
he.Cloud and White Tail applauded
his words. Red Cloud said: 1.-The foot
of the Hills is a good place to put my
agency. / did not coIne here to beg
anything. The Black Hills were mine.
Il gave them to the Commissioners. L
suppose you are going TO decide what
you are going to give us for the Hills,
and / have come to get it." Other In
dams having spoken. General Crook
advocated their claims, and the Presi-
dent was presented with the pipe of
peace.
The President said: my good
friends, you have been desired to take
counsel with me, and 1 have permitted
you to mt | am glad to SEA you. /
have attentively listened to what you
have said. 1 have also heard MIR.
Walsh and General Crook, who spoke
for Won, as your friends, and who have
my confidence. l have we'll considered
all hat was SAID. Now, listen to my
answer. / rave your welfare sincerely
at heart. | will be n good friend to
you. 1 shall be glad to crafty your
wishes when in my power and Tor
your own good. There is an under
standing between YOU and the white
people which l want TO have carried
out by both. That understanding is
that you should 20 to your reservation
aud occupy il; that the and should be
yours. | hav removed the Poncos to
the Indian Territory to give you more
room. l have promised to procure for
you food for your people To eat. The
Great Council Of the nation, the Con-
gress of the Uniied States, resolved.
and your chiefs aud head men agreed
that the supplies to Do furnished to
you should be- delivered to you near
the Missouri river. This is what
l was told. This is what the
Great Council of my nation he
lieved. l have fulfilled that promise.
Your supplies have been carried to the
Missouri river, and there they are now,
according to our promise. You say
you do not like to go to the Missouri
river, but your supplies can not be
taken to any other place before your
people will need them, and before the
cold days of winter come. If you do
not go near the place where your sup
plies are, your people will be hungry,
and / shall not he able to give them
food. l desire to do all Tor you | can,
and therefore want you to be in a
place this winter where my helping
hand car reach you, but | do not mean
that you and your people shall stay
near the Missouri river always. You
shall stay there only this winter.
When spring ONES you shall select for
your permanent abode such and
on your reservation as you like best.
My agents will aid you in making Sc
lection. Your country is large and
there is much lane where you can cul-
tivate the soil and raise crops, and
where cattle can be fed. That land is
to b6 distributed among you. Ii is To
be surveyed and allotted to each family
to be its homestead. Here you people
can build cabins and make homes Tor
their families. When this land is sur
veyed and allotted, and your families
have taken possession of it, | shall ask
the Great Council of my nation TO give
you cows and oxen m tools with
which t O till the soil, that you may be
able to provide for your own necessi'
ties. l desire you tn nave schools for
your children, so that they may he
educated TO take care Of themselves and
become industrious and prosperous
like the children of my people. | also
wish your people to have churches,
| where they can worship. l shall speak
good words for you to the great coun-
Gil of the nation, that it may grant your
people these benefits. If you are wise
you will heed my advice. The game
is fast disappearing from your country
and you cannot always live as hunters.
| Neither can we for all time provide for
your wants, and feed your people and
their children. II you want to live In
security you must do as the white peO-
Pile. You must work and learn to pro-
duce for yourselves that which you
need. Cattle and hoes and ploughs
will be more useful to you than ponies
and guns. To be educated so
as to know how to work and how
to make their living by raising cattle
and tilling the soil will he better for
your children than hunting buffalo
and dancing wal dances. When you
look around you you will see that
the white people are a great multitude
which you cannot count. Every year
their numbers increase by far more
than the number of red men in this
great land. They cannot be kept
away from the Western country, and
year after year more of them go there.
II you live roamhg about without
homes they will sweep over you like q
food of water. To sustain yourselves
against hat food you must have
homes in which you and your families
permanently live, and land on which
YOU raise that which Is necessary 10
support you. Then you will cave
firm ground to stand upon. / am a
| good friend to you and your people,
| and as a good friend / give you this
answer and advice. Now l will speak
a word to the A~rrapahoes: You de-
sire to 60 west with your people, to
Join hi Shoshones and live with them
as friends, but if you 20 you must
provide for your W support. The
Great Council Of my nation has given
me no money to aid you on your way.
If. without such aid you will make
the journey then l am willing you
should go, and an agent whom l have