Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-09
SPOTTED TAILS DECISION.

said, 1.-THE representatives OF our people
here; we are very poor; we have no
wagons to help with, no servants, none
to tell us how to do. How can we and
the whites who have married among
our people know how to get along I'M
less you help them? We don't want to
move just now. Wewant some time to
sell what property we have at our pres
ent homes. We will move in the
spring, or any time after. We want our
provisions removed to the agency have
named from where they are. If they
are left without man in charge many
of our goods will be gone before spring,
as on a former occasion. You told us
that your nation increases. We want
to increase too, in property and in num-
bers. You said you wished US to live
like white men, so we are here to-day
dressed in white mems clothes. What
ever you say to us shall be known to
my children, my grandchildren and my
grandchildren's children. You told
me you would give me great many
things, including wagons and cattle
and big schoolhouse.
II want the kind of cattle the whites
have, and we want to raise cows. We
don't want animals with long horns,
but short ones. 1 want everything in
writing before I 60 home so there may
be no mistake. We want English
teachers; those now among us only
teach to read and write the Sioux Ian
guage. We want to have Catholic
priests, those who wear black dresses, to
teach US. We should like to have a
saw and grist mill, and agricultural i'm
plements and seeds. I look round and
find you have plenty of stores. We
have only one store, and when we pay
our money there we have nothing to
show for it. We want five or six stores,
because then we could buy cheaper al
one than we could at another. Some oil
those before you have never been in
civilization before. They had no idea
what the whites were before they came
here. Look at me and the men before
you. l am very well dressed and so are
they. They want $40 a piece to buy
things for their women and children
and they would like to have trunk
apiece to carry their clothing in. As
the weather is getting to be little cold
we should like to have an overcoai
apiece. We see you wearing overcoats
and we should like to have them"
RED CLOUD MAKES SINILAR.R REMARKS
Red Cloud ilesAt - 5olSc s.4 U ~ had
come here to-day toIfind out whether
he could have his agency changed. He
had roamed the country where he now
lived for fifty-six years, and should like
to have his agency at White Clay creek.
That ground he could not give up. He
did not ask for horses; they had plenty
Of them, but for wagons, moving ma
chimes, plows, saw mills and grist mills.
They did not want cattle with horns,
like elks, but short horns, and a big
school-house. They would like to have
a Catholic priestand nuns to live among
them and teach them. He did not ask
these things for nothing. Half of the
Black Hills had not been paid for. He
wanted the Indians here to have $40
apiece and overcoats and trunks. His
people were poor, and have nothing to
move with, and they could not move
this winter. He would like his provis-
ions to be good. If they should be sent
to the Missouri river the long tail rats
there would get into the boxes and de-
stroy them. IT," he said, "you were in
our country and looked at our people
the water would come into your eyes,
AS to myself am poorer than any OF
them. The army officers took my horses,
and other horses have been stolen from
me, and the crops were destroyed. The
injury is at least $4,000. I want half of
this in money and the remainder in
other things"
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT,
The President then addressed the In
dams as follows:
my friends, am glad to see you this
morning. l am glad to see you dressed
like white people. 1t shows that you
wish to live like white people. I have
not much to say about the business that
brought you here in addition to what 1
said to you last week. You have spoken
about the places where you wish to have
your agencies. [ am glad that you would
be satisfied to have agencies on the reser-
vations allotted to you. But as I told
you 1t is too late in the season to change
your present agencies. 1t is too late to re-
move thesupplies to the places you have
named. The winter will soon come on,
the streams will be frozen up and there.
fore no movement of supplies can be
made. We wish you to help your PEG
pie to remove near the supplies, and
Gen. Crook will assist you to do So
Next spring places can be selected near
White river that viii suit you.
"And now as to the things you have
asked for. You want trunks, overcoats
and money. The great council of my
nation has put the money and property
for you in charge of the Secretary of the
Interior. He can give you whatever
the great council has authorized him to
give. He will be glad to give you what
he can, and [ think he can satisfy you,
and this is the end of our grand council.
1 am glad you came. Let me advise
you to move as near the supplies as you
can, and next spring you can go to your
I am glad you are salts
fed with White river. l hope you will
all reach your homes safely and in good
health. Before you go the secretary
Will give you as many of the things you
have asked for as he can, and now will
be glad to shake hands with each one Of
you and wish you we'll"
The Indians then separately shook
hands with the President and also with
the Secretary of the Interior. They APP
peared to be satisfied with the remarks
Of the President, and departed from the
executive mansion with smiling coun-
Ienances. They will leave for their
homes on Wednesday or Thursday.
FUTURE MOVEMENTS
Inc sioux Indians in this city will be
presented with overcoats and other
warm raiment to protect them from the
cold this winter before their departure
rom Washington. This and a small
AMOUNT Of money to each of them will
the presents that the govern
nent viii bestow upon them. They
will leave here about Wednesday for
home. It is not yet decided whether
hey will go by way of New York or
lot. To morrow the entire party will
yisit the tomb of Washington.
REFUSING TO INDICT A NEWSPAPER.
The grand jury in Philadelphia has
efused the so-called "spirit-medium'
3liss's request for an Indictment against
he Times of that city, which exposed
lis deceits, and has assessed the costs
lpon him.