The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-02
A FOND FAREWELL.
The President Closes His Coun-
Gil With the Red Beggars.
And Bids Them HE Homeward, Pack
Their Baggage and Remove
To the Banks Of the Big Muddy, Where
Sugar and Coffee, Beet and Blankets,
Bread and Beans, Soap and "sow-
Belly" Await Them.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The final con-
ference with the Indian delegation took
place to-day at the Executive Mansion.
The Indians were in citizens dress.
President Hayes remarked that he was
ready to hear what further his friends
had to say.
| SPOTTED TAIL
took seat at his side and informed the
President that he had decided to have
his Agency on Wounded Knee creek,
and he wanted his provisions and
clothing sent there. He wanted his
Great Father to agree to this. "We
don't want to move just now; we want
some time to sell what property we
have at our present home; we will move
in the spring, or any time after that;
we wapt our provisions removed to the
Agency I have named. You told US
that you increase; we want to increase
too, in property and in numbers. You
said you wished us to live like white
men, and so we are here to-day dressed
in white mems clothes. 1 want the
kind of cattle the whites have-Short
Horns Iwont ovorvth;no IN ,,rit;rn
before 90 homo so there wi,, ho NO
mist,ka We ,yant teachers ~ Fno-
lish, and we want Catholic priests to
teach us We sbonld like a saw and
prist mill and .or,culturaI ;mnlements
and seeds. we want eve or al, storea.
then we conld buv cbeaner at one than
another am verv weIl dressed and
so are the otbers. thev want fortv dol.
lars aniece 70 buv tb;nos for their
woman and cb;1drar ord thov ,vonld
like a trnnk aniece 70 carr their
clothing in Az tbe weatber :. oettino
to be a lit.t,a cold wo shor,d I;te 70
have an ovarcoat an;ece. we aee vou
wearing overcoats and we sbou,d i;te
to have tl,er
prn c1orn .t
next smoke He said he had ro.med
over the countrv ,ybero ba now Iived
for 5e ve,r. and .ho,,d ,;ta 70 b,vo
his Agency at white Clav creek. that
ground be could not Give IN II tbev
should he sent m tbe HJ;ssopr; river the
lonp-tail rats there wonId GET into
the boxes and destroy them II Won
were in orr countrv and saw our neonIe
the, water would come into vour eves
1 am poorer than anv of them. The
armv officers took INV borses and other
horses have been stolen from me and
NV crons DESTROYED The ip;urv ia Mt
least ten Thousand dollars want
half this in money and the remainder
in other things.
THE pRrs1prNr,s Address
The President then addressed the In.
dians as follows:
RI, Friend,-I am Glad to see Won
this morning I am Glad to see Won
dressed like white poople. You look
well in YOUR clothes. like white people.
and it shows that YOU wish to live like
white people. have not much to say
about the business that brought YOU
here in addition to what said to YOU
last week. You have spoken about the
places where Won wish to have YOUR
agencies. am glad Won would be sat-
isiied to have agencies ON the reserya-
tions allotted to vou but AZ told Won.
it ia too late in the season to change
your present agencies It ia too late to
remove YOUR supplies to the places YOU
have named. Winter will soon come
on. the streams b. frozen up and there
fore no movement of supplies can be
made. We wish Won IN helm vopr neo.
ple to remove near to the supplies. and
Gen. Crook will assist YOU to do 80,
Next spring places can be selected near |
the White river that will suit Won. And