Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-01
INDIAN COUNCIL TO-DAS.
The DistiDg atshed sioux 1t the
WhIfp HOn-A

dent. Inc Indians appeared in Citizens
clothing, without their war pant. Lieut..
Clark, read a telegram from Mr.. Welsh say
ing that Wsplk,ho begs them 10 dress In
clothing gwen by the resident, ss a pledge
that o.her things r.tiC1 for civilization
would be gwen tlem.
SPOTTED TAIL SPOKE FIRST.
He said: "Great Father, have decided
upon whas you said. think nave decided
well. That country is mine. What you ''e-
eide listen to. l decide that country is
NIL Where am there is "A line drawn: on
The oIher side there Is a portion | hold aud
lCok upon "a mine, on which the b.Iag no
my children. love that country nj can't
throw II away, aud l don't wish ID give IL
away Tor nOlhtnS. have p'ck; oat p0r-
non of our agency as you told me- have
picked out WouHGi 4 Knee. near the White
River below where the agency is nov. |
Wculd ike 10 remain where | am for the
present, as we can't move At once. II our
kCodS should Re main there ell winter they
might be gone before spring, aud We wish
some good man 10 taEe charge Of them IOI
Us. nope you WIFE 90 what will help Us To
'hosper. Your people here increase their
properly ana In mum beT, and that's what We
want to do. You want u TO wear white
mems clio. hes, and here We are dressed as
white mep. WasODs, farming Implements
horses, &c is what we want. We want the
KIND OF cattle yOu whites have. We don't
want the long-E orued fellow that run " Id.
We would like IL have lahorers there To in
struct US. We wpuld ike 10 have our inter
q &
don't want you Ia give u everything at once,
but al times for Congress might decide dlf-
ferently, and We would be out OF money.
Now, would Ike To talk about a teacher. I
would like Catholic priest. one Of those
that wear black dresses. We would ike
plenty of different stores, where we can
chOose the cheapest. | have found out Dy
travelling, and especially in TINS city, that
white men cah't have work done for nothing.
Now; Great tather, look at me and my chill
dren here. We are pretty well DIRE ,sed. and
here.
hard. Now, L would like you to give each
one of us about $40 10 put in our pocket as a
trf a.ury, to go back with. Laughing We
would ike trunk apiece. Laughing Ii
Will be cold soon now, and We would like an
over.oat apiece. l see white men wearing
them, a Id we are to dress like them [ ask
for the e things because we ne, them.
Lieuten ant Clarke said that Spotte Tail
DID not want the white mel to make roads
through his new reservation when he got IL.
RED CLOUDS WANTS.
RED Cloud next spoke for the Ogallalas,
ss 3 .ng they had decided where their reServa.
ton should be. He came today to see
whether or lot he could have his agency at
the mouth of the Tongue river. II he could
not get the Tongue river for his agency he
wanted The White Clay creek. He wanted
d fferent kinds of wagons, cattle, but not
ionS- horned, school house, and Catholic
priests. He didn't al these things for nofI-
ing, for One-half OF the Black Hills are not
YET paid foT. He wanted those who accom-.
panied him to hove about SO apiece, trunk
and an OvercOat. The whites had stolen so
many of his horses that he was very poo.
He wanted the provisions and gcCds tlat
were promise i to be transported to the CHOSEN
reservation, as the long-t allied rats on the
Missouri would make il unsafe to Keep them
there very long. He spoke at length of his
poverty and thai of his tribe and wanted
repaTation FOR his property and horses taken
last fall. which would amount TO about
%1OCCl He would like abOu, half OF il in
money.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
The President said: my .tierds, am
s'a To &c YOU his nOiriEg. / sm glPi 10
sc you dreSLCj like white r ople. YoL COX
We! in The clothes OF white people. II shows
hat you wish TO live like white eople. /
have tot much TO say about the business
VIII. Hcou9nt you here. in : tdition to what
gas liG last week. You have spoken aboa,
'he place where you wish to have your
, tgsrcits l am glad you are sltIsf ID
gave your agencies on the reservation al
Gifted 10 you. But as told you, it is too late
n the season to Do-v change the age 1cies. l.
is too late in the S ason TO remove the sup
pics TO the places which you name. Inc
winter Will soon come on, the streams Will
De frozen up, aud no movement OF supplies
;an be made. We Wi Il you To help get your
=. ople nearer TO the supplies, and Gen.
Crook Will help you. Next spring places can
be selected near Whi'e river that Will suit
YOU. And now a TO your requests as to the
Lbinls you have asked me for. You want
irupk', overeoafs and money. The great
council OF my nation has put the money
ari properly which is for you IA
barge OF the Secretary of the Interior
| He ran give you whatever the great council
has authorized hin to give. He will be glad
TO give you what he can, ard think he car
atisfy you very well A nd now this is the
end OF our pre5en talk. am glad that you
anne. Let me advise you TO move as near
the supplies as you can. and Gen. Crook will
help you this inter. Next spring you can
60 10 your reservations, and am glad you
are sat Isfied with White river. 1 hope Won
Will reach home safely and in good health.
Before you 60 the Secretary VIII give as
row 1 will be glad TO shake hand with each
one of you and wish you WELL"
Aiier shaking bands with the President
Al d the members of the Cabinet who were
I'd TO their quarters. They expect 10 sIs ct 81
their return west ID morrow.
THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN OF Is.. A
tAILUKE-Is IT the End Of WCr in TtrkeyF-
II Is general y believed that the Bulgarian
campaign is ended for this year, and tina,
diplomacy will avert the neceS ,ity OF re-
Stunning operations in the spring. Thste Is
no abatement in the severity of the weather,
and though snow aas ceased in the Balkans,
heavy rains have succeeded aud the plains
of Sophia ard Orkanie are fic Dded, render
ing the movement of trCoDs diff cult il not
impossible. The Turks report that Osman
before Plevna. The Porte has REID Cd u
allow the transit of timber across the Danube
70 be used In the construction OF hu 8 10; Tie
Russian wounded. General TOileben de-
cides that Plevna can only be taken by siege
operations. Osman Pasha lost three thou
sand men In recapturing the rcdOubts. The
convoy that entered Plevna cons sted of two
thousand wagons: A second convoy was
forced TO retire 18th the loss of eight wagons
by the Roumanian cavalry. A third convoy
slipped by the Russians by taking a road ua-
known - them, and the train was under The
Turkish guns before they discovered 1t. The
i;ormanians have nearly completed their
trenches up to Grivica r doubt, but the Rus
sian preparations are far behind, and the
whole management of the siege is a failure
The reinfOrcements are coming I'm very
slowly, and when all have arrived thew
will not more than replace the losses sus-
tained in former assaults.
REQuIsITIoN FOR SENATOR PATTERSON
AND OrHERs.-A special dispatch from CO.
lumbia, 3. c., to the Baltimore Sun SAYS
Although the Jaw officers OF the state are
very quiet, the impression prevails here that
acquisitions have been issued for Senator
Patterson, ex-Treasurer Cardoza, ex Finau-
cial Agent Kimpton and others upon the in
dtctments recently found against them by
the grand jury. Kimpton Is said to have
disappeared from New York. Cardoza Is in
WQShfnOfnn hnt rat ho Dat