The New York herald., 1877-10-01
The Wants and Expectations of the
Visiting Chiefs.
THEIR OBJECTIONS TO THE MISSOURI RIVER.
Intelligent View Of Their Situa-
ton and Necessities.
THE EFFECT ON SITTING BULL.
(Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.1

BIZ TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.1
WASHINGTON, Sept so, 1871
Several OF the Indian chiefs attended the Foundry
Methodist Church day. as they were told that was
the church the Great Father worshipped IN.
The HERALD correspondent had quite lengthy talk
with the chiefs and their confidential Interpreter,
Bouches, during the afternoon They are not at all
pleased with the idea Of being forced tho Missouri
River this Ivintcr, Lnd they say outright tnoy
win not 60 thcro as Is sickly. and they lost quito
number OF their children when they there be-
fore Besides thore whiskcy traded them by the
white mon and lot OF Indians that do not belong
their people, and they lose their stock ,hero They
want to so on the White River. They say that the
Grcat Father, II he means what ho says when no tells
them that is their friend, could just well lot tho
lands be selected by them and Tor them for
permanent home now as 10 wait for the
spring. They say II they are TO so to farms and cul
tvatc the soil for living for themselves and their
cndrcn II will not do wait TIL the spring. by
that timo they would want to have their lands sown
REQUESTS TO BE MADE.
The following are some OF the requests they say
they intend TO make OF the Great Father when they
him to-morrow:-They want each head OF family
to have lot, ton or twenty acres; they want Il
surveyed fenced In by tho government, aud they
have TO their lands, secured by . land patent;
they want 10 be authorized by the Great Father 10
have police force among themselves, chosen by the
Chiefs SO as 70 assist IN maintaining order and pun
ishing all those who break either the customs OF tho
Indians or laws OF tho government; they want some
WAGONS. as wagons arc great civizcrs among the In
dians; and what they specially Is the privilege
OF hauling thor goods to the agency In thor own
wagons and be paid for their labor instead OF paying
tho big prices TO contractors. Thoy don't any
justice In the contractors getting The money
from the government for hauling their own stuif,
which they able with the assistance Of wagons
do for themselves; they want tho government TO
build them schools where their children be cdu-
Gated; they want few churches; they complain
sadly about the present system of trading with tnem
they to lot the half breeds and white Gener
ally trade with them and not have special trader, as
now. BY having many persons trading with them
they OF course expect TO reap the advantages OF compe
ttion, the traders In no case to sell them anything
that Is prohibited by law for them TO havo.
THE DEsRKD LOCATION
After long conversation tho interpreter SAID they
had come 10 tho conclusion to ask tho Great Father
tomorrow TO let thom be located permanently the
White River Tney had scon the Grow lands In tho
Indian country and did not ike thcm Tho place where
they willing ana wish to 90 and whore there is
u
and ntiy miles from tho Missouri River. Tho location
Is known as Big White Clay, Wanted Knoe, Porcupinc
and Eagles Nest, whero .hey say they can live and
make . good subsistence for themselves and
their children forever. 10 this moving them about
from place place which irrtates them and dscour-
agos them from trying 70 follow the ways OF civilized
life. They are going to ask the Great Father to let
them have some few practical farmors white men, to
teach them farming ana how TO all tho modern in
vcntions TO facilitate them in cultivatng the soil
They want these farmers besides The agents. they also
want o blacksmith, SO as TO teach them how
TO mend their wagons and ploughs and other farming
implements when thcy are out Of repair With
these requests granted they will give up all right,
title and everything they have to the Black Hills and
all other places ovor which they claim posscssory
right. They say this all be this fall before
the winter In that next spring they can put in
their seed for crops This Is effect protest and
petition they will make to the President 10. morrow
morning.
The chief Spotted Tail said to-day that he wants 10
mako this his last visit here. Hc wants tho thing
satisfactorily and permanently settled, and he doesn't
wish TO leave Washington TIL Is Is settled satsiac-
torily, II It takes all winter.
EFFECT on SITTING NULL.
When the interpreter asked what effect, II any,
this arrangement II carried out, would have on SIT
ting Bull and tho 0thor hostiles he said:-
III Sitting Bull, who has never signed any treaty
with the government and never will, hear and
know that the government had done these phings l
believe he would at and Join tho rest OF
the Sioux naton.n
SITTING BULLS FORCE.
In reply TO questions about Sitting Bull tho foil ow
ing stated by Bouchet tho interpreter, VINO has
lived twenty or thirty years with these lndians:-
''Sitting Bull hus, Of his own people, about three
hundred warriors and moro. He has also with him
some Sautcos Yanctonas, Blacktect and Miniconjous
and few OF the OgaalIas, numbering, oil told with
his braves, about ono thousand and no more y 4
Bouchct does not believe that the Nez Pcrces Chief
Joseph will join Sitting Bull and his band. Sitting
Bull his band stand in about tho relation to
that the commission sent TO Canada vii,
be q failure, but II the government will do by the
chiefs now here what IS outlined above no viii hear
OF IT much quicker than is supposed Sitting Bull and
his band stop In the British possessions this
winter. will back their old homes and if
necessary will seok shelter and protection on what
is known the Bad Lands. Mr.. Bouchct
further says there is one ~ay and only
way. TO get Sitting Bun and the hos.
and when the government has tried all projects and
propositions aud failed, then Bouchet proposes 10
submit his plan and, II adopted, ho expects 10 be
literally paid II he succeeds. tic and about one
hundred Sioux have been out and collected all the
Sioux tho reservation. IL took him seventy days.