Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-28

chiefs and headmen agreed, that the pplies
20 oe furnished 10 you should be delivered TO
ed that promise Your supplies have been
carried 70 the Missouri river aud there they
are now, accounting 10 our promise. You say
mat You do not like TO go the VI issouri river,
but your supplies cannot be taken 20 any
other place before your people will need
them, and before the cold days OF winter
come. III you do not go near the place vii ere
your supplies are your people will be hun
cry, and / shall not be able 10 give them
food. desire TO do all for you 1
In a place this winter, where my helping
hand can reach you; but / do not mean thar
you and your people shall stay near the Mis-
souri, river always. You shall stay there
only this winter. When spring comes you
shall select fer your permanent alb ode such
land on your reservation as you like best.
Ny agents viii aid you in making the selec
ZION. Your country is large, and there IL
much land, where you can cultivate he soil
and raise crops, and where cattle can be fed.
That land is TO be distributed among you.
IL is TO be surveyed and allotted TO each fam
lily to be It's homestead. There your people
can build cabins and make homes for
their families 10 dwell in. When that
land il SO surveyed and allotted, and your
families have taken possession OF IL, / shall
ask the great council OF my natiOn-Con-
gress-to give you cows, and oxen and tools,
with which 10 TIL the soil, that you may be
able TO provide FOR your own necessities. ]
desire you TO have schools for your children.
so that they may be educated 10 take care OF
themselves and become industrious aud
prosperous, like the children OF my people.
slsO wish your people 10 have churches
where they can worship. This f. my desire
SD all speak good word for you 10 the
great council OF my nation, that IL may grant
your people these benefits. II you are wise
you viii heed my advice. Game Is last dis
appearing nom your country, aud you can
lot always live as hunters. Neither can we
Tor all time provide for your wants and feed
your people and their children. Ii YOU want
10 live in security you must DO as The white
people do. You must work aud learn 70
produce 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 ID work aud TO
filling the soil, will be better for your Gull
dren than hunting 0uffalOes or dancing the
war dance. When you look around you,
you will see that the white people are a great
multitude, which you cannot count. Every
year their number Increases by far more IN an
the number OF al the rcd men in this great
land. They cannot be kept away from the
western country, and year after year more
Ofthem go there. II you live roaming about
without homes they will sweep over you
like great flood OF water. To sustain your
selves against that flood you must have
homes i'm which you aud your families per
manently live, and land on which you raise
that which is necessary TO support you; then
you will have firm ground 10 stand upon,
and the Hood Will not sweep you away. am
good friend TO you aud your people, aud as
good friend give you this answer aud ad-
vice.
Now / will speak a word 10 the Arrapa-
hoes. You desire TO go west with your peO-
pie TO join the Shoshones and live with them
as friends. But II you go you must provide
for your own support The great council of
my nation has given me no money 10 aid you
on your way. II without such aid you will
make The journey then am willing that you
should go, and the agent whom have sent
10 the shoshones shall also be the agent for
you. You have beeu good friends TO the
white people, and hope you Will remain so.
You all have the best wishes of my heart
Let us live in peace and friendship together,
and will protect you with all the power
have.
heard yesterday morning that forty lodges
of The people Of Crazy Horse" and Lame
Deer nave gone norm. As long a. those
people aIe north we don't know our friends
IfOLn our enemies among them. IL is OF the
greatest Importance that you should keep ali
of those people al the agencies, then know
ihat your hearts are right. That will make
you strong with me. II is impossible for me TO
let those people 90 up into the Tongue river
country until We know that they are all our
friends. II Is necessary that all OF the In-
diaEs should go down IN the direction Of the
Nj sSourl river 10 get their supplies, so aS TO
be ready early in the spring 10 select the best
lands on White river, aud other places on the
reservation, for cultivation.
When the President hal finished his al
dress, Black Coal presented him with a pipe
and tobacco pouch.
HOW THE SIOUX RECEIVED THE SPEECH
When the President began his speech the
Indians fixed their eyes intently upon his face
and sat without moving a muscle, attentive
listeners to the words OF the Great Father as
they were Interpreted TO them. Even when
the President said they must pass the winter
In the region OF the Missouri river no word
or sign escaped them, although Mr.. Welsh
said that that decision almost broke their
hearts. AS the President proceeded they oc-
casionally spoke TO one another in low gut
turals. When he expressed JOY al their de-
sire for schools aud churches, Sc veral
SHOWS" OF appreciation were heard, and also
when he said he intended TO ask the Great
Council TO grant what was for their benefit
The remark that being educated 10 raise cat
tie and earn their own living would be bet
ter for their children than hunting the buffa-
10 or dancing the war dance elicIted BOD
natured smile from sll. When the President
Thing further 10 communicate 10 him he
would hear them al another time.
RECEPTION BY THE CHIEFS.
Mr.. Welsh said that after ar opportunity
had been given TO those present TO see the
chiefs lac would like the use OF the roo-s for
them so that they could consult among Them
selves about what they hal heard. A great
crowd Including many ladies, came forward
10 inspect the Indians and shake hands with
them. UfcOurse Spotted Tail and Rel Cloud
were tue chief objects o. interest. Ia a few
minutes the room was cleared. Mr.. Welsh
said that the Indians would ike TO talk
among themselves, and deliberate before
coming 10 any decision upon the matter
They lad heard from the government and
wanted 10 lear from their immediate friends
and TO be enlightened upon any points that
they might have misunderstood.
Indian Commissioners w. III. Lyon, G. NJ.
Kingsley, and +. NJ. Stebbins arrived from
New York this morning and were present at
The "pow WOW" to-day.