The Portland daily press., 1877-10-03
THE INDIAN COUNCIL.
Interview of the Visiting Warriors with
Secretary schurz-spotteds Tail Objects
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Interview of the Visiting Warriors with
Secretary schurz-spotteds Tail Objects
10 Moving 10 the WI isso uriI River.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-The Sioux and ARA
pahoe Indian delegations had their last DOW
WOW at the Interior Department today. Sec
rotary Schurz addressed them as follows:
My trends, L am glad to see you and am
now ready to hear what you have to saw
After brief silence Red Cloud arose and said !:
My dear iather-I am going to speak to Won
briefly. Great father l have spoken to YOU
before of the poor condition in which we came
posed to going to the Missouri river and say if
we go there all our stock will die; want to
obey you and so do my people and | am talk
ing for them as we'll as for myself [ am
speaking to you easy and quietly great father.
| know when L go back all my young men and
people will feel very badly because we have cot
to go to the Missouri river. All the Northern
Indians that have been brought into the reser-
yations have been brought in by Spotted Tail
and myself. That is ali l have to say.
Spotted Tail was the next speaker. He
said:
We cannot go near the Missouri river this
winter. My delegation altogether have de-
cided we cannot go to the Missouri river. Ill
should tell my people had been ordered to 90
there and had sanctioned the order thew would
scatter all over the country. This delegation
here with me have told you our opinion and
have decided what to do, but it seems nv
plans are not entertained. We have picked
out good place and are willing to go to it in
the spring, but cannot move this fall. We
would like to be at peace and keep the peace
with the whites, but it is impossible for us to
move away this fall. We came here TODAY to
do business for ourselves and our people and
for no other purpose. You told me to pick out
place for my reservation and L have done so.
Your people try to increase their property and
that is what want to do. My great father
has plenty of money and can help us, We
want our agency at Wounded Knee creek.
Where we are at present we are all prepared
for the winter and don't want to throw our
labors away. If you want us to throw that
property away you should pay us for it. If
you pay US for it probably we can move aways
otherwise we cannot. Whatever you have
that belongs to you is worth being paid forsppf
compelled to part with it. Let me stay where
am this winter and in the spring put us on
our reservation. We Will go anywhere you
want US to in the spring.
Secretary Schurz then replied, saying:
My friends, l have heard what you have
SAID: Yonr great father has spoken to you
kindly. When he became your great father
be found in the books certain treaties. These
treaties were law to him as well as they ought
to De law to you. These treaties made it his
duty TO carry provisions for you and to feed
you on place near the Missouri river. Your
supplies are on the Missouri river now, carried
there in accordance with the law, so that we
might give you food when you were hungry
and it is too late to carry them to 4any other
place. Your great father will help YOU when
you need it. He will not desire you to remain
on the Missouri river longer than the winter.
He will be glad to see you settle down Oh your
permanent place and will aid you in every way
and give you all that the nation permits.
AT 800 O'Clock this afternoon the Sioux dele
cation retired and Sharp Nose, Friday and
Black Goal OF the Arrapahoes remained to con-
fer with the Secretary. They leave tomorrow
evening for home via New York. President
Hayes was present during the latter pa1t of the
conference.