The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-13
The Sitting Hull Heuort.

WARRINGTON, Dec 12.-The report Of the Sit
ting Bull commission, which was submitted to
printed.
After citing the orders and correspondence
together with their letter of instructions, and a
Verbatim report of the conference. with the
Indians al Of which b has been published the
In compliance with that clause Of the fore
going instruction. which directs the commits.
sion to ascertain what danger there may, be Of
hostile invasion on the part OF Sitting Bull and
try Of the United States, the commission has
aa eRg he ndaays WITH him w
seek to return 70 this country at present.
u is believed that they they are restrained W from rom
returning, partly by their recollection of the
| constant aud harassing pursuit TO which they
were subjected during. the lust winter and
by the trgYops under @ Gen MIsa ah 3
eign soil, and partly by the assurance given
them by the Canadian authorities that should
they return with hostile intent they will become
the enemies OF both governments. and In part
by their belief that for some reason which they
cannot fathom the government OF the United
States very earnestly desires that they shall re-
This belief has been confirmed. and strength
! ened by the visit Of the commission and the
very favorable offers made them. In their in
| tense hostility to our government. they are de-
termtned to contravene its wishes to the best OF
sa Il ay ha these h nsnsp %sg as os Wo esr
the Minnesota massacre Of 1869 sought md
| found an asylum in the British possessions
will in time become go accustomed and attach
ed to their new country that they will regard Il
as their permanent home. At the same time It
cannot be concealed that the presence of this
United States in close proximity to the frontier
is standing menace to the peace of our Indian
| Territories.
The tribes which occupy the region between
the Upper Missouri and the forty -ninth parallel
have been for some time past restless. disturbed
and given to COMPLAINT. Among these tribes
| n rn fha nj ND
the .Assinaboines. kindred Of the Sioux,
Though these tribes have been nominay Mt
ere ha y mo uoa9 th aaEnE the
have helped TO swell those bands which have
been engaged in open war: -
1t is Impossible to prevent constant e0mmuni.
cation between these tribes and the band of Sit.
ting Bull. and SO long rs the latter shall remain
as near to, our frontier as they now are. the,
ence over the former. giving them evil counsel
and advice stimulating dfsatreetion and en-
aets #. of IN, h1stily III ,yf,, n a
tinct section of the Sioux Nation, and 1t is made
up by contributions from nearly every agency
and tribe + is largy eompostesd g Of young I mer
| itself, and broken off its associations with the
o Would ssse to exert an oe
those from whom 1t had separated. but the in.
innate relationship, the ties Of blood, existing
| between the refugees and agency Indians. for
| bid US to hone for such q result.
TO the lawless and lily disposed Of those who
commit offenses against the property and per
sons OF the whites, the refugee camp will be 1
secure asylum. and not only an asyl um on for.
eign soil but an asylum among their own kim
| dred.
We have already an illustration of this dan
| ger. In the fact that more than 100 OF the Me-
Perces. defeated at Bears Mountain are now IL
Sitting Bulls camp. It Is not the province q
the commission to propose any measures in
respect to this matter. to be taken by the gov,
ernment, but they may be permitted TO suggest
that the evils which they. apprehend may be-
come n some degree avoided by compliance
on the part Of the authorities of the Dominion
Of Canada. with that rule of internatona
law which requires that armed military
or insurgent bodies. which are driven by force
across the frontier Of neutral Sta shall bt
interned. and shall be sent or removed SO fal
into the interior of the neutral State that they
can no longer threaten In any manner the
peace and safety of the State from which the,
came.
In conclusion, the members of the commits
sion desire to express their grateful sense o
the courtesy with which they were received b,
Lieut.. Col. McLeod. Mayor Walsh and the Off
GERS of the police. under their command