Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-17
TINE ron, ,Hospsos SEIZURE.

III FO8V IHOMp6ON SetxUHe.
Farmer Brcekmaan -suicidc Of s~s~rs
Haakkcr- lludsoM's Trading store Cob
bled.
Frsm Henry Brockmann, latc farmer ut
Crow Creek agency, who was conducted
oil the reservation by the military aud
reached Yankton Saturday night, we have
obtained some statements of affairs at the
agency at the beginning Of the present un-
plessan,ness. Mr.. Broekmapn says the
agency was suddenly siezed BY Lieut.
Doueherty on the Ed day Of March, At q
o'clock in the afternoon, DR.. Livingston
having no previous intlmatiOn that forcible
possession was to be taken. Lieut.. Dough.
erty and Durfee were accompanied BY .
squad Of six soldiers. The keys to all tho
buildings and corrals were turned over BY
DR.. Livingston that afternoon. A military
guard was placed in the office and u mil
itary patrol walked about the enclosure. A
few days Afterwards Gen. Hammond ar
rived and shortly Afterwards and BY his OF.
uSI Ia DtOCAulou was oAlCSS00 0uN toAOu
to Brulc agnncy, on the opposite side ofthe
river, and placed IN the guard house He
was taken in custody by two soldiers and
was told that his arrest was made on a
charge Of selling government property.
This vas the last, however, that he heard
of this charge. He was kept in the guard
house two nights and one day. and during
that time bis deposition was taken. The
object If these summary proceedings seemed
to he to induce him to make statements
derogatory to DR.. Livingston. Gen. Ham.
mond visited him and urged this matter
upon him, saying that il he did NO, tell the
truth be would be a dead man. He was
questioned about past contracts. particularly
those for cutting hay. His deposition,
when obtained. confined nothing of any
importance and after this result was reached
Mr.. Broekmann was released from the
guard house, but was not permitted to 60
away from Brule agency until a week or
more afterwards, when he was placed under
military escort, conducted to Fl. Randall
and there released. His instructions were
TO get out Of the Indian country. OF the
proceedings at the agency since his arrest
he can tell nothing, except from common
report.
Mr.. Broekmann has occupied the position
of farmer at Crow Creek agency for the
past five years. He says that the Indians
under DR.. Livingstone charge have been
we'll csred for in every respect. Seven
years & there was not IN Indian house
upon the reservation and now almost every
family is provided with q comfortable log
cabin. They have been we'll fed and we'll
clothed. have been taught to work and are
generally a contented people. No war par.
ties have gene forth from this agency since
DR.. Livingston took charge, and this is
pretty fair evidence that their physical
wants are we'll looked after. Nine or ten
years ago these Indians were . bad lot and
the progress they have made speaks well
for DR.. Livingston's management. Mr..
Broekmann thinks there may be some mat
tiers which cannot be accounted for without
the verbal explanation Of Dr.. Livingston,
but he is perfectly satisfied that a few
words from the doctor upon points liable to
be misunderstood would clear up every
thing and show the %farcicsl nature of this
arbitrary military investigation. He say.
Dr.. Livingston will not be permitted tc
throw any light upon these matters, and as
he always had entire charge Of agency
matters, no one else is conversant with the
details Of its business.
The day before the capture Of Fl. Thomp
son, Lower Brule agency was taken in charge
by 1t. Dougherty in a manner similar L
that which marked the proceedings at For
Thompson. Maj. Gregory, the agent al
Lower Brule, was placed under surveillance
and the property siezed and placed under
guard.
Nj. Brokmann will remain in Yankton
until matters At the agency are settled.
RECENT INTELLIGENCE.
A letter from Grow creek, dated April
18th, says that Severet Haakker, an employees
on the reservation, committed suicide the
day before, and was buried on the day the
letter was written. He was 4 man Of pecul'
lar temperament, was subject to heart dis
ease and wa easily agitated BY any unusual
excitement. 1t is supposed that the pro-
ceedinas Al the agency unsettled his reason
to 50 great an extent that he took his own
life. {.
The same letter states that Hudson's store
had been closed and all his possessions
placed under lock. Matters at the agency
we're apparently coming to q focus, and the
aid Of civil. law was shortly to be invoked. Il
is reported that Mr.. Hudson iscoming down
TO Yankton on the Nellie Peck.
Reports are that VIM. Erwin has been
offered the Fl. Thompson leadership.
Weise was etill running the hotel al
Thompson, but the writer of this letter Wal
of the opinion that Seaman would take
charge of it on his arrival from Yankton
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