The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-13
Last Council of the Commission
with Red Cloud.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE SITUATION.
Removal to the White Clay Country De-
termned On
SPEECHES OF COMMISSIONERS AND CHIEFS
HEADQUARTERS Sioux COMMISSION,
CAMP on LIrrLg WHITE RIVER, u. r.

August z, 1878.
The last council Of the Sioux Commission with Red
Cloud and bis principal chiefs held yesterday at
the headquarters Of General D. 8. Stanley. United
Btates Army, Ia the presence Of Messrs Haworth and
Riggs msmbsrs, and Mr.. Il. K Hayt, secretary.
BED Cloud was invited appear day before yes.sr-
day. but the time was changed, as General Stanley
had determined on recon noisanee OF the White
River from this point toward the Missouri, In CON-
pancs with the wish Of Commissioner of Indian
Affairs Hayt to ascertain II desirable land could be
found along II where Red Cloud might be satisfied to
'ettle his people. This resulted, expected, in
hnding that the country WIS in NO way Desirable
The land Ii passably good There Ia. however,
scarcity Of and wood along the creeks and the
Indians could not be In any way battered By change
10 the region from the at present occupied by
them Nor, indeed under the most liberal estimate
Of It's quality, could they be mAde a. comfortable
Renee the matter only casually bat not seriously
presented for the confederation OF the Indians in
tho exchange Of opinions had with them.
The result Of yesterdays council was an adj
herencs on the part Of Red Cloud in the name Of
Of his people 70 their previously declared wish to be
removed 10 the White Clay Creek and vicinity. As
vill % seen below By the verbatim report Of the
lords OF Red Cloud in reply 70 General Stanley the
nrmer hardly condsscended to take notice Of the
proposition made him to remain on the Missouri
MPLuxscn OF TEE soUAw NEx
To certain extent this unlooKed for result,
mt II was unavoidable Notwithstanding the boast
Agent Irwin that he had thwartsd the influence OF
ne squaw men, ana arranged matters SO that they
Ihould not be soon, heard tells, the delibera-
sions It evident to those familiar with Indian in
lontions and the way In which tnsy are expressed,
hat the Sioux mind, spoken authoritativsly by
Red Cloud. was made up uuchangably, and that the
influence Of tho smissariss OF the Union Pacific Rail-
'oad had been felt early in the game They had
worked 20 closely and insidiously to get certain
Smploy6s OF tho agency TO have Red Cloud set his
lace like flint against any other proposition
except that which would bring HIM nearest to
The railroad It lie fair to shy thas the
authorities at Washington have yet had oppor-
unity TO understand the whole INSIDE OF this Sioux
removal question, nor how they thwarted their
best endeavors for the Indians' good. But yet IL
simple enough.
THn SITUATION EXPLAINED.
THIS IL how the stands on both sides, and let
me put 1t that b distinctly ard fairly under
stood. Lnprims, General Sherman states that the
Indians ought to be mado stay on the Missouri
kaveE That is ell very well; bus how you going
10 do III Two tribes, representing more than IA, 600
people, among whom II 10 exAggsrAtien 70 say the
non, women and children are all wsrsiors are con-
ronted ~ four companies Of cavalry, asgreQat,ng
lass than $50 men, and necessarily the Indians
feel their power, and like all peoples human they
selfposssssed, n not arrogant, the subJses. Be-
saas sAis, the Indian 10 under ssass OF injury !;
Sorrow stricken. with luu king sprtt deportation
N side Of his Aeres and OF rsssvaiut and
iorbearance on the other s.de, On account OF his
On people ana fsmilisa struggling to DO ut
peace with she government bus feeling sersly
tempted to rebel and s.riks Tor hts rights Az you
walk Through their lodges and camps, n you sean
svery face, - laid. you viii this standing out
spon their oountsnanoss very DIainlS. Il will not
shut the eyes take another condition OF Affairs
Or grantsd Hcwsvsr much tho gevsrnDsnt may
Assire the Indians to remain on the Missouri Will is
do TO say psrsmpsoriy 70 them that they must stay
there with only handful OF troops to enforce the
brdsrf The govern msnt kaows cannot DO this with
The present moaare force dsb,ltated condition Of
he army the frontier II would take At least nye
tAoussna troops 70 cnioscs suoh order, and In the
estimation Of brave and experienced army officers now
N the Indian observation line u II doubtful " IL
Soald BE- done even ,nsu. What else Is 70 be done,
IL may be said unless they remain the Missouri
they cannot have rhsir suppisa Very we'll; this
said 70 them before and was effective. But IL was
ter, anu they were taken unayarss. They mad TO
pressioly IN The removal Now u 10 aiRsreuL The
ponies are tat the Indians have plenty of
and have laid IN stock OF dried meat buffalo bcrrss
sd surnps and things sufcisnt TO sustain NE
ON pinch. Add 70 this the eeckouIng form Sitting
Soa ,9%; 81, days march away Win Al the fa'cns
now Tree and rmidabie, In friendly territory, and
does u not furnish ssroug Inducements wrssk
wrong done the lndansf do say THIS IL Likely,
bat II 10 NOS impsss.bia suppose the Indian aid
llisnats his rianta At ali svonis, II he remained
ue0ng they would not could not with safety bs
Black As, Cheyenne, Omaha. sidney, and even ,ne
Union Pacific kailroad-all their Interests would be
Involved. Bssdss shiA eonsider the money In She
warfare thus aroused the government would have 10
spend 10 quell IL Thus IL would seem that psacs-I
was going 70 say ~ almost any prlee-is desirable,
and hence the mere Questiou OF removal from one
place 10 another 70 Of hssis moment One word OF
positive refusal would start such feeling among The
Indians that could tell where Il would end.
coSCLusI0E rR0M FACTS.
These are considerations Of necessity a. we'll AZ Of
sxpedency. Now let US look AZ tho result. The
government desires 10 settle the Sioux permanently
whore thsy can sustain themselves ~ raising cattle
md cultvatins the seiL 10 do this good quality Of
n long ranges These do not exist In the i'm mediate
visinity OF the Aissourt though the land 10 mot
ss poor re. Tor ni or sixty m,'s back 4
Red Cloud have selected there are rich and luxurant
spos Of large extent with wood aud water, such ~
NE Indian muss have 10 be eomisrtabls ana happy
and whore he succeed, II he will the agricul-
!ural and stock raising programme LAID out tor hlm
DO recommend the assign ment 10 him OF tho ssc-
lion no has chosen. THIS has been agreed upon aud
asrss and .ses.sa ~. o.s.q r.oors .Ssn
have been made OF rebuns and disagreement with
tho IndiAns' wishes are SIMPLY unfounded. The
mission have accomplished all that needed aud
all that vas possible ~ tho premiseA
TnR coUxclL-sPaxcH OF GKxEaAL STANLEY.
Al eleven o'clock, ON August Req Cloud. with the
chsis of mis- band. made their appearance
~ General SANKEY'S hsasquartsrs 10 have ther
hnal council with tho Sioux Commission, viz -
Young Man Afraid His Horses, Little Big Man, Little
Wosna, Three Bears, American Horss, Lone Bear,
He'd Dog and some of their soldsra Genera Stanley
tnsn sHid 10 them through Red Cloud
1--WE have called you together to-day. for the last
umc 70 have . couneil 70 talk over this matter. We
want this talk be abusiness talk, ike trade We
aust come uown 10 what IL costs In mency. Wewant
rou 10 understand that uii this thing which costs
money comes IRON the big council Of the United
StatsA The trouble last that tho big council
Aid not give money enough for hauling your provi-
ons That the reason the Great Father did not Know
What 70 90 W iced excsp 70 have you come 70 the
missouri River That provision " net In the Law this
year But IL 10 matter 80 important that Mr. HayL
Of fnuan Affairs, who has all that In
charge came oat 70 see about ~ this year. Tho people
Ia Washington will take q big map and see big
country laid out Tor the Sioux. They don't know