Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
violence combine to form a condition of al.
fairs Of which We can form mo- conception.
DAKOTA INDIANS.


DAKOTA INDIANS.
Thornburg anaCarleton.s Council AZ Camp
Sheridan with Red cloud and
Spotted ral
Chief.
A special telegram to the Chicago Times,
dated at Camp Sheridan, the l4,h, gives the
following Indian talk at 4 council held
there that day:
Rid Cloud took the principle part Of the
Indians In the council, which commenced
BY Tho nburg telling them that the white
soldiers came into their country l q search
from their agency in the Indian Territory,
month past. H. wanted s to assure. psep them aU[ 81
the good will Of the whites toward all food
Indians, and to beg their assis,ance i, pun
runaway Ch.yennes would come ato{and
the Sioux against the whites. This would
make trouble for the Sioux. The hest way
for the Sioux to do is to t I'm the (h.yeEnes
syer to the troops that they. may DO sen,
back to the agency, and he WANT to know
- AO0A WVuAu Wv SAASs xtSu N1VuO uCs
clined to ansser for a moment. Then he
began speaking in deep, gu,teral voice,
graceful a. those Of Siddons'. The heart of
the Sioux, he said was good. He felt
kindly toward the white man. He would
smoke from the pipe Of peace. He had
hidden the Ratchet forever from the view
of both. He had heard about the bad
Cheyennes The. great father At Washing
ton had autographed him 10 stop them. Il
will do so' he said, "if l can. L have told
my young men to stop them if they pass
the C%heyennes they were in the Indian ter.
ritory. They have not appeared among my
people. Ny young men have seen not their
pony tracks. l say to you now and wan,
you to tell it to the great father, that I am
tired of war, l and my people want peace.
| am getting old. The grave wind is blow
ing around me. l. am not afraid. Ny
young men do not fear the whites. They
would fight them if l bid them do 90, but
it would be hard for the great father if
made them do that. The greet father has
asked me-you have asked me-to take the
Cheyennes if they come among my people.
l have promised the great father 10 do so,
and l do not lie. l tell you now and l will
do 80 and l will not forget it. The Chey.
ennes ale my friends. Once We were ene-
mics. Ny young men have married their
young women and the pesce-pipe will always
be y sed between US. Ifthey come I willlake
them and feed them and tell you that they
are here. l do not want aoldiers to come
into my camp to hunt them. They shall
not get away to hunt the white man or his
tepees. What is said here shall be done.
| do not think they will come into my camp.
I think they have passed to the west, and
are now beyond the Black Hills"
Col. Thornburgh- inquired about. their
agent, and asked why they had come to
White Clay alone. Red Cloud replied with
the greatest dignity: bad white men
etand between the great father and the In.
dams and make his promises lies. The
great father told them they could go to
White Clay water. The agent went away to
see about it. They came alone. We do not
want to get into trouble, but want to obey
The great fathers commands. 1 am sorry
the white men believed We were on the war.
path when we were coming to White Clay.
Our hearts we're good. l wanted my
children to come into this country because
it was good. l want to raise my child rem
and my poor people right. We are glad
to see you again. We are going 10 try
to live right. l want my children 10 look
at the ground and raise something to eat"
Col. Carleton. who was anxious TO get
more definite promises from Red Cloud
with regard to the fugitive C%heyenues, di.
rected bis attention to the rumor that some
Cheyennes were now in his camp. Red
Clouds face showed the slightest trace of
resentment al heing doubted. He replied
with some asperity that he did not lie. No
Cheyennes were in his village. He did not
want to lie. He did not want anyone to
say he bad seen them when he had not.
He had told the whites that he would give
them up, and now he wished TO say it
so plainly that the white chief could no,
be mistaken. If thew came to his camp be
would use them right, but would not let
them 60 away. The savage orator made
some severe remarks about Indian agents,
and closed by saying: "The Cheysnnes
we're not treated right. If they have y good
agent like we have. the C%htyennes will
have no trouble with the whites. l think
it is right to fetch them in. feed them, and
help them TO get q good agent like our DR..
Irwin, whom we want for agent always.
Whitewash, a low-browed savage. with
face and hair covered with lead, said he rep
resented ffty-six lodges of Spotted Tails
band. who left their az. ncy and came to Red
Clouds people because they co I'D not get
along with the agent. He said Red Cloud
seemed surprised when inform.d of this
movement. 1t was regarded as a hostile
one by the government. Sheridan had sent
troops in pursuit. of them under the belief
that they had gone north to join Sitting
Bull. He was a friend to the whites. His
would help catch the Cheyennes if
they came that way. He had come into the
council to get the white chiefs to write .
letter to Spotted Tail to get the supplies due
there for them and the papers to transfer
and his Indians 10 Red Cloud.
Tail and his agent did not want
them there, and that was Why they had
come. and not to Tighten the white people
or make war.