Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-29
by consorting with Allison, because the lat
ter was known as foe of the civil agency.

by consorting with Allison, because the lat
ter was known as foe Of the civil agency.
But Goose might have remained q chief in
rank had he paid little more attention to |
the people enrolled in his baud and urged /
them to cultivate their land. Instead, he was
accused of neglecting them, and it was re-
ported that only one of the families of his |
band used its share of the ploughed land al
lotted to his band. For this reason, at the |
new enrolment for the fiscal year beginning
the first of this month, the agent refused to |
enroll Goose as chief, and the latter re-
fused to allow himself or his band to be en- !
rolled in any other band. Another petty |
chief, (of only two or three families) was
likewise reduced: and these two men very |
likely had something to do with getting up
the late assault on the agent; but more like
~ Allison was the party on whom the agents
assailants depended for protection. The
agent says that the party was mainly COM
posed of persons to whom he refused passes
for visiting the up-riyer posts and agencies.
The assault upon the agent, singularly
enough, occurred at moment when chiefs,
removed from the influence of the military
party, were arranging with the agent for the
assistance of an employe to show them how
to operate and take care of moving
some savings from the hides of
cattle issued to them for beef
These we're unarmed, and as helpless in the
presence of superior numbers ready for an
ARRAY as was the agent, or they would have
defended the agent. Other Indians of bands
located near the agency, who would else
have some OF them been near the scene and
have come quickly to the agents relief, were
kept away by being notified by some of the
conspirators to make ready for dance and
feast which did not come off, and was not
intended to be given. The distance from
the agents Office to the river was SO short
that the mob, if they had so intended, could
have completed their asserted purpose of
expelling the agent before any troops could
have reached the scene. But trey Jagged by
| the way to give plenty of time for the mat
! ter to become known in the garrison, and
for squad of soldiers to be sent out. Col.
Carlin had said the agent was in danger.
and company, and hence this assault upon
| ton of their report.
1t is the feeling of the agent that Col.
Carlin has unwarrantably interfered with
| agency Matters and between him and the
people on the reservation. Whether this is
l u
| that conflicts of authority must be almost
the presence of considerable military
force under an officer whom the Indians,
from old familiary with military organize
| ton, consider as outranking and superior in
authority to the agent will inevitably weak
en- the agents influence over the Indians.
The difficulties of the situation can only be
removed either by wholly withdrawing the
civil authority or by reducing the garrison
to force just sufficient for taking care of
the garrison property and doing guard duty
under direction of the agent. Probably the
best plan would be to withdraw all the gar
rison, turn over the buildings to the Indian
Office for schools, hospital, warehouses, mis-
sions and other useful purposes, and let the
agent govern the reservation and guard the
public property with a small body of Indians
selected from the several bands of the
reservation. have no doubt that this lat
ter plan would work satisfactorily.
Military domination here began with the
seizure of the Indians ponies, in clear viola
ton of the promises freshly made to the
Standing Rock bands by the representatives
of the government who negotiated with them
the cession of their interest in the Black
Hills country. Over 5000 ponies were
forcibly taken from them, and it is well
known how badly they were disposed of.
Notwithstanding the efforts made to recover
the lost and stolen ponies and to make rea-
sonable reparation to the Indians, they re-
ceived only about 300 COWS and heifers in
place of their 5000 ponies. All were robbed
alike-those who had been fast friends of
the whites all their lives as we'll as those
who had been hostiles; and those who
i r.
and thrifty, as well as the reckless
and idle. BY that operation over 500 In
dams, mostly of the best class, were driven
away from this agency. Some found refuge
with their herds of ponies at other agencies
where there is military necessity of letting
the Indians alone. Some few probably took
to the war-path in the vicinity of the Black
Hills: some are simply avoiding the whites,
and would gladly return if they would be
allowed to retain their ponies; and some are
known to have Joined Sitting Bull over the
border. Among these last is at least one who
carries certificates of good character and of
| friendship and service for the whites, signed
by Gems. Harvey, Terry, Custer and other
military officers. Another seizure of ponies
is rumored to be imminent, on account of
arrivals from the herds Of the wanderers,
and is denied, as was the other. A promi-
nent citizen of your State, who treated with
these Indians for the cession of the Black
Hills, and promised them that they should be
treated as friends of the whites, and who
knows that the great majority of them were
and are deserving of our friendship, is among
those who denounces the pony seizure as the
gross outrage that it was. The disarming
that accompanied the seizure was abortive.
A few of the then returning hostiles surren-
with the whites against the hostiles gave up
their arms and ammunition, but the 500 or
more braves formerly of this agency who are
now out, surrendered neither arms nor am
munition. Even the surrendered hostiles are
thought to have mostly hidden their arms,
and it is believed they can easily find ponies
less than hundred miles out.
The military seems to want possession of
this agency. There are men who know
nothing about army administration who be-
lieve it would be more honest than the civil
administrations. And there are others whose
high respect for the education and
gentlemany character of army of.
ticers leads them to think the Indians would
be much better taken care of by them thar
by civil appointees. But the work is one Of
civilization, for which the army is not at al
fitted. It would antagonize civilization by
confirming in the Indian mind the ide;
which, first of all, needs to be eradicated
that
';Of all trades going
Soldering s the one worth knowing
The trouble now is that there is no plal
for Indian civilization confirmed and adopt
ed by Congress. The army men could no
do better or more than civilians until Con
gress by law authorizes and orders som
definite plan. And, at least, the arm,
movement upon this agency ought to b