Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-25
DAKOTA MATTERS IN CONGRESS.
The Sioux Falls Railroad Bnu-An apprc
priation for the Pembina Indians.
Correspondence st. Paul Pioneer. Press.


priation for the Pembina Indians.
Correspondence st. Paul Pioneer.Press.
woRTHlNGToN AND SIOUX FALLS.
Washington. March 1s, 1s7s.-The seua:s
bill authorizing tbei Worthingt0n & Sioux
Falls railroad company TO extend its road
into the territory Of Dakota, TO the village
Of Sioux Falls, was on Saturday taken from
the speakers table and referred 10 the com.
mittee on highways and canals. An at
tempt was made by Nj. Crittenden, Of Mis-.
souri, . member Of this committee, To take
it from the speakers table and pass it, as
it came from the senate. Objection, how
ever, was made to this, and Mr.. G. had the
bill referred 10 the above committee. When
this committee is called in the regular order
for reports, etc !, il will then have the op.
portun:ty Of reporting this bill again TO tine
house, and if there is no objection it can
then be brought to vote, otherwise it must
take its place on the calendar. and it is T os.
sble the session will be far advanced before
the bill can be reached. Ex Governor Bur.
bank, of Dakota. and brother in-law of
the late Senator Morton, has just arrived
here from that territory, and reports that
never, in its history, has there been 50 large
an immigration to it as at present. The
head office at Sioux Falls is overcrowded
with business, and people are crowding in
to the village every day. They mostly
come from the adjoining states of Iowa,
Minnesot, and Wisconsin.
The bill, which you will have observed
that Judge Kidder introduced in the house
the other day, (by request, was prepared by
John B. Bot,ineau, into which all his
efforts in this direction, since he has been
here, have been crystallized. 1t asks for
an appropriation Of Sc 900 for the Pembins
Chippewas out of which he is to be paid
for money he claims to have advanced them,
There is not the slightest possibility of the
bill passing, or even being reported from the
Indian committee, to which it was referred,
although Mr.. B. does not let as.day pass
without importuning some member of the
Minnesota delegation or Indian COMMITTEES
10 regard to it. The various devices they
use to put him off show they are posses ed
Of diplomatic qualities which would bring
Bi.narck To the blush. The house COM
mittee on Indian affairs, at session on Fri.
day last, adopted the following:
"Rcsolved, That the chairman appoint a
subcommittee of one or more persons to
superintend the investigation Of such mat
tiers as are referred to in the house resolu-
ton Of March II, 1878, on the subject Of
arrearage to the Chippewas of Lake Supe-
rior and Mississippi, and that We hereby re-
quest the honorable commissioner of lndi-
an affairs to detail Agent I. L. Maham, Of
the La Point agency, to assi said sub-com-
mittee in the prosecution Of the investiga-
,ion." The committee also adopted the
following: &
Resolved, That copy of the house reso.
luton Of March IA, 1873, in regard to ar
rearges under the treaty Of 1854 with the
Chippewas Of Lake Superior and Mississippi,
be transmitted to the Hon. secretary Of the
treasury, with request that the Informs
tion a. set forth be furnished.
This places the matter in ashape to enable
the committee to get at the bottom facts, and
ascertain - speedily a poasibly just what
sum, if any, is due these Indians.