, 1879-08-12


and thr1r se'oo1 IN operation: 10 that. .'nnn we
whole, The nfIatr8 of the trtbo werc noyer IN
moro fMospcrnuA condition"
Al this time ti81c) the poncas had been o.
t1,pir reservation hut three wears. bofore wil'en
they t,nd hrcn wandering shnnt Ike o,hrr wnv
Indians. living by the chnsc' with no nao''s oi
industry. -
tribes ltKo tlc poncas] rcprcecnt to our n0e,its
tint, brcauFe of lsir adherence TO t'ifit tteats'
st!pu1alonss trv lgc ais &c 'en,sgse5 ax,1.s .anuer
Thrte Sioux -Basa1us nre The ones wnoh tlr
United States havo ratnnercd, ai;.l reg, nns.
coaxcd; uni llnvo been driven os their io'o'''ps
10 rob fhe pnncns Of tllclt tlomes. -,
Anr. 81. 1sCo. seven year. after the foregoing
renorta. Mai William II. Hugh, OF the Un!tcd
States srmv, nnd Indian Agent, reported 70 thc
Cotnln!e,!oucr OF 1ud!au Affairs: "The Ponca
lndians arc ...
Yxnr rsAoEADLn AND SUBMISSIVE,
MI of them remaining on their reservation. and
on wl,lrl, they cannot ind nn7 game. large Or
emot1. +. d. During Jufr Ard .nart 81 fha
rrcspnt month the tribe butlrrcd considerable
from hunger, there being 20 provision made Tor
tl.ctcd to drinking or ramhlnc. neilcr VII
t'rv spend sheir tnonev for whisky; % lnes iulty
nnleretaiul tho ase Of mousy: ana w''t usS A. u
abiding OF any ot tic tribes of the
Indians. Tllcy aro warm ftianla OF tho wfites,
nr tfy Sya to tnS 5 s9's nes
In 1899 The Poncns ralsc1 ''ss acres ot corn.
Ther suffered frnm time 10 timc rrcatlv by tho
hut,t1s Of tI,r th!cv'nE, mur1ernns soux. who
hotaes: nnd also suffered some 5ears greatly
from grasshopocra mud 1oo'ls. .o,o
The treaty with fhc Siuux Of April 21, 1883,
ratifed Feb. i, 1862. md proclaimed by Prc:''
solutc and undtsturpcd use mud occn nation Of
the snux n vast extent OF country u Dakota.
from, Nebraska to tho fortv-sixth Parallel nf
Latitude. and from tl.r Missouri to the Black
Hills, and carefully included
EVERY INCH OF THE roHCA LANDS
on whicl. for years they had been building tliefr
louacs and raising their crorsl Iiow did thl'
ges through the Senate Of tue unttea stntes
without discovery Of the bluudcrl How were
the c1nlnrnt Commissioners who signrd 1t, in.
WIN viii exnose thr tliatoryof TINT transactlon7
The Govrrnmcnt had no more power to give
these Fon"a ltuhe TO the Sioux than It has to
cnnffscate Field Il Lctcr'a store ln Chicago; md
RIGHT Of usc and o:cupation. Moreover, tho
Sioux tin not want hesc 1ant!s. a,Na arc not al
/ lowed by the United States to oceupT them, but
are removed over 200 miles therclIon,. 1t was
| w5to non's Htcal, and tlatis oil there Is OF It.
The United States do not srem to have felt
bound bv tl,ta mistake to nut the Sioux IN pos
session, for In 1874 trooos wore sent to protect
| tho Poncas IN their possession against the at
| tucka of the Sioux.
The Administration afterwards got tired OF
It's contract wlth the Poncas to protect t'!cn' ~
their nossessfous, and prorts!on.wns sceMrGa
! from Congress. on the 18th Of August, 1s7b.
s2S.ooo in rc.nor n. the Poneas to tho Indian
| Tcrrttorr. THIS wns scc,,rcl hv otng tho bill
With The hypocrlticai reservation thnt suell rc-
movai wns TO be ,riih The consent cf'the frile
mud In 1877 the removal was made bY TIC troops,
| NJ FORCE
THIS helpless tsibs bcgecl md praved TO oe
LEFT in the possession Of thetr own homes; md,
| IN lespatr. ttpalty cast themselves upon the
ground BY the doors Of their houses, nnl tola
tt,c soldiers they ould do by the, graves OF
their households ra'hei tnan 60 tho 1ndi0n Ter
rttory, a,,d Tint they might shoot them where
The Rev. John williamson, Presbyterian mis-.
slonarr at Yankton Agancr, who was born
than three Or four Secretaries Of tho Interior,
| has told tho writer that he nnl ano:hcr trle-
rrnphed to Washington at that time, borg M,
TINT tho removal might bo STAYED for few uaVR,
until hc Ponras' side OF the case coutt be heard.
| That telegram WIS sent back from Washington
| to the ]lpsiile Agent having tie removal In
charge. md was d!sregatded. TIC writer hos
seen those empty cnhins OF the po''cas as they
strnl among tflc almost 0yer-toppng wcels oE
that fertile valley. In sight OF every passenger
who asccnt1s t!iG Missouri, tho silent
MONUMENTS or THE OPPRESSION
O. ne 6overn'net o. . e t1e IN S'dtes i
plementS hRvo been stolen. anu the feneas-os
cause they .eers utdi. hnv:ng nclthcr arua not
allies, cxcept. the United States, who sixty vcarf
before hal formed with them BY solemn treaty
r.nn, ti,e,r hnn,ns. ram thr rorn.irlds Will
inv had ,nn,i" iran, tc nrnvrs n thrir fa.nrrs
WY nau n,naS .,u' ~ ~ n',. , !" ,e' ID ets
a'1M rom lne GfaFcs ~ ,ieis rtlit1em.
| Ihrt hia now teSecbt INC SNe!its-s'1 VINO bast
| braved all anu rcturrct] III the lHQnn Territory
wIerc, rs the testimony IN The habeas.corp1!
cnso kfIoweil LIS Of tho bSl lrgcn there died III
about ycar, Tltir pot,les nil died, ,,,l ), lnrcf
Irnnorifnn' nf thc survivors of the ponrna he.
non,a sic, h"ro,,.c NJ t,,r "lIno.c
ear1 T,,a AZ nsnnha 49,, - Stn.i' In 1azn .u7 Al
tham. @ - ''~' "S' -o''' '"'" y
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1n"n. vc,t ~ r." M M,s,",i Rvor ~ rhrv tnn}
1nahtiv IN *. arts ~ c;viit1"t,n mi th-"s
nuu lad many tfno farms, school. churcl
They hs!tt many fences and lnts ntt I!yon ~ fou
Inaans hsyo ovcr learned to do IN 10 short tlmc
Tacy had msfls, tlrashing tnachinca, ntll reap:rB
aul tyery Chlns Ind a rood hnuso. Thcy rl!sci
many nr cattle nt,f! received ynsy liltr assatanc
| Al k,ntF