Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-08

Opened by Full Blood Sioux, who Re
lates Some Grievances as Viewed from
the Red Mans Standpoint.All About
Troubles on the Yankton Reservation,
YANKroN AGENCY, D. T., Oct. 4, 1879
TO the Press and Dakotaian.-On October
4. at II! o'clock we came near having
trouble here. A wise man, the agent, Mr.
Andrus, and an Indian got into a fight, be-
cause the agent would not pay him. He
had been one Of the police, but had been
away, and that was the reason. So the
agent had him bound up, ard it took Elk
white men to do it. The men that helped
the agcnt to do it were his clerk, and the
issue clerk and the farmer and the trader
and his son, and the farmer accidentally
shot himself taking out his pistol. He
shot his hand. Perhaps if he had not done
that he might have shot the man.
They let the Indian go afterwards, bu.
bis friends and the Indians think he was
used very rough, and so there is a good deal
of feeling about it. But the Indians are
trying to quiet them and the feeling is
going down. And the Indians took up a
collection for the man and gave him a pony
to quiet him. So by reason Of those who
made the tro,ble some of the Indians have
been put to q good deal Of expense.
We never knew an Indian agent before
to do that way.
Then, another thing his friends have
done: They came to the agent and told
him to pay the Indian n thousand dol
lars, but how that will be he did not say
a~nything-and some of the other Indians
say he ought to pay.
Then it was not any of the traders bust.
ness, but he went and mixed in the fghl
and helped abuse the man, go the many
friends have demanded Of the trader te
pay too. And they say if he don't the,
will shut up his store. These are The
things l hear the Indians say.
Then I think about this thing that tht
Yanktons are making themselves drunk
Now sons of the Yanktons are beginning
to live like white men-to live on farms
end raise wheat and make a liviDg,-bu,
to-day We are all sorry to see a wise mar
get into fuss.
Last spring the Yanktons talked a goot
deal about something and wrote to th,
great father about it. There are some half
breeds here that received all their portion
and some white men too, living among tn.
Indians, and they wanted them all to b,
sent of the reservation, and wrote the grea
father about it. And now again they ar
talking about this thing and getting up
petition to be signed by all the Indians, I,
have them sent of.
The reason they don't think these hal
breeds ought to be here Is that they got
great deal Of money from the treaty an,
they have spen. that all now, and hav,
come back TO live of the tribe. And it j
not because they don't like the half breed.
but because they ray it was in the treaty AMI
they want them 10 do what's right, an,
they don't want to make trouble about i,
30 now when they get all the nation I,
sign the position they are going to ask III,
great father sglin shout il. tl
30 now, my friends, I want you to tel
this 10 your paper, and have Il come /,
sext Thursday's weekly paper.
an your friend, Who NV you Z,
fankton. PHILIP WALTER.
Go 70 W. r. Ketchum's new photograph
' gallery for photographs.