, 1879-08-22
MAN.AFRAID.OF. HIS.HORSES.

residence with the groon1'B father, at bis stately
country seat, ctelsworsh Manor, Suffolk.
MAN.AFRAID.OF. HlS.HORSES.
4 "spesch" that IIe Wishes sant to "ths
Great Father"
xp4efas DtpaseA 10 1ht TFtauHk
RApID Ctrr tvla Gustcr Citv), Aug. 10.-sfan.
Afraid Of lIi1-u Horses, the Ogaiaia Chief. In re-
gard to whom and his associates mailed youa
letter three DAYS ago, called on INC this moru-
Ing. accom- panied bv William Garnet, the inter-
prefer, and aaId be wanted to mske "soeecl,,"
and hare 1t printed, 80 the Great Father (the
Presdcnt) would sec 1t. told him would
communicate his talk through The TRIBUNE 10
Tie Great Father with pleasure, and that It
should, be sent to you By ll1htnlng, that ,-t fs,
Custer City. The following y aa exact repots
Of Slan-Afraid, Of His uofsea' "apeecn.": as
given mo by the Interpreter, being eatefusIv
read over to the Chief the second time before
he expressed himself n perfectly satssa-.
will ii:
II have come up here for two things: one,
to help convict bad whito men who have been
stealing our horses: aud the other, TO l-t Jour
have read to me. the speech mhde in 1870 at
| Old Rcl. Cloud Agency. told senator Allison
| what 1 wanted then. Myself and o:her
;ss3 ra snac WORKED ssted t17etss a lss:
Father TO feed US ss long as the earth 81 nd:
S.ttiEg-Bult and Crazy-l1osse wero working
against us all the time. They wanted to 20 on
The war.patt. Ana, when Csazv-aorsc vent On
! the war-path, we went and brought him back
to tue Agency, and there be dird. alttlng.Bull
has gone away FROM tho Great Fathers country
entirely; and VIC !le YOUNG men = Of the Vga!-
| 1a!as want to do right WITH the Great Fatrr.
There aso no fresh moecssln+tTacks on t9s var
paths now; the scalp knifa Is sbeatheu. When
We had the Council in 1875. We gave up the
| Black Ilills,-onlv tho Black Hills.-no other
country. Crazs.Ilorsc and Sitting Bull would
not ngrco to eiyc up The Black fills, spottcd-
Tall. Of the Bsules, has been great VAR Chlei.
Red- Cloud, among the OcaElalaa, has bcen
great Was.Ch!cf. They have been to sec the
Great Father. and talked With him md made
their promises. That was eight os nine Ieara
ago. They PROMISED tho Great Father tn do
right anl live iu pence. Since that time no
have had trouble on both sides; but, since the
Council to bur tho Biaek nllls, myself s1a1 ana
the other young men Of the oHalia'as
hnyo carried ont our ,v promises. ~: M,.s ss
iugton, tile Gtcat Father asked me to pick ont
iscted Ia &c Piae nidee. We want 70 stay there. We
ils,cn to the words Of the Great Father; that Is
all listen to. do not believe any Que but
him, and tie people ho sends to hpe1k for him.
II want you to say to all the good peoplc ia
the Black Hills, and all who arc living around
me, that had wh.te men must not steal from US
nny more, for we intend TO do right whcle We
are,-to do as the dreat Father tays. EhoW
to nelp me; this SEQ With NY own eyes; ai.1
that man [poiuttng to E fl. Cole, stock,ln-
spector Of the Nebraska Stock Aisoc'atlonl IS
Que OF them. THIS Great Father told INC TO DO
riCht,-to do no wroug 70 any mao; but
bad whito people hayc been stealing our
horsea, mud ne have not tried to taTc
ourselves from loss BY stealing whlte mems
i,orscs. No do not get angry, because good
white people try to get back oNr horses. Now,
VIC Will have ono brand for all the Ogallalas-
ouu bra1ni Tor oil our stock at Pine'KIdgo
It'll vii be our brand. We will brand ponies,
cattle, colts, and everything. II they steal
horscs irou. u.s. VIC don't want 10 steel horsgs
iron, theIu, BECAUSE VIC know good "h!te People
talss aso now all pcaceable, and don't want tc
ia nnTthlug. wrong. All tic bad 1udtans nEa 70
tic North With Sitting Bull. Toll your peunls
nj tie Indians now In your countsy ato neacsa,
, bic. We now lnve wagons, utltf plo"s, aiat
hoes, and our young men are learnng 70 os'
them. We want the merit generation OF ogal
ialas to be civliiEe The Great sp!Ft make. s,a,
ttne W avay. When our children grow. up tlr,
must rat corn, md potatoes, ind the meat %
the COW and the shc:p. told ths Great Eashel e.
could not work t ~, San1 M our ap,y en,c wax 1bc
! Gappy huutlg- grounds. We teach item to b.
) f1unds to Tie whites; That 90 ilany o. ht,a oa
people lQYG DGeu killCu u! slAt%Ss Atu NV "tsse
, are Iprrcasit,g 90 fast thai the O9al!alas cahno
be erent in war any lone.cr- we want 20
| / pehccatle forcycr,-aa lonE' as tAe efahs seo"
: and tle winds blow. T.,
/ told us we might 20 and hunt buffalo whcrcFe
= willie meu could GO; that.we would ail 70 -
!. Gother and bo friends together. NOW, Wo "an /
= | to en hunting I'LL In the 6hoshonc couhtfv,-l
:, | shv Wolf Mountains; NO want TO 70 ous thef
i. and Kill buffalo, tOr wc neeA thn fooes amu u.
y | tncak; unu we wnlt thu sDl1ters ~ 70 "ltu u
i Tell the Grcat Father tnts was hla prom'se I'LL
wc expect Inn to Maka II EotN1.
a stlicre With INC ure Couquetstle.near ~, nn'
Il | Womanfs-Drch they lrar 1nr wosuh uieY ~
Il what say; speak for nll thy M1une y, en y
tho Piuu Ridge Agency. snottod-Iail alla ltso
| t.lond nrs Chiefs of tic iIrpte anti Rnsebu
:. Hrenciss. They are not fit to be Agcut1 Chiefs
!. | tbry don't kuuW how tu do BUSINESS thln3
- wpi1lI be better for tie Indians aud iot "
:. | Whit peuuje to hnYu Two young men tak9 ,ne1
Il | nIurca WHO know how 10 do hutlness. lteo
>. ElnuI is now Head -Chef of the OVslla'as. W
- peou.u want Youlf5 tnan III els place WHO oel
" Ter knows how to rcprcsont tue young ntm :
y | fhu tr!be,-tD kcap them 9r1ln the 1nAuencc, 9
/. SItttD.- Hull's frtrbGa. He'd cloud and spot1eo
~ Tall don't know how 10 treat ttls young ~
!. right. SONS y0unE incn nave Joined eittlnH
- Dull, who would never have aona 81 had the'
y OguIiajas ut Pins Rklga Agency hlsay Soun
u Htsn n Bpottrd Tall AgeneY arc not ontentcd
iiwy wunt to come to tllu Pne RldgH Agency
aud l,opo the Great Father will giro them pei
sund thls spscch to the usrat Father. I ar
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