, 1879-08-12
How a. Friendly Tribe Of. Indians
Has Besn Used by tho
Government. :.
Driven by Torcs from Lands
Ccdcl to Them hy' Sol
'. ,eInn Treaty..
And Transported Against Their VIII
to q Region Where They
Are Porishing.
a Complete Iistsry Of Their Unhappy case'..
Wrongs That Should Do pr'mpil!
Righted.

Et1tIiIillr- UGCft ANU lI!e t"Eut3'hsV o"~." "A-
h;m. b, tic Government Of the United States,
ttctr nnnca, 10 ,he cousta, and discharge from
I'm nrisonment upon habcas corpus t1t Omaha,
have awakened m fntercst concerning the corr
;,uct Of the Administration towar0s this long
suffering tribe; but there Is ground ior aiafaa
In tho dlspatct, from Washington to TIE
CHICAGO TatpusE OF Aug. 5, TINT, although IN
thc trrnty With tic siou1 Of 1868 "somooodV
bluudcred y In iucludlnx.tho Ponea lanls at tl'o
mouth Of the Hiohrura In the vast tlaet bct
mart to tho einu13 the purpose - SUI,
manifested to keep the rcmainll'E loncas' ''''
tbey perish, In the hot, unhealthv place 10
which they have been erllcd In The Indian 1er-
sitory.
TIE roNoAs
oro hraucI, OF the Dakota family. and orieina'-
" resided upon The Red River of Tue morrill,
whers thes suffered 80 from tlio attacks OF mo
Dakotas, or, Sioux, that hes moTed sontn anu
ucyoss the Missouri, and built fortified v'l1ago
on Ponca R.ser, which empties 1ntothe MISSOURI
n abort distance nbovc the mouth Of tho
N,ohrarn. .Tbc Dakotas, says Schoocraft,
ndcem 1t rlorlous to kill one not an ally.
thoup,, lie be of Dakota blood" Tic. Poncas
have not been members OF tho Alliance (the
term apakosa' u signifies "aIlied' ", mud
hence the pesslstant hostility OF the Sioux.
In lAl7 the United States made ttcatv with
the poncas,-ilen called Poncarnrs,-br which
It was acrced TINT "Thcre sl,nll be perpetual
ueape mud friendship between oil the citizens OF
the United Suites Of America md MI the indt-
yttlunls composing the said Poncarar tribe; md
all the friendly rclat1ons that existed between
them before The war [of 1879 with England
shall be, anl the same uro hereby, renewed"
In 1875, when John c. Calhoun WIS Secretary
of War, second treaty was made with thcu,,
In which tho Indian nau1o is shortened 10
"Poncars," and they admit the supremacy oE
the United States, and csRtn their protection;
and tho United States agree "to rccciva tho
Toucar trihe Of 1ndlans into tlleir friendship
and under their protection, and to extend to
them from time to timo such benefits and acts
Of klnduess na may bv e6nvenient and SEEM Just
and proper to the President OF the United
Statcs.a'
In 1929 the tribe numbered !b0, the majority
being womeu the men having been Killed IN
battle. .....
On March 49,, 1858. this tribe lnow called
sPoncas y by treaty
SOLD THEIR LANDS,
which extended from Iowa Greek to White
Earth River, 10 tho United States for SIS, 900,
certain Md Ii the way OF agricultural iMplc-
mcnts, ind promlsa Of school 10 be estab-
ishcl and su 3uogtcd by tho Government, and
went on 10 a reservation near tic Yanktons by
this treaty, which was ratified BY the Senate March
,, 1850, and proclaimed By Prcsidcnt Buchanan
On April II, tho Poncas tedo to the United
Ssatts "alt their lands, except beginning ut u
point On the Niubrara River, and running north
10 as to fntcrscct Ponca River, twenty-five miles
nboVe Its mouth, thcuce up and along tho Ponca
.hcncc INV, that strcnu tn thu notnt ri brtrIn.
M.s,..,. 49,. T.. e .aa.ss,, ~. -,
"eI aa ,na,an. - rhe TIr,ted s,otas
esaee aetee % "pse' stre @ saq "ea D. m s e,
rsserptd laud for thrIr future homes, and thc,
ncrsona ,rI nronc,tv thcrcor,. tlurlur roo1 he.
tsr,sn ~ at .ha,. IT, .s~, !,
havlor op thef part"
Tho trentY provides that the United states
has the right to establish military posts, roads,
putl Indian Agencies Within tho reservation
and lin, cfl aufhnrjzed rnni1s m,v ro ttro,trb.-
ana .''a' ~ aIsnos'h'a LIZ; ~ roaos @ ','Hs w
the Fohcas 10 De pald ios Tue flcat OF way.
Art. & provides that tbs Ponens, "whenaver
they think proper; mar divide said tract among
themselves. Giving to each head OF family cr
single pcfson farm, with s,ic rights OF posses.
ana sSp & Transfer '' 00 o'Des 0' 'e '''Os'
nracr.r ~ prr,c nr,ns
and rcsrr,s,ire. rs ~ u, % nav bo !" accordance
Fioe.
ia. 10 1T. sne roosas ae1ee 10 pay oMt .. !nf.s
tnnu1tes ioe al aepseaalaons ,,e,1i aoH,n:teu oy
~ hoss!iittc, with other tr!bes, except n sell.
uelehsc, anu VII! submit MI 1hattcrs OF i!sp4tc
ai, a!a oanlsnaty ncaWGcn u'emse'yea a'a otlee i
g!as ior ths decision % q TIE rfesdent , 81 ~ 7
Un1tca STATES. and WILL aei!G ny II; a!,a VII de
naer up nilynoera agn!ntt laws 10 tac unltca
states. lvol' IL United states Statutes 81
LaIEc: WA -
Oh Mnrch u, lsD1, aunnlementnl treaty was
r1an,. %hI M maS tasea aaaen Z 1S., mn1 % pIo
~ t1StA@us E0HAoou W oaAt ~ <Si ~