New-York tribune., 1879-11-24
STANDING BEAR AND THE PoNOAS.
THE STORY OF THEIR HARDsHIPs AND suFFERINGs
REToID-AN APPEAL FOR AID IL THEIR EFFORTS
To rrcnvFR THEIR LANDS.

THE STORY OF THEIR HARDsHTPs AND srFFERINGs
REToID-AN APPEAL FOR AID IL THEIR EFFORTS
TO RECOVER THEIR LANDS.
To me EdIfOr or me Trtbune.
SIR: The story of Standing Bear, the Ponca
Chief. Boston asking aId to enable hls trDe 70
recover their lands striking illustration OF the work
ing OF our Indian policy. our last treaty WIN
the Poncas made In 1865, reads thusi ." La
consideration OF the military services and OF
other lands ceded to the United States. the
Government of the United sacsce aud relinquish all
title and interest In thc following described territory
Then follows the description Of certain townships ana
sect ons upon which they established themseyes Iney
had 1--WE hundred under cuitvatl"n' hai butohe
hundred and my houses and living qmetiy on
their farms, they were visited by the inspector
and told that they remove TO the Indian Territory
where the President wOuld give them other lands
and nav them for they 10 leave, ana thht
they did not Ike the lands ;hcy Should be allowed
to communicate directly wh him. After great prTsua-
sOn ten chiefs ~ hr tribe were Induced 10 make th'
Journey OF 900 miles to the Indian Territory. They
fonnd the lands sterile ana the water bad AMI hey de
clined TO remain. Every effort short OF imprisonment
was made 10 prevent their escape Tley were iefh-ed
money and tho services of the Interpreter
whom they had themselves paid. II was
nhIwinter when they started 10 return u
their homes; they travelled on foot suosiSied
on The dried coru which tnry found IN tnc heins anu
slept uudr lay stack, sucn cover rs .hy could ind
After iourncY Of ltv days tncy rofcnrd fh' oiDc To-
ervafiou anl when they cntered tha A',nsio m they
lot the prinfs ~ their IN blood up0u Tie hror
Meanwhile the Inspector had tec2raplcd that tr che's
had run away, and requested thar no aid should De a
fordcl thern Thr friendly Ot0es, Ice
ccivcd them xinuly and Finished ta unc Nii p1hN
and after Journey oi FOUR idys HD tipJ atnrd thcil
lorrs where Inspector vino n u NOT Naia-iid 4.
ready arrived The troop, called iu, WI rfer co d
b. moved was rarktd iu wagons. and altAluNh iicf
referred e rather than 20 -. tnfl V0v ilii4 o
Many died tnr way, and after 100 o The trlH " 800
the horses and cattle were deal, S.aAdihE iDti
drrn. escaped AurT journey OF three months
they reached The Omaha k's-TNaIluu. weak, -ith
aud starved. The . ali- ave ilcn iile tuh tIfN
were lusteniug to plant ana nlon-h Whrh thtl Nff
alaln arrested, 90 be drlNtn bick 10 the llHdn IfoN
bv military force Hating near Omaha L IS ul iitl4 H.f
fncv were visi ed hy Mr. IlDhies. lawyer ana -lt
editor OF Omaha paper who lisienrd 10 theif fec
story and by hIpry Inspiration alpltd i" J"N-'
Iundy writ Ot htncis corpus. WI 'f if fti'f
aud they wee free. Ih- simple lfocH-s owes ni
the Government, the rnilauthrupis's me lih Ln.ru
ana agents even have not been abe To crap
pe viih successfully, thc az may dfccr; ;
and reduced to is lowest TERMS Tie question
man o., bound 10 prctl We aV Answered ihi7 ln-
ouirv In the of the negro at matlvcyaier some
DELAY n stand ng Bear seeks aso RESI- cn.e
ana asks pecuuiary ali to euaui ni To appeal ID" the
csded 10 them by the United states. from which they
have been Forliusfly aud barbarOlsly expelled
The Right Rev. X ri ClaT kson. Bishop OF NehIasAai
"a chairman or the Western Committee Tor the relief u
TINS TRIBE ana The Rev 4. f. sh"rris. ol Omaha uea,-
nror Mayor Prince - chairman o the Boston Commit
tee, and EbFn Jordan treasurer Contributions may ho
sent To any one Of these utemen. JUSTICE.
Aes5- York. Nov. 20. 1879.