, 1880-12-29
About $i.25e, e,o27,ooo in Legal
Currency in Circulation
The Navy.
Bullion Enough In tho Now York Assay
Oficc to 1sun the Philadelphia
Mint for Six Months.
December Debt Reduction $3500,000--
= Census Of Thirty-three States and
Territories Silver.
THE pONCAS.
l,osroS's a1bE Or THE SCANDAL.


Nosr0S'e a1bE Or THE SCANDAL.
Hpeetal Dlpateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsiI1S0T0s, u. e., Dec. es.-Mr. Tibhcs, who
has stirred III, sncll n coinnlotlon In rcuar] To
tho wrongs Of tho Toncas, Is In tho city. ac-
coupanetl Ivy bright Eyes, tho poncn 'na!dcn.
They both attended the meeting to-dny Of tho
Senate Special Committee which tlas IN charge
tho general subject Of the removal OF tho roncas
from Dnkota. Thcro wcFo present Of tho Coni-
mIttee only Senators Kirkwood hnll nnwcst
Scrator Morgan being confined to Ills bed by
illness. Scnntor Dawes catne I'll from MassA-
chuactts ut Mr.. MorKan's request to
mako quorum for business. Tho
leRlng Ponca Chiefs, attended by
Agent Whiting and Inspector ifaworth,
questions were aekcd md answered bcaring oil
tho Willingness Of tho Indians to remain Hhcro
tlloy aro and to yield lp their Dakota ianls.
stnuding Auflato said that thoy waited now
three years TO got their own bnck ngntu, "but,"
said he,
There is nothing to take hold Of" Alr. Tlbbtcs,
III describing tho scene III tho Committee room
to-day. sud that the 1ndinns were in terror of
Whiting, who haa instructed them what
to say, and. when they wcro inter-
rogatcd. hu would look ut them
no sscruly that thoy wero afratd to gny nnything,
except TINT they aro willing to remain whcro
they pow nre. Whto EuRta said three soIurato
times TINT they hnd wnted three years to got
bnck to Dakota. hut, nt last, believing 1t to 10
impossible, thoy had accepted tho utimutum of
tho Interior Department "Ths," said Bright
N'e'' "wAs nxrxA7to THREE rrnxs,
but tho interpreter only Rave 1t onco.'' Sho
thought II tho Indians wcro To speak as thay
feel, thoy would Riva tho liz to tho roprc-
eontatlons matlo by Mr.. echurz md Agent
Whiting. bright Eyes. when asked hor
opinion OF tho real sentiment OF tho Indians,
snfd. ~ know tlioy want 10 10 tnuk to Nakotn.
Not ono Of thom Ia satisfied to live anywhore
else. 1sut slnco tho unprorokcl murder Ut 1lIR
Snake, thcy ase afSn!d they will 10 killed un,psa
they acquiesco In tho Wishes Of tho interior De-
partsncnt. Object to tho present arrange
ment," said she, "because tho lands promised
our people In tho Indian Territory aro
THE PROPERTY or THE CiiENoREIe,
. and not foF tho United States Government to
bcstow. sho said. further, In proof Of her ns-
so1tion, that the poncas are kept unlcr a STRICT
espionage by tho Interior Department. She had
twice called Mt tho Gtoho I1utol to 500 her uclc,
ono Of tho Ponoa Chiefs, and both times was re-
fused Adnl1ttance. She Buys that Hnworth then
went to Ar. schnrz anl sa!d, "Drtght- Eyes Is
trying to SEQ her uncle, md, II Sho succeeds,
thero will 10 e0cne," and that 9ch,,rz Rl,swereu
nothing at ALL sho said further, that. ut tho
confcrenco today, when
NgA UNCLE, WHITE BWAn,'
was askol II ho would not rather 10 back TO
Dakotn, Agent Whiting looked ut him Bo hnr.l
that tho porepirAtton hurst from tho 1tullnns
brow, and ho answered ovastyoly. Mr. rlbhles
snys TINT tho letter which WAS recontly resolved
by Secretary 6chuEx from tho FQncn Chiefs, ex-
pressing thair Willingness to cetio th0ir pakota
lands, which was tnado tho bus.s for tho preseut
negotiation. Is only portion Of wllnt was
dictated by tho Chlofs. md tito suppressed por-
- kEfr,. ua,F ~ $t.s..
public, put an entirely different nhRao upon tho
question. lIu accusos Agent whiting Of haying
Madc Il tool Of
JOE ESAU, THE PAwNEg 1STENrNETEnt
who, living with hts own tribn III tho Indian Ter
rtorY, naturally profera II rs homo. lie sn,a
thnt, last summer; Whiting suid Of Esau; "llo
Is my meat" by which ho understood That Esnu
was In hs pay and rcn4y to do hts bidding
Those sumo lnttans, Tlbb1ca sny8, Bnltl to him
Inst summer that they bud no thought, night or
day. except to 20 back to pakota. both Tib-
bales and DrtKht-Eyps nro very bittor In thptr
denuncfauons nf tho Interior Department, uut
even spar}ng BIZ. schurz. 1t Is understood ihat
GEN. CROOK hAs Anv1sEn n,IsIas THE nosroS ooA-
not to try to do anything hero with tho roncas.
ms 1t will be useless, naslnuct III they arc under
tho charge OF tho interior department, md will
act accordingly. Tho Commission, accordingly,
NoeS West Immediately, most Of tho metnlyuru
lcny1nE tomorrow. Senator Dawes ylsttet! tho
PTesldont today, and personally protested
aRalnst any conclusion Of tho po,ullug ncxotla-
tIuns until tito other stdo Gun 10 t,ot,r,l Dnwes
is reported to hayo aa!l to-day tl,t, II tho spo.
c!al Commission finds q sct of facts esstiux
wholly different from those presented by Agent
whiting and Inspector llAwnrtb. mud 80 rc1,urt
tho BeAnto corpmlttco vii! thoroughly vonllutp
tho matter, lot It hurt whom 1t may
MEANWHILE, Secretary schltz considers tho
lone1 matter settled, nHd looks upon the action
Of tho hostcn Commission III p!cco of scutl-
nentalism.
K1RKwoop AND DANES.
WAsHtH1roN, D. O., Doc. .3-Bonntoea Kirk
wool aud Dawes, Of tho Henato po,lca inycst!.
eating Committee, met tho Intrror Department
to-day. Mr. Tlbhles was examined In rofercnuo
to his attbnpt lust summon to Induce tho Cupcna
to leRvo thotr reservation and " to Eakata,
l[o admitted that he hasi gone to tho Ponca res.
ersAtioH ut the request Of tho Committee tn
OMAhh, for tho purpose Ut s0elnE WhutIIcr tho
PoHcas would not lcayo tho Indian Territory
and sotl,rn to Dakota. 90 that q gnso might ho
luade up by theta In the Supreme Court unl
that to aid tho roncas In leaving tho lnaiau
Territory money had boon furnished him to
proyA,on tho,n TN tho why.
Secretary Bchurz snad0 statement contra
dieting tho report that one- third of tho Fancaa
hud died In tho 1Nalan Territory, and TINT nD,|y
aGout 40 OF THEM were loft. He assetted thosQ
aFe 6lb In tho insllan Territory now, oight ut
Curlalu School, nnd tAiFtc0n iu Dakota, whtct,
proved that tue mortality uInunx sheln has not
been one-half what It hns bcun represented.
1tc also showed that tho ehRrgn that tho poncas
had been kept In clnse confinement 10 ~ ia
make It impossible for auy Of thslF trIeAla IL
SEQ them GU or ubout their reservation WINS
untrue.
WHITAKER.
THE Fll0ulLAN AslOITEu.
Epkt{4l DLtattk ta TIA CALtaan T,1th1.uA