Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-08-25
sIrrINt: BULL.
Shabby Treatment of Senatorial Com.
mittee-The Chief Repremanded
By General Logan.
EoRr YATES. Aug. "a.

FoRr YATES, Aug. "a.
The senatorial committee met the Sioux
Indians of Standing Rock agency, Dakota. IN
council. Wednesday There were present
many officers with ladies from the garrison
of Fort Yates. After brief interchange OF
opinions regarding the proposed reputation
of the Sioux reservation it being incidentally
announced by the Indians that they were con-
versiuy with the coming President of the
limited States and named Gen. John A. Logan
who smiled grimlv at the announcement. tie
being as thew asserted no friend to the RED
men, it was resolved by the Indians present.
as the treaties heretofore made by the gov
eminent have not been literally fulhiled. 10
decline giving full expression OF their ideas
in the matter. .
Sitting Bull, who announced himself with
great expression and considerable vehemence
as having been visit by the Great Spirit
chief of the Indians, declined to talk with the
committee whom he accused of being OF too
copyivial composition. He then declared
their council at an end, whereufon those
present quietly withdrew, leaving the COM
mirtee agent and spectators in quiet and I'M
disturbed possession of the council hail. Suo-
seouentlv, under arrangements made betwe N
agent Mclaughlin and the Indians, Sitting
Bull was given the alternative of apologlzlng
TO the Senate committee, whom he had IN
suited, or go to the guard house. He chose
tine former and Gen. Logan administered the
following scathing address:
understand that YOU wanted the Indians
to come here and talk. They appointed you,
with two others to do so. When you talked
10 the committee YOU accused them of being
drunken and insulted them. | understand
this is not the first time you have been guilty
NJ apaipSf committee or Con-
gress. You said to the committee that you
were chief of all the people in this country !;
that YOU were appointed by the Great spirit
l want to say to you sir that the Great Father
has not appointed you chief. Appointments
are not made that wav. and further that you
are not the great chief of this country. You
have no rights which are to be considered
You are on an Indian reservation at the sui
ferance of the government, ted by the govern
ment, clothed by the government, and If II
W. re not for the government you would be
starving to death in the mountains. say
these things for your good, but you must not
incite these Indians to bad deeds. You must
not break up the councils. Behave yourself
AS any other man. If you do this again you
will be sent to the guard house and will have
20 work. want to say to these Indians here
that the man Sitting Bull is not their chief.
They must obey the orders of the govern
ment which feeds them and takes care of
them, You are the equal of all other men
and have no right to insult men who come
here to do you a kindness. | am glad to say
to you here that Sitting Bull, with all his
vanity. has come before you now and apollo
gizes for the language he has used to this
committee.
Whereupon Sitting Bull subsidized and the
council finally adjourned.