Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-07-22

that you are not in the United States
now. You are on on Indian reservation,
and am in supreme command"
"'All right said, Il can stand it il
you can; so go ahead
"'I'm responsible for my actions"
Certainly said, 'and shall hold
you responsible for this outrageous
action
HE then asked me if had any bag.
gage with me, and on my saying I have
a couple of travelling bags at the hotel
he said: L will send for them.'
No. They are unpacked, and I
must go for them
"'You can't leave this Office till start
you off the reservation
"O, guess can,' and I started for
the door, when he ordered Foster to take
two men and go with me to the hotel.
Wereturned in few minutes, the police.
man at my request, carrying my travel.
ing bags. In the meantime MEG Gillicud.
dy had ordered out the elegant carriage
and team which the government furn.
ishes him for his private use, and with
which he brought the senate committee,
Dawes, Logan and Cameron, to the
agency last summer and took them away
again. asked permission to write 9
short letter to my wife, but he said: You
can't write any letters here to anybody.
Will you please get into that carriage?"
"'No,' replied, 4 shall do nothing to
please. 1 shall not get into that car
riage until you order me to do so under
pain of personal violence He then
said: If you do not get in I will order
you thrown in by force
"That will do said, and I stepped
into the carriage.
"The armed guard formed around the
carriage, and the order to start being
given by the agent, was driven out OF
the agency at / 80 o'clock. I was taken
to Ganow's ranch, seven miles south OF
the agency, and just across the line di.
viding Dakota from Nebraska"
/ Here DR.. Bland found congenial spir.
its in number of men and women who
had been put off the reservation by the
agent. A number of Sioux from Pine
Ridge visited him here, and Red Cloud
sent word that he would come with his
warriors and escort him back to the
agency. DR.. Bland protested against
this act of friendship. and thus. he says
ian outbreak was prevented" In con
Guiding the interview DR.. Bland makes
this important statement about tn,
chances of the Sioux treaty:
Il "On the I'd of July, Red Cloud and l3
chiefs and red men came down, and VI
held a council in Arlige's grove, nea
where was staying, at which council
explained the bill of Senator Dawes t,
reduce their reservation, showing th
map prepared by the Indian office fo
me. The Indians criticised the bill
sharply on several points. They said i
was not in accordance with the treaty q
1868, as it made no provision for th
Z half-breeds and white men married t
Indian women, who. according to th
6 treaty of 1868, belonging with and ha
the same rights as full. l.bloode
Indians. They also objected to the wa
the money was to be paid to then
they did not want it spent by the Sc,
retary of the interior, as they never gt
much out of what the Indian Office ha
the spending Of; they thought they kne
what they wanted to buy, and so the
wanted the money paid to them. The
we're willing to sell about half the
: reservation, and would sign bill
that effect if it were fair, but the
would not sign the Dawes bill in i
l. present shape. It is fortunate, ther
10 fore, that it did not pass tie house du
ing the last session OF congress. The
! Indians are so dissatisfied with Age
McGillicuddy that they are not willil
= to consider any question but his removs
i. and until that is effected they will sif
II no paper the government presents"