Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-12
Pine Ridge Again.

The following letter has been received
by me mber Of the staff of the BEE from
Captain George Sword, chief of the Sioux
police ut Pine Ridge agency. 1t tho
Il considerable amount of hitherto sup
pressed light on the motives which have
induced continued attacks on the admin
istration of that agency, and places the
responsibility for the last slanderous re-
ports on the shoulders where it belongs.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Oak, Oct 9th, 1885
MY FREND:-About ten days ago, a paper
in your city, called the HeraLd printed a
story which the paper said Red Cloud had
written.
1t was, that all of the employees, the Indian
police, the u. S. interpreter and many other
people here had been drunk for several days; {;
that the interpreter was selling whisky to
the Indians and that our agent, DR.. McGilli-
cuddy, was very bad man and wanted to kill
the Indians, and something about the Great
Spirit.
Now my friend, am an Indian. am cap
tain of the Great Fathers police here. l
watch out for all such bad things with my
fifty policemen, and know that the story in
that paper was lie.
We have one of the Great Fathers new in
spectors here to look after such things; he
looks like a good man. he read the story in
that paper TO Red Cloud in a council where
many Indians, our agent and many
other white people and myself We're
F-present, and Red Cloud said
it was all lie; that he had not said so. and
did not tell any one to write such bad talk.
Our agent wrote to that paper to find out
who had written such lie and the man that
makes the paper answered that he had torn
Red Clouds letter up, and that is why
some of our people wonder if the man that
makes the paper did not make that story him
self; for man that was here from your city
the other day, told uS that the man that makes
that paper Is n doctor and half brother of a
bad man in Washington, called Bland"
who is doctor too, and makes bad paper
called the Council Fire and these two bad
doctors want to make away with our good
agent and make friend of theirs in your
city agent.
My friend, the white man that made that
story and put Red Clouds name on it, did not
write as an Indian would tell story
My friend, / write my own name, and
know what put it on; do not tear this letter
hpi o'ihN WV iHhS hHhN I" oNN IL Il ollthN
hands with you, for we think you are the
Indians friend. L am,
GEORGE SWORD,
Captain u. S. Indian Police
The writer knows whereof he afliIms
when he declares that the management
of the Pine Ridge agency is, and has been
since DR.. McGillicuddy was first placed
in charge, the best of any ON our north
western frontier, if not in the United
States. The charges and cOunter-charges
which have resulted from the vigorous,
honest and nervy administration of DR.
McGillcuddy have not come from the
Indians, whom he is steadily ciyilizing
without rant or cant, or from the settlers,
to whom his wise and courageous policy
has brought peace and security Every
inspection by the government has only
brought into clearer light the remarkable
administrative genius of this remark
able man, whose only ambition
has been TO secure the well.deseryed
praise of those whose praise is worth the
having, He has cleared from the agency
the old ring OF cheating contractors, inn
moral "squaw bumpers. and turbulent