St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-11
NIcGillicuddy and His Opinion.

Special to the Globe.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 10. - DR.. McGilli-
cuddy agent at Pine Ridge Indian agency.
Dakota, who was in Omaha to-day, says he
has been told that he is to be replaced in
the near future by another agent; but he
does not propose to retire without making
a fight in defense of his administration at
Pine Ridge. He is the most suspected
agent in the service. but still holds his
place, having in every instance disposed of
the charges made against him. McGilli-
cuddy does not favor the transfer of the
Indians to the war department. The pres
ence OF troops OH the reservations will al
ways be source of irritation. The Indians
will not be civilized by compulsion. An
agent. by dividing sentiment, can use one
band against another. In stimulating an
advance in material sentiment of opposition
would have tendency to bind all together
in the reactionary policy of living at the
expense of the government.
II would PREFER" says McGillicuddy, s'flfty
Indian police on the reservation to regi-
ment of soldiers as efficient aids to the preser-
walton of peace. My captain of police will
support the government against the claims of
any chief to supreme authority, no matter
who the agent may be. His men are scat
tered through every Indian village; are at
once detectives, policemen and soldiers, who
report at once any symptoms of an outbreak
before they have time to materialize. In all
my contests with Red Cloud and his faction I
have been able to preserve quiet at Pine
Ridge without
CALLING IN THE MILITARY.
We have two parties, malcontents under Red
Cloud and the progreSsioniSts under Young
Man-Afraid-of-His-Ho Red Cloud is "A
years of age. We have never recognized his
claim to be chief of the Sioux, believing it to
be dangerous to permit such an assumption
of wide-sweeping authority in man of his
nature and views. 1t is harmless, as long as
it is kept where it is. A change of agent
would, however, be taken as recognition of
Red Clouds claims and would increase his
power for damage. | have recognized no
head chief, but have continuously asserted
the authority of the government as supreme
in all questions. The greater portion of the
Sioux are with me. and the most influential
chiefs support my policy. 1t is
very difficult problem, this Indian ques-
ton, rendered all the more difficult by
vacillation in its treatment in years past
The treaty of 1858, made near Laramie, began
with the interesting statement that we, the
government of the United States, desire
peace. Under its provisions the Sioux seem
to have the idea that they are to be perpetu-
ally fed at the governments expense, and
and this idea is sedulously fostered by Red
Cloud and his band, who in turn are sup
ported by the Indian sentimentalists of the
East. If the Indians are to be made harmless
for damage to settlements, self-supporting
advanced in civilization, they must be
first dsabused of the idea that their future
good depends upon present good behavior.
They must be encouraged to keep themselves,
to farm and raise stock, and the advantages
of education must be freely offered to the
growing generation"