Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-16


Nsyrs ann Standing Rock Agency says the
council with the Indians upon the treaty for
opening the Sioux reservation has brOkan up
and adjourned.
Bach sf the commissioners, in wel eunsldr
sred aad earnest addresses. warned the tndf-
ans OF tha bad results likely 60 occur m the
cass Of their rzinsat TO ancegt the oder OF one
government Before the nesting aftile 2
al the commissioners knew that u had been
determined BY tho Indians 20 60 b9me-
In the 0pen counsel John 6rass
reiterated the determination OF ths
Ia,iinnE TO refuse 70 sign either paper ffEY
starte-tto isrse. when Agent AcLaIgtiiih
arose and ordered Them to rumain which
they did The commissioners finally at-
fn1rped The council and told the Indians TO
n home and ATTEND to thsir crops
and the commissioners would pr0eeed
70 oSher agencies: when the sDsnt1ng horK
peoule werp wnnsed aglIn notice x0uht be
rVeE them. Then they dispersed qulr9y
and ses out fur their homes. Every pSsAi3is
argamsnt has been made To Hnsinee tae IN
dams 70 cslusent. II IL CERTAIN that they
had determined n their councils long betocs
the arrival Of the commissioners 60 reject ths
0feF. Reporra from tina 90wer agencies ara
very ennaieting The next agenry visited
viii be the Cheyenne River.
Another dispatch says: The language on
Chairman Pratt TO the naughty chiefs NJ the
II1NES EAlttk<iItIL AlE lNftA1.AttA " AAS
Giaus. and instead OF making a orsak IN
the ranks. solisiitieel the opposIrion and ee-
menuesf the friendship df the Gietl0ns- The
natter wss virtually settled when John
Grass arose IN c~onaersuee. and informed
the commission that the lHdIans womb
sign neifler papers. and thai they swruia
now efltrn To their faF1ns recardlesH on
what The commissioners might say As
soon as Grass slnsesl the circle was 5rakeH
aud the Indians started for home. Al the
efforts 81 Thurman Pratt % control che m
diaas ners fniilr- bur AGENT Mclaughlin sue
css-iel IN rastarsHe quiet and have the con-
fsrsnss adjourn r5sh a -embianee OF order
Il Was q most Illuminating scene The rep
reseataniNaa OF the @lvefilment Of the Intss-i
Staf.- sent TO rou'sr with the Iufinns were
lefs standing helpless and hopeless While the
Indians xfh8 basf epeafeily reDdered their
dssisinn not To SIGN lsft the conference With
eoutempt Depicted upon their eounrHnaares-
When jain lfr0ss. after Els brief speech,
called for those 20 sign No, not an Indian
aroses Whom 3s called Tor f1ose $40 s4gn
.sYes, every man remained mnuonless on
the ground Bat when he ~requesred those
Who wouiii sign neither paper 10 arise, eTery
man rose gitl cheers and yeIlE.
II Dunbar, Issue clerk AT the Rosebud
agency. Oak. ai&I. A. NeBzer, ehisf OF POI
Rre. say that they have asked the opinions
Of over thousand india1s dnrinG the past
Alttllld VII NH-AaN - NNhl
ressrYation. AMI not one II them was n IN
vor oft. Last wseE the Indians ar Rosebud
had u hig council composed Of over sixty
ehipfs and bend men. in Rhirh all the aSencies
wers represented. and they unanimously
pielgef themselves not ta sign amt 10 use al
their iadHeHre 10 prevent other tmliana rom
doing so
Thefsaiursof the Sioux commission e secure
the consent o. the Iutiians 10 anyoftheaggee-
uenrs ~ very mgrr5fyinE 70 the Interior de-
pnronsnt o~fiealis. ior Seerssary Was has
taken 3 greater interest IN the sEscess Of the
proposed opening af the reservation rhaa IN
anything else coming under his aSiminis-
u-ation- He selected his COMMISSION
with a special reference 20 their ability
TO dead with the IRdians, but such
was his aaxiety 70 secure an army odicsr
tlac after Crook and RIger deeiined 70 serve
he seieeha4f Capt Pratt uf the Carlisle 1ehool,
tar the pfasse. u seems 70 hare been an I'M
fortunate SclngrioT. and Observation-Disclosures
department. arr Inclined To Placeup0nPrafts
shoulders the larusf shara II the nrpanEibil-
ifY for the prasgnt aftIrHde % the Indians.
PIRATE pignEpd right N there and attempted
10 bullsoze the Indians, said one angry
ahisiai -aHd he has Eo0 sIenrefett He
IL q martinez ard can do nothing
except IN a brutal way lie was CAPTAIN
IA a negro Regiments tssIra he went 70 the
school aat esuId knock his ntcn around as
be san it. Then he got control OF . large
number Of indian ehiidren az Carlisle, and
there he eauid bulidnzs and boss things He
used 70 unsat people in tins department.
much the same Until be got a sthaek n while
sgH NoV he has gone at this work OF deii-
cate diplomacy Ikea hutlin a efinashop. and.
Of esussa. hsrH iuL
This epiniou Of Pratt exeessis 20 several
0thcr goTernmans departments that havs
sieaEags sifa him The other members -
the essmSzission cauli IL i th0ngHt. secure
eae efusozu Of the Ildiaas # Il Wera 0 foE
Pras1