The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-14
The Sioux Treaty.
The Indians ut Crow Greek Agency ara Al

Tic Indians Mt Grow Greek Agency nre still
considering the trenty for opening the Sioux
reservati"u. The outlook in very bright ut
this agency and very gratifying reports are
MISC received from the lower Brulc, where it IL
expected that still less difficulty will he oil.
counterel in securing signatures. Capt
Fruit in confident thut IL n comparatively
elem sweep can le nude at these two ngrii-
rirs no serious difficulty will hc met in serur.
Ing sufficient signatures to render tho bill
operative. The prospects of ~ successful ter.
mination If the lalOrs of the commission arc
not by amy means hopeless.
The fountain head Of all the opposition on.
coiinterc,l her, lies with u certain few who
have forged nhcnd of the grcut mass and now
possess considerable stock. aud they are fear.
tnl that they will not have the rntirecartl tn
Craze over. They seem to lose sight of thu
fnrt that it takes hut fifth of the proposed
reservation to locate every Indian entitled To
land upon :s20-arrc fnrm and that an
abundance will L" LIFT. They nrc opposed
from selfish purposes nlni seem to l,c
willing To sacrifice schools and all
the privileges of civilization aud adj
vanrrnrilt tn the great mass at Indians 40
long as they are allowed to orrupy thou
sands of acres with their comparatively
small herds of cattle. Still this Till woull
would not interfere with them in any respect.
but they allrgc that any change would
necessarily do So Chief White Ghost ut tho
last council said:
Now. my friends We want To do this work
ma,nhly and quietly. That is good. that
is right; am glad at that. We want to
put orr attention closely to tho work you
have brought 10 ns. We want To consider
it quietly and pricmbly. W. were To come
forward with the pr,,. hut this is not the
day We want "lmt il "if another day.
White Ghost was about 4" retire, when
Judge Whit" rnli,rl his attention tna brief
MlIiri thu lmiinl.s had referred IN him for
which III" Indians made. o'm l"inr rrm,Iucr.
atod from the Northwestern road for about
'a'venty-iiv" nrr.s at land wl,rh that road
had taken In,ss.>s,n of wien rxtriuliug to
lnrm and ""il,"r calling for the transfer
nf II numimr nf their ln'nlr to- this agency
from StamIng Rock. The Judge stated thu,
he had examined Ill" papers carefully, and
would call the attention nf the government
4" both mattcrs; AT Once. White GHOST then
said:
thank you for that; that is good. The
Great Father when Ii" secs he has an impur-
tant work 4" do. work that must Il" ,ionc
quick and properly. he takes Ibis sullrrs by
n, u" hand and tells them t" 10 it right.
Ti" great father will choose 81 man from
among the multitude, II good aud wise
man, for II judge. man who has
no malice toward any QUE That is the kind
"f the man, the great fntlicr generally chooses
for judge. And among y"n all there is IL
great spirit who watches over him WHO in
chosen aud it will III well with us Why am
happy ut this. ] have suffered from this
earthly work. this land work. nn,l l hope
that everything will br strni-li,cn,,l out
have wished for that, ans! it will make mn
happy. Grunts of approval were frequent
during til" sl"sh at White Ghost. lie WIS
immediately followed by other prominent
speakers, none of whom spoke in reality
against tii"hill hut laid great rss upon tile
proposition 81, f"rthin Wliiirt Ghost ss,nsrh
The real sensation Of the day came wIlrn
Bowed Head. an Indian. sprang into the
circle and delivered the following urgent aI,-
peal to the Indians:
You ar" my friends and what I am going
to say may hurt you. Nevertheless am
going to speak My friends. am on Il differ
rnt path from some of the rest of you. am
not one of the chiefs sitting here, but | am IL
n,rnlmr of the tribune, and want tn make
Il lead for TIL" children. am not II bit afraid,
"i you. because yoM ar"mrn. Tironly man
am afraid of is til" Gorl in whom believe
want to saw" the young generation of this
tribe. He that lmlirvrs in the Great Spirit
nnl sw"ats Tor him. believe in him. am
going to say II few words tn you ln.lians. I
am not going to net for my own personal
good. | have nn children, hut have grand
children. do not wish to impose upon the
rights of YOU chiefs who are sitting III front
No. my friends, ! only look at il for myself
individually. You know my allotment
Their" is large. fine timbrrun it. iourstacks Of
wheat. aud have n srli-lin'lrr. l feel that
nm nj liberty to say what want to. II
anybWly is Il friend Of the gr'.nt father
Thought you chiefs were his friends. Now,
yon chiefs. have spoken OF our fore
fathers and their graves upon the
n IL, u. r nn' Ill.,; then hen ! thought to
what had they accomplished for us? What
did they do for us! will tell you what works
they loft behind them. An old campfire,
where oven now the grass does not grow and
old buffalo lanes that we can SEE Un the
Erairirs That is NIL that is left oftlicir work.
We can SIZE the old stones that they worship.
ped still piled up Young men. do you wish
Your children to go in this way? You chiefs,
my brothers. my cousins, my relatives. pray
you I" have mercy on tn" young people who
arc lm%inning life and have no property to
start with. do not say these words because
seek I" ..nin honor for myself personally.
do not sny them because expect my grent
ilthrr to remember mo hereafter for il.
Tom" forward, you chiefs, and set us an
example. I"lIow."l We ar" waiting for
you l"cuuse You are chiefs ["how"l. hut il
you do not come forward; We will go for
ward regardless Of you. ["Ii"w."l White
Ghost, you are poor in health and death il
whiting fur. You every dry. But | have
.omrthing deeper than that to say to you
My friends. you may hate me, but tell yOu
what is good. know i, is good. You may
not think it liz good. but l know that it il
good. have finished.
FOLLOWS iiis EXAMPLE,
A young Indian named Williams then
walked into the circle AMI placing his hat
equity On the ground said that in the pres
I,s nj Ii IL
~. then made the most feeling and
effective speech that hns yet l,crn delivered
by the lnlians. calling nn the Indians il they
loved their children and wished them to he.
s"me educated, made happy and prosperous
I" come forward and sign ,hepaI@r, and then
less Of threats PLACED his nnu,e upon the hill.
At this action the entire mass of Indians
spraiig to their feet For II moment 1, far.
fnl sil"nr" prevailed. Then the friends of he
bill, including wO chiefs. gathered about the
able. nnd those opposed seeing the folly Of
Interference. quietly withdrew from the cou,,-
Ill. II WAS an imposing sight when Williams
jle table had the first mime
enrolled, and he deserves great credit for his
,"rv". having l'Tn frequently tlirent ei,r,l
Niti. death il b" carried out his .lctrrmitl,-
Jon. About sixty names were enrolled at
Ii" council and aiuut thirty more later ON
W th rooms al the commissioners. The
commissioners nrr grntiiiel with the days
work. nnd ARE confident that nearly every
ntlinn on til" reserve will come up and sign
turing III" coming week. No more councils
sill In held. md tho work hereafter will
~ done at the rooms OF the commissioners
The commissioners brought their work
1t this agency to climax ut the
rrninss council by calling for signatures,
which resulted in nearly 100 being secured.
A Couple Of Fatal Sunday Fires.
At West Superior Wis. at nncarly hour on