St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-03
No Change in the Sentiment
Of the Indians at Stand
ing Rock.
Addresses Made by Members
of the Commission and
by the Chiefs.
st. Cloud and Vicinity Visited
by an Electrical
Storm.
Lightning Does Much Damage
in Many Plaees--Church
Burned.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
STANDING Rock, Dak., Aug. 2.-The
commissioners suffered another disap-
pointment to-day. The Indians took
the treaties of 1868 and 1875 to their
camps last evening, and with the assur-
ances given by the influential half
breeds it was thought that they
would be ready to sign to-day. Ow-
ing to last nights rain red the
men were slow in getting in this
morning, and not until II o'clock were
the commissioners enabled to call them
to order. Chairman Pratt reminded
them they had been given
the old treaties for purSual last
evening with the understanding
that they were to render their final de-
them the history of the goodness of the
government, and appealed to them for
the
GOOD OF THEMSELVES
as well as for the satisfaction of their
true friends among the whites, to accept
the treaty. Yesterday they were asked
if they thought the president or the Sec
retary of the interior was lying to
them, but this the Indians refused to
make answer. After Chairman Pratt
had closed, Chief Gall arose and spoke
for the first time in the conference. He
called the attention of the committee
men to the violation of treaties, in the
past, of the manner in which the
Indians
HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.
He opposed the proposition to open the
reservation to settlement, and said that
while the Indians had an abundance of
land at present, they must think
of coming generations. Their pos
terity would need it all. AS
for himself, he stood there
to say that he would never sign either
paper. He said that he hoped the
learned commissioners would let the
Indians go home to their crops which
are suffering. Gall was very impressive
and was applauded and admired by his
people whojustly looked upon him as the
noblest specimen of their race. Before
closing, Gall said: ''How long are you
going to keep us here? Our crops are
being ruined. and we would like to
know who is going to pay for them.
WE WILL STAY HERE
comes out alive we want to get pay for
our loss. will never sign either paper"
1t will be seen from this that great
game of freeZe-Out is now being played
at the agency and that the Indians are
getting the best of it. They are being
fed. The Indians are well organized
and are
REMAINING AS sTEADFAsT
as an army of disciplined
soldiers, while the commissions
ers used every effort and device
to break down their stubborn resolution.
Gall closed by shaking hands with each
goodbye. When Gall had
closed Sitting Bull spoke
but not to the commissioners. He turns
his back to the commissioners, and
speaks to the Indians. He asked the
oratorical chiefs why they did not tell
the commissioners what the Indians had
| said and go home. He thought the
matter ought to be settled at once. He
was becoming very weary, and was be-
| ginning to think that the chiefs were
LOSING THEIR GOOD SENSE.
If the Indians had SAID they would
never sign, and had taken an oath to
| the Great Father, he could see no sense
| in further delay. Chairman Pratt
spoke plainly to the Indians, and
used his old tactics of denounc-
ing the policy of having one or
two chiefs speak for the entire tribe.
| He said Gall, John Grass, Mad Bear
| and the other chiefs would not be per-
mitted to prevent any other Indian from
signing. Sitting Bull, in one of his
SPEECHES TO THE INDIANS,
advised them to be calm and moderate
and not to show anger at anything the
| MIGHT cav Tho rarfao
tion with which the Indians are organ
lied and the manner in which their
| leaders are holding the forces together
! is surprising. 1t is evident that they
have been discussing the question for
months and that they were we'll pre-
pared to meet the commissioners. They
| WILL ANSWER NO QUESTION
and refuse to have their own reporters,
who have been taking notes during the
| posed treaty before the commission they
have them read it in their private cOun-
ellis, when they can discuss it with
out interruption. To-day one of the
reporters attempted to read at the re-
| quest of the commission, but the Indi-
| ans told him to sit down. The commits
sisners have informed the Indians that
| they will remain until the affirmative OF
negative paper is signed, and in reply
to this Gall says that they will all be
dead before that time. The delay at
this agency is having an annoying effect
on the Indians of other agencies on the
reservation, as they were called in
some time ago, and are waiting toreceive
the commissioners. Rain-in-the- Face
is very much amused and disgusted by
the action of the commissioners in hold
ing the Indians SO long after they have
rendered their decision, and says the
whites must think the Indians are lot
| of children. who will change their minds
in day. The commissioners Still
have hope of success. but to an observer
the prospect is not bright. Many of the
Indians have gone from the agency,
and, but for the respect they have for
their agent, Maj. Mclaughlin, there
would be very few left at the agency to
confer with. The climax has not been
reached. and will not be tomorrow.
unless the Indians decide in their coun-
Gil tonight to sign in the negative.
THE SUBTLE FLUID.