The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-13
rNe afesx TresfS.

Tho sie1x Treaty.
The Indians at Crow Greek Agxncy are stil
considering the treaty for opening the Sion,
reservation. The outlookis very bright d
this agency and very gratifying reports ar,
also received from the lower Brule, where 1T i
expected that still less difficulty will be en-
countered in securing signatures. Capt
Pratt is confident that ii q comparatively
clean sweep con be made at these two agen
cies no serious difficulty will be met in secur
ing sufficient signatures to render the bill
operative. The prospects of q successful ter
mination OF the lab0rs Of the commission ar,
nOt by any means hopeless.
fountain head Of all the opposition en-
scountsred here lies with q certain few who
have forged ahead of the great mass and nov
pOssess considerable stock, and they are fear
ful that they will not have the entire earth tc
graxo over. They seem to lose sight of the
fact that it takes but a fifth of the proposed
reservation to locate every Indian entitled to
land upon a 32O-acre farm and that ar
abundance will he left, They are opposed
from selfish purposes and seem to BIZ
willing to sacrifice schools and al
the privileges of civilization and ad
vancement to the great mass OF Indians SO
long as they are allowed to occupy thou.
sands Of acres with their comparatively
small herds Of cattle. Still this bill would
would not interfere with them in any respect
but they allege that any change would
necessarily do SO. Chief White Ghost al the
last council said:
Now, my friends we want to do this work
peaceably and quietly. That is good, that
put our attention closely to the work you
have brought to us. We want to consider
it quietly and peaceably. We were to come
forward with the pen, but this il not the
day; we want to put it of another day.
White Ghost was about to retire, when
Judge White called his attention to q briei
which the Indians had referred to him for
which the Indians made, one being remuner.
ated from the Northwestern road for about
seventy-fve acres of land which that road
had taken possession of when extending to
Pierre and the other calling for, the transfer
of a number of their people to this agency
from Standing Rock. The judge stated that
he had examined the papers carefully, and
to both matters at once. White Ghost then
said: ss 49,
/ thank you for that; that is good. The
Great Father when he sees he has an impor-
tant work to do, work that must be done
quick and properly. he takes his soldiers by
the hand and tells them to do it right.
The great father will choose a man from
among the multitude, a good and wise
man, for O judge. A man who has
no malice toward any one. That is the kind
of the man, the greatfather generally chooses
for q judge. And among you all there is a
great spirit who watches over him who is
chosen and it will be well with us. Why I am
happy at this. I have suffered from this
earthly work, this land work, and I hope
that everything will be Strengthened out.
! have wished for that, and it will make me
honnv Grnntc 0f anprOval woro frooI1oDf
during the speech of White Ghost. He was
Immediately followed by other prominent
speakers, non of whom spoke in reality
against the bill, but laid great stress upon the
proposition setforthin White Ghost'sspeech.
The real sensation of the day came when
Bowed Head, al Indian, sprang into the
circle and delivered the following urgent ap-
peal to the Indians:
You are my friends, and what / am going
to say may hurt you. Nevertheless ] am
going to speak. Ny friends, 1 am on a differ
ent path from some of the rest of you. / am
not one of the chiefs sitting there, but I am q
member of the tribune, and I want to make
a lead for the children. I am not q bit afraid
of you, because you are men. The only man l
I want to ave the young generation of this
tribe. He that believes in the Great Spirit
and sweats for him, I believe in him. I am
going to say O few words to you Indians. I
am not going to act for my own personal
good. Ihave nc children, but / have grand
children. / do not wish to impose upon the
s1ghcs OF you cn1els VIZ are sitIlhg IN IRONY:
N9' my ir,enos' ! only look aoio lot myseI
m~alvlauany. o. know my allocmenu:
wheat, and I have a selt-binder. / feel that I
am at liberty to say what want to. If
anybody is u friend of the great father I
thought you chiefs we're his friends. Now,
you chiefs have spoken of our fore
fathers and their graves upon the
myself like this: When our forefathers died
what had they accomplished for us? What
did they do for us7 l will tell you what works
they left behind them. An old campfire,
where even now the grass does not grow and
old buffalo lanes thae we can see ON the
prairies.ss That s an that is left oftheir WORK.
IKE can nee the old sto1es that they Worship
ped still piled up. Younx men, do you wish
your children to 10 la this way? You chiefs,
my brothers, my cousins my relatives, Ipray
you;tohav mercy an TIA people who
ire b~6SSrfnning 1ife and have no property 10
a9art 9iEhs4 Tdo not say these words beca use
1SsekK to gain honor for myself person ally.
I do not say them because ! expect my great
father 70 remember me hereafter for il.
example. T"How.'1 We are waiting for
you because you are chiefs I"how'l, but if
you do not come forward; we will go for
ward regardless of you. G"How."1 White
Ghost, you are poor in health and death ia
waiting for you every day. But I have
something deeper than that to say to you.
My friends, you may hate me, but I tell you
what is good. / know it is good. You may
not think it is good, but I know that it is
good. have finished,
ro,1owa urs nv A,p1r
80: $50. TN,
/, n Young inaian named wlliams then
walked nto tne circle anu placing ms nat
gen1'y on Hhe ground saia NAV IN Ine pres
effective speech that has yet been delivered
~ me ndlan Gaining on the indians II tney
soved tgelr cnlidren ana Wlsned them TO De-
some edueated, mace nappy ana prosperous
20 come Onward anu sign ana tnen