The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-13
INGENIOUS RED MEN.
Indians at Rosebud PrOlOng the
Council in Order to Draw
RatiOns.

June 9-At the last meeting OF tne COM
mission with the Indians the prin-
cpal speech was made by Gen. Crook
who gave them an account OF other
tribes with which he is acquainted, and then
spoke of the possibilities in store for them.
The principal cbjector to the treaty, Hollow
Horn Bear, was treated to compliment for
hls brains and ora'Ory. He said that chiefs
who became prominent were made to suffer
q bullet in the brain THIS was a stab at
Grow Dog, who killed the most progressive
Indian in the nation-SpoJted Tail. There
are ut this time nearly seven hundred names
to the bill with prospects of the full quota in
a short time, The objections made by Two
Strike to the bill were explained away by
Mai Warner In a very eloquent speech,
couched in planest terms. A great Omaha
dance was indu ged in by the InCians after
the commission adjourned.
WHY THEY LINGEE-
The Indians have been given sixty head
of beef cattle since the commission came
here one week since. This probably ex-
plains something of the delay, as when an
Indian has his stomach full he does not care
whether he hurIies or not The opposition
most warm are beng gradually convinced
of the justice of the bill, and tomorrow will
see 4 SuuDpt Ill SeuIlIllSnG Ill uluUy VI GLolu
who now are against the treaty. Yellow
Hair made an eloquent speech in council to-
day, in which he said that the promise by
the great father had not been fulfilled,
though his opposition was not very ener-
getic, and viii melt away with further
showing of the benefits to be received The
main objection is that they are afraid the
treaty will do away with the benefits derived
~, Mpi
has very clearly explained. and tomorrow
may see all cleared away ready for accept
ance by all.
SIGNING THE BILL
ROSEBUD AGENCY, s. D., Special Telegram,
June 9.-The Indians are signing rapidly this
morning and will be probably all on record
by Tomorrow evening. Now that the nego-
tiauions have begun to bear fruit 1t may be
we'll to give a resume of the manner in which
this desirable result was brought about Re-
ports have been circulated throughout the
East that the sQuaw men and half breeds
were opposed TO the present treaty and
would oppose It's passage among the Indians,
but this is very erroneous. When the COM
mission came here q week since the
Indians were very lukewarm in their
support of this treaty and numbered among
the opposers Il majority. Lick OF knowledge
OF the terms of the present Law was largely
responsible for this state of affairs. When
the commission came here they held no
councils With the Indians for two days but
devoted themselves to looking over the field
and gaining the favor of the mixed bloods
by first making them thoroughly aware of
the advantages of the bill to the Indians
The mixed bloods being heartily in accord
with the measure. their immense moral in
tiuence has been brought to bear upon the
Indians, and The result is seen. Chief among
those whose influence has been all-powerful
may be mentioned Louis Richard, an old
campaigner with Gen. Crook, Louis Bor-
deaux and Charlie Tacke(t all French half
blooQs.
MUCH OPPOSITION.
In this connection may be mentioned the
fact that there has been large amount of
opposition to this bill from those whose duty
should have made them heartily iin accord
ance with the work being done. In agree
able contrast with this may be mentioned
the noble efforts made by Col G. P. Jordan,
the regular licensed trader at this agency.
He has spent time and money to bring about
the good result, throwing open his store to
tn Indians, prompting his most intimate
mixed blood friends and relatives to eager
effort, and meriting the credit for bringing
this treaty to a successful issue so far. This
fact may be written down as a certainty,
the white men and half-breeds at this
agency have al made stringent efforts to
make this work q success, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding. Gen. Crooks well
known probity has had a wonderfully good
influence with the Indians They know him
well as their friend, and when they hear him
say to them that this is good bill they have
faith IN his assertions One Indian, a
spokesman of the OgaIlalas, came in from
his band this morning to inform the general
that his band would sign if he would assure
them of his Crooks approval of the bill,
and this is but one example of what he has
done with ali the bands. Of active personal
contact with the Indians Gov Foster and
Maj. Warner have had none except in gen.
eral council. While as enthusiastic and as
earnest in the work, they are
STRANGERS TO THE INDIAN CUSTOMS,
and are looked upon with more suspicious
than one whom they know as they know Gen
Crook to have been their good friend in the
past The common opinion here IS that sue
cess here and at Pine Ridge means success at
all the agencies, delegations from them hav-
ing been present and heard the matters dis
cussed here. The principal kickers to-day
WOW. Hollow Horn Bear, the orator of this
tribe, was the Spokesman for the party who
still held out againat the bill His speech
was largely repetition of what he said yes
terday, though he did indulge in some
flights wherein he alluded touchinglv to the
sole remaining hope of the Indian if crowded
much further-the hope to have only grave
in the land he now owned The confidence
which the Indians have in Gen. Crooks en-
tire disinterestedness made him the speaker
for the commission. The general
made very fine speech to the Indians to:
day, in which he expressed his sorrow that
they should treat him 80 badly when they
knew he was their friend He referred to the
time when he was in charge of the entire
Sioux nation, and appointed military officers
to be their agents, and asked. did not get
you rations then? Did you ever go hungry
when was here? Now, when come buck
after eleven years. find you here and you
tell me you are my friends. Have you treated
me like friend?" The general very briefly
alluded to the experiences he had with the
Apaches, and described the continual west
ward flow of population by saying: "The
white men in the East are like BIRDS and
brood after brood matches out to find no
room for them except in the West When
the treaty of 1868 was made there was
BUT FEW WHITE MEN
! west of the Missouri river. Now there are
many and the land is wanted want you to
become men, take your land in severaitv SO
the government will give you paper for IT
and no white man can get your land from
| You nor from your children" Some misun-
derstanding arising from the misconception
of the present treaty, which refers 10 the
treaty of 1868, in that the government
would abrogaJe the old treaty ana substitute
the present, using money belonging to the
| Indians under the old agreement to pur-
chase this land, Maj. Warner very clearly
explained that the present treaty only added
/ tn the old not nnvinp nffnot IN dn
away. with that. He concluded his talks
| by an appeal to them as friends to
remember that they were fathers and should
! provide their children with some security
| against the future. Two Strikes, u dis
gFuntled old chief, then harangued briefly.
asking for further increase of the price of
the land When in Washington last winter
he thought 81 % enough, but now he
| thought an increase of 25 cents would be
| but just; but of course such an increase was
beyond the powers of the commission. After
Two Strikes speech. as the crowd began to
disoerse at the suggestion Of Col Jordon,
Gen. Crook invited any who wished to sign
to come to the tables and do So This invita-