Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-10
HOLLOW HORN BEAR SPEAKS.
Only Land Left For Grass and the
White Man Wants That.
AsPIREs TO BE A WHITE MAN.
yellow Hair Tired of Being Wild
Indian-He Gets Rations and is
Glad-Gencral Crook
Little Riled.
The Sioux Commissions Work.

RosEBUp, via Valentine June 9.-[Special
Telegram TO The BEE. The stampede
begun Friday continued yesterday, though
in slightly diminished numbers The tables
were placed in the council room of the
agents Official headquarters, and were sur
rounded by groups of Indians waiting their
turn to touch the pen, which constitutes the
signing, clerks being present to perform the
manual act of inscribing the name.
The council where the commission met the
objectors and made final effort to explain
away any misconception of the bill was held
yesterday afternoon. After some prelimi-
nary remarks, the Indian orator, Hollow
Horn Bear, as the representative of the OBJ
| jectors, addressed the commission in about
| this language: 1--WE are here to talk to the
| commission in a spirit of friendship but we
| want to say what is in our mind. We
| know that the white men are crowd
ng upon us, and our land is go
| ing away from u.s. The Indian must
| go to the earth. Soon he will have only land
enough for his grave, and the white man will
want that. Yesterday you, Three Stars,
| called me woman l am glad | am like
woman. Yesterday was there in council,
4 and then was like u woman had nothing
/ sharp hanging from my belt or might have
| been man. Now l say like yesterday, get
| all these agencies here and talk, and then
| sign or not, as we decide. Last night the
| half-bloods talked cross to me, and did not
| like that for was friend to all Indians and
| white men,"
Yellow Hair, who has always opposed the
| treaty, then said ~ want to be a white
man and work like white man. as my great
| father asks me to. 1 want, when 1
work, to get good pay for it,
and to learn to be blacksmith,
Washington the great father took me around
and was a friend to me. He promised me
many things, but we did not get them. Why
did they lie to usl Some white men come
| here and are good to US and are our friends.
| We are glad when such men come here and
| are their friends. l shake hands with you
| with good heart. You give me rations and
| am glad. We must learn to work and know
! how to make living We want the Indians
and half-bloods to be employed at the agency,
then the money will stay here and not go
east like now, when the white men do the
| work"
The entire police force of the agency then
| ranged themselves in a line, while their cap
tain, Little Dog, addressed the commission,
| asking for better provision for the police,
and praised the agent for his friendship to
them, after which Major Warner explained
the law in regard to the conflict between this
treaty and that of 1885, this being no abroga-
tion of the former but simply adding to that.
| HOLLOW f1OTU DEAR uLcll Cdllcu lHEco
Stars to talk to them, which he did in very
fine speech, in which he spoke of his eXper-
fences among the Apaches, and his sorrow
that the Sioux were not progressing as
| rapidly. The general further continued:
AFTER being away from you for eleven years
| / come back. L think you ought to treat me
better, when come up to your council to eX-
plain the law to you. L was told you under
say you do not understand. 1 think 1t is not
right to treat friend in this way" Alluu-
to the scarcity of population east OF the Mis-
souri, river in 1865, the general said that the
| white men were like birds, and hatched out
brood after brood who for want of room,
| were crowding westward more rapidly than
was expected at the time of the treaty.
''Last year did not think the price enough,
and as your friend l advise you to accept
| this offer. Do you not know am your friend
by my actss TO do you good costs us money
and time, and trouble, as well as much
thought and by this you may know am
| your friend" Speaking of Hollow Horn
Bear, the general said that with his brains
and oratory he could become the most prom
inent man on the reservation. Here Hollow
Horn Bear interrupted and remarked that
when the man became chief bullet might
burst on his head. Spotted Tail was given
as an instance OF this, his slayer, Crow Dog,
Deing present to hear the talk.
Major Warner also made warm appeal to
them to leave their idle habits and become
citizens and civilized. Two Strikes made a
speech IN which he asked for additional price
J for the land, though he had been often told
by the commissioners that they had no power
to grant it. An invitation being again eX-
tended to the Indians to sign, many came for
ward and touched the pen,
There has been no regular council to-day,
! but there were number of small ones, both
among the opposition and friends of the bill,
| those of the opposition largely predominant
ing The Indians have been coming in
slowly,.but steadily, all day and signing. Up
20 fhaD ftFfan Dhn nav
touched the pen. Hollow Horn Bear, who
| delivered his great speech yesterday in op-
, | position TO the bill, and which created pro-
found sensation at the time among both fac.
: | tions after long consultation with his band
and relatives last night is OF greatly changed
} | views to-day, aud intimate friends state en-
phatically that In the end he will sign. If
| this is so it will be big strike in the right
| direction.
The three most prominent chiefs now on the
a | opposition are Yellow Hair, Spotted Tail
Q | and Quick Bear, chief of the Whasiaas
3 These two men have strong following and
D large portion of it will be difficult TO
t | change, so set are they in their views. The
y total number of voters over eighteen who
+ | are allowed to vote is 1888; the requisite
: number three-fourths of the legal votes to
: adopt the bill will be- l.03S, and this does not
/ include the reservation of white men incor-
S porated with the Indians by marriage, as
| heretofore described. Now that the rush OF
the friends of the bill is over, one can more
done, and preiudices to overcome, before the
= | bill is brought to a successful issue, and il
0 will! take stupendous work TO secure the last
h hundred votes
= There is no doubt that il General Crook
was not with the commission its efforts
Q would be signal failure. But the Indians
= know him aud trust and believe in him.
Governor Foster aud Major Warner, while
extremely able men, have had no intercourse
with the Indians except in the councils.
: Many Indians, who were strongly opposed
TO the bill, have gone to General Crook and
. asked him for his word If the bill were
u right; and when he told them he believed il
= was, they have gone and signed IL. There is
another thing here, which is only known to
the initiated, that OF little wheels within
wheels, for there is no doubt there are par
a ties high in agency circles here, who fol
personal gains and Importance have endeay
: ored TO clog the work of the commission foI
their own particular benefit. So when the
o coup Dictate comes they will be on the win
i ming side and magnify their influence None
d know this more fully than the commission
: who have too long heads 10 be fooled in the
0 least BY whatever pretensions.