Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-24
A CESSATION OF COUNCILS.
No More Pow-wows to Be Held at
Pine Ridge.
OFF FOR THE sANTEe AGENCY.
Governor Foster to Start Imme edi-
atciy For That Place, to BE
Followed BY Trip to tho
Upper Agencies,
A Sensible Plan.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Dak., (via Rushville,
Neb) June 23.- Special Telegram to THE
BEE. mo council has been held between
the commission and the Indians since the
big council on Friday, which Red Cloud
failed to attend, and no more will be held
without the Indians particularly desire 1t.
The Indians continue to hold small councils
with themselves and have talks with men,
bers of the commission. The wisdom of the
commits sion in discontinuing the council
where the Indians could daily harrangue
each other to fight the bill and repeat their
imaginary grievances of former treaties not
fulfilled and declaring the government must
wait till their children are educated to make
this treaty, is already having its effect and
bearing fruit. A number of chiefs who
were opposed and always spoke in council
against it are now inclined to favor the bill.
Among these are Young Man Afraid, Little
Wound and High Wolf, Their action will
bring large following. The Cheyennes
are acting independently and will sign al
most to man.
The commission concluded to divide yes
terday. Governor Foster and a portion of
the clerical force will leave for Sautee
agency to-day, where it is understood the
Santees are willing and waiting to sign the
bill. The governor will take the commits
siOuerS private cur aU lLusuVllle, WHICH VIII
take him to the nearest point to his destina-
tion, and then be returned for the other
members of the commission, who will have
the governor join them on their way to the
upper Missouri agencies. General Crook
and Major Warner, with the indefatigable
Captain Roberts, of General Crooks staff,
ana others with the commission will remain
here to complete the work. which will pos
sibly take them week, az the commission
fully realizes that it is useless to try and
hurry the Indians here. The more this is
done the more unsatisfactory the result, Us
they become only the more suspicious and
obstinate. While the influence of Red
Cloud MAY be scoffed at and denied, there
is no doubt he still has great in
fluence over large following, and
it will take time, patience and work to un.
dermne this influence and convince the av-
erage Indian that the day of chieftanship is
passed and he has right to think and act
for himself This is being daily done here,
and many converts are being made to the
new order of things, so the best results may
be hoped from the work of the COM
mission. There Is now no doubt that this
agency and. Standing Rock will be the battle
ground for the opponents of the bill, and
there is a perfect understanding between
cessful here, then there will not be q big
fight made at Standing Rock, out If not sue
cessful here, the same tactics will be pur-
sued there and every effort made to defeat
the bill. The commission gave the Indians
another feast to-day, with which they are
now gorging themselves, as it seems to be
an established fact that to reach an Indians
brain and good nature, you must do 1t
through his stomach.