St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-19
SUGAR IA LK.

killed several officers, and the re is re-
ward OF $500 for Black Tiger.
SUGAR TALK.
Red Cloud Wants Money and No
More Sugar Talk.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY. Oak, June IS
1t was O'Clock before the Indians
assembled at the council, but this after
noon Gov. f oster opened by invit-
ing any Indians desiring information
to speak. After counseling among
themselves for some time Oldham.
Afraid-Of-HOrSeS,n now over eighty yeari
old, rose and said that the paper in hid
hand was given him at the time of tho
treaty Of 1868 in Fort Laramie It,meana
that after cultivating the ground oil
eight generations we were to become
self-supporting. There are twenty.
one years more due on that treaty
and there is no use in going ahead OF
the time. 1t seems to me you are in a
great hurry to start new treaty now
while there is so much time before the
old treaty expires. Red Cloud said: II
have the same sugar paper, but here
is map of my reservation which was
given me by the Great Father. Spotted
Tail and / made that treaty OF
1868. nineteen years ago. By that treaty
we were to receive cattle and horses
and sheep and farming implements
until the treaty runs out. Since that
time we have made another treaty to
give the Great Father the Black Hills,
and we have pay for seven generations.
Now, my friends. the Great Father has
not paid the things promised US, but
wants US to give more land before we
are paid for what is due. l looked
around to see if you had any boxes full
of money to pay us, but l see none.
presume you are to pay us in sugar
talk as you have done before" Little
Wound said: IL believe as you
say that you come from the Great
Father, though when you have come be-
fore and asked US to sell our land. we
have said How and have sold it to
you, but now we don't want to even
talk about it. We don't want land all
want you to tell the great father to full
fill his promises to us before trying to
make other treaties. We had cOun-
Gil the other day, and tomorrow
we are going to have another talk about
agency matters. This is all we are GO
ing to talk about. YOung-Man-Arraid-
of-His-Horses said: ''My friend, Gen.
Crook. want you to know there are
some bad white men on the reserva-
ton. and we don't want them
here, and we want our children
who are in the East at school to
com back and earn the money that is
paid to white men so it will stay with
u.s." Billy McDaa. then presented a
views of the Indians, mixed blOods and
squaw men to the effect that all the ed-
ucated Indians and mixed blOOdS should
fill all the positions in the agency which
they were competent to fill, and
the carpenter and blacksmiths and
other employees should be Indians: that
the Indians money would then be
spent for their benefit and not for the
benefit of white employees. Charley
Clifford, half-hreed. then read a paper
presenting the
VIEWS OF THE MIXED BLOODS
and contrOverting prevailing opinions
that the mixed bloods are a curse to the
Indians, expressing the desire on their
agreed to by the Indians. This paper
was eloquent and his ideas reasonable
and well expressed. Maj. Warner
said: 1.-The commissioners are heart
lily in favor of the ideas expressed
in McDaa'S and Clifford's papers,"
He then carefully explained the treaty
of 1868, and had the names of the sign
ers read from Red Clouds copy, and
showed to them how incorrect their in.
depreciation of it was. Gen. Crook then
spoke. He said: 1.-THE only unfulfilling
provisions of the treaty of 1868 is that
about schools. From 1865 to 1878, most
of the time you were on the warpath.
The government wants you to sell the
land, outside of your reservation that
you do not need, and pays you well for
it." He then explained the provisions
with reference to paying for the lands.
Just as sure as you once lived
on the buffalo, you must in
the future, live as the white man lives.
If you are to live at all, you must be-
come self-suDporting, and when you
begin to show that you are willing to do
this, the government will do all it can
for you. In fish pond, the big fish are
always swallowing the little fish, and
when the white man comes
among you, as they. will in a
can do to prevent them, you will be the
little fish. The only way to prOtect
your land is to settle on it and get pat
ents for it. When you do, no one can
take it from you: If you follow
the advice of those chiefs, and
in the future you see your child.
rem starving, you cannot go then
and get your land back, it will be too
late then. We are not here to compel
you to sign, we want you to do as you
think best. We came here the other
day without soldiers and were surprised
that you should surround the council
with your soldiers. The trouble
is that you get advice from
those who want to live off Of
you. Congress appropriated S2S,000 to
pay Red Cloud and Red Leaf for their
horses, but they learned that some white
man was trying to get some of the
money and they boxed the bill, so
that each Indian gets his money HIM
self, $40 for each horse. even if he
was not larger than a sheep. Trust
no white man who wants you to
pay him money to helpyo You can
now go over to the agents office and be-
gin signing the paper. All must come.
and if you don't want to sign you can
say so. The council then broke up.
Many Indians went at once to the
agents office to sign. BY 10 p. m. oveS