The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-26

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THE SIOUX RESERVATION.
many thousands more are moving iron
Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, ant
away up in the Black Hills companie
are organized and well armed men ar
moving 10 tho western border Of the re
serve TO got their share Of the 9,300,0Ol
acres.
Observe that il contains o.. 200 home
stcads OF 100 acres each. exclusive o
some little corners; that it IL nearly al
good land, and that ii is in region al
ready state, practically. and it will b.
plain that it is a far better place thar
Oklahoma or the much desired Cherokee
strip. Indeed, the men who get located
there this year will have vote for con
greSsmen as soon as they can get thoiI
"dug outs" dug and their cabins up. and
will choose legislators who will choose
United States senators who will help make
laws for Oklahoma for perhaps a quarter
OF a century TO come. Nor IS this all.
The Sioux own some more land in Da-
koia which they will soon be called on to
give up and there will be chances for
further pickings. In fact, it is well rec.
oenized that the slightly civilized Sioux
Of Dakota will have TO 'moye OH" and
not stop till they are joined to theii
wilder congcners in the Roc,.y noun.
tains.
The Indians have made a frmer stand
on this reservation. and managed THEN
part of the negotiation with much more
skill than is usual with them. Tssy set
their terms from the start at the govern
mcnt price, 1875 per acre. \ year age
the government offered them fifty cents,
but they laughed it TO scorn. Then the
secretary of the interior tried the old
game of inviting the chiefs 10 junket and
powwow at Washington. They enjoyed
the trip~immenscly, ate what was set be-
fore them-and great deal of it--drank
freely Of the white mans cordial and
went into ocstasies over the theatrical
displays, especially the ballet, but when
IL came TO talking they talked business
Sl.2j per acre they must have. and the
whole sum in one immediate payment.
Secretary Villas was inclined to give the
price, but Judged that the immediate /
payment Of some Sll 500. 600 60 tribe /
OF Indians would produce "A perfect car /
nival of debauchery, and recommended 4
a comprehensive law, which congrcs.
passed.
BY its terms tho commissioners are 60
use $4,000 in procuring the assent of .
the Sioux indians" details being
left largely to tho commission. The
price is TO be 81 an acre for all land
taken the first three years, 80 cents for
that taken tho next three, and 80 cents
for all tho rest, the government 10 guar
antee payment for it all within ten
years OF tho money each adult male
Indian is to have $50 cash. and each
head of a family or located farmer a
certain supply of tools, seeds and cattle
For these purposes the law appropriates
s3,0OO,0OO. Thereafter there are TO be
schools, physicians, teachers. &c, as j.
usual in Indian treaties. Sections IL
and 50 in each township arc TO be re-
served for school purposes according to
existing laws applicable to Dakota.
There is 10 bo no free land" or home
Stealing; each settler must pay Sl.9J per
acre, and t;.is may cool the enthusiasm
d little.
Tho land is nearly all good and easily
There is no crossing of Ind. ,
~ lands necessary as in getting into
Oklahoma, aud the laws Of Dakota will
~ in force there as soon as the Indians
AGATE. Its opening will add another
90 900 10 the population of Dakota in a
ear or less. and incidentally the first
raiders who get there will have good
ime getting the $50 from each Indian.
70 doubt there will be quite a boom in
imcracks. All tho chiefs So far inter
iewed express willingness 10 sign at
nee, and SO the work of the commission
ill probably DO completed in few
avs and by next Independence day the
ash be in full tide
The topography may be described as a
entie slope, rising westward and south.
estward from the Missouri. with gentle
wells of prairie which rise higher as
ie goes westward till they merge in the
'urs OF tive Black Hills on form the high
livSdes" between the aflluents of the =.
issouri-the Cheyenne, White and Nj.
,rara rivers. But on the Nebraska line n,
I'd along tho affiuents OF the Niobrara
ere is marked exception to tina nsnai Ii
" on tine plAins--ihe high land does
{ "break down i'm slopes and plateaus
wards the streams, but often main
ms its highest level To the very bluffs. {,
, stream running in deep culch from - -
70 200 feet below. In such localities N
, water question is an important one
ere Is very little 'alkali land"--none. M
Is believed-which viii not produce foi
mdantly OF wheat. corn, hay, oats,
b, after the second year. 4 very little
ali, however. spoils the land for sor-
im, some root crops. melons and ten -.
vines till after many years OF cult go.
ion. Bects IN such land take on a ~,
er, acid taste and the common pie Bu
nj" usually called rhubarb in the
, turns into something unpleasantly
burdock. Nearly all kinds of tim S
however. grow remarkably well on osiii
4 lands. in {
be- new community will be well sit. 4
d for markets. But little ways my
Is the noted mining region Of the ~"
* Hills. ON the eastern border is the
'ouri with railroads leading eastward "
hourishing cities on It's banks, and al
Nebraska railroad traverscs the val b
81 the Niobrara. There is also abund. ten
water power, and timber is more sen
idant than in sections further east.
mort there are reasons enough why II,
y men are eager fos the land. and wat
'Dening VIII give South Dakota a Dart,