Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-19
ANOTHER INDIAN Pow-w0yy.
More Talk by the Red Men and by
Gen. Crook.

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8 3o'clock before the Indians assembled at the
council. but this afternoon Gov. Foster opened
by inviting any Indians desiring information
to speak. After counciling among themselves
Tor some time Old Man Afraid of Horses now
over eighty years old, rose and said that the
paper In his hand was given him at the time of
the treaty in 1868 in Fort Laramie. 1t means
that after cultirating the ground of eight gen.
erations We were to become self-supporting
lhere are twenty-one years more due on that
treaty and there lis 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: ! have the same sugar pa
per, but here Is a map of my reservation which
was given me by the Great Father Spotted
1ail and made that treaty of 1868. BY that
treaty we we're to receive cattle and horses and
sheep and farming implements until the treaty
runs out Since that time We have made an
other 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 what is due
US. looked around to see if you had any
boxes full OF money to pay us, but see none.
presume you are to pay US In sugar talk, as
you have done before
Little Wound said: believe as YOU say that
you came from the Great Father, though when
you have come before and asked us to sell our
but now we don't want to even talk about it, We
don't want land allotted. We are too poor
now and We want you to tell the Great Father
to fulfill his promises to US before irving to
make other treaties We have a council the
other day and tomorrow we are going to have
another talk about agency matters. This is all
We are going to talk about.
ung-Man-Afraid-of- His-Horse said: Nv
friend, Gen. Crook. | want TO know there are
some bad white men on the reservation and We
dontwant them here, and We want our children
wRo are In the east at school to come back and
earn the money that Is paid to white men so it
will stay with US.
Billy McDaa then presented a written paper
purporting to reflect views of the Indians
mixed bloods, and squaw men to the effect
that all the educated Indians and mixed bloods
should NIL 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 there be
spent for their benefit, and not for the benefit
OF the white employees.
Charley Clifford. a half-breed then read a
paper presenting the views OF mixed blood.
and controverting prevailing opinions that the
mixed bloods are a curse to the Indians ex-
pressing the desire on their part that the act of
Congress should be agreed to by the Indians.
This paper was eloquent, and his ideas reason
able and well expressed.
Major Warner said: The commissioners are
heartily in favor of the ideas expressed in Nc
Daa's and Clifford papers. He then explained
the treaty of 1868. and had the names of the
signers read from Red Clouds copy and showed
to them how incorrect their Interpretation was.
GEN. CROOK THEN SPOKE.
He said: ''The only unfulilled provisions of
the treaty of 1865 is that about schools.
From 1868 to 1888 most of the time you we're ON
the war path. The government wants YOU to
sell the land outside of your reservation that
you don't need, and will pay you well for it,"
He then explained the provisions with ref
erence 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 become self-supporting
and when you begin to show that you are will
ing 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 few
years, in spite of all the government can do to
prevent it, you will be the little fish. The only
way to protect your land is to settle on il and
get patents for it. When you do no one can
take it from ycu.
If you follow the advice of those chiefs. and
in the future you see your children starving.
you can't go then and get your lands back; it
will be too late then. We are not here to COM
pei 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 of of you. Congress appropriated
S2S, 900 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 fixed the bill SO that each Indian gets his
money himself, $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 help
you. You can go over to the agents Office and
begin signing the paper. All must come, and
if you don't want to sign you can say so.
Then the council broke up. Many Indians
went at once to the agents office to sign. By
10 p. m. over 100 had signed
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