The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-08
THE NEW EMPIRE

Just Coded 10 Tho Government by this Sioux
lndianS-Eleysn Million Acres aud Seven.
~ Thousand HOmCSteAds to bo Opened
for Settlement.
The tract coded by the Sioux Indians
on Monday, extends from Missouri to
the Black Hills and then north it EN-
braces, likewise, a part OF the fertile
Winnebago.Gro Creek reservation on
the east bank Of the Missouri river,
south OF Pierre. The area OF this great
tract Is equal TO that OF New Hampshire
aud Massachusetts combined, and lies,
all Of it, in South Dakota.
Three rivers run through 1t, and the
valleys are OF wonderful fertility. Since
the cxtirpation Of the gregarlous bison
no animals, beyond Il few beavers, are
found in the area, although the grass Is
luxuriant in its growth, and plenty OF
water Is found there, both inviting her.
bivorous animals to its retreat. II all
things work well, however, within nine
" days the lowing OF the kline and the
whinny OF the horse OF the new settlers
will be heard, and their sharp teeth will
have consumed the rich grass before the
September frost comes 10 nip 1t. These
II 1000, 600 acres will afford farms for not
less then 10000 families, aud judging
from the settlement Of Oklahoma 1t will
require infinitely less than seventy days
possibly hours-for its complete settle.
ment, and then leave thousands OF dis
appointed ones TO return to the four
quarters whence they came, disappoint.
cd that there were not more acres to be
parcelled out. The climate Is good, the
mean annual temperature being 10 dc.
grees above zero; the nights are cool,
the days warm in summer.
In a recent paper Mr., A. q. Brownlee
declares that old Sitting Ball Is reallya
party to this vast real estate deal. He
wishes To handle considerable OF the
Sl4,O00,000. Sitting Bull, with the learn.
ing OF the arts Of peace, has learned the
fact that one hundred cents make n
dellar, and that a dollar may be as valu.
able to a red faced man Us to q pale faced
child OF civilization. He has taken mRCh
interest in this matter, really believing,
in his infinite seli.consCiousness, that he
is the central spirit in the gigantic trans
action. The fact that he is about the
only one Of his party to the transaction
who can sign bis name adds to his self
greatness. And, truth It's, while he af-
fects to dislike the language Of tho
whites, he writes that name In the hated
English. Sitting Bull, with Little.No.
Heart, Carlin, q white man from Illinois,
married to a Sioux half.breed; Chaska
and his vile, Gall and John Grass and
others, met the Commissioners Of the
Government ut Standing Rock Agency
and there affixed his signature, with that
Of the other Indians, 10 the deal which
calls within q million dollars for as much
as Napoleon received for the entire
Louisiana tract. No wonder that Just
now he is suffering from u severe attack
OF initiation.
Gall, too, another great chief Of the
Sioux, Notwithstanding his recent mp.
parent opposition, Is anxious to get bold
Of Yankee dollars, especially since Yam.
kee superior force Compels him to live
upon q farm and avoid the %pleasurable
pursuits OF cunning for white men, and
his influence is SO great that his sigma.
ture was followed by that OF tho others.
Sitting Bull would hardly acquiesce in
this were II not that 1t is Gall, and not
he, who holds the hearts OF his country.
men in the highest degree.
Custer first told Of the wealth OF the
Black Hills country and OF the fertility
OF this reservation. The Indians fought
bravely to keep out the whites. Over
whelmed and subdued they no longer