Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-01-10
WHAT 10 WANTS.
Sioux Chiefs AR Their Grievances BefC
the Indian Affairs Committee.

Sioux Chiefs AIR Their Grievances Before
the Indian Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The house COM
mittee on Indian affairs have heard the
grievances of large number of Indians.
Those who addressed the committee
were Hollow Horn Bear. of the Standing
Rock agency, John Grass, of the Chey-
enne agency, and Little Chief, of the
Pine Ridge agency. Hollow Horn Bear
was the first to address the committee.
He said that he came to speak in favor
What bill it was he did not know, but
after considerable questioning by men,
bers of the committee il was learned that
he wished to have the recommendations
made by the secretary of the interior in
his annual report carried out.
John Grass spoke next. He said that
he came to ask the committee to see that
the provisions made by the Sioux COM
mission and accepted by the Indians
were honestly carried out. When asked
if he had reason to doubt that
this would be done, he replied that
he had been fooled once and did
not wish to be fooled second time
He also wanted the government to pay
them for $500 ponies, which he claimed
had been run off by Gen. Terry, valued
at $40 apiece. He was asked what he
thought of the allotment of lands i'm sew
crafty to the Indians. He said that he
was not able to reply to this question as
it came "too quick" Before he was
done, however. he said that the Indians
wanted to be educated and to become
self-supporting When asked how long
this would take, he said he thought
about fifteen years. In regard to schools
he said he did not favor Eastern schools
for Indians. but wanted schools OF their
reservations.
Little Chief next addressed the COM
mittee. He wished to be allowed to
leave the reservation at Pine Ridge and
to take few of his people and move to
Tongue river But by so doing he did
not want to lose any money that would
result from his signing the late Sioux
treaty.
The WORK OF IA GRIPPE.
Death Rate In New York City Assuming
Very Alarming Proportions from other
Points.
New YORK. Jan. 8. More than 100
cases Of la grippe have been reported in
the past two days on Staten Island.
Many of the ticket agents and choppers
on the rapid transit railroad are confined
to their homes, and the company is
working short handed. s-'.
Up to noon 362 members Of the police
force were reported sick with Ia grippe
and in many cases it is stated the influ-
enza has resulted in more serious COM
plications. Officer Carr, Of the First
precinct, died from pneumonia, super
induced by the disease. ..~. .#
The total number Of deaths for the
week reached the unusual number of
l,20s, the highest for any week in twelve
months.
In Newark the city mail delivery was
badly delayed because So many carriers
are attacked by influenza. Extra car.
riers have been put on. In Newburg Il
is stated that la grippe has 500 victims.
Several postoffice employees have the in.
fiuenza and all the newspaper offices are
short handed on account Of the malady.
Physicians say that nine.tenths of the
cases on their list are those of persons
suffering with the prevailing disease.