Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-12-12
The Secretary of, the Treasury Wants
100000 to Buy Beef, &c.
for the Indians.
Representative Hansbr0ugh Wants
100000 to Buy Seed Wheat
Tor North Dakota Settlers.
General Brooke Says the Indians Are
About Ready to Come tn
the Agency.
Johnny, Get Your Gun.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The joint resolu-
ton reported yesterday by Senator Haw-
ley to issue arms to the states of North
and South Dakota and Nebraska was taken
up in the senate to-day. Mr!tHawley said
that, il anything was to be done in the
matter, it should be done quickly. He
hoped, if possible, that any elaborate dis
cussion of the Indian question would be
postponed. Senator Voorhees, said he did
not want to delay the passage of the joint
resolution, but after what had TRANSFERRED
yesterday he thought it due not only to
himself, but to General Miles as we'll as to
the country, to submit some matter which
had since come to his hands. "That was
an interview with X.GOvernOr Foster, of
Ohio, published in the Cincinnati En-
quirer. All the senators were acquainted
with Foster, who had recently served on
an important Indian commission and his
views ought to have, and doubtless would
have, great weight. Foster said in that m
terview: In my opinion, the difficulties
might be easily avoided. The whole mat
ter has been brought about by a combina-
ton of bad policy and of the incompetency
of some Of the officials. The Sioux are
starving. Give the Sioux plenty to eat
and there will be no further %troubie.'" Al
ter a long discussion the joint resolution
was amended so as to apply to the states
Of North and South Dakota, Wyoming and
Nebraska and was passed.
Morgan introduced a joint resolution
which went over until tomorrow, appro-
priating $4,000 for an investigation, Under
orders OF the senate. as to the causes of
the discomfort aid outbreak among the
Sioux Indians and other tribes.
The election bill. was then taken up.
Pugh speaking against it.
The senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration of bills on the calendar.
TO BUY BEEF AND PROVISIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE house spent
the day in the discussion of the pension ap-
preparation bill.
The secretary of the treasury sent to the
house to-day a request for the immediate
appropriation OF 100000 for the purchase
OF beef and other provisions for the Sioux
Indians.
SEED WHEAT MEASURE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Representative
Hansbrough of North Dakota, to-day in
troduced in the house a joint resolution
appropriating $5OO,OOo to 81 expended by
direction of the secretary OF agriculture in
the purchase of seed wheat for the benefit
of those residents of the state of North
Dakota who lost their crops by reason Of
the routh of 1890.
COMPENSATION o THE INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The secretary of
the treasury today sent the house of repre-
sentatives a communication from the act.
ing commissioner of Indian affairs, sub.
hitting the draft OF a bill containing the
following items: TO enable the secretary
of interior to pay to such individual Indians
Of Standing Rock and Cheyenne River
agencies as were deprived by the United
Stat es of their ponies in 1876, at forty dol
lars each pony, 100000; for compensat.
walton for losses sustained by them in re-
celving less land per capita in their di-
minished reservation han is received by
Indians occupying other diminished raser-
v~ations, $751;, 0S9; to enable the secretary of
interior to purchase lands. for such Of the
Santee Sioux Indians in Nebraska as have
been unable to take lands in severalty on
OF the restoration of unallotted land to
public domains, $4,000.
A TELEGRAM FROM GEN BROOKE.
Gen. Schoield received a telegram this
afternoon from Gen. Brooke, Saying that
forty lodges of Indians had left Rosebud
agency since the removal of the Camp
across the White river to the edge of the
Bad Lands, and that there are strong symp.
toms OF d~lslntegratlOn, as about half Of the
Indians seem willing to come back to the
agency. Gen. Brooke also says, that from
all he can gather as to their intentions, the
majority of the Indians want to come back
The wal department officials are very
much gratified at this intelligence, tending
to indicate the speedy settlement of the
trouble.