The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-13
The Secretary of the Treasury Wants
100000 to Buy Beef, &c.
for the Indians.
Representative HansbrOugh Wants
100000 to Buy Seed Wheat
for North Dakota Settlers.
General Brooke Says the Indians Are
About Ready to Come to
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. MI. Hawley said
that, If anything was tt be lone 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 transpired
| 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 Ex-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 IN
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
and there will be no further %trouble.'" 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 owe until tomorrow, apprO-
priating 5000 for an investigation, under
the discomfort aud outbreak among the
Sioux Indians and other tribes.
The election bill wa then taken up,
Pugh speaking against it.
The senate then proceeded to the con.
sideration Of bills on the calendar.
TO BUY BEEF N PROVISIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-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 request for the immediate
appropriation OF 100000 for the purchase
of beef and other provisions for the Sioux
Indians.
A SEED WHEAT MEASURE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Representative
Hansbrough of North Dakota. to-day in
troduced in the house a joint resolution
appropriating $5OO,OOO to be 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
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COMPENSATION FOR 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-
ceiving less land per capita in their di-
minished reservation than is received by
Indians occupying other diminished roser-
vations, $751; S9; 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. Schotield received q 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
Bal Lands, and that there are strong symp-
toms of disintegration, 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 war department officials are very
much gratified at this intelligence, tending
to indicate the speedy settlement of the