The Portland daily press., 1890-12-08
HEAP MUCH TALK WITH BIG CHIEFS.
Turning Bear, sIg Turkey and other
Distinguished Individuals
Rece'va tho Great Fathers Proposals
With crunts and Crowis.
They Demand a Great Deal and viii
Promise Nothing.

OMAHA, Neb., December The Bee has
a dispatch from its special correspondent at
Pine Ridge Agency, which says: Some hos
tile chiefs have kept the sworn pledge made
to Father Jute In the Bad Lands. TO come In
and see Gen. Brooke. They came bearing
flag Of truce, armed with Wlnchesters and
Springfield rifles. The party included Turn
Ing Bear. Big Turkey, High Pine, Big Bad
Horse. Bull Dog and Two Strikes. All were
decorated with war paint and feathers, and
many wore ghost dance leQglngs and ghost
dance shirts dangled at their saddles. The
council lasted two hours. Gen. Brooke ex.
plained that great deaf Of mIsunderstand-
ing and trouble had arisen by reports taken
TO and fro between the camps by irrespOns-
Die parties. lie considered 1t very necessary
that they Iould have talk face TO face.
Through him, he said. the father wanted TO
the agency where ne, Gen. Brooke, could see
them often and not be compelled to depend
on hearsay, he would give them plenty TO eat
ana employ many OF their young men as
scouts, etc, He said he had heard that they
were hostile Indians, but he did not believe
u. The soldiers did not come there to fight,
put 10 protect settlers and keep the peace.
AS 70 feeling over the change In the bound
airy line between Pine Ridge and Rosebud
oeNnS'7ot hu sdiu that Anu many OLner Things
would be settled satisfactorily after they had
sh0@n dlsno~ittOn 70 come In as asked by
the Great Father. Wounded Knee was sug-
gested as place that would prove satisfac-
tory to the Great Father to have them live.
Ihe representatives OF the hOstiles listened
with contracted brows and sldelOng glances
az one another and low grunts. Turning
Bear spoke In reply. 1t would be bad thing
Tor them TO come nearer the agency because
there was no water or grass for their horses
hArQ They ~ MID mt md hon bas-
young men could be employed as scouts II
there was no enemy TO be watched. They
would be glad to be employed and get paid
for 1t aud might come In, but,as the old men
and old women had no horses and their peO-
pie bad nothing generally to bring them, lt
would take thema long time 10 come. IL
they should come they would want the
Great Father TO send horses and wagons out
TO the bad land camp and bring In a great
quantity OF beef, ETC., they bad there and
take II to the new camp that might be
agreed on. The speaker hoped they would be
given something to eat before they started
back. To this the general replied that he
had intended before the council closed TO
tell them they should be given food. As for
horses and wagons being sent after beef the
general said that and many other things
would be considered after they acceded To
the Great fathers request to move into the
agency. Any reference whatever TO whole
sale devastation and depreciation, thieving
and burning Of buildings, etc, was studious-
ly avoided on both sides. After the pow
WOW the thieving gang was conducted to the
quarter masters department and given big
fat feed