Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-07
ather Jute's Errand of
Humanity.
He Visits the Camp of the Hos
tile Redskins.
They Make to Him Statement of
Their Grievances.
The Great Father at Washington Accused
o. Dealing Falsely with the
Redmen.
Associated Press Dispatches.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Dec. g.
As perilous mission as man of God
has undertaken for many days, in the
interests of averting great bloodshed,
was completed yesterday, when good
Father Jute, Catholic priest whom
General Brooke requested to 60 out and
talk with the rampantly hostile Indians,
returned to the agency. He was the
only white man who might even think
of the trip and expect to get back. The
reverend father was accompanied by Jack
Red Cloud, who went by reason of his
being the widely respected son of the
famous chief, Red Cloud. Ten miles
from the hostile camp they were
halted by pickets, and accompanied to
the camp under cover of Winchesters.
A conference followed, at which were
present Two Strike, Turning Bear,
Short Bull, High Hawk, Grow
Dog, Kicking Bear, Eagle Pipe,
Big Turkey and High Pipe.
Father Jute opened the council by ask
ing the chiefs to state their grievances.
The replies were substantially as fol-
lows: "We object to the recent census
returns made by Lee. His enumeration
would not give food sufficient for us to
live on. Lee puts us down many less
for each tepee than the tepee contains.
We shall starve. We will have one Dig
eat before the starving time comes.
After that we shall fight our last fight,
and the white man shall see more blood
and more dead than ever before. Then
we will go to the last hunting ground
happy. If the white man did not mean
to cheat us out of our food, the great
father never would have sent soldiers.
There is no need of soldiers if the great
father intended to be fair with
rs. The great father has done these
wrongs. He put a new boundary line
between the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
agencies, that makes many Of US leave
our homes and give them to others. The
great father broke the old treaty when
he did this. We can no longer believe
the great father. He says to US: Chill
dren, you shall never be moved again
unless you wrnt to move,' and then he
goes right away and moves us. We are
done with promises; and now we make
the promise that we will fight, and the
great father will find that be must not
break his promise. We will now be
very plain with you. Christian father,
and tell you another thing-something
of which you may have already thought;
it is this: We are not coming in now
and will not lay down our rifles, because
we are afraid of the consequences. We
have done wrong; we know if we stop
now we will be punished. The great
father will send many OF us to his big
iron house to stay many moons. We
would rather die."
Father Jute urged them to be peacea-
BILE, and explained that the soldiers did
not come to harm the Indians, but pro-
been increased, and if they came, Gen
eral Brooke would telegraph to Wash
ington and get permission for them to
stay on this agency as they desired. So
far as depredations are concerned, the
father told them that they had better stop
committing them, and they would be
more easily forgiven. Finally he urged
the chiefs all to come back with him.
To this some of the older ones made a
favorable answer, but the young ones,
who were heavily in the majority, said
no; but the old men finally agreed that
they would come in to Father Jute's
house, four miles northwest of the
agency, this morning, and there meet
General Brooke and tell him in person
just what they told Father Jute. This
brought on a renewal of bitter opposition
from the majority. Finally the young
chiefs cooled off, and Two Strike, adj
dressing Father Jute, said: "Hold
your hands to the Great Spirit, and tell
us as though you were about to start on
a journey to the last hunting ground OF
the red man, whether what you cay tc
US from General Brooke will be true,
and that we will not be harmed if we
come in simply to talk to General
Brooke"
Father Jutc says he complied with
the request. All the chiefs then ex-
tended their hands toward heaven, and
with great solemnity promised they
would come.
DISARMING THE INDIANS,