The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07
TALK WITH THE INDIANS.
FATHER JULIE MAKES A TRIP TO
THEIR CAMP.


Promise to Meet Gen Brooke at tn,
Priests House.
OMAHA, NEB., Dec. 6.-The Bee has re
csived the following from its special core
spondent:
PINE RIDGE AGENCY. S. D., via Rush
ville Neb., Dec. CAS- perilous a mission
as man of God has undertaken for many G
day towsrd avertiag bloodshed and loss O
human life was completed to-day when thu
good Father julie, Catholic priest, WHOM
Gen. Brooke requested to 90 out and tall
with the hostile Indians, returned to the
agency. 1t seemed sheer madness for
white to as much as think of attempting sucl
a mission and hope to return alive Bu
Father julie. having spent seven year
among the Indians, four of the seven on the
agency, and having been looked up 10 and
greatly confided in by tie redskins, he and
the officials considered that it would be more
nearly possible for him to make the final ef-
fort at a peaceabe adjustment of the pres
ent trouble than any one else The reverend
father was accompanied by Jack Red
Cloud, widely respected son of the famous
chier, VINO went more as q guide than upon
the superstition that he would be OF any use
IL making the mission a success.
THE START.
The start twas made Wednesday noon.
They went to White Clay creek, a very IN
usual route and as q result got lost after
crossing White river. All of Thursday
night they wandered about, being COM
PEELED to keep moving about in order to
avoid freezing. Hunger was added TO their
discomfort since thy had not taken
morsel Of food with them. Ten miles from
the hostile camp they were met BY pickets,
who leyeled their guns on them and held
them unit! an Indian runner could be
sent into the camp and inquire Whether or
not they were TO be admitted a favorable
reply wa received aad they proceeded on,
butunder the muzZe OF Winchesters. The
camp was reached at II O'Clock the Eext
morning. Two hours later the chiefs met
Father julie in council. There were pres
ent Two Strike, the head chief; Turning
Bear, Short Bully, High Hawk, Crow Dog
Kicking Bear, Eagle Pipe, Big Turkey and
High Pipe. The pipe Of peace was conspic-
uouS by its absence.
CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
Father julie opened the council by ask
ing the chiefs to state the particular cause
OF grievance that had led them TO assume so
startling an attitude OF war. The replies
were SD stantially as follows: eve object
to the recent census returns made by Lee
His enumeration, as he is now making it,
IOI give lOOu LOT US TO i've
on Lee puts US down as many less for
each teepee than it contains. We are to
receive food according to that enumera-
tion, We shall starve. We know we shall
starve. II the Great Father chooses to cheat
us we will have enc big eat before starving
times come. After that we shall fight our
last Fl yht, and the white man shall see more
blood for bad use from our guns than ever
before. Then we will 90 to the last hunting
ha NUn ta n
mean to cheat US out of food. the Great
Father never would have sent the soldiers.
There is no need of soldiers if the Great
Father intended t. be fair with us. We
know he intends cheating us by the way
the census man is putting down figures
that lie, and by which we were to be fed.
THE AGENCY LINE.
"The Great Father has done another
wrong. he put Z new boundary lire be-
tween the Rosebud and Pine Ridge agency.
that makes many Of us leave our homes
and give them to Others. The Great Father
broke theold treaty when he did this. We
can 10 longer believe the
Great Father. He SAYS, Children
you shall never be moved
again unless you waut to 60, and then he
goes right away and moves u.s. We are
done with promises, and now we make
promise that we will fight, and the Great
promise. We will now be very plain with
you, christian father, and tell you another
thing, something OF which you NAV have
already thought. 1t is this: We are not
coming in now and will not lay down our
rifles, because we are afraid of the conse-
quence. We have done wrong; we know
It. If we stop now we will
many of US to the big iron house, TO stay
many months. We would die Now we'll
not go and give up. We know the Great
Father better than he knows US or cares to
know usn
After long pause Crow Dog said that
they might come in if the soldiers were
taken away.
FATHER JULES TALK.
Father julie says he then urged them,
with much fervor, to be peaceable, give up
their designs Of war and behave He ex-
planned that the soldiers were not to harm.
but to protect, the agency; that the ratious
had been increased at the agency, aud il
they came In Gen. Brooke would be trans
ferred to Washington and get permission
Tor them to stay upon the agency.
30 far as depredations were concerned
Father julie told them that they had better
stop committing them, and they would be
more easily forgiven. Finally, ne urged the
chiefs 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.
PROMISED TO GO TO HIS HOUSE.
The red men, however, agreed that thew
would come back TO Father Jules house
which is about four miles northwest of the
agency, this morning, and there meet Gen.
Brooke and tell him in person Just what
they had told Father julie Thi.
brought on renewal of the bitter opposi
ton from the majority, which nearly ended
in a row. Finally the young chiefs cooled
off, and Two Strike, addressing Father
julie, said: 'Hold your hands up to the
Great Chief, and tell us as though you were
about to start on a journey to the last hunt
ing grounds Of the red man, whether wha
you say to us from Gen. Brooke be true ant
that we will not be harmed if we come il
simply to talk to Gen. Brooke"
THE OATH OF THE RED MEN.
Father julie says he complied with the re
quest. The chiefs thea extended their hand
10 him, and with great solemnity promises
that they would come. This ended tn
council, and Father julie and young Re,
Cloud withdrew, the former telling tn
chiefs that if they broke their word b.
would never again believe an Indian. /
the chiefs keep their pledge the meetint
letweeD them and Gen. Brook
viii occur. at Father jules residence thi
forenoon. While in the hostile caml