New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-07
'cBJEyANCES OF THE INDIANS.
TIE HCSTlLES AFRAID THE GREAi FATHER
Is TRYING TO CHEAT THEM

Is TRYING TO CHEAT THEM
ALLEGING THAT THE CENSUS ENoNhi'AlloN'
az WHICH THE APPORTIoNMENr OF RA-
r,oxs rs RAISED. WAS TOO sMALL-DE-
rrRu1vrD TO HAVE a." ONE BIG EAT
BEFORE THE STARVING TINE
coMEs"-rHEIR FORMID-
ABLE DAMP.
omaha Dec O." Tie Fee" has received the ioi'
r,,r from its special correspondent
pine Ridge Agency. : D., VIA Ru'hVilc' Ncp'~
4, nerous mission a clergyman has undertaken
NV a dav toward the end o! averting great
' s.h,d and loss Of human life, was competed 10
49, vhcn Father Julc. the Catholic priest WHOM
c.oe-al Brooke requested To 60 out and ''uN WIN
49, -ampsptly hostile indians. returned 10 The asoN'''
~" vas accompanied 10y Jack Red Cloud tue "
,,c,cd son Of the famous chief who went more Is
lido than with the belief that be WouM pc VI ""'
80 IN making the mission a success.
rbs start was made Wednesday noon. TheV went
- the White Clay Creek unusual route anu
y a result got lost after crossing the Wmte hNcr'
~ Thursday night they wandered about beng 'o''
Lied 10 keep moving in order to avoid l'e""7.
,,,rrer was added to their discomfort, a. t'N "''
ha" ,.l., = porScl Of food with them. Ten miles
"r, the hostile camp they We're halted by the eheh'A
ssts who Ieveled their guns on them and h"ld
r"' ,n an Indian runner could be sent into the
Nv "a inourc whether or not they were to be
smt,ed 4 favorable reply received and they
,osaded on but between the muzzleS "i NmcheSIeFs'
m. camp was reached at II a. NJ. the h'N' d'E' ana
,ro hours later the chiefs met Father Jule Ill council
rhso were present Two strike. the head cuei Iurh-
inc Rear. short Bull. High Hawk Crow Dog hic"'
.s Rear Eagle Pipe Big Turkey. and High Pipe.
n. nine of peace conspicuous ~ ltS absence
ro,her Jnlc OPENED the council by asking the chiefs
- tate the particular Cause of the grievance that had
sd them TO assume their warhe att'tuoe. Inc re
niles were substantially a follows;
I'VE object 10 the recent census returns made by
n, Lee His enumeration, a. he Is now making IT,
wouM not give food sufficient for IL 70 live on.
T.. mi, II, down many lc>, for each tepee than the
,.p.e contains. We are TO receive food according
a. ,ha, enumeration. We shall starVe, we know we
hall stsrye If the Great Father chooses to Law trap
"a cheat rs We will have big eat before the
carving time comes. After that we shall fight our
hst fight, and the white man shall see more hloV'
more dead by lis from glnS than ever before
Then we shall 90 10 the last hunting ground haplN'
1.-THE white men did not TO cheat us out of food.
The Great Father would never have sent soldiers.
There is no need of soldiers if the Great Father intended
10 be fair with Us. We know lie intends cheating II"
BIZ the way the is now putting down hGurrS
that lie. and by which we are to be fed Inc "r~at
Father has done another wrong. he put new boundary
line between Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agency. That
msh.s many of us leave our homes and give them 10
Others.
aThe Great Father broke the old treaty when he did
this We can no longer believe the Great Father
He says TO Us: Children you shall never be moved
again unless YOU want 10 move and then he goes
right away and moves Us. We done with promise.
and now we make promise that we Will fight, did
the Great Father will find that we will not break
our promise. We will be very plain with YOU,
Christian Father and tell YOU another thing some
things Of which you mN have already thought II u
this: We are not coming IL now and VIII not law down
cur rifles because are afraid O the consequences
We have done wrong; We know it. IL we stop no"
We will be punished. The Great Father will send
many Of us 10 his big iron house TO stay many moons.
We would die No, will not 80 and give up We
know the Great Father better than he knows us, OK
cares to know MS
After a long pause. Crow Dog said that they might
come in If the soldiers were taken away
Father Juls SAYS he then urged them with much
fervor to give up their designs Of and be peaoeabe
He explained that the soldiers were not present 10
harm the Indians but to protect the agency that
ratons had been increased at the agency and that
they General Brooke wculd telegraph to WASH
inston and get permission for them TO stay on ms
agency, they desired so far as depredators were
concerned tie priest told them they had better stop
committing them and they would be more easily for
given. Finally he urged the chiefs that they all come
back With him. To this some OF the older ones made
favorable answers, but the young ones who were
heavily in tho majority, said no; but the old men
finally agreed that they would come on horseback 10
p~Sbsr Jules house which Is about four miles
west of the agency, this morning, and there meet
General Brooke aud tell them IN person Just what
they had told Father julie. This brought
pewa OF bitor opposition from the alority, which
came near ending In = row. Finally Oie young chiefs
cooled down. and Two Strike, addressing Father julie.
said
Hold your hands up to the Great Spirit and tell
US, though you were about 10 start on journey
TO the last hunting ground of the red msn, whether
what you say to from General Brooke be true and
that We will not 10 harmed II we come in simply 10
talk to General Brooke"
Father julie says he complied with the request. All
the chiefs then extended their hands toward the
heavens, and with great soIemnity promised they
would This ended the council, and Father julie
and young Red Cloud withdrew, the former telling The
never again believe an fndiaa
While IN ne camp Of the aestes Father julie said he
saw between 1000 and Zoo Ssahs 6 1 We, all fully
me great numSeS q pickets ont that the ostes nun.
Der over 1000 lighting pcp. He saw large numoeT.
al about the camp, add the being cured, The
camp IS he says. remarkably well fortified with EN-
iIst the indians did the work The cam camp is ~6ois
be says by military otherwise than on
and in single he and 70 using cannon, such
pieces as Gating or Hschdss guns, such thing Is ell
iirelv out Of the question.
God alone knows" concluded the priest the fear
these hostile people If they continue in their present
stronghold"
there was an extra issue Of ninety head Of cattle yes
agency III order 10 make this delivery Agent Rover
had 70 borrow the requisite number Of beeves from the
srv the hostes having taken possession Of tle
vstion here several days ago.
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