St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-07
FATHER JULES STORY.
He Returns From a Dangerous
Mission of Peace


PINE RIDGE Agency. S. D.. Dec. Gas
perilous mission as q man of God has un-
dertaken for many day toward averting
great bloodshed and loss of human life was
completed to-day when good Father Jule,
the Catholic priest whom Gen. Brooke re-
quested to go out and talk with the rampantly
hostile Indians, returned to the agency. 1t
seemed sheer madness for white man to SO
much as think of attempting such mission
and hope to return alive. The reverend
father was ccompanied by Jack Red Cloud,
the widely respected son of the famous
chief, who went more as guide than upon
the supposition that he would be of any use
in making the mission success. The start
was made on Wednesday noon. Ten miles
from the hostile camp they were halted by
tbs enemy's pickets, who
LeveIed Their Guns
them and held them until an Indian run
ner could be sent into the camp and inquire
whether or not they were to be admitted. A
favorable reply was received and they pro-
ceeded. but between the muzzles OF Winches-
tiers. The camp was reached at IL a. m the
next day, and-two hours later the chiefs
met Father julie in council. There were
present Two Strike, The Head Turning Bear,
Short Bull, High Hawk, Crow Dog, Kicking
Bear, Eagle Pipe, Zig Turkey and High Pipe.
The pipe of peace was conspicuous by its ab-
sence. Father julie opened the council by
asking the chiefs to state the Particular
cause of the grievance that had led them to
assume SO startling an attitude of war; Their
replies were substantially as follows:
Object TO the Census.
I'VE object TO the recent census returns
msde by Mr.. Lee. His enumeration as he is
now making 1t. would not give food sufficient
for US 10 live on. Lee puts US down less, many
less, less tepee than the tepee contains. We
are 10 receive food according to that enumer-
alton. We shall starve: we know we shall
starve If the great father chooses to lay a
trap TO cheat us: we will have one big eat
before the starving time comes After that
we shall fight our last fight, and the white
man shall see more blood, more dead by US
from our guns than ever before Then we
will go TO the last hunting ground happy 1t
white man did not mean to cheat us out of
food
The Great Fateer
never would have sent soldiers. There is no
need OF soldiers if the great father intended
to 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 are to be fed. Great father has done an
other wrong. He Dut new line, a new
boundary line between Rosebud and Pine
Ridge agency 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: 'Childreu, you shall
never be moved again unless YOU want TO
to move and then he go right ahead and
move US. We are done with promises. aud
now we make promise that we viii fight
and the great father will find that we will
not
Break Our Promise.
We will now be very plain with you. Chris
tan father, and tell you another thing.
something of which you may have already
thought. 1t is this: We are not coming il,
now, and will not lay down our rifles. be-
cause we, are afraid of the consequences.
We have done wrong; we know it II 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 die
No, we will not go in and give up. We know
the great father netter than he knows US, or
cares to know u.s.
Father jules Argument.
After a long pause Crow Dog said that thew
might come in If the soldiers were taken
away. Father julie says he then urged them
with much fervor TO be peaceable give up
their designs of war and be peaceable ne
explained that the soldiers were not to harm
the Indians, but to protect the agency: that
rations had been increased at the agency.
and that if they came Gen. Brooke would
telegraph to WashingtoRdnd get permission
for them to stay on this agency as they de-
sired. So far as depredations were con-
cerned the father told them they had better
stop committing them and they would be
more easily forgiven. Finally he urged
the chiefs that they all come back with
him. To this some of the older ones made
favorable answer, but the young ones, who
were heavily in the majority. sid 10, but the
old man finally agreed that they would come
on horseback to Father Jules house which
Is about four miles north of the agency this
morning and there meet Gen. Brooke and
tell him in person just what they had tod
Father julie. This brought on renewal of
bitter opposition from the majority, which
came near ending in a row. Finally the
young chiefs cooled off, and Two Strike, ad-
dressing Father julie, said:
Hold your hands up to the Great Spirit as
though you were about 10 start on journey
TO the last hunting ground OF the red man,
whether what you say to US from Gen. Brooke
will be true, and that we will not be harmed
if we come in simply to talk 10 Gen. Brooke
Father julie says he complied with the re-
quest. All the chiefs then extended their