Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-11

Big Head, Black Tomahawk and Red Fish
they stated that they had no grievance
and with one accord said the later treaties
hr been complied with. They expressed
grave fears lest the conduct of Bull anc
Others would result in war and that the
Crook Foster-Warler treaty would be alb
rogated thereby. They were assured thai
friendly Indians would not suffer and wcr,
content
The war department is now having made
at various army posts near the SiouA
agencies detailed reports by officers of rank
Of all the charges of broken lnith made by
Indians against the government, The re
ports will be forwarded to the Secretary d
War and a collective statement made from
them
No one on this reservation is chary d
expressing the firm belief TINT Sitting Bull
should be arrested and that speedily as
possible. He is surely arrogant nnC
rccalcittant and is regarded rs u standing
menace TO peace not only BY whites but by
such lnaians as Gall and John Grass
Many wi, know the man and believe him
to be il coward think he would submit Il
tsres peateahlp Others think he weulG
iishl harG il brought to bay.
PITu l,Ip#E AGENcY, =. D., VIA Husn
vltt3 SCu,. Dee. O. rs erilois a mission
az q man Gt Ged has undertaken for mang
4 duS toward ai artiAg great blopdshcd am
loss Of llnnnr life was completed to-day
when good Father ,inlc, the atholir priest
whom General Bronke requested Ii
So nut, ind tall; with the ram.
laut hasilCs returned O. the agency
1t seemed sheer madness Tor awhile "a
nNiclI rs t@iinli ~ attempting such 4 mis-
sion and llppetp return a!Nr, buI Father
Jule having spent SErcA ytufS among thu
htflittlS Ia
having been locked up to and greatly COLI
tltict IN BY tho rods, he and the officials
considered II would be more possible fut
him 10 make The final cllur. 1t Il possible
adjustment nt the present crisis than any
one else.
he reverend father was accompanied
by Jack Red loud, the wllclN-rcspccteti
sua Of The faTuGs elliGi, who went more
Is q guide than upon Tie superstition that
lie would be ui' Any use III nni,ing the
mission a success, HE start was made
"Wednesday noon They went down liz
White lay creek, a very uu0snal route,
and as rcsalt got lost aitCrtrossiug White
River, al Of Thursday night they wan
uelGd about being compelled to keep NOV
ing about in order IL avoid freezing.
Hunger Was added 10 their discomfort
since they had not taken uarae IF food
With them
lNli mus IThll tlc luStlle camp lIltN
were halted by the enemies picketS who
lerelcd Their guns OH them and held them
until the Indian runner could be sent into
the camp and inquire whether or not they
were to be admitted, d favorable reply was
received and they proceeded on, but he
tween the mu2zlcs of Winchcsters. The
camp was reached al ii a. m next day.
and two hours later the chiefs met Father
Julie III council
There We're present Two Strike, the head
chief; Turning Bear, short Bull, High
Hawk, Grow Dog, Kicking Bear, Eagle
Pipe Big Turkey and High Pipe. The
pipe of peace was conspicuous by its alb
sehce. Father julie opened The council by
asking the chiefs to state the particular
cause of the grievance that had led them
to assume 50 startling an attitude of war.
The replies were substantially us follows
We object to the recent census returns
made by Mr.. Lee. His enumeration as he
Is now making it wonldnot give food sufi-
Gent for us 10 live on, Lee puts us down
less many less, for each tepee than the
tepee contains. We are to receive food ac-
cording TO that enumeration we shall
starve we know we shall starye If the great
father chooses to lay trap 70 cheat us; we
Will have one big eat before the starving
time comes. After that we shall fight our
last fight and the white men shall see more
blood, more dead by us from our guns
IMAM ever before. Then we will go to
the last hunting ground happy.
y White man did not mean to cheat us out
Of food the Great Father never would have
sent soldiers There is no need of soldiers
ifthe Great Father intended to be fair with
AS We know he intends cheating us
bS The way the census man
Is now putting down figures that
lie, and by which we are to
be fed. Tile Great Father has done another
wrong, He PIT a new line, Il new
boundary line, between Rosebud and Pine
Riagc agency that makes many oflis leave
our homes and give them to Others. Tie
Treat Rather broke the old treaty when he
did this. We can no longer believe the
great father ie says to us: Children,
you shall never be moved again unless you
want to move and then he goes right away
and move us. We are done with promises
and now we make promise that We will
iight.and the Great Father will find that
We. Viii not break our promise. We
will now be very plain with Won
Christian iather, and tell Won another
thing. something of which You may have
already thought II IS this; We are not
coming in now and will not lay down 0ur
rifles, because We arc afraid Of the coilSe-
quentes We have done wrong; We know
il. II We stop now, we will be punished
The Great Father will send many Of us to
his big iron house 10 stay many moons.
No, we will not 50 and give mp, We know
the Great Father better than he knows us
or dares to know MS.
After 4 long pause Crow Dog said that
they might come in if the soldiers were
taken away. Father julie says lie then
urged them, with much tervor, to he peace
able; give up their designs If war and lie
peaceable. He explained that the soldiers
We're not TO harm The indians. but to pf5.
tect the agency. That rations had been
increased at the agency, and that if they
came General Brooke would telegraph 10
Washington and get permission for them
TO stay On this agency rs they desired. So
far as depredatiuIs were concerned, the
father told them they had better stop com
hitting them and they would be more