Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-06

IDO you recognize me!' shouted the Dull;
do you know who amp
81 know that you are Sitting Bull"
lyon say you know am Sitting Bull, but do
You know what position holdT'
BY this time Senator Dawes was somewhat
nettied, and he replied to the effect that he did
not know any difference between Sitting Bull
and the other Indians at Standing Rock.
SITTING BULLS PRErENsIoNs.
Then said Sitting Bull II am here by the
will of the Great Spirit, and by His will am
chief. My heart il red and sweet, and KIN Nv
it is sweet, because whatever passes near me
puts out its tongue to me; and yet you men
have come here to talk with US, and you say
you do not know who am. want TO tell you
that If the Great Spirit has chosen any one to be
the chief OF this country it is myself"
In whatever capacity you may be here to-
day, said Senator Dawes, ''if you desire 20
say anything to us we will listen to you, other
wise we will dismiss this council"
At this the wrath of the gentleman with the
bovine appellation dubbed over. "Yes, that
yourselves like men who have been drinking
whisky and came here to give you some adj
vice."
That broke the council up, for at a signal
from Sitting Bull every Indian in the room
arose and went out.
SITTING BULL APoLoGErIc.
At the solicitation Of several Yankton chiefs
council was reconvened. Several warriors
with polysyllabic names testified as to the gem
eral condition of affairs, and then the old dis
turber. Sitting Bull, made his appearance once
more and addressed the committee as follows:
Il came in with glad heart to shake hands
with you, my friends. for feel that have dis
pleased you; and am here to apologize to you
for my bad conduct and to take back what
said. will take it back because consider
have made your hearts bad. heard that you
were coming here from the Great Fathers house
some time before you came, and have been sit
ting here like prisoner waiting for some one
to release me. l was looking for you
everywhere, and I considered that when we
talked with you it was the same If we were
talking with the Great Father, and believe
that what pour out from my heart the Great
Father will hear. What I take back is what
said to cause the people to leave the council
and want to apologize for leaving myself. The
people acted like children and am sorry for it.
/ was very sorry when l found out that your
intentions were good and entirely different
from what supposed they were. Now will
tell you my mind and will tell You everything
straight I know the Great Spirit is looking
down upon me from above and will hear what
/ say; therefore I will do my best to talk
when we sold the Black Hills we got a very
small price for it and not what we ought to
have received. / used to think that the size
of the payments would remain the same all the
time, but they are growing smaller all the
time. l consider that my country
takes in the Black Hills and runs from the
Powder river to the Missouri, and that all Of
this land belongs to me.
when the Great Father told me to live like
his people told him to send me six teams of
mules, because that is the way white people
make living. and l wanted my children to
have these things to help them to make a liv-
ing. also told him to send me two spans of
horses with wagons, and everything else my
children would need. / also asked him for a
horse and buggy for my children; was ad-
vised to follow the ways Of the white man and
that is why asked for those things. never
ask for anything that is not needed. also
asked for COW and bull for each family SO
that they can raise cattle of their own.
Il asked for four yokes of oxen and wagons
with them. Also yoke Of oxen and wagon
for each of my children to haul wood with. 1t
is your own doing that am here; you sent me
here and advised me to live as you do, and it is
not right for me to live in poverty. / asked
the Great Father for hogs, male and female.
and for male and female sheep for my children
to raise from. Ibid not leave out anything in
the way of animals that the white men have;
asked for every one Of them.
"Now, l beg you to have the amount of rations
increased 80 that our children will not starve,
but will live better than they do now. want
clothing, too, and / will ask for that too. We
want all kinds Of clothing for our people.
Look at the men around here and see how
poorly dressed they are. We want some cloth
ing this month, and when it gets cold we want
more of it to protect us from the weather
That is all have to say"
GEN. LoaAN's REPLY.
While Sitting Bull was delivering his
harangue Senator Logan was manifestly i'm
patient and as soon as the Indian had con-
cluded the Illinoisan turned to the interpreter
and said sharply 81 want to say something to
that man [pointing to Sitting BULL before be
sits down, and want you to tell these Indians
to listen to all that say to him.
There was an angry ring in the Senator's
voice when he started and il was more or less
present to the end. Sitting Bull, /" said he,
''this committee came here on behalf of the
government, with nothing in view except to
ascertain the wants OF the Indians and to in
quire into the provisions of the treaty recently
made and whether or not it was satisfactory to
the Indians. We invited the Indians
to come here today for q friendly talk
and they appointed yourself and two
others to talk with the committee. When YOU
talked you accused the committee of being
drunk you insulted them, aud understand
this is not the first time you have been guilty of
an offense of a like kind to Q committee of
Congress You said to this committee before
insulting them that you were chief of all the
people OF this country and that you were ap-
pointed chief by the Great Spirit want TO
say to you that you were not appointed by the
Great Spirit nor has any one else been Ap-
pointments are not made in that way. want
to say further that You are not great chief of
this country; that you have no following no
power, no control and no right to any con-
troll. You are on An Indian reservation
merely at the sufferance of the govern
ment.. You are fed by the government, clothed
by the government your children are
have and are today is because Of the govern
ment. II 1t were not for the government you
would be freesing and starving today In the
mountains. merely say these things to YOU
to notify you that you cannot insult the people
of the United States Of America or it, comnait-
tees. You came here when you we're prisonsr
and we're told that II you behaved yourself you
would be treated veil, inst - other Indians
who behave themselves viii be treated. So You
viii be, but you must not incite these Indisns
TO bad deeds You must not break I'M coun-
ellis; and you have to behaYe yourself lust e
any other mani and q yol are ever guilty Of
such thing again you win Be put into the
guard house and made 70 work,
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