The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-07
Father Jute and the indians.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, 5. D., Dec 6.-As peril
Gus mission rs man of God has undertaken
for many days in the interest of averting great
bloodshed was completed yesterday, when good
Father Jute, the Catholic priest whom General
Brooke requested to so out and talk with the
rampantly hostile Indians returned to the
agency. He was the only white man who might
even think of ever making the trip and living to
get back. The revereni father was accom-
panied by Jack Red Cloud, who went by reason
OF being widely respected as the son OF the
famous chief. Ten miles from the hottie camp
they were halted by plckets and conducted TO
camp under cover of Winchesters. a confer
cnce followed There were present Two Strike
Turning Bear, Short Bull High Hawx
Crow Dog, Kicking Bear, Eagle Pipe. Big Iur-
key and hign Pipe. Father Jute opened the
council by asking the chiefs to state their griev-
ance The!r replies were substantially as fol-
lows: we OBJECT TO the recent census returns
made by Lee. His enumeration would not give
food sufficient Tor Us to live on. Lee puts US
down many less for each tepee than the tepee
contains. We shall starve, we will have one big
eat before starving time comes After that we
shall fight our last fight, and the white man
shall see more blood more dead than ever be-
fore. Then we Will go TO the last hunting
ground, happy. If the white man did net mean
10 cheat us out of our food, the great father
never would have sent the soldiers. There is
no need OF soldiers if the great father
intended to be fair with us. The
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he has put 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: children, YOU
Shall never be moved again unless YOU want TO
move, and then he goes right ahead and moves
US We are done with promises and now we
make promise that we will tight and the great
fathty viii find that we must not break our
promise. Newill now be very plain with YOU
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something of which you may have already
Thought, IL is this; We are not coming in now
and Will not lay down our rifles because we are
afraid of the circumstances We have done
wrong. we know it. If we stop now we Will be
punished. The great father will send many of
US 10 his big iron house to stay many moons
We would die"
Father Jute urged them to be peaceful; ex-
planned that the soldiers were not there 10 harm
the Indians Out TO protect the agency; that the
ratonS had been increased ana If they came
General Brooke would telegraph to Washing
ten and get permission for them to stay on this
agvncy as they desired. So TAR as depe citations
are concerned. the father told them they had
better stop committing them and they would
more easily be forgiven Finally he urged the
chiefs to all come back with him. To this Some
of the older ones made favorable answer but
tae young ones, who were heavily in the ma
lorlty, said no, but the old men finally agreed
they would come in 10 Father Jute's house four
miles northwest OF the agency, this morning and
there meet General Brooke and tell him in per-
son Just what they told Father JUte. This
brought on renewal OF bitter opposition from
the majority Finally the young chiefs cooled
of and Two Strike, addressing Father Jute
said: Hold your hands up to the Great Spirit
and tell US as though you were about to start on
the journey to the last hunting ground of the
red men. whether what you say TO US from
General Brooke be true and that we will not be
harmed If we come in simply to talk to General
Brooke" Father Jute says he complied with
the request All the chiefs extended III sir
hands toward heaven and with great solemnity
promised they would come.