Evening journal., 1891-02-13
CITIZENS NOT WARRIORS.
What the Young Sioux Braves
Should Become.
PRESIDENT HARRrsoNs SPEECH.

The indian Delegation Gets some Advice,
from the Great rather AZ washinst' r..
The covsrnment WIN DO All 1t s.a
but the rndians sTust Work, Too.
wAsurxoroN. Feb. ls-The Sic rr In.
dians called IL the executive man sisn 81
p. m. and were ushed into the east room.
They were drawn up in q semi CIRCLE THE
presidents family and mum s.r of invited
guests were present. Rev. A.. Cook acted
as interpreter shortly aft ~ O'Clock the
president appeared and ad 5reesed them as
follows
The President j.. address.
"Niu you say TO to sn1. Mr.. luterprater.
that ! have given th I'm an audience today
without amy intent nn Of talking TO them
at any length. ~ ey have had opportunity
to state 70 the Sc sresary of the interior and
to the c0mmiss oner Of Indian affairs their
wants and views. These officers will bring
what has keen said TO my attention. One
or two thihgs I will say myself II has
been a great grief to me that some Of the
people represented by you have recently
acted badly; have gone upon the warpath
against the government You can get
nothing by war except punishment. You
should understand by this time that You
are too weak to contend against the United
States ia ar.
Citizens Not Warriors Wanted.
"You must teach your young men not to
be warriors. but citizens. When yon suf-
fer any wrong through the agents who are
over you or from any white settlers who
are about You You should peacefully make
Shese things known TO rs here The presi-
dent, the secretary OF the interior, the com
missioner Of Indian affairs, the congress
and the great mass of our people desire 20
deal kindly with you. The agreement
that was made with you by Gen. Crook
and Governor Foster and Mr. Warner we
all desire 10 carry out faithfully to do all
that we promised to do. I have asked the
congress to pass laws to carry out every
provision OF the contract made with you.
1t is believed now that fall provision has
been made for this. You must not expect
that you and your children will always be
fed by she government Of the United states
without working yourselves.
The Indian Must Work.
Every white man works for the bread
and meat that sustains hirn, and you must
learn to do a little more for your own sup
port every year You mwsa tell your young
men to spend their money OF trade their
ponies for something that is good for them
and not for rifles / shall try to see that
the Indian police are so increased upon the
reservations as 60 protect you against any
bad white men who may live about
We viii try in every way to give your
people employment about the agencies.
with the army, in the Indian police and
otherwise, as we can, and you must each
take your allotment and endeavor the best
you can 20 earn your living, either by
plowing or by raising cattle or horses or
some other peaceful industry I hope you
will all return TO the reservation with these
things settled In your mind, and You may
depend everything we can do to promote
the advancement Of your tribe, to protect
you against aggression or injury from
those who are about you, and to encourage
every Indian who IS disposed to be peaceful
and Industrious win be done"
At its conclusion each Indian was intro
duced and shook hands with the president.
The Indians then left the executive man
sion and spent the evening shopping.
They leave for the west today.