Evening journal., 1891-02-10
SIOUX WARRIORS SPEAK.
Commissioner Morgan Listens
to Each Tale Of Woe.
NO MILITARY AGENTS DEsIRED.


Mad Bear Says Army omcers Incite
Trouble Among the Red Men for the
Purpose Of Keeping Themselves Con-
stantly Before the Public
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-The Sioux Indian
delegation had a conference with Comnis-
sioner Morgan at the Indian bureau Tile
commissioner made few brief romars to
the delegation, in which he promised TO
visit thsir agencies and homes next spring.
He then introduced Senator Dawes. of
Massachusetts, who told the Indians how
the Indian laws were enacted ami low
slight mistakes and omissions could 10
made He told them that If congrtsss had
failed to enact laws which were pro5 i,si.
he would be glad to have them ment uH,i
Senator Dawes told the Indians they sil
not blame the government for bad v nor
and failure Of crops The COVE at.nt
wanted TO help them build hon. aaI
wanted to give them al kinds Of sguh-
ural implements. He said that IL s.eax
nation would be the greatest tribeo aash
If they would cooperate with the lee.n-
ment in spending the 8, 100000 they sould
soon receive.
Trouble with Encroaching whites.
White Ghost wanted the commissioner
to overlook the indiscretions Of the In.
| dians, because the latter did not know any
better. He complained that the white
people encroached upon the Grow Creek
reservation and occupied the lands The
commissioner said he would see the white
people did not eneroaeh upon the lands in
the future. White Ghost contendea that
the whites were now IN fun possession OF
portions Of their lands, and he wantel the
government TO pay for it, The commis-
sionef ut once directed an investigation OF
the complaint
Only 100 Grains OF Coffee "a Week.
White Ghost said that an Indian did not
get more than 100 grains Of coffee on each
ration day which was required &c last a
week The commissioner said that II
necessary lac would have an Interpreter
weigh out the coffee The law provided
that four pounds Of coffee I've given each
Indian every week. White Ghost said the
bacon given each Indian on ration day did
not weigh one quarter Of pound and this
must last him d week lie said that at a
council Of the Indians several nights aQo
| they unanimously decided that military
agents were not wanted
Converted by imprisonment.
Big Name complained that the govern
meut did not treat the Lower Brule Indians
with the same consideration as the others.
II was a smaller tribe aud was greatly IN
need Of schools The seventeen Indians.
be said, belonging 20 his tribe who believed
in the Messiah craze have been sent to
prison for conversion. He wanted the civil
| officers employed at the agency TO be mar
ried men for the sake Of morality. lie
complained that the superintendent of
schools would not allow Children to attend
church on Sundays
Little No Hearts Wants.
Little No Heart wanted large school
houses built on their reservations for the
thorough civilization Of their children He
wanted his children to speak English. He
also requested the government to give
| them good civil Indian agents instead OF
military agents,
The commissioner, on tie REQUEST of
4! Little No Heart ordered that copies Of the
| law relating to the Sionx nation be dis
/ tributed among his Indians Little No
Heart also wanted the imaginary line be
tween the reservations more clearly de-
fined. 1t was the cause Of much trouble
and dissension among the different tribes
| lie appeared satisfied when the commis-
sioner told him that congress had been
asked to define this line, and that If the
white man made any improvements upon
the reservations they would not be allowed
60 disturb them when they were sent OF.
Little No Heart asked that the Uncapapa
Indians who left Standing Rock during
the late stampede for the Cheyenne agency
be allowed to remain.
Military Agents Not Wanted.
He again requested civil agents instead
Of military. This request prompted Com
missioner Morgan to put the question
formally 20 the Indians whether they
wanted civil or military agents Every
Indian in the delegation, with the excep.
tion OF Mai Swords, arose and said be-
wanted the civil agents. In the case OF
Maj. Swords, il was explained that be had
been offered place in the regular army in
case the Indians were transferred to the
war department
Mad Bear, Of the Standing Rock agency,
wanted the children educated at home Tor
the reason that when at home they edu-
cate the parents Otherwise the children.
after returning home from school, placed
the parents in very embarrassing posi-
ton Many Of them, too, were sent 70
school at great expense, and when they re-
turned home were no better educated than
when they left.
The Indians evinced their satisfaction
by clapping their hands when the commits
sion told them that hereafter he would
purchase their rations before the passage
Of the Indian bill Mad Bear accused the
military authorities Of melting trouhIe
among the Indians rather than suppress
ing it, because they were anxious to be
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