Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-06
INDIAN CHIEFS IN WASHINGTON.
Interesting iuicr,iews win t's"' OF
the Braves.

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,,'.a,sl correspondence Of the Disc
lS Nyws.l-1he Indian delegation
81 .., here today, consisting OF
m ~. Mama faid.of.bis-iiorse, Spot.
.gt,it American Horse, Twossrike,
n,,s wound, Hump, Big Road,
s LIT Horse, He Dog, Fire Light.
s F,s, Thunder, High Hawk aud
m,,s pine. They have been specially
,ss,.d by General Miles n represent
~ ali sides Of the Indian grievances
rssy have Travelled In a special cnr,
a." door. Of which have been closely
sa.rIed all the way to prevent news
go men from interviewing them, the
f,rh officials being determined that
,ss government shall he the first TO
ssa, what the Indians have To say
s,rce the arrival Of the delegation the
anne vigilance has been kept up, no
oue being allowed 10 approach the
braves. They are now undergoing a
oroce. requiring the services OF bath
,uendants, the skin Of the barber and
,~rs,mer and that Of the tailor, and II
!. aid I'm one week the noble reds VIII
4. turned out In the best prevailing
.,vlc., some wearing entire suits
n,,,erned aitcr civilized classes, while
n,her will appear Ia n combination,
,anly Indian and partly white.
I'm face Of the fact that tho govern
u,nt officials, acting under instruc.
,Iop. from the interior Department,
hay, exercised such watchfulncss To
prycnt newspaper men from Inter
,lewIug the delegation, the Wdsi'iag'
an star Of last evening contained n
lengthy correspondence from It's rep
rscntstlye al Pine Ridge who sue
eeeied In getting together most oi the
head chiefs and from their own lips,
through means Of Interpreters, heard
ihrir complaints, AMI ms five OF these
anne chlefs are among the present del.
rgatlon II will perhaps lie Interesting
n YOUR readers 10 be made nc.
auainteI In advance with their
Grievances NJ told by themselves. The
following isa synopsis Of what each
chief aid nj Pine Ridge ON the card
inst, the correspondent having sue.
escded In getting them together 10
talk.
YoUNG.siAS.ArRAID,
,so called for SHORTY complained u
the last two agents, they would take
away wagons and harness and farming
implements whenever II suited them
because, perhaps, the indian that used
them would not exactly please them,
and would give their farming tools to
other Indians; this made the Indians
feel bad. The Indians that went away
with Buffalo Bill 10 make n little
money wcre not allowed TO keep
their work cattle aud wagons
which had been given TO them
sometime before they went, they were
taken from those Indian families and
given TO other Indians, which had
caused bad feelings among the Indians
Themselves. lfan Indian mi-belaSei
himself, or n these agents thought he
mlsbehaved himself, they would take
up the Indians ration ticket, 20 that lie
could get no rations, aud the conse.
qucnce was that he aud Ills family sui.
iered, AMI this would make them feel
bad. Young. NIan-Afraid conceded
That Indians were not always good,
neither, he said, were white men.
When an Indian was had he ought u
he punished. but he held that because
an Indian Nigh, lave / oIble with the
agent, who perhaps did not understand
what had led up 10 the cause OF the
Indians misbchaving himself, the
Indians family should not be punished
aud starved In consequence. When
an Indian had his ration ticket taken
away from him, then he and his family
were thrown ON the good Indians q
keep until II was restored 10 him, and
as all the Indians did not have hall
enough to eat, this kind ~ thing only
tended 10 nggravate the troubles. They
got their nations once week, aud whal
they got only lasted three days. whei
they had feast, In consequence OF tn,
scarcity OF beef, they had b eat boiled
dog. He said all Indians were vory
saving Of their nations, 20 that thcll
women and children would not hav,
TO suffer too much. He complained
also u abuses the Indians had 10 aufir
from white people living In tue vii
lagos.
LiITLE WOUND,
lanother Ogallala chief, spoke next
His people, he said, Were served ration,
once a month aud what they got onl,
lasted them two weeks, the balance o
The time they had 10 20 hungry which
inado the Indian heart feel bad. Thli
was strait talk. When the ration
We're all eaten, with no crops Iron
hllure) and no game TO kill they Eel
mighty bad. The beef they got wa
poor, consisting OF two.year.old Texa
cattle, one for thirty people; this wa
bal enough when beef WINS fat but 10,
had when poor. Years ago the Ice
used 10 be good, hut last year the agen
only turned out one poor beef ANNA
Ior sixty people. indians could no
stand this and they mate trouble abou
H. Many OF the Indians left tn,
agency believing " they made n BIZ
noise the Great Father would heal
ihemland rectliy ihe wrongs done them
Az one time they collected snougl
money TO send himself aud He'd Clou,
70 Washington 10 see the Great Fathe
about these tings, but Big Belly (Agen
ualligher) would not let them 20. In
uians, he said, can't stand 10 see thcl
women and little children suffer 70
want Of food. Makes them feel bad.
nId ROAD,
lalso an Ogallala). His remarks wer,
chiefly confined TO tho character OF Tia
snost dance. People, he said, do no
understand this dance bocau SO tn
run had not been told them. Mos