The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-08

the past he said the Indian agents had op
portunities to steal, but now 1T was dlin
cult for them to adopt such practices. Ih'
agents in late years, he SAID, were goot
men. He was speaking of his own reserva
tion, that of Standing Rock The threat
ened trouble had been put down by the In
dian police They believed in the IndiaI
police, and he was requested TO ask for al
increase of fifty men. Grass then shool
hands with Secretary Noble and took hi:
seat
American Horse was the next speaker
| The government, he said, had made mis-
take in reference to civiliZing the Indians
| He proceeded to enumerate mistakes. In
stead of the positions at the agencies be
| ing filed by Indians, white men crowded
| them out and took their places. What
his people wanted was chance TO rise and
! fill the positions of trust and consequence
! that were within their reach He then
| spoke of religious matters, and said thai
there were three religious bodies on their
| reservation who were trying to teach them
| to live better lives, and especially to bring
| about religious marriages. But they Cid
not want to be compelled to marry certain
| persons.
The secretary inquired who had sought
10 compel them TO marry
American Horse replied that he referred
more particularly TO persons who eloped.
When the couple were brought back, the
agent obliged them to be married. The
speaker then asked that the losses sur
fered by the Indians in the late disturbance
be made good by the government
Young -Man-Afraid Of-His-H Horses relat-
ed his services in the interest Of harmony
during the late troub e. He hoped the
government would not only educate the
children, but would also give them some
thing to do when they finished school.
Two Strike said he made peace with
Gen. Miles and was doing what he could
TO maintain il.
Hump said about two-thirds Of his peo-
pie had been killed, and there should be
some consideration shown the survivors.
and they wanted their rationS increased
and continued
Hollow Horn. Bear and Medicine Bull
talked briefly, and then Secretary Noble
spoke to he Indians.
He said the Indian must not be diScour-
aged. He would be supported so long as
he endeavored to do well. There were two
sides TO the question as to what was due
the Indian and what Is due from the In
dian. Up to 1884 the Sioux have been
given S42 100000 by the government. The
government acknowledged its treaties and
its agreements with the Sioux. Since 1884,
when no money was paid, there has been
much more money paid, according to the
tieduy. Inc secretary QuOIeu sleCiouiOo 40
to the issues TO Indians. The schools that
the Indians want have been kept up at
all of the agencies, and industrial schools,
such as they want have also been eStab-
lisned at Pierre and another school will
be put up at Flandreau. Farmers have
cen kept at the different agencies to show
the Indians how to farm the land.
In conclusion, the secretary advised the
Indians to think over the many things the
government had done for them; to look at
the promise made 10y Gen. Crooke and to
have confidenc in all he said. The secre-
tary said he wanted the Indians to make
up their minds to do the best they could to
or TO have educated, Il cir chill
dren, and to never let their young men
dream that they could ever get anything
by force from the United States. The
speech closed with renewed
promises of friendship