The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-29
Those Of the Great Sioux Nations
Will Meet To-day in Con-
vention.
When an Indian Goes to Church
Meeting He Takes His
Folks.
White Ghost in BAD Humor Toward tho
Cheyennes-Rossbuds and Lower
Brulss viii Arbitrate.

PIERRE. s. d., Aug. 28.-The Sioux ma
tion's Episcopal convooation at the Rose
bud agency, Aug, g, 30 and 81, promises to
be avery large and interesting affair. This
gathering OF the religious lndians, it is
stated, includes all of those of the Sioux
nation, and will draw them from remote
distances. Every tribe will be represented
by delegates, and these delegates will bring
their families, and as each family comprises
at least three members it looks as it several
thousand will get together on that occasion.
Besides the delegates, there will be hun
drsds of others, with their families. When
an Indian goes to suoh places his eu1re
family, and house. and animals, and all his
belongings 20 with him. There is work of
much importance to be done at this convo-
cation in the line of Strengthening the in
tsrests of this denomination. It ia this Arst
convocation held for . long time, and the
church has grown to be large in numbers.
A new code of government, or rather some
changes in church rules to ht circumstances
are to be made.
White Ghost, Grow chief at Grow Creek
agency, says that his children shall not at
tend the Pierre school and associate with
the Cheyenne children, because they are bad
He ia one Of the very friendly Indians and
believes in educating his children, but not
with the children of the hostile Cheyennes.
He is the chief who stood so firm for the
whites during the Pine Ridge trouble, and
is the one that called for fifty police to pat
rol the Missouri to prevent tho Brules from
coming to the east side of the Missouri
while the Pine Ridge uprising lasted. His
instructions to his band was to kill every
Brule found on their side of the river. He
ID a very sensibly speaking and peaceable
chief, and is liked by every white man who
knows him.
Brules will hold convention at Rosebud
on Aug. rs and 81. to settle some trouble
which has lately come up between them.
Each tribe has its reservation, and the
Brulss are the most restless and nomadio Of
all the tribes of the Sioux. They live a, q
place but few months. and sometimes
only for few weeks, and then they pack
up and go to new location. Their present
agency is about fifteen miles north of
Chamberlain. on the north bank of the
Missouri but these nervous people have
been encroachinR upon the Rosebud reser-
walton, and nre now located on part OF it.
This has caused some trouble, the Rose
buds wanting them to get of and stay off,
and the Brules claiming that they have
inst as much right there as they.
tribe has the absolute use of its reserved
lands, and there it must remain until the
government makes a change. The general
government will have to take hand in the
matter and settle with the hostile bands
There Is NO danger of any trouble at this
convention unless the Brules become too
stubborn, when they will be driven bodily
on to their own lands on the west side Of
of the Missouri, north of Presho and
Lyman counties. and south of Hughes
county.