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To Inv FDtron or Tnr scx-Sir. I An
mixed blood woman ~ tho Sioux nation a,
indians. and defendant In tie Tom,b,-s
waidron case have thought ~ I conll e.,
your symt athles enlisted on the side OF clo,.
OF unfortunate beings Of whicht am one wno
are fighting the cruel Injustice done us b. N.
recent decision rendered by the Honorahl.
Secretary OF the Interior Hoks Smith II.
has decided that we are citizens because ".
are born OF white fathers hence we are 10 h.
deprived OF all the property rights sccruIpV to
ne through our maternal ancestors for gen.
erAtiona We do not deny that we mArb.
citizens. but what right has no to say that wa
are 10 lose all our other rights In con sequencs1
Tiis decision OF the Honotstis Secretary ia
eontrary 10 all precedent and inconsistent with
all the intercourse heretofore between the
Government and its Indian wArdA Eversns.
there was an Indian Department the Govern.
ment has recognized mixed blcods as Indians
and treated them as such. and whenever there
have boen any SESSIONS OF lands to the Gov.
eminent BY Indian tribes the mixed blood.
have been consulted and solicited to sign III.
treaties the same as their full-blood brothera
The Government has admittedly its acts
for years that the condition OF children born OF
Indian mothers and white fathers follow the
condition OF the mother: not because we or.
necessarily slaves or that we are iliegt.
m ns nd 6S e Nesed In tSs %ohes 10 trust
The Commission which came TO the great
Sioux Reserve 20 plain snd obtain signatures
iSE1n ' not not 'S only Solicited the nAf MED
hoods to sign. that bill. but permitted our
fathers and hus 80 99di no termed
Object Is gained. Mr. Smith woaid have IL:
Governmen turn US. its subjects. of our land,
tIon and set us adriit while be and
man E to a throne she has disgraced on an
Island two thousand miles away am
the dausPSsT O. so a1 h iSs,n who mar
emit agencies. In 81 my elder brother. i1o, T.
queens Jubilee as a REPRESENTATIVE OF the
Sioux nation. This brother was later admitted
to ihs 9a st s aud
fore the, public as the nrst and only Sioux
With the Unborn consciousness OF the rights
OF an Indian, located piece OF land Joining
the town OF Fort Pierre in the month OF Fen
m. tSsF passage Of the w az. HG i
e eRdi In The following july established
there till the following December. when was
called away on business II was during that
cate OF Pierre N en- to deprive m Q OF this land.
With lawyer. one II. f Dewey. At their head.
leave his place on the bad River. twenty-five
miles from Fort Pierre. where he had CON:
been literally assisted by the Government I,
Jump my claim. They had a Temporary
shanty constructed on the land Jan 8, 1891
Tomahswk moved into the shanty estate
lished for him Just q week bsfore Fen 10
partmcnt OF testimony IN the case. much Of
which was erroneous and false. / and ny
kind were grossly misrepresen'ed at the de-
partment the work OF avaricious and design
Ing men, the object to gain possession Of 4
tract OF land they covet. Black Tonahawk
disposed OF his claim on the BAD River to one
Joseph u. Mnthieson. a white man. severa.
months after he left II to jump my claim. I
can positively state that every word | have
ly swear to it all. Very res pectfnllys.
JANE l. WALDEoS.
FoEr PIERRE. S. H.. Jan. IL. 1884,.