The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-28
scME B 8 INDIANS
MAJOR MeEnughlin Talks K~nsertmximlm&As
III MS Wards.

1T HIS S#@Tds. a
Sr. paul. Jan. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
il q rood man and has outlived the
odium that attached to him for his part
in the Custer massacre; his example has
done much toward bringing the other
Sioux Of the Standing Rock agency 10
their present ~peaceabIe and prosperous
condition, said Major James DC.
Laughlin.
The noted Indian agent and educator
was in the city on bis way home 1rpm
Washington, where he has been fur 2
month, on business connected with nla
new Office of Indian inspector. Ma1oE
McLanghlin's intimate kn~owledgeof the
Indian and his requirements, based CO
observation of their character during 2
residence among the Sioux for ~ years,
has brought a long-delayed reward.
A Hard Lot Onc IA
He was in company with w. Il. Park
ms, the post trader at Standing Hpck,
and taiked entertainingly of the people
over whom he has been q guardian for
SO long.
THE fact that most of the Indians
prominent in the Custer affair were
placed ON the reservation at Standing
Rock made the place q difficult one 10
fill when I went there, = said tho major,
.sbut the best evidence of their refor1nar
ton Is the fact that / was able To keeE
them i'm subsection at the time OF ths
ghost dancing craze without the aid "a
the regulars. With Sitting Bull, Call
Rain-in-the-Face, Gray Eagle, Running
Antelope, Crazy Walking and the other
chiefs who were known as fighters on
the reservation, it was thought that
there must be difficulty, but there was
none that the good Indians could mot
handle themselves, and the killing of
Bull was the only evidence of disturb
ance ON the reserve. As for the ether
chiefs, they were in most respects civil
lied men who had nothing in common
with the belligerents.
Their Influence Is Good.
"Rain-in-the-Face was looked ON with
more suspicion than the others, but he
was not affected and has now settled
down into a man who has only hope for
a peaceful old age. / always thought
there was some good in him, and have
treated him to bring it ont. He lives
decently and goes about on crutches.
During the retreat from the Little Big
Horn, Rain-in-the-Fac shot himself
through the knee and has since been y
cripple.
John Grass, the chief Of the Indian
judges, and the orator of the Sioux INA
ton, is still comparatively young man.
and will, il he lives, do much for his
people. He has q great Judicial mind
and would would have made q great
lawyer had he been educated, for he is
gifted with the rarest eloquence. Gray
Eagle, another of the Judges, is q brother
of Sitting Bull. Bull was many years
his senior and the two men had little III
common. He is greatly admired by his
people and is very strong in his influences
for good. Crazy Walking, the third
Judge, is a great help TO me in the gov
eminent of the people, and / don't think
that there Ii in the country a bench
where such equal and exact Justice is
dealt s is melted ont by these men, who
were but a few years ago in the savage
state.
They Follow the Chiefs.
"The subchiefs, who We're notable
men in their nation when the warpath
was open, are rapidly becoming civilized
and the rest naturally follow them, for
the common people know that il John
Grass says q thing is good it must be
good, al his wisdom is 50 much greater
than theirs. This patriarchal custom
of looking to their head men for guild
ance is the characteristic through which
the Indian must be governed.
There are 1000 Sioux ON the reserva-
ton, and 600 of the children are being
educated in day or boarding schools.
Then there is one mission school main
tanned by the Episcopal church, and the
young people n progressing in kowl.
edge
Major J.. I'll. Cramsie of st. Paul, for
merly agent at the Devils Lake reserva-
tion, takes Major McLaughlin's place at
Standing Rock, and the transfer win
probably be made at the end Of the pres
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