Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-05-31
DON'T Want | | 4 | I0lEASE / LAND|
Powwow of Indians Held at Standing
Rock to Discuss Proposition to
Lease Lands.
Indians Decide that they do Not Want
to Lease, but Would Become
Cattlenen.

annual payment of interest money,
and the semi-monthly issue of. rations
was given out to the occupants Of the
entire reservation from the warerooms
at the agency, instead OF. being sent to
the various sub-agencies, ais is ordin-
arily done, for distribution, where all
the Indians We're presumed to be pres
ent. - t+x5 9s9, <s y,
Indian Agent Bingenheimer occupied
the high central seat, Among those
who occupied seats in; front were Rev.
DR.. Reed and Mrs. Reed; DR.. Lucius
c. Warner and Mrs. Warner. DR.. Will
liamsH. Ward OF New York city, Miss
NJ. C" Collins. Captain Sargent and
wife of the military post; c.. M. lie
back. and wife, Mrs. Thomas J. Reedy
and daughter Miss Katie, Mrs. Prim-
eau, Mrs. S. M. Trevellick and Harry
F. Hunter.
The object of the council was to de-
termine what action the Indians would
take relative to leasing their land to
cattlemen for grazing purposes. The
cattlemen were represented by H. F.
Hunter, general transportation agent
for the Dakotas of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad.
Major ~Bingenheimer in a short talk
among other things said: CIT is the
privilege of each of you to express
your individual opinion, as the land
is yours and you can say what you will
do with it in order that it will do O
the most good" Mr.. Hunter fol-
lowed, explaining more fully the cat
tlemen's proposition and the benefits
accrufng therefrom. ~ :.
Among the principal Indian speakers
We're John Grasse, head chief of the
Sioux tribe; Thunder Hawk, head
chief of the sHunkapapa tribe; Mad
Bear, head chief of the lower Yank-
tonians: Two Bear, Weasel Bear and
some half dozen junior chiefs, These
We're followed by a score or more OF
others, nearly all Of whom said they
had ~counseled their followers and ex-
pressed their sentiment as being op-
posed to any lease of their lands, set
ting forth many reasons therefor, such
as I'VE believe it is the great fathers
wish. that we learn to work; to make
ourselves homes; provide for our FAM
lilies; become owners. of stock and ed
ucate u children; we believe in this:
we are anxious to learn, yet we do not
realize the value of money, and this
afternoon, only one night. after :our
interest money was paid us. we have.
Rot a nickel in pockets. IF we
lease q lands and are paid the money
for such lease, it will go the same way
and do us but little good. % Our young
men r soon to make homes for them
selves and become cattle owners: in
few years our reservation will not be
too large; we have Just commenced to
gather a few head Of cattle about us.
Where cattle have grazed continually
.-.S@.. 5.Ttrss,, "a |.s$1+y -
a le" years. ana
na'e Deen ury' tne grass
gradually dies out and great fields OF
- piius ap Inns would lnev-
10y loA,o" snou.u hefos o1 cattle be
run over the now idle grazing land.
We should ask our friend here
- ee VI. 49, Tue cattleanen
eonsioer It al
So 80 .ne ~. 20 MAKE money
80. rs 8 - iease1 " Tue
80, 1oua ~ 70 z goo ol% ~
=. 70 piaees out
Apoh IS:
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u go speluyA.s assoe'aelon
e 80 80 ~ ~ uo e'8i a1 10y ~
- ~ soanci , attd we're were very
-. .. = go = sach 9 lease, now
4oulneu Siorni, stnat
. III tnelf pest5 lnoeTest
$3.50 - Sup1iililtSu IypGWIlEteH /