The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-29
SIOUX HAVE LEARNED IOWORK
NOR tBLs CHtNGF ~ rHb R0>t-
nj INDftN tsiNTi
tnaisss in<hseea n, wssr- % st.ss q.
tna Aside . s.errsi uaditiaa sssi
tnssgr In lAbsr ph~sr 0id Attire
t.ee- Win the rratitioa. Tue ns>nit

knsssr In labss Its~sr aid Attire
t.ee- Win the tradition. rn- nr>nit
Rn-xhup ISpiAS hotSCr. = u, June
- I'm July I the ORDER 81 IA. ln,rrS'r p"-
rartnsnt requiring the ss"nx 'o ~ to work
l-Sum-- sncctiy. uU NJ reservation
Hut the SIOUX. 10 who forty years ago
inspired terror In the Northwest with tnma-
hawk and riH.. hA- slr-,dy gune to wors
In this fact u found tho mo-t IMPORTANT
step toward civil zaiiun In the history ~ the
SIOUX. Not only has IA. Department ,Gc-
C-~-i~d In making ths frrc,st Indian tribe
=. l~f-dsp~ndsnt. hut a sacred tradition q
the Sioux LAs ls-n given up.
With II vii " IT." ilsuks;, the feathers,
10. long hair ne ~I~,fr'l' 4 IN. Indian,
IA J., uss ard overall n. ughins and har-
I vCs'ing sid" hy s,do WITH 'H' Whiic In ilpu-'i
ard o~vrfa,ls Nlich might hav" -'s'r'-i a
dream a quarter of u c'u'uIN aAp may i"
Witnessed to-day bN any visitor at the hu~'-
hti reservation.
when toWmiSslou.r Jones announced
that the Indian must give up hI- lock, and
more must e. ont into the fields and tou.
pr,-1ictiuns 10 trouble came out Of h
sg,ICl.s For the SIOUX gr1Intai disap-
provl
Pal. fac. h" mako treaty. .aid the
g~rizylcsl Chieftains. -He make treaty and
CIV Us meat ana clotte Us and nov pale
face wont do Il Tlr great white fatlsS
said i. ami now pale far" make m work,
IA wrtnkl,-i trll.'sm,-l We're right and
they resented this apparent lad faith. TIE
Siouy nation was the mot powerful in tn"
Northwest. u Cu~t thousands uf lives to
-ulKiu. It and thc GoVrrumrut was glad 10
maize u hls'rM treaty The iSes treaty
provided hat IA" Indians should oIufina
themselves 70 certain territorial limits ard,
IN rfutu. should IT, supplied with food and
aimcut and stock for thirty YEAR.
H. ia gold wa found ia the Black Hills
There Wa n whit" invasion TIE whites
waited The g., ~iun uf IA. hills from tho
Indians Tl' SIOUX Wan'"i o. OD.p
~" Iutumir.iuners laughed at tro de-
mard and IA" Indians l,ft the council
it.r uuH Rcd Cloud lH,erC,-icd. att 'ua
Indians agreed 10 Civ" up IN" hills II IN"
Gu,"'nn"u' would agr'| 20 keep them in
food and cln'hing fur au indefinite period
n!"r 'ho thirty years stipulated n tho
1855 tr"a'v until they should te>rms self
-uppur'tng
rh, iSo- treaty COS. he Government
MANY millions When It "Npir~i IT, iSss ~"
Interior Department was Tot dispp-,d -
pruloug -" pat"rnnl system anil determined
10 PM Pc redskins AZ work
r." >iuuN remembered tho treaty ami
grlWh!'-i, and ag'n'S sent word 20 Wash
irgtnu that ~" ORDER could never be- on
furo.d Then thc SiuuN ran ou' ~ money
7 w. VII WV lAiAfiANNk NV lAAN r Z"
curtailed orders Agricultural tools had
h+-n sent from the Department that IN.
Indians night g to work on July |
II iss,iHI" ulis-i about N" reservation
thai al who would work would be paid ~
the rat" ISL IS iay IN" indians thought
T. lltor,' srumhled White Crow. is
dcm"anIug
To wu-k. added Rel Feather 'mav also
mean things tu oai and -'uN - drink
Lots 60 and ak tho white boss io give
IL work, then. AID give ~ money con
Guided Big Moon
1h. thr'-, Indians went 20 the agent with
their request, Tie agent had todd tire ls'-
par ui,.n' that i" didn't 'uiUk u 81 arvu-ts.
amt 'Nc hoes and rake- and yluugh- and
plCAs and -lpNrl~ would H. likely To- rust
away To ~ a.kci Voluntarily for work
by IN" Indians, therefore made the official
srs-Chle~s With a-lonislhucut
Recovering. he oforci 80 show them
how Thr three indian 'r,tt'-i along
lahind him H. VA puzzl,d nov o. iuitiYt"
them. hut he 80 Up u grading plough and
ShuWal Nv. r-isklu- how u va !~ssd. The
dirt soon i-'gnu tp fv aud tho new road
that hat ls-u surveyed 80 long that II had
h-com" a JuH" Ws- J.. ing made
U'h-r Indian ,aru" 80 book on They
-aii upfhlng hu' Nh'u NJ uiglt Btg Moon.
Rest F"a'h,r and Whit" Crow told thrni
they had each mai" 81 - mat Iav. hey.
Too. wen, 20 'ur agency ard waniel work
tn" -Juav~ w'r W q -'s'- ~ ''.NI.n'r-
m.ut. Nu"u thew LAW 'h' yuul < Indians
approaching With poke and sh"'rls, thy
Imagined that their hard Let a. tIll'r~ ut
tho 'cld. teW"r, - wood and drawers ~
water. wa 'p t-' mad harder 10y these
cumbersome tools
when the Indians wont N out into the
felds and l-gau working, 'h" sluaw-
came oVt and locke I uU ~ a-touI-hu"Ut.
Ihcv glanced A. con-" rru'h"r and rapI-'d
their heads significantly.
| SON ts.rame evident that tho Sioux
had hr,n hanged "" had entered a
row "rr Hereafter b" viii no longer
10 \ ward. tp all iu'eu'- and plrf,p~.r ue
will l-cpm" a ci'tz"n.
But uut an tho Young Indians en- SO
progressive There ara many WhO want
10 r-rai-. work They found hat thu-''
10 M uralth Sould h. "vcu."d and they
~ ked - III" agency physician. Wvcnting
and viyiily acting ~" most astonishing
ailments. But the physician has NOT l--u
fonl' 1 aud i"w have obtained certificates
Of NJ h.alth
~" Indian. sr chiefly engaged in build
ing ruad- and fences. tUdg"- and r~'-"ryu,rs,
Will" -ru" a." improving tn"tr allotted
laui-
While. IN Indian minds. work t. asso-
Ciai"d with the s'm!--laV"ry ~ thr -uuaw.
~" rydskin has also com" 10 r'tlfS' ~"
Nnlu' % 'u" dollu Ia" sam" aNarr"
that Appealed TO IN" Sioux attracted ~"
Pm" Ridge indian
They .card of the Sioux and tho big
dollar sud swOorrd down IN N" agency.
'lRmpriug TO- WORK. They wrr- old
% wa Only tor 'h" SIOUX and they went
away gugmhiing ~" paradoN ~ an
Indian d.~'unt"utad lscau-, h" canno
work may vet maxi" trouble for IN" Pine
Ridgc agrn'
Cnngrn-~ Appropriated S2.eo for M
effort 20 make 10" kD-.hud reservation
-e~lf-.Ippurtiug SUCCESS VA "a" Ventura
l. nov lur"--n. and 90" additional $1,000
pruni-'t NLl l~' expected
M" sioux Nd Nak" Gp some morning
AMI hui him-.'f -f .-uyDpripg With
I'm. chang" will disappear NJ" last ve~t -
81 bafhaTir m.mrrt. and ~" Indian will
hay" t-roiue 49, cIviliD'd a. lac may la
NtfIfNG.