Year: 1877

| Washington, Oct. 2.-The Sioux and
Arapahoe Indian delegation had their
last pow-wow at the Indian Depart
ment to-day.


RED CLOUD SAID:


My people are opposed to going to the
Missouri river, and say that if we go
there all our stock will die. l know
that when 1 go back all my young men
and people will feel very badly because
we have got to go to the Missouri river,
All the northern Indians that have
been brought into the reservations have
been brought in by Spotted Tail and
myself.


SPOTTED TAIL SAID:


The decision the Great Father has
made is your decision and not ours.
You ask me and my people to go near
the Missouri river. We cannot go near
the Missouri river this winter. OF my
delegation here altogether we have de-
cided that we cannot go to the Mis-
souri, river. If should tell my people
that 1 had been ordered to go there,
and had sanctioned the order, they
would scatter all over the country.
This delegation here with me have told
you our opinion, and have decided
what to do, but it seems my plans are
not entertained. We have picked out
good place, and are willing to go on
it in the spring, but we cannot move
this fall. We would like to be at peace
and keep peace with the whites, but it
is impossible for us to move away this
fall. We want our Agency at Wounded
Knee creek. Your words to me are
very good, but we don't want to move
to the Missouri river and back again in
the spring. Where we are at present
we are all prepared for the winter.
White men never throw away their
labor. What white men have they
love, and it is the same with us. We
do not want to throw our labor away.
If you want us to throw that property
away you should pay us for it. If you
pay us for it, probably we can move
away-otherwis we cannot.


SECRETARY sCHURZ REPLIED,


saying: You came here to take council
with your Great Father, and he has
spoken to you kindly. When he be-
came your Great Father he found in
the books certain treaties. These
treaties were a law to him as well rs
they ought to be a lawt you. These
treaties made it his duty to carry prov
isions for you and to feed you on a
place near the Missouri river. There
are many things that are not as you
desire, and many not as we desire, but
as wise men we have to accommodate
ourselves to things as they are. Your
supplies are on the Missouri river now.
They were carried there in accordance
with the law, so that we might give
you food when you were hungry, and
it is now too late to carry them to any
other place. The Great Father was
pleased at what you said about taking
place at White river, and lie will be
better pleased if you go near the sup
plies on the Missouri river, so that he
can help you when you need it. lie
will not desire you to remain on the
Missouri river longer than the winter.
He will be glad to see you settle down
on your permanent places and will aid
you in every way and give you all that
the white nation permits in the way of
mills, wagons and schools. All he
desires you to do now is to aid him in
making it possible for him to help you.
This winter you yill need food, and
inasmuch as f5asa fc T5ianot be carried
near the placeN Jour people now
are, you will have to go near the place
where the food is.


After general hand-shaking the
Indians retired. They leave to-mor-
row evening for home, via New York.
President Hayes was present during
the latter part Of the conference.