Year: 1875

Washington, June AL the dele
cations OF Indians assembled in the
rooms of the Secretary of the Interior,
this morning, to hold another council
with the Secretary. All the agents
aud Interpreters were present, and the
Indians were gaudily attired and
painted. Commissioners Smith told
the Indians, when there last the
Secretary had made a proposition to
them TO go to the Indian Territory,
and asked them to consider the offer
Of the government, of 81, 900 to relin-
quish part of their hunting grounds,
also the desire of the white people
TO so to the Black Hills, and the diff
Guilty of preventing them. In regard
to going to the Indian Territory, they
had expressed themselves as opposed
to it, and, unless they had changed
their minds, there was no use in say
ing anything more about that. The
Secretary had told them, that if they
did not accept the offer of SIS, 900
within thirty days, they might not
get it at all. In regard to the Black
Hills, they had now had plenty Of
time to think, and it was hoped that
they could give such definite answers,
to-day, as would make it unnecessary
to have further talk on the subject.
Red Cloud said: Great Spirit hear
me, have mercy on me, pity me-" He
| called heaven and earth to witness
before he spoke. The President must
have made mistake in telling him,
when he came here, that their arrange
ments were for thirty-tive years. The
President told him at that time to
select hunting ground, and he had
done so. The two men by his side
came last summer and told him, for
the first time, about the $4,000. and
He said, Wait till go and see the Pre-
sdent, and see if he has got the money.
If it is really there, l have children,
and am not willing to do anything to
make them poor. This S25, 900 will
only pay for the land to Pawnee
| Creek we wish to retain the rest"
When he was here four years ago, he
was shown large building where all
the money is kept, and he knows he
had large amount of money there.
He would take this S25, 900, but when
the winter comes he wanted them to
try and get more. When he came
here before, nothing was said about
the Indian Territory. Since he had
been here this time, he had seen but
little of the President, and thought it
hard he should be asked to go there to
| live, as he had told them twice that he
good one, and he wished to keep it.
He did not like the running of the
Nebraska line through his country,
and considered it a robbery. Last
winter, when the annuities were
issued, many of his people were alb
sent, and did not get their goods. He
wanted more goods for them, and was
not satisfied with the food sent him.
He did not like salt pork, and thought
his children had died from eating it.
He wanted bacon, rice, hominy and
tea sent him. He was looking to the
future for his children, and tried to do
the best for them.


After further talk, the Indians
agreed to accept the S25, 900, in con-
sideration of the REIMBURSEMENT of a
large portion of their hunting grounds
in Nebraska.


The Secretary is willing to concede
| them considerable territory, ten or
twelve miles south of the Niobrara
River.


The treaty was drawn up, but
Spotted Tail refused to sign until they
received the S25,OOo appropriated for
Ithis purpose. It 7r1s explained that