Year: 1875




dton should begin the work Of explora-
tion until after a new treaty or bargain
had been completed The speeches containing these
sentiments we're uttered with fierce gestures
The chiefs possessed the shrewdness to demand the Ut
termost of their rights until they should formally re-
linquish them. Mr. Jenney without any authorization
promised that their wishes should be fulfilled such
declaration made just before the movement Of the ex-
pediton was papably mendacous and singuliry inds-
Greet The President however has shown ms dsPosl-
tion TO fulfil the provision Of the treaty OF ls6S in re-
gard 10 the invasion and occupancy Of this country by
white citizens although that clause which iorbds also
the presence Of government troops in the Black Hills
without ''consent Of the Indians first had and OBJ
tanned" appears to be dead letter in his sight


pIsPLEAsURR SIOUX.


When four OF the Black Hills Commissioners-Messrs
Ashby Comingo Hinman and Cohns-passed through
the camps Of this expedition last month, the Indians
accompanying them did not attempt TO conceal the sui
len dissatisfaction with which they viewed the presence
of this expedition and of so large a number Of miners
on their lands While Camp Harney they sent to Cap
tain William Hawley, Commandant, amessage requesting
q talk; but that officer declined hearing any of
their chidke requests which he would be poweress to
grant When the Commissioners and Indians with their
escort of cavalry under Captain Eagan reached Camp
Crook, where they knew was the commanding officer
OF the expedition their eagerness to talk with him
was rewarded Red Dog, the most prominent Of the
party their spokesman, and carried himself with
dignity He left out Of his speech however,
the selfaudatory remarks which Characteristic Of
him. and seemed feel the gravity Of the present
ject did his companions too deeply TO make it the
vehicle Of personal vanity The Black Hills his, he
said, 10 hunt in and the Great Father had promised
4hat the white should not trespass upon them
The Great Father he knew tried to keep his word but
Chf
miners be by the big chief before him. as had
been promised by the Great Father But when he saw
what else done that troops sent in to let men
examine the country he felt that he wronged The
white man had right to here the sol
ders- He demanded that the expedition go
back and take the miners with it, The
other Indians grunted approval and Lieutenant
Colonel Dodge then replied, saying that he was not
Gent here to remove the miners but to protect the
porers whom the Great Father had caused here
TO look the country before the Great Father should
make up his mind TO purchase it. There time
Ior further parley the commissioners making only
brief pause Camp Crook and then pressing forward
Captain Eagan had only four days ratons and unless
they travelled very rapidly they have experienced
some deprivation before reaching Fort suly.


GENERAL CROOK VISITS THE EXPEDITION.


The expressions Of Red Dog show that the Sioux
fully alive nrngemens Of the treaty and that they
overlook the doings of this expedition the
prescribed district although the Presidents sanction
and protection OF the troops invest it with respect in
their eyes 1t is not surprising that he should recog
nze the policy Of conforming to the wishes Of the
Sioux supported by the guarantee of the treaty before
final negotiations with them for the relnqushment
of the Black Hills. General Crooks visit to
the expedition has been expected for some
time and its purpor has hardly been considered doubt
full Lieutenant Colonel Dodge in June General
Crook depecating the intended expulsion Of the miners
and dreading the necessity Of performing disagree
able duty if il should be required Of him. General
Crook himself saw President Grant and protested
against overscrupulous regard treaty which
already been broken so many times by the Indians
themselves The example made Of the outfit captured
by Captain Mills had not checked the tide OF INVASION
The President however, gave him verbal instructions
to detail troops against the miners cause their
expulsion from the Sioux reservation speedily as pos
sble On his Omaha the General again wrote
the President in relation to the Black Hills and re-
ceiyed in reply telegraphic order signed by General
Grant rendering peremptory his former instructions


EXPULSION THE MINERS
General Crook arrived at Spring Greek on June 27
and at this camp on June IS He was cordially vel
coined The Indians Of the country the Platte
who have heard Of his qualities enemy from the
wilds Of Arizona regard him with fear and They
have adopted the given him by the Apaches, 4
'Gray Fox" Preparations for energetic hunt were 4
Immediately made; but the General attended first to the
important business Of the hour On the Goth the fol-
lowing important proclamation issued to the |
mners-


PROCLAMATION


Whereas the President Of the United States has /
directed that miners other unauthorized citizens
shall be allowed to remain in the Indian reservation Of
the Black Hills or in the unceded territory the west
thereof, until some treaty arrangement has been /
made with the Indians; and whereas by the same au.
thorty the undersigned is directed to occupy said /
reservation and territory with troops and TO remove
all miners other unauthorized citizens who
may be now in or may hereafter into /
Therefore the UNDERSIGNED hereby requires evcry1
miner other unauthorized citizen to leave the ter
Titory known the Black Hills Powder River and Big
Horn country by or before the 18th day Of August
next.


He hopes that the good sense and law abiding dis
position Of the miners will prompt them to obey this
order without competing resort 70 ioice


II is suggested that the miners now in The Hills assem-
BILE at the military post about to be established at Camp
Harvey, the stockade French Creek, on or be-
fore the 10th day Of August that they there and then
hold meeting and take such steps as may seem best to
them by organization and drafting Of proper resolutions
% secure to each when this country shall be opened
the benefit Of his discoveries and the labor he has already
expended


Brigader General United States Army,


Commanding Department Of the Platte.


CAMP CROOK, D. T., July 20 1875.


Oncial-MoRRIs G. Foor, First Lieutenant Ninth In
fantry Adjutant Black Hills Expedition


ACTION OF MINERS


Yesterday about 1fy miners who have located claims
along Spring and Rapid creeks assembled one Of the
camps in 'Jenneys Gulch on the former stream, to
deliberate on the proper for them to take N view
of their approaching compulsory departure from the
Hills Tho object Of so early a meeting
was TO enable many Of them to mako
their exit, who desired 70 do SO, before the
time appointed for the gathering at the sockade At
three O'Clock Mr. Mofa Deputy Recorder Of the mining
district called the miners TO order, and Caren was
appointed chairman r. Foreman being made secretary
Threo men, named Allen, Monat and Hail. ap-
ronted TO draft resolutions The following were pre-
pared and adopted


THE RRsoLUTf0Ns


Tvhereas Il has become necessary for all miners and
n,pautborzed persons TO leave the Black Hills before
August 15 1876 and whereas II becomes necessary for