Year: 1870

the Indian Office this morning.. The
red men took their seats In the. council
chamber about eleven o'clock, the con-
ference lasting until one. They were
arrayetl In all the finery they possess.
and were evidently much impressed
with the importance Of the occasion.


After the usual formula Of hand
shaking. the Commissioner announced
TO the chiefs that what Red Cloud had
spoken to them had been thought over.
and the Secretary Of the Interior would
now give his reply. His words were
the words of the President on the sub
ject Of Red Clouds speech.


SPEECH OF SECRETARY cox.


The Secretary then addressed the In
diaus at considerable length in relation
10 the REQUESTS they had made and the.
feeling Of the Government concerning
them. He explainedto them shat when
our people grew so fast as to crowd
upon the plains, we wanted to find a
place for the Sioux to live, where they
would not be disturbed. .-and for that
reason our great soldier, General Sher-
man, made the treaty to give them the
country which they now have, and to
take our own people out Of 1t, so they
might live there alone. Lately, some
Of our young people wanted to go
there again to look for the gold In the
hills, but the President refused to let
them 90. saying that 1t had been prom
ised to the Sioux, and they must keep
It. They may be sure, therefore, that
the President will do what he said, and
\ thew shall not be disturbed while they
are peaceable In that territory. We
have asked Congress to give us plenty
of money to continue feeding them. so
that their rations may be sure. We
expect them to do that. So, therefore,
we feel that that part of their request
will be granted. We shall send them
also the goods which we have promised,
go that they and their wives and chill
dren shall have clothes to wear. They
asked for powder and lead. want to
tell you just what we feel about that.
The white people who live on the from
tier have been frightened. They say
that Red Cloud and his people have
been threatening them. They are afraid
they will hurt the people along the
frontier. We want Red Cloud and his
people TO say to US here, before they 60
away, that they will never do so, and
that they will keep peace with all our
people who are there.


when they have said that, and we
can tell the people so, we think they
will be no longer afraid to let them
have arms to hunt with. The great
thing we want to say to them Is, that
II they will keep peace we will try to
do everything they ask that Is right.


This concluded the Secretary,s speech
to the Indians, and after a few mo-
ments. during which Red Cloud seemed
to be In very deliberative mood, that
distinguished chief arose and came to
the table where sat the officials. He
shook hands with those at the table in
the council room, aud delivered the
following oration: ~ come from
where the sun sets. You were raised
on chairs want to sit where the sun
SETS" Here the Indian warrior sat
upon the floor In Indian fashion, and
proceeded. ....s5 ..."


SPEECH OF RED CLOUD.


The Great Spirit has raised ME this
way; He raised me naked. run no |
opposition to the Great Father who sits |
In the White House. don't want to |
fght, have offered my prayer to the |
Great Father so that l might come here |
safe and we'll. What ! have to say to
You and to these men and to my Great
Father Is this: Look at me-. was
raised where the sun rises, and now
come from where he sets. The nation
which has the bow and arrow-the red
men-and the whites were raised to-
gether on this land. Whose voice was
hrst heard on this land? It was the
red people, who used the bow.


The Great Father may be good and
kind, but can't see 1t. am good and
kind to the white people, and have
given my lands, and have now come
from where the sun sets to see you.
The Great Father has sent his people
out there and left me nothing but an
island. Our nation Is melting away
like the snow on the side of the hills
where the sun Is warm, while your
people are like the blades Of grass in
spring, when the summer Is coming.
ldon't want 70 see the white people
making roads In our country. Now
that have come unto my Great Faith
er's land, see II l have any blood when
return to my home.


The white people have sprinkled
blood OH the blades Of grass about the
line of Fort Fetterinan. Tell the
Great Father to remove that fort, that
we will be peaceable and there will be
no more trouble. / have got two
mountains in that country, Black Hill
and Big Horn; want no roads there.
There have been stakes driven in that
country. and want them removed.
have told these things three times, and
Inow have come here to tell them for
the fourth time. have made up my
mind to talk that way. don't want
nv reservation on the Missouri. Some
Of these people here are from there,
and know what / say. What hear Is
that my children and old men are
dying of like sheep. The country
don't suit them. was born at the
forks Of the Platte; my father and
mother told me that the lands there
belonged to me. From the North and
the West the red nation has come into
the Great Fathers house. We arc the
iast of the Ogallalas; We have come
"a know the facts from our Great
Father why the promises which have
hem made to us have not been kept.
want two or three traders that we
ssk for. At the mouth Of Horse Creek,
In 1881. there was q treaty made, and
The man who made that treaty-allud-
ins TO General Mitchell. who per-
forn,ed that service for the Government


ia tha only one who told me the
tr,rth. Goods which have been sent
ont TO me have been stolen all along
tbe road, and only handful would
reach me to 20 among my nation.


Look at me; here am, poor and
naked. I was not raised with arms;
7 always want to be peaceable. The
Great Spirit basraised you to read and
WritS md has put papers before you
hnt IS tas not raised me In that style.
Tha man whom the President sends rs
ara soldiers, and all have no sense and
no heard. I know IL to-day. What
has I been done In my country ! did not
al. m whites are going through my
conntrE and killing Sanss and It is sne