Year: 1876

RED CLoUD AGENCY, Sept. 2l.-Thc
commission succeeded to-day in
bringing Red Cloud and his people to
council. Among the prominent In.
dians present were Red Cloud, Little
Wound, Swift Bear, Red Leaf, Black
Coal, White Tail, Sitting Bull, Pretty
Crow, Eagle Dress, Young Man :
Afraid-of-his-H Horses and Quick Bear.
Many officers from Camp Robinson
attended the council, which lasted 2
hours.


Red Cloud made the first speech,
and said he and his people were will
ing to give up the Black Hills coun.
try, also to have his young men take
q journey to see the country spoken
Of by the commission in the Indian
Territory, and if they report that it
is good country, his people will so
consider it.; If they report it q bad
country they will consider it bad.


Quick Bear said when the young
men got back from tina. country the
Indians would want to 60 to Wash
ington with their agents, chiefs and
Interpreters and have talk with the
great father before giving this coun-
try up.


Sitting Bull said 1 have got
judgement against agent. If he is
sues rations every ten days promptly
it is all right, but if he don't I will 60
north.


Young-man-Afraid-of-h his Horses,
said, my father shook hands with the
great father on the Platte river and
was told this country belonged to the
Dacotas. was brought up in this
country to be a chief. The soldiers
have no concern in this country.
Since Ihave been here have tried to
do right.


l wish to tell you plainly 1 have
been ashamed ever since the soldiers
came here and sat down. Iwish you
my friends who have brains and
hearts to tell my great father what
my opinion is and what | have said.
l agree to the young men going on
the journey, but we are going to ask
of the great father great many
things. We expect to have food and
blankets as long as we live. The
great father has not lived up to his
promises in the past.


American Horse said the soldiers
had no business here. If they wish
to arrest any body the country is
wide. Let them 60 and arrest them.
There are great many bad men in
the north. Let the soldiers 60 and
arrest them. Laughter on the part
of the Indians.


Here Red Cloud took DR.. Daniels,
Major Howard and Joseph Bis
NETT set them along with the
Indian chiefs and said he want
ed them to do his business for
him and 60 to the southern
country with his young men he also
wanted F. C. Boucher, Antoine JAR
Wis, Bill Lowland, Hand Clifford,
Todd Randall, Frank Solway and
nellie Moran to 60 as interpreters.
Red Dog said that the Indians are
not willing to sign any paper until
the young men got back from the
southern country and they had
chance to go to Washington to talk
peace, face to face with the Great
Father.


Black Coal, chief of the Arapahoes,
said his people had an equal right
with the Sioux to the Black Hills, and
would want their share of the money
received for them. He was willing
to go and look at the southern coun-
try.


Bishop Whipple replied to the
Indians that the great father had re-
fused to sign paper binding them
60 to the Missouri river, If they
didn't go to the Indian territory they
would get no more rations. He


urged them to consent at once to the
propositions and 60 to the Indian


territory upon the return of the
young men.


Judge Gaylord, solicitor of the in


terror department followed to the


same effect urging the prompt accep-


tance on their part in order to secure


ratiOns in the future.


While he was talking, Sitting Bull,


to whom the President gave fine


rsfle last year, broke up the council,


saying there would be plenty more


days to talk.


Supplies were issued to the Indians


for feast tonight, and it is thought


that another council will be held to-
| morrow.