Year: 1875

What the Indians Say zhguT their Gold

 EIe8&s-A SSsax Guard.

 The Indians have maintained most dignIfed and sensible course so far, says $ frontier correspondent of the New York HtrGSd- They say the Cheat Father at Washington Is their friend and will do what Is right Their confidence Tn the army IS unbounded. and they look upon the soldiers as their allies Not . move Is made by the Indians with out consulting the army officers and the chiefs General Bradley and his officers are on the best of terms with them. The officers. to man, are Tn favor of abro- gatlng the treaty and advise the Sioux to give up the country, but at the same time say sFthe land is yours and no one shall take it from you by force" In re turn the Indians say SC the soldiers are our friends, they are honest and will not allow us to be cheated or driven off could to-day travel all through the camp with perfect safety to himself. This certainly argues well for the char acter of our army and the fairness of 

 to appear in Spotted Tails country, he sent word to General Ord that white men were coming into his lands, and wanted to know if he might drive them out The general replied, telling the chief to pick out fifty of his best war riors. and he (OrD would employ them as scouts and send white officer to com msnd them. The chief at once sent the warriors, and they are now along the edge of the Black Hills, under com mand of Lieutenant Emmet Crawford, Third United States cavalry. It must have pleased the Indians immensely to be employed and paid by the United States to guard their own country. It was happy thought, too, of General Ord to so employ them, and thus get control of the savages and prevent them from doing anything rash or numbering the adventurous miners, which they probably would have done if led by their own chiefs. With the present amicable understanding between our savage and civilized warriors there Is no danger of anybody getting murdered i; but if the miners begin to crowd into the Black Hills fear the truce will soon be broken. There has not, believe, been white man murdered in the Sioux country since General Sheridan, over a year ago; ordered the troops into the reservations and occupied Red Cloud and Spotted Tail. The soldiers and h. dians were no sooner brought in con- tact with each other than they made friends, and each party now respects the other. The Indians depend on the sol diers to'keep the white men out of their reservation, but if they find the white men are coming in and not expelled by the white warriors, then it is likely the savage warriors will try their hand at driving them out. With the present influence of the army, believe, if tine miners would only keep out for Q little while, and be patient, the Indians could be induced to give up the Black Hills. Any attempt at force or too much haste will spoil everything and lead to bloody and interminable war.

 Red Cloud has in his villages and under his control 10000 Indians, and Spotted Tail 2,000 It is likely these two chiefs, combined for the common defense, could put in the field 5000 warriors enough in the natural for tresses of the Black Hills to repel not only the entire .army of the United States, but as many moro volunteers. Let the rash gold seekers think of this and remember the fate of Fetterman and his party before they start Vest The hair on the heads of the youths who are now so frantically rushing to the border will not be safe for one moment after they enter tLe Black Hills, and the only way to keep it in it it's proper place will be to remain quietly at home until the government announces the country open for settlement.

 We shall, of course, have all sorts of wild stories about gold, and maps show ing how easy it is to reach the gold fields; but let no one believe them, for the gold fields have not yet been def nitely found or located, and the nearest point from the railroad to where gold is supposed to exist is over one hundred and fifty miles-too far to run from h. dians. Places will be transported hun dreds of miles from where they actually exist, and the mines brought almost within the corporate limits of towns and cities to induce credulous people in the East to come West and outfit for these places. t..