Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1888, Page 1

SO—— EIGHTEENTH YEAR. AMONG THE ROSEBUD SIOUY, A Bee Man Spends Three Days at the Reservation. No. 26 No. No. No, No. HE TALKS WITH THE CHIEFS. Their Opinions on the Treaty Question —Why They Will Refuse to Sign— Some Interesting Statistics Experiences. lieu Spotted Tail's Followers, RosErtn INDIAN AGENCY, Neb., August 25.— [Special Correspondence of Tug Bre | Thirty-five miles to the northwest of Valen- tine (u way station on the Fremont, Eikhorn & Missouri Valley railroad) lies Rosebud, the largest and most important of the Sioux Indian agen . It was first established ten years ago, immediately after the Custer mas- sacre, and was set apart for the use of such of the Sioux Indiuns us chose to follow the fortunes of Chief Spotted Tail. For some years it was known as the Spotted Tail agency, in honor of the chief, who built him- 8elf a neat two-story house, and used all his influence in restraining his more hot headed braves from returning to the warpatn. The house still stands but Spotted Tail is dead — killed by Crow Dog, who was tried for the offense and sentenced to hang, but had the sentence reversed by the supreme court on the gaound that it was not in the jurisdiction of the court to punish an Indian for an offensc committed upon an Indian. He still lives and can daily be seen around the agency, where he had his photo- graph taken only last Monday. ‘The house is occupied by THE WIDOW OF THI: MURDERED CHIER and her cldest son, William, her second son, Polly, being employed as a herder, and her youngest, Spotted Tail, jr., having died a few months’ ago. The latest fatality in con nection with the feud occurred two years ago, when Thunder Hawk killed White | UF Thunder. He, too, was acquitted, and is a daily visitor at the agency. He is & firm be- liever in education, has two ehildren at the Genoa Indian school, and has expressed his willingness to send Lis wife there too, but the board of examiners concluded to decline the offer. The old agency bids fair to once more become prominent in Indian affairs, as it will be one of the last agencies visited by tho present Indian commission, and upon the assent or dissent of its people, the fate of the proposed treaty in a great measure rests. While there are a great many dissatistied braves who would no doubt willingly restore the old order of things, they are in a great measure guided by the wiser counsels of their chitefs and of the agent, Colonel L. F'. Spen- cer, of Rochester, N. Y THE AG rations whe The | tion of 1 the disy 61 St cach neaties: the sar ments, an hou who w fect, as nsfi vation hundre acres NCY BUILDINGS lio snugly in . hollow, surrounded on all sides by hills, through which the road from Valentine finds its way after traversing long stretches of praivie land. A smail creck runs through the ley, but at times it becomes @ rushing torrent, and Saturday mght last 1t rose several feet, swecning sway banks, bridges and_buildings that ob: structed its course, The agency proper covers about four. acres of ground, and con- tains business offices, the agent’s rosidence, quarters for employes, commissary store house, ammunition warehouse, school house and shops. The grounds are tastefully laid out and are ornamented with a fountain and atall flag staff, from whici the stars and strips float daily. A miniature waterworks system has been devised, which conveys clear spring wator to areservoir at the top of an adjaccnt hill, from which in turn the offices, buildings and fountains are supplicd, Smail hydrants are also scattered over the ground for which suitable rubber hose has been obtained to bo used in case of fire. Additional precautions have been taken and constuntly filled water buckets, fire extinguishers, and other con- trivances abound. Thie improvements are due entirely to the energy of Agent Spencer, who is reducing everythiug to a system and apparently GAINING THE CONFIDENCE of his Indian charges at the same time. He is assisted by a_corps of assistants, one of whom is a full-hlooded Indian boy, whose | us. clerical work wonld be a credit to ‘the do- | ¢ partment at. \Washington. Dr. Wooaburn, ate of Omaha, is in chargo of the medical department, und is kept constantly busy in attending to the numerous ills that Indian flesh is heir to, and has apparcatly made | Ty many friends among his patients. The commissarat is presided over by Mr. H. W. Dunbar, with two assistants, one Indian’ and the other white. Mr. Dinvar | dian is cvidently cut out for the business, | tribe. and during the year distributes 200,000 pounds of bacon, 8,125,000 pounds of beef, 12,000 pounds of bulng powder, 80,000 poinds of eans, 80,000 pounds of coffee, 250,000 pounds of corn, 800,000 pounds of flour, 50,000 pounds of hard bread, 30,000 pounds of hominy, 30,000 pounds of rice, 60,000 pounds of salt, 160,000 pounds of sugar, and 60,000 pounds of soap. “ive years ago soap and baking powder were unknown, but now the squaws insist on paving thelr full rations. Kivo " years go when flour was issued, the braves would open the sacks and throw the flour out in order to keep the canvas, but suce then times have changed, and now they ask fo and use all the laws allow. The distribution calls for each person per week 4 ounces of coffee and 8 ounces of sugar; for seven per- sons, 1 pound of coffee and 2 pounds of sugn for twelve persons, 3 pounds of suzar and - ounces of coffee; for two, 1 pound of suar and 35 pound of coffee. In addition to this, flour, bacon, hominy, beaus, rice, sult ar Bear in th our mission Bovds el the exp soap and I THE FARM will be under the control of W. 5. Sager when it materializes, At present, prospects do not warrant the establishment of a model farm, and Mr. Sager is kept busy superintending his six assistants, who in turn are endeavoring to instruct the Indians in the way they should go—with a plow. He also attends to the distribution of farming {mplements among the natives, end although he consults the agent for wll expenditurcs, he finds that he has a hard row to_hoe. The principal sources of attraction to the Indians are the stores of the LICENSE® TRADERS of whom there are two. Ove is thatof | papers, Charles . Gordon, who spent upwards of | V decade on the frontier, and the other that of E. J. DeBelle, at one time physician and surgeon at the Pine Ridge agency. Visitors wishing to become acquainted with the celebritics of the Sioux nation can at any time find them at oue or the other of the wading posts, TUE POLICE FORCE is the most interesting of all, consisting of forty-three officers and ms not one of whom can speak a word of English. They are nearly all full-blooded Indians and two of them were present at the Custer massacre. Oue of them bears on his body the scars left by participating in the Sun dance, when he hiwiself tore the flesh and muscles from his naked breast in honor of the great spirit and in proof of his bravery. They are all mounted and wear neat semi-military costumes, and wre armed with Winchester carbines and re- volyers. They are well up in both cavalry and infantry drill, und carry out the agent's orders without fear or favor. None but those who have vi rency can under- stand what the sacrifice of their long flowlng locks and the wearing of a stiff uniform cost them, but they made the sacrifice aud are making the best of it, and the agent reports them honest and trustworthy in every case. “The wen on duty have sleeping apartments in the guard house, and it, and the one cell it contaius, are always kept clean. The follow- lng is the latest guard detall, and may prove interesting, the numbers opposite the respective nawmes, being understood to be nfllmnnlfl: sup! A. Ledoux, Ne. teuant Hollow Hora Bear, out, were law. el de V' who w No. $—Serg, 1¢ force is in charge of € with Hollow Horn Bear nants, is all that pupils attend the rescrvation sehools for ten months in the year, schools among the can can attend and let the the childr their own rations. atter are under and are St. Ma Roman Cathot! care of th ent, who de harge of his dut, uted as follows : Mary's 5, and The charge of Miss Spencer generally has a full class. is followed as nearly as chers at the ¢ show that a teache i8 not a continuous round of pleasure. teaching, bowever, has not been without of- will show that there w tion, which was thre previous in population, ed to ot ¢ (7,404) hundred 4 ninety-th and Dakotah, horses and 2,500 head of they last yoar thonsand ‘two shows how deep an educational was hauded who spent thrce days av and is published for the chief by an interproter: Rosenun / the tditor of Tur Oxana Be 1 say to the people of the united state am in favor of th partment issued in Sept. 87 I usc of the n up on the reser Government missionries control. dians now f and wo want to do away with the to sc in all the schools in Dakota,and I hope our great father (th enforce the order of the indian department, and not mind those missionaries talk: rics teaching religion in guage are sowing ruin among our nation, We do not want thoss in our own language which do us no good. We are indiun sionaries teaching us moro indian. our children be teached in english and be ed- White people, so they people with- Thoso missionaries did not obey the order of the indian department,they still continued teaching our language Swirts Beagr, Sioux Chief, of the angy ucated in english can do business with the Wh out interpreters, ich heing the who are opposed to any surrender of lands, from an T be interest 3E T Swift Bear, who, out doubt, the leading chi the agency. and Ho shows a 1 bitterly ervation, ton in 18574), along b reporter, and he ssive issued monthily. to know what the Indians thin wission, and as sign the treaty ! THEN SWIPT BEAR BROKE , emphasizing every word with a g he said: *‘Before this, when the commissioners came they papers, and these papers always lied. came out and asked us to sign these papers, these pape know they lied—we thew and we touched the pen, but th ceived us. but we o We did any more, Vo did we signed frauds, ' So made up our minds that we would any more treaties, thatwe will not giv any of our lands. father many times, people. In 1865 he promised the Sioux to ful- 1111 w1l his promises, but I have found out by studying, that there is a great deal of momy due to the Sioux that has not yet been o them, and I don't believe in promiscs, will send him a pap it Bring the Arrow ON GUALD, Poor Trunder. Black 13 FATIGUE DUTY, Little Wound, Yellow Thunder. SUM Arm, SUPEINTMARY Crooked Leg. He Dog. Bear Louse. Afraid of Bear, Kill Deer Bone Shirt, jr. ofticers. TIE SCHOOL SYSTEN 1 be expected, dnd There ar nd there ar and wwo small Presbyterians, otes his time They a Day schools 2 at the day school as those that can be schiool in the east, and there 1s an department whe of sewing and other feminine schools life on the mp THE FOLLOWING CENSUS Last year the ofticial count showed tho wundred less an absolute ¢ re 7,404 souls_on r, bit not as some of them or agencios, 0 were of mixed 1 read Eoglish and blooded Indians ure es are under cultiv: been fenc They cattle, tons of ent 6,000 Valentine to wot pay. There thie Asa letter from the rese interest chief on Tur Br the by him to verbatim. SWIFT BEAR'S LETTER. Yoy, D, T order of the We are all te to face with the missionaries t cuough without character THE TREATY QU ian point of v ¢, and as the night w porter souzht an inter s before stated, STION, has the and his fuldliad, Tus Bee Tur Bree it_conside Ugh.” 0 TiE B him it brougiit them Beford with ways found that not They never fulfi! not know them, _but any we now 1 have seen 1 Lave st The treaty of 156 him wll he says in print,” said the reporter, *and tell him we r 80 thut hie will know all the white men will vaderstand what he thinks,” and when the message was given a gleam of sutisfuction shown from his eyes, and he extended his hand and The reporter “How de’'d” and made his way across the creek to find STANDING BEAR, investing his bard earned moaey in tain Ledoux, and Little Dog as nd the pay is 28 per month for privates and £10 for th about thirteen day s, which the childr parents draw four boarding schools nare cared for, and draw ligious management y's, Episcopalian ; St. Fr For these thirty seven teachers arc employed under the dirce- incipal B, A, Bridger, superintend- onscientionsly to St. Francis the Presbyterians 1 zon, and is a model The desks for the senior class are scen at any are taught the art accomplish- In the evening Miss Spencer devote or two for the benefit of h to profit by her teaching, and she The same routine possible and reservation ANy Of this num- blood. i thirty-five adults on the resc use can both read and write English One thousand have learned to wear citizens’ clothing wholly or in par 1,200 full civilized pursuits. erected wholly by Indians and are cultivating farms engaged in There are 700 dwellings W 1 Three thousand 1on and 3,000 own hundred and fifty of have joined the various churches and during the year they transported it from which they killed for ihe past two yoars, and no quarrcls or riots of any importance people are raj) and the followine fluential 000,000 pounds of has b ily advancing m ewilization, the most in- tion, matters of his nation reservation, It was written August indian bidding the ive language in all the Schools ations Whether those u wronage or under private White president) Wil those mis- 2w, will no f of the s He is a tall, well formea In- entire contidence of his arkable knowledge of what is, and what should be, although he cannot speak a word of English, pposed to uny surrender of the res- expressions voico sentiment of the 7,400 Indians at the agency. So strongly does Le oppose any surrender of his people’s rights that he caime 160 miles to tell them never to sign a treaty, because the treatios he had signed in | never been found him in the cabin of his nephew, atix, (who is also formed min, bars gone by had L extremely el in- ud who acted as iuterpreter when the Western Indians visited Washing- Pho chief leaned gracofully on wded tomahawk, as he replied 10 the reporter's queries, Nim that the Indian, and_that one of the leading s the fr s bim to be chiefs of the Sioux,” s: veplicd with the ever wants the white people of the com- they are LO0SE 1'the promises they put on paper, and we can't believe them Heretofore they came to us with We could not study ”‘f white man, better, found they wo Vi en him for my promised to give the Indian children schooling for twenty years, but it never gave it to them unti years ago, 80 now the great father owes us for eleven years schiooling. : that every thirty children teacher on their own reservation, but instead of giving it, they took the children away and gave them their education someyhere This treaty of 1563 becamo a luw, but the white man’s government has forgotten all that, and do not keep tho law they made themselves, but they want to make a new Tand my people will never siga it have spoken, it is all 1 ha They prowmis should have a ve to say.” OMAHLA. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUS NUMBER 74, the trac more_than conside tribe. He cannot speak English, and porter had to interview medium of Louis Rot interpreter. His an to the point, and w hesitation, the best interests of his tribe a life st ell him Tie BEE i a great pap recognizes his nfluence among his | said the scrib know what he thinks of the proposed t “There are a good many people on t ervation,” he said in reply, ¢ of 1868 gave each head of a family 1 thought they meant us to ke they want to take it away We' shall not make any more treati the waite people to cause we've got a v for our own use. know anything away for nothi 18 very high send all schools be jrains with the white they have been to s they say it is wry ow our children o to school and keeping the land for them and their ¢ store, average intel aux o given withe small roservat we used to sign ol but now I know soi among the white peopl our children to people. for us, hool and have con and the children that come after them. He, too, is an Indian of gence, and able influcnce in the councils of his has, the re- him through the an intelligent « were straight and Jut any thus showing that he had made 1dy. per, and eople, Sand toll him they want to reaty.’ his res- ) ac D it, but now that is fraud, 08 with ive away our land, be- ion now ‘The other times we did not ur land 1 (land) e. We the white men's ause then they can make our bar- Since me | 1z, and we denend on th we are hildren 1am an old man, and I haye got 320 acres of land, but all my grand children acres too, the same as 1 do. land away the can't won't sign any treaty hurt them, have many lands to the have promised us have not yet fulfilled them. That want 1o see the great father, because he made the Black Hills treaty has not come to be law yet, That's want to see him, him. There is one and T want you to print _it. has tried to educate Indian now he cc our poor bo, We would rather have somcone we someone who has lived with us and wao could trust, because we like the father. for the Indians. The reason why 1 s for us, is that when we sign the they will become law. He told us so, 1 know he did not want us to sign th less we knew what we were doing. must h If we get it because it We childre We don’t road, the interpreter said it was the | Milwaukee & St. Paul, treaty with us for a strip 100 fe Black Hills, and they sur were 00 poor to once| given a government, and they lots of things, but they why wo ave 520 give our and we would » when with us it why T because we're all unde other thing I will Captain Pratt o, and 1es and tries to take the land from understand him. knew, whom o great He is our main friend and I think is ay he is papers, and so em un- A rail- Chi- made a wide, to the ved it, but the, for it, and they never rot through yet. That's why they want us to to get the re £oo poor to buy never get us to sign.” What does he think of the Indian sc sked the reporter, ‘I believe in_the schools, they wil Indians good. I have th wirls and t now in school at Genoa, 1 educating them because I children to get lost “I know the government wants to land at 50 cents an acre,” he in rinquiry, “and I know they don't W d for nothing, But they will hools ! 1 do the wo boys vor of ant my buy our answer will sell L knoi the same land " is worth an acre, and 1 know that many othe peop are not using it as much as we do.” re holding as much land as we do, aud | Thereporter then said that Tne Ber would®| send him that the white people had been told would refuse to sign the treaty. 1 would like to meet the pec he said. “I'm forty-cight y i Then he asked for the reporter’s s and it was given to him, of the paper to show him why he address, ““Ho says he would like to write you a let- ter some time,"” said the interpreter, “Tell him Il print it any time he does, and ask him to write one now, und tell him 1 may come and see him the seribe, “My heart wiil be good to him if he ‘We want white men the council meet- ing when the commissioners are here,” said > comes. to be like that, but we dow’t want to owe the government any more land, We have three white men on our rese that we know and hav confidence in. One thing more 1 would like to print. ervation We know them miany years, and we can trust them. T mean Mr. Curtis, M Mr. Louis Roubadean. They children on the That's all L want to say, and the have confidence in them.” Then Standwy Bear his hand, said, “Howdy.” The repo the same, and’ said the same, and th view was over. From that time he asked the opi have Jordan and Indian ion and are married. Indians . and, extending rter did he inter- nion of everyone hie could meet on the treaty ques- tion When an interpreter was near, and “Heh” (no). He tricd vo find out whe not they would fight betore the but on this question they all kept an « silence and would not say they wi would not. THE SQUAW MEN, as the settlers who dian wives are called, nd one all answered with the same vigorous ‘ther or v would sign, niimous ould or ve been ‘married to Tn- are equally firm in their opinions as to the fairness of tho pro- posed treaty, but they are uot alone i They are not instigating the Indians t government orders, but since they h their lot with them they have in sou n them, 0 resist e cast 10 ¢1808 taken an interest m the question, ns their interests have become identical with those of the Indians, and they have been looked to for advice as to the ways of the white m; an. As & rule they are educated, and one of them voiced the sentiment of many others when he saud to THE BEE reporter: There appearcd in the press dispatches the k of an ex-member of congress (Kleiner), to the effect that the Tndians could be easily persuaded to part with their lan1s, were it ot for the influence of the men,” inferring _that measures tending to induce soll their country. Why bitious aspirants for favor in the Inc Hsquaw they opposed any dians to should these am- Dakota poli- tics suspicion that the squaw men opposed their philanthropic designs for the of the Indians if such dosigns w intercsts of the Indians. Tne that these men are not so fact welfare for the this, much distressed lest the Indians be influenced by the squaw men against their interests as they are fear- ful that their own plans for seizing reserva- tion land may bo defeated. are felt to be an obstacle to any scheme against the intercsts Indians, be they can g 1 and write, and therefore are post the true state of affairs, and & The squ aw men the success of of the rmerally ed as to s they reside among the Indians—or their wives and children reside there their interests, or those of their wives and children, are iden- tical with those of the Indians. Inasy it is plan to be seen that squaw men, of their ability to read and_ write ar fore in a position to post tho condemned and found an obstacle. much as because e there- Indians, aro Wi should the same arguments not apply to the hundreds of Indian boys and girls now at the different schools in the stat crvations! Squaw wen are all the Indians taking land in_sevoralty S or ou their res- in favor of and go- ing to work, und on a number of rescrvations they are employed by the agents as farmers to encourage and instruct the Indians, but thiey are ot in favor of the Indians beini co- erced into selling their land at a price set by the proposed purchasers, when millions of acres of unoccupied land, there are held b, aliens, in the United States, and held intact. ANOTHER SQUAW MAN, who had evidently made the question a study, handed in the following, as a _reply to the questions propounded by Tue BEE reporter, “They are given verbatim, and will tell why he, for one, thinks the commission is on the wrong track, and why he, for one,will oppose th 1 General Crook declined to serve commission, stating that he would these Indians to sell their land for fift, ver acre. General Ruger also dec on the not ask cents ned. After the expense of the commission, the survey of the reservation and the expenses of allctment are taken out of the proceeds of the land sale, it would leave the about fiftcen cents per acre for la Indians nd that would average § or §7 per acre if put_ into the market to-morrow. of thousands of acres in Dakota lyin It Is not settlers who want the land, railroads and land-grabbers. It is There are hundreds f idle, but the certain that under no circumstances can the com- mission get the consent of ey the Indians, still less three-fourths quired, n one-fourth of , 88 re- The attempt 1s a complete waste of constant legislation tends to moucy, Thi xeuus the progress of the Indians, They are constantly belng worried about their land, und now Judge Wright, of the commis- is telling them that if they refuse to sign this bill the troops will distribute them among other reservations, and they will lose their land without compensation. The com- has taken possession of the tele- id no (I|upnh'L can be sent without being inspected. ~ Are these star chamber proceedings authorized by the sident The Standing Rock Indians have repeatedly refused to sign the bill, except a few indivi- duals who have signed. Why not accept their decision, or i the commission working in the interest of the railroadst Rev. S, A, Biggs, the venerable missionary who hus spent a lifetime among the Sioux, denounces the bill in unmeasured terms, stating that there is o little real good land in the re- servation that the Indians shbuld have it all if it is the intention of the government to make them self-supporting. WHAT NEIGHBORS THINK, Then to find out how the adjoining country would suffer, Tne Bee reporter asked W, S, Barker, of the Valentine Republican, his opinion. “I think the government has made a mistake in_appointing men not versed in the ways of the countr, e said. “*‘When they send out commissioners let them send out men who understand their business, and who understand the Indians. Forone, 1 have always found the Indians honest, and they werc amony the hardest workers at the five that destroyed a large portion of this town last spring, and they never stole a cent. ‘When the commissioners offered the tribes ‘red’ and ‘black’ ballots to say whether they meant yes or no for the trealy, they forgot that ‘red’ meant war, and ‘black’ meant death, When the Indians had only those to choose from they would not take either.” “Tell the people that the proposed treaty is an outrage,” said a surveyor, now at work néar the reservation. “I know something about the surveying of this country and the work can't be done for less than 30" cents per acre. Then the cost of allotting, and the ex- penscs of the commission will ¢ost not les: than 8 cents per acre, which will leave the Indians about 17 cents per acre for land that is worth anywhere from £2 to $3 per acre.” Tell the people of Omaha and the west that if they allow this thing to go through, they, and the state of Nebraska, will be the sufferers,” said a trader, “1f it's looked up, it will be found that the Milwau- & St. Paul road is trying to waiting for a chance to kill beef—as soon as the agent would issue it From fifteen hun- dred to two thousand Indians were present and their dress not only rivaled the colors of the rainbow, but of half a dozen different kinds of rainbows, They were all that fancy paints them, and were it not that an oc sional dudé sported o hat with crown cut out and decorated with feathers,or wore @ pair of pauts be- neath the usual leggings, memory would recall the duys when Cooper's heroes were still in existence, Their manner of ar- rival was as varied as their costumes, Somo came on horscback, and sometimes two or three came on the sime horse, Some came n farm wagons, some in buckboards, somo in buggies and some in top bugeies, but they all came and they were all Sioux. The suuaws all came with them and 8o did the papooses, but just how the latter came is a mystery that is still uLgolved. The only afi- davit that can be made is that they all'were there—lots of them. Shortly after 9 o'clock they all left the agency for the beef corral, abbut a mile and a half distant, and the man'on the best horse wenerally got there first. The reporter was coaxed to mount that_most deceptive of all animals—a broncho. Sufiice it to say that he dismounted before he left the agency (deponent sayeth not how), and held on to the tail board of & government wagon, un- til it broke down at the fort creek, and then he was the first to reach the shore. He still followed in the procession und watched “Lo the Poor Indian,” dash past him on a pony, with feclings of disgust at his own inability to ride, that are better not expressed, and can't be described. Finally he reachéd the corral, and found that all the 2,000 Indians had réached there before him, and thatthere were some more coming on ufter him. As there were no trees in sight, it would bo im- proper to say *the woods were full of them, " but it is quite within the bounds to say the prairic was covered with them. And it is here that pen caunotdepict nor word describe the picture. Braves and squaws, young and old, covered with paint and attired in every variety of costume, or wrapped like ghosts in sheets or like typical aborgines in blankets, dashed madly over the green sward without any apparent object in View. The reporter had _one object in - view, and was to get out of the way, _The ‘only way he could succeed was by climbing to the roof of n corn crib that stood in one corner of the ot the trade from Omaha and send it ¢ their own line, They can't do this un- they get a route o the reservation, when lo get it they will kill the fic of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad and not benefit anyone.” Then the scribe for Tne Bee thought it was getting too much for him, and looked up his notes. He found the Indians had NO OTHER CAUSE OF TROUBLE and he wrote as follows: iaving heard both the Indians and their allies state their case the reporter thought that possibly their might be some other - anse of complaint, and_he once wmore procured an interview with Swift Bear, as being the spokesman for the nation, “Ask him if he any other gricvanc besides the land question, and if he likes the rent ! Our agent (Colonel Spencer) is a good fricnd to the Indians and has tried to help them all he could,” was the ready answer, “He tried to learn them in the white man’s way t's what I call agood agent. 1 have a favm 160 miles from the ageney, but although it is so far aw helps me and encourages me in farming, and It raising corn and - whe is o man thut don't stop in the oftiee s hard to see, e i cverywhere, advising everyone to do what's best.” That's what 1 call a good agent. We always listen to what our ngent suys. We have confidence in him e aiways tells the truth, This is our third agent, but only two wero good. Major Wright and Colonel Spencer tried to teach us. Tam ing and getting Fich, but 1 am gotting old and must die soon, and I want my chil- have something to live on. [am * to the white men now, for 1 ¢ raise everything they do. The gove gave me a few head of cattle five years ago and now I've got 160 head. The white men's ways are very good. 1 have spoken.’” HOW IT HAPLENED The trip that took TiE BEE reporter to the agency was full of interest, and the interest centered prineipaily (so far'as the report was concerned) in 'rank Cross, who repr sents W. A. Paxton of Omaha, and furnishes the beef necessary to keep the Sioux alive on the reservation, Thirty miles of the thirty five that stretch betw, lentine and Roscbud were hardly, worth « while listening (o tho stories that F did tell, Then came the Night was falling ang the roads had already fallen, and to inexperienced eyes, they seemed to be anything but safe. “1'm afraid that the bridees werg washed away in last night's storm,” soliloguized Frank, just loud enough for the reportpr to hear him. “There's a place wherea young fellow from New York lost hi chrip, i B hie couldn’t ride, he pdded, pointing to a hill about half u mile a “This was a hard country when 1 ca it first,” ho con- tinued, “but nearly afl the bad men are dead —what's tl P he pointed towards a light whero the repbrter could sce a hun- dred. I guess It mfist be a Sioux camp,’! a oas of home floated before the eyes of the scribo us he hear§ an unearthly wail float through the darknes towards him. Frank kept on driving all th same, and kept up the spirits of his corapanfon at the same time by suying, “If we don'ff get thero to-night we won't get there attall.” That companion could not say whethef or not it was a sigh of his own or a gust of fvind from the hills that came next, but he goksped_his only weapons (a pair of b iuckles) and prepared for the worst, §s ho saw_a dark form emerge from fho gloom. What fol- lowed caunot be aufuentically reported, as the conversation wadin the Sioux langugge, but it is enough to sthte thut the bridzos had been wastied awag, did a Sioux policoman had been sent dutl to warn all incoming travelers to take soge other route. Frank took another, and affer climbing up two or three hills, found himself at the house of Louis Bordeaux—and the reporter was® with him. It was explained that there was no chance of crossing the creek and reaching the agency that uight, and it was decided to vemain where luek had left him. Then the work of unharnessing the tired out team of bronchos commenced, While it was i pro- gress another dismal howl floated across the prairies, down the hillside and approached the chair upon which the reports L await- ing developments, and by the time it reached him he had remembered all the uncanny stories he haa ever heard, “What isit#’ he asked. **Oh, its only the Sionx death song,” said Lows, and although there was a creeping of _the sealp, Ti BEg reporter felt that he had doue his duty to his country by getting his head shaved and so suving the scalp. The moon, which was ad- vertised in the almanacs to bé on hand about this time, persistontly kept behind the clouds, and rendered the “darkness more dark.” I fact, it was so durk, that one of the Sioux policenien erept upon the reporter unawares, and with malice aforcthought ex- tracted a bottle of medieine from his hip pocket, undor the impression that it was con- trabaud liquor, He withdrew the cork, swelled 1t and tasted it, and then returned it with that very comprehensive word, *Ugh.," About this time the reporter re- covered his senses, and _learned that the death song he had heard was a genuine one, and that 1t was sung for the repose of the souls of two Sioux braves who bad come tq draw their rations of beef and had been killed by lightning just two weeks before. Their relutives had camped on the sume camp ground for more beef and were celebrating the event—that is, the lightning part. ‘Then the reporter took a late supper, retired to rest and arose in the morning to sce prett ast five miles. A NEEP ISSUE. Bofore hie saw it he had to wade across a creek and report to the agent that he was there. Then he took stock—or not stoek, but observations. He met a lot of people he hud heard of through the newspapers, but they did not recognize him, Crow Dog, who had killed Spotted Tail, was there, and 50 was old Two Strike, who had won his name by killing two Puwnees spme years ago with one stroke of his war club, "Paint His Ear White was on hand looking for more victims, having a record for killing three men single- handed. Thunder Hawk, who killed White Thunder, was looking after the other two, and then there was a lot of other man killers Who had quit the bLusiuess aud were only l the corral for the purpose of deceiving the ttle that were to be butchered into think- ing that they were about to have asoft thing, There were 255 of such cattle de- ceived last Monday, but before they finally realized their position they obtained a short lease of life. “The brass band of the Genoa Indian school vas on ground under Bandmaster meese and they were there to show how much could” be learned at that popular seat of learning, and to induce other Indiun boys to go back with them. Soft and sweet were the strains they played, and they were not without cffeet, for they were at once the centre of attraction. Braves and squaws left their diversions and quietly came up, until a ring was formed around the pla ers, and then for nearly an tour the silonée was only broken by the music of the band, or the bellowing of the stee At last that was over, and while the cattle werce being weighed and branded the Indians passed away the time in riding impromptu races and " enthusiastically *“ough-ough-ing the winners, At the corral, all was business. Cowboys were busy sorting out the herd that was to be butcher and each six_nead were forced upon a sc weighed and branded. Then they required a sccond brand and were driven into a narrow chute that opened on the pr When all was ready an interpreter an- nounced the_fact in stentorian tones, which at_once broke up the games, and from all points of the compass the Indians made one mad rush for the corral. J'he sight was not only grand but terrific, and, perched wpon the top of the corncrib, the reporter could 1ot but imagine what would be the effect if those 2,000 Indians were bent upon the destruction of the agency instead of the cattle. He tried to think whereabouts ho would hide in such a case, but as the prairic offercd no friendly shelter he it up. Then the Indiats ~formed in two lines in front of the chute facing inwards, and once more silenze reigned, while more than one painted warrior gently puffed at a cigarette. The sight of an_old-time mur- derer, seated upon a horse, bedecked in rib- bons, feathers, and light colored blankets, wearling a cast-off crownless hat, grasping a vitle, and_smoking a cigarette with all the nonchalance of a Farnam street dude, is too much for the reporter’s powers of description and he leaves it with regret—to the reader’s imagination. A short speech from the agent and another from Principal Chaso of the Genoa Indian school were duly interpreted, and then the trouble began. 13ach head of cattle wus to supply thirty Indians with beef for the next twelve days, and they were driven out one at a time between the two rows of Iu- dians. The name of the Indian who represented the thirty that were to be fed was called out, and he broke from the ranks, followed by a few friends, and chased the terrified animal out on the prairie, where after displaying many of the feats of horse- manship so often read avout, he finally put an end to the chase and the steer at the same time, by a_well-directed shot from his carbiue, or—as in two or three instances— with an arrow from his bow. It was a study to watch the countenances of the men, as they anxiously awaited the calling of their names, criticized the animals that had been selected as their victims, but the selection was soon made, and 255 maddened steers dashed wildly' about the ptains in as many different directions, = followed by howling, yelling Indiaus in all the picturesqueness of their many colored costumes. Soon the crack, erack crack, of the rifles, told that the ' Indians were weary of the sport, and that _the work of sloughtér had commenced. Fifteen min- utes more, and the 235 carcasses were sur- rounded by as many groups of paint be- daubed squaws skinning and cutting them up, while their lords and masters sat idly by Half an hour later, und the division = was made, the meat packed in the various con- veyances, the different familics wending their way ac the hills to their camping grounds, and the blood stamned plain alone showing that the Indians had been provis- 1omed for another twelve da; ‘The hunt is but a reminiscence of the buf- falo huut of other days, and while it has much of the ' picturesquo about it, there is a great deal that is too wuch for tender stomachs. One feature, that destroycd the reporter’s appe- tite for at least one meal, was the sight of wizzened old boys greedily eating the en- rails and an occasional brave cutting off and wllowings slices of the still warm heart and Liver. 13ut such is life in the far west, A SQUAW DANCE at the agency came next on the programme, and was for the benefit of the Black Pips camp-—members who struck the agency broky and who immediately bedecked their squaw in_their brightest costumes and Sunday paint and sent them out on a begging expedi- tion, Mo give tone to the affair seven of the braves wrapped in badly soiled white sheets accompunicd them as an orchestra and fur- nishod the music. One of them carried a square oil can and the other a regulation tom-tom, and both of them pounded them to the tune of “one two, onoc two” with the utmost_regularity, until they reached the front of a trader's store, Then the braves consistently took a shady spot and squattea down, while the squaws sat in a circle out in the sun. The oil can evidently gave the man carrying it the post of honor, and when all was ready he gave vent to & most dismal howl, which was repeated in different k by all present, A tapon the can brought the squaws to their feet, and oue or two of them to the center as soloists, for they at once be- gan a monotonous chant, and to' judge from the dismal strains they must have been in very bard luck. Once in a while they eyi- dently touched some tender spot in the memories of their fellows (perhaps it was the recollection of by-gone feasts), for the whole outfit would give vent to the most un- earthly yelling. When the storekecper stood it as long us be could, he came out with & supply of groceries and they @t once at- tucked the other trader, who ‘also had to succumb and gave them @ number of remnants of cotton priuts. These were received with marked approval, and they were about to besiege the agent when he bougnt them off byJ visg them & box of Lard bread, That wad sufiiolens, aud they struck for the side of a hill, and proceeded to divide. They all sat down in a circle, with the orchestra and the plunder in the centre. Then the braves proceeded to eut up the cal- ico into suitable lengths for the squaws, and two of the squaws were called out of the ring to divide the provender. The division was apparently satisfactor, it was conducted with all good humor and everyone got a share. THE WHITE OHIER at the agency is no doubt the most influential man there, and in days gone by bas done more than any other white 1o protect his countrymen in times of peril, and to aia the government i, restraining his adopted brethren from going on the war path. Charles P, Jordan, brother of L\v\m'mlnl Colonel Jordan, Nineteenth United States infantry, cousin to the late teneral Custer, and also to the Pettigrew, first entered the service in 1873, and in 1874 was appointed quartermaster clerk at Fort Robiuso: In 1876 he was made chief clerk of the Red Cloud ageney, and when the military took possession he was made acting agent He was acting in that capacity when Custer was killed, and even then he continued to 1ssue rations to the dis- satisfied Indians, when no one else would go near their camps. He also received Crazy Horse, when that chief surrendered, and took his rifle from him with his own hands, He was on hand when the Cheyennes sur. rendered, and continued in office till 187, when he was put in charge of the supply de: partment for the Pine Ridge and Roscbud agencies, After again serving as chief clerk he quit the service in 1883, and since that time has been engaged as a licensed Tudian trader. He marricd Weab-Wash-Jay, the hereditary princess, and acknowledged belle of the Sioux nation, and in that manner ned the position that lie has since won by fair and upright treatment of his subjects, who constantly come to him for advice and council. Before Spotted lail, jr., died last summer, he expressed a wish to have nis favorite horses killed on his grave, but on the advice of Mr. Jordan, relinquished the idea and hud them sold to pay for a tomb- stone. The remainder of his stock he loft in his hands in trust for his children. Having heard so_many contradictory sto- s of how Crazy Horse, who led the hos. against General Custer, was killed, Mr. Jordan promised to give Tir BEE a true ver- sion of an event to which he was an cye witness. Mr. Jordan's statement will ap- pear 1n another letter. HOME, SWEET HOME “Human nature is the same all over,” said Agent Spence morning, and a glance at the square in front of the office proved the truth of the asser- tion. It was the day choscn for the depart ure of thirty-two childven (sclected by Prof. Chase from among the camps auring the week) to their new home at Genoa, where they will be fed and educated for periods of from three to five years. In the center of the square stood the Indiun boys' bund from that institution, dressed inaneat military costume, and fora while they were the principal object of attention. Many a brizht young squaw could be scen casting a covert glance at the tall, slender band boys, wio, with all the stoieism of their nation.appeared to be utterly.oblivious to all. Under Prof. Schmeese they have attained a high stand ard of proficiency, and air after air rang out on the prairies as they ba them farewell, Indian wagons crowded in around them and anxiouss looking squaws huggod closely the boys and girls they were so soon to lose. The band played the ‘‘Sweet Bye and Bye,” aud then, as the melody changed softly into “Home, Sweet Home,” tears glis- tened in the eyes of more than one who was far away from the home of his childhood. As the music ceased the first wagon started out, aud in a minute it was surrounded by the friends of the children 1t contained. Sobs and cries could be heard on all sides, and they grew louder and louder as wagon after wagon passed out, until the last one was gone and the square was deserted cnee more. S. . PETTIGREW, R e COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS, Important Measures to be Considered by the Senate and Housc. WasniNGToy, August 26. he unfinished business of the s the bill to admit Washington Territory, will probably be laid aside again to-morrow, temporarily, and thereafter from day to day until the debate on the president’s messagze is over and it is referred to the committee on foreign rela tions. Senator George has: the floor for a speech upon the message when it comes up. Another matter which will interfere with the consigeration of unfin- ished business are the Jackson, Miss., politi- cal riot resolutions. These were called up on Thursday merely for the purpose of giv- ing Senator Wilson, of Towa, an opportunity to deliver a speech, which specch is not vet finished, If, upon its conclusion, Senator Pugh, or any one on the democratic side, wishes to reply, custom aund courtesy will require that opportumity be given. The Dbills to admit North Dakota wed Montana are likely to be taken up after the Washington Territory bill. ‘Whether or not the week will be a blank in the house from a legislative standpoint will depend on the measure of success at- tending the effort to secure the presence and continuous attendance of a quorum, Itis the present inteution to suspend the hos- tilitics engendered by the French spoilation claims long enough to allow the houseto act upon the conference report upon the sundry civil apprepriation bill, which is expected to be ready to-morrow. After that has been disposed of the struggle will be rencwed upon the general deficiency bill. Later,con- ferences on the army appropriation bill are expected to report. “The foreign affairs com mittee may report to the house during the week the Wilson retaliat bill. ——————— HUKE, the world Wednesday ANOTHER BIG & The Men on the Mackey System of Roads Ordered to Quit Work, Cuicaco, August 20.—A special from Evansville, Ind., says: All trains have been stopped on the Mackey system of railrouds, owing to a strike declared inst the roads therein embraced by Chiefs Arthur and Sar- gent to-id The system includes the Peoriy, Decatur & Evansville, the Evans- ville & Indianapolis and Evansville & Terre Haute roads, having a total length of 700 miles, The trouble grew outoi discrini- nations suid to have been made by Master Mechanic Smith against brotherhood men. S - The Maxwell Grant War., TriNipap, Colo.,, August 26.—Late last night L. R. Wooton and D. D._Finch left for Stonewall to arbitrate matfers with the settlers, if possibie, and allow the sixty depu- ties to return to Trinidad. On arriving at tonewall the besieged house was found acant, the deputies having escaped at 11 o'clock’ last night, arriving at this city late this evening. In the fracas yesterday Fran- isco Petizue was shot through the lead, R. D. Russell seriously wounded, and cight or ten settlers more or less disabled. DEeNVER, August 26.—The managers of the Maxwell land grant this evening called upon Governor Adams, to ask him to issue an order for the state militia to suppress th uprising. The governor refused to inter- fere until the sheriff had told him that he was unable longer to maintain the peace. i e ai e A K. of P. Lodge Instituted raNtON, Neb., August 26.—[Special to ‘Pue Bek.)—The event of the season wus the institution of the Knights of Pythias lodge in this place last evening, The ceremony was conducted by D. D. G. C. Dailey, of Omaha, assisted by Marathon lodge, No. 82; Oreole lodge, No, 76; Nebraska lodge, No. 1, and Virginius ' lodge, 5, all of Omaha, and Madison union, No. 85. Knights trowm abroad attended in full unifern. A banquet was served at midnight. One hundred covers were laid, This lodge willi be known as Woodland lodge, No. 102, ——— Thinks it Not a Party Move. Loxnox, August 26,—The Daily News rid- feules the argumeut that President Cleve- land's message relative to the fisheries ques- tion is a party wove, e would not have recommended retahation, it says, unless he bad regarded It as the best alternative to & vejected treaty, WENT DOWN IN HIS POCKET, Cleveland's Big Contribution to tha Democratic Campaign Fund. DEPEW'S RETURN FROM EUROPE; It Will Be Made the Occasion For & Demonstration 1 1 to the Blaine Reception— Gossip From Washington, Oil For the Machine. WASHINGTON BUREAU Tite Osaia Beg, 513 FOURTEEN T STREET, !, N, DL C August 20, President Cleveland's fat §10,000 contribye tion to the national democratic campiign fund occasions & good deal of pleasantry amony republicans here to-night. Ten (hnusmlfi dollars, they say, is a considerab le sum for & presidential ndidate to hand in, and must indicate considerable anxiety about the res sult, especially in the empire state, They wonder, too, why he should sct this generots example, or cven consider it necessary to contribute a sum greater, pechaps, than the combined contributions of all hig republican predecessors since Jimmy Bue chanan’s time if his fishy thunderbolt is to prove so effective in proselyting Irish res publicans in New York state. Ou the other hand, democrats say Cleveland is waking up and begins to realize the exigency of the poy litical condition, particularly in his homg state. Wasnis THE FISHERY MESSAGE Senator Frye smd this evening that the president’s message would be kept veforq the senate on the pending motion ta refer to the committec on foreign relations for at least two weeks, and that it wight not be taken off the floor during the campaign. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, has prepared a speceh on the subject which a senator, who examiued it to-day, describeg ripper,” It will be delivered about Puesday or Wednesday, Senator Ingalls is expeeted to make some observations during the debate, and his specch will undoubtedly rise to the demunds of the occasion, THE TANRFE BILL. Senator Allison was asked to-day when the arift bitl would be reported frou the come tee to the scnate, and he replied: “As soon as the senate is - ready to take it up for discussion.” Another member of the committee on finance suid the bill is completed, but that whije there is no time to give to it on the floor of the seuate the committee prefers to keep the measure within cail and in form to amend or change it at will. FOREIGN-BORN CITIZENS REPUBLICANS, Colonel L. W. Hubereomb, who las charga of the German branch of the national vepubs Jivan committee, is in the city to-night and informs mwe that the forcign-born cit~ izens will pe practically — solid for Harrison and Morton. He says the Germans are thoroughly disgusted witly the discriminations in the shipping and other international questions by the present ads ministration, and thut the fish ries question has ealled the attention of the patriotic Irish citizens to the shilly-shally policy of the ad- ri to American citizens all countries, and the discriminations in favos of Englaud in particular. Then the tarifi quesa tion is appealing to the better judgment of the laboring men, especially, in'a way thal makes New York sure for the republican ticket. Colonel H »inb suys he thinks that the German and Lrish citizens intend 1o rebuke the Cleveland administration in & way that all future presidents will remems er. THEUE WILL BE FORTIFICATIONS, Members of the seuate committee on aps propriations say the fortification bill whicl canie over from the house u few days ‘ago, will be reported with favorable recommendas tion this week and that as soon as the presis den’s fishery message is out of the way it will be passed with amendments which it is believed the house will accept. So, after ally it looks as though there will be a few million provided for fortification. DEPEW'S RECEPTION. Considerable interest is tuken here in tha approaching reception of Chauncey M. Dae pew upon his return from Europe on the 5t of September. A large number of men i congress will go to New York on the occ sion, The reception committee report e: tensive preparations and wide inquiries ils dicating that the reception will be as largely attended as the one given Mr. Blaine, Mr. Depew hias promised (o not_only speak in 4 number of pl in New York during thg campaizn, but in lndiana as well, DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN T0WAN, William L. Hudson, who was file clerk o! the_house of representatives for five year dicd this morning at the Providence hospitals He was taken to the hospital on I'hursday with an affection of the liver. Later he w. seized with brain fever. Mr. Hudson w about thirty-six years old, unmarried, and cume from Clinton, la. He was an intimatg fricnd of Representitive Hayes, and wag spoken of for the congressional race here. A JOUKNALIST FOI GOVERNOL IN MARYLAND, seneral Ielix Agnus, editor and managen of the Baltimore Ameriean, will probably by nominated by the republicans for governo§ of Maryland. allan o bity n," and it is belicved that he hag some prospect of success, THE DELAY IN AKMY ATIOINTMENTS, The fishery business and other importan business has caused the president to dela on upon the numerous army appoings ment which will soon require his attentions It is probuble that he will wail two or threa weeks and then dispose of ull the vicancies in the staff, including the judge advocate, inspector genoral, captain in the su depurtment and ' captain in the quar master’s departinent, 1 am told um;A\L Cleveland is being very hardly pushed by some of his democratic friends to promotd young subalterns to some of these placos, he president is determined to appoint to the stafl only live officers who have el & long time in the army, and he is absolutgly unuoved by any of the anpeals for tha younger wmen that are made to hun by personal or political fricuds MISCELLANEOUS. cpresentative Dorsey has returned frong his home at_Fremont. Senator Manderson rejoined the coaching party in New England yesterday., Nowsbaper row gave’ Jay 1. Durham, af : e staff, o farewall hane night, He left to-day for St. Paul; ¢ he aceepts u position on the Pionceg Priny 8, Heat, RS A DEAD MAN'S GOLD, A Strange Rumor Concerning & Cholera Victim, Brroir, Wis,, August 26.—[Special Teles gram to Tue Bee.]—As the city sexton wag this moruir ing the rounds of the city céinetery he discovered a grave in the pote ter's field which bad evidently been tame pered with, The cofin bad rotted nearly away but it is evident that the object was not grave robbery, The desecrotion of the grave Las probably something 1o do with the rumo, that has existed here for many years, Thi story is that about thirty years ago a colony of eigrants came to Beloit, where theiy leader was tuken sick and died of cholera, He was buried at once, his clothes not even beiug removed, Soon afterwards it was res ported that e had a large amount of gold his belt. ‘I'le story has from time o tim Leen revived., The ofticials are invcstlg;fln' the case, General Agnus was a union soldier, is a brilligut writer an ter partis st Fires. CiicaGo, A pecials from Nee gaunce and other points in Michigan say that disustrous forost (ives have been ragimg for twenty-four hours. Families are fleefby to the towns in large numbers with sygh effcets us can be suved, . The fires unu anylhing known for ysavs, el that wany lives w‘l’u‘l Mi“ AT