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Show The Last ot the I'ow-woweri. J Washington, 2. The Sioux and ; Arapahoe ludian delegations had j their last pow-wow at the interior de- partment to-day. I Red Cloud said ; My people are opp':ijid to noi tin to the Missouri, laud say it we k there all our stock will die. J know when I go back all niy young - men ami people will feel very budly because we have got to RO !to the Missouri river. Ail tbe nortb-j nortb-j urn Indians thut have ben brought i into the reservations have been hrouyht iu by Spotted Tail and my solf. I Spotted Tail said: The decision tbe great lather has made is your de-Iciaion, de-Iciaion, and not ours. You ak me and my people to go near the Missouri iiver. We cannot to I near the Mijsouri riv r this winter. Of my delegation here, altogether we I have decided that we cannot go to the Missouri river. If I should tell my people I had been ordered to go there and hod sanctioned tbe order they would scatter all over the country. This delegation here with me have told you our opinion, and have decided de-cided what to do, hut it seems my nlaiia are not entertained. We have picked out a good place and are willing will-ing to goon it in the HpriUK, but we cannot leave thia (all. We would like to be at peace, aod keep peace with the whiles, hut it is impnoaible lor us tn move away thia fall. We waut our agency iU Wounded Knee creek. Your words to me are very good, but we do not want to move to the Mis Bouri river and move back again iu the spring. Where we are at present we are all prepared lor the winter. White men never throw away their labor. White men have what they love and it is tbe Bame with ua. We do not want to throw our Ubordaway. If you waut us to throw that property away, you should pay us for it. If you pay ua for it, probably we can move away. Otherwise Other-wise we cannot. Secretary tiehurz replied, ea;ing: You come here to take council with your great father, and he has spoken to you kindly. When he bejame vniir preat taLlinr he found in the books certain treaties. These treaties were n law to him, as well as they ought to be a law to you. These treaties made it his duty to carry provisions pro-visions for you and to teed you, on a place near the Missouri river. There are many things that are not as you desire, and many not as we desire, hut u wid man we have to accommo date ourselves to things as they are. Your BuppHes are on the Missouri river now. They were carried theie in accordance with the law, so we might give you food when you wore hungry, and it is now too late to carry them to any other place. Tbe great father was pleased at what you aaid about taking a place on White river, aod he will be better pleaed if you go near tbe supplies on the Missouri river, so he can help you when you need it. He will not desire you to remain on the Missouri river any longer than thia winter. He will be glad to Bee you settle down on your permanent places and will aid you in every way and give you all that the white nation permits in the way ot mills, wagons and schoolB. All he desirea you to do now u to aid him in making it possible for him to help you this winter. You will need food and inasmuch as food cannot be car ried neat the place where your people now are, you will have to go near tne place where the tood ia. After a general handshaking the Indians retired. They leave to morrow mor-row evening for home via New York. President Hayes waa present during the latter part of the conlerence. |