Show ED editorials ITO RIALS THE BLACK HILLS COUNCIL our oun dispa dispatches tihes today to day report that the council between the united states commissioners and the indians at the red bed cloud agency concerning the transfer of the black hills country has bag proved a failure and that the indians have returned to their homes in no very amiable state of mind the indians have come to an under understanding standing that the black hills country is ls worth a great deal of money and hence they ask high figures for it if they are not willing to sell it for a mere song nor can they be justly blamed for this if they have any right or title to that country it is their prerogative to value that right or title at their own price they may be wise or foolish in this valuation but it is undoubtedly their right to make it and to stick to it otherwise where is the rationality of of offering fiering to purchase or lease the country from them A few days ago 1 I the news came that there was something like difficulty at the council that the indiana were in an au anh ang angry mood and that thai ears cars were entertained for the safet safety if of the commissioners it appears that thai no um trouble arose nrose from dissensions among the of indians assembled concerning the subject matter of the council from correspondence err crr in eastern papers it appears that on september 23 13 1 there were 2000 sioux in council gaily dressed and curiously painted and at least 1500 of them armed the standing rock indians refused rhey expected trouble and wanted their h horses n near ear car th them e m the ind indiana ians lans all declined to be seated under the canvass red cloud and spotted bd tail came half way towards th the 0 com missioner stent tent aud and quietly squatted nu at on the gras gra s all the yie yle leading a 1 n indian assembling W with 1 1 h them and a deathlike death likel like ilke silence p prevailed r availed ev ailed it appears that the two chiefs chiefa named expected that if either of them attempted to 0 speak he would be ie shot as the Ogal lallas feared spotted tails talis influx influence ence and his control of the council and were determined to kill him if he attempted speaking the same could be said of red cloud and his men xen A correspondent odthe omaha says the halfbreed half breed squaw men were w warned an led by the indians to go away awby from the browdas crow das trouble was near at hand they stood not upon the order of going but went young man afraid 1 who sat in the crowd q quietly ule uie aly smoking a redstone red stone pipe his quick eye taking in the situation tio at a glance summoned sitting bull to lim immediately after sitting bull whispered to an indian ly his side there will be trouble troubie here and I 1 will kill the ginst first f indian endian that fires fired a shot you stand by and watch watell me he then directed young man afraid V soldiers to displace little big mans ganv men and guard the white soldiers this did nt not occupy the tho space of time we are writing it and little big man steals away and seats himself with three half naked wild ones on a hill near by about this time a signal smoke was tyas seen doubtless intended to call the indians from the villages an au indian began haranguing the indians for bringing their thein arms into a council of peace bull eagle a replied the whites brought their soldiers armed first I 1 and we came with arms ia last it was supposed that this move of spotted tail and red cloud in joining their peaple without attempting to speak in council prevented a bloody outbreak which would probably have resulted in the death of the commissioners though the quarrel was actually ac lil lii ill between the indian tribes trib s them saives salves some of the indians wished to hasten the sale and others were in no hurry sol M dallai gallal las and were very restive and meant mischief the following is part of a dispatch concerning events of sept 22 20 mounted indians to the of five fave i thousand housand made a semi circle circie outside of the thi two companies com ranies of oj cavalry and the commissioners little bad man and dezen savage i wild northern indians kept riding around outside the circle finally the bad indian indiana s formed outsider the circle back odthe of the troops each behind the soldiers with guru guri loaded and cocked the commissi ners nera rs became scared seared and called the attention of the friendly indrani indians the latter turned away the wild indi ans and substituted friendly indians on horseback attilo attile at the rear roar of the troops A private guard of indiana ludlan and soldiers sold bold mers merb were detailed to follow little bad man and fou found nd the latter very restless it cas vas was he who some time since threatened to kill the commiss commissioners lon there will be no council by the commissioners tomorrow to morrow as the indians say they want to hold a council among themselves ves maj burkes indians of standing rock agency leave in disgust tomorrow but have hie delegate delegated fd malon major ar burke the agent td sign the treaty for them they got tired of treating A large acquisition of troops is A single sapt alred today would have mase made an indiscriminate I 1 slaughter the cd cavalry valry were to stand at the head df of the horses but could have rendered no assistance as the indians were mounted and surrounded them and the commiss commissioners loners pow row POWWOW wow HUMOR EVERYBODY top lop Y LAUGHS AW SPOTTED at TAIL JOKES I 1 ON oil the of sep ser september at A the bed red cloud agency jaeb tile ilie p grand co 4 nall betwee between ff the 1713 U S i simpers si 1 apers and the sioux ad and oter indians for the cession of til tho the 9 black hlis skills hils country by the latten latter to the tile former commenced on ane arrival of ha h Q ai the T ground bifid appointed for the council to be belg help heil hell no indians were we re b the time the council tent was waa erected several sederal hundred hundres were present some of them gini not very acx loud iou lou to accelerate the council cli busl basl ness Ppe senator acison 17 in 1 a spee speech ich tcp in 4 t reduced trod thea business ol the council t by declaring that il it was tb the 0 desire of the blacky black hills hilik antry try and i phi pinn I 1 chae chase a pa part rt of tho the big ao horn nil ril country this announcement caused the tho Indi atos fa laugle consumedly a most infectious laugn y especially at that part of the explanation which suggested that after the whites had dug dag all the gold goldA and udall all ail other minerals from the black hills country it should be je xe turned returned t to 0 the indians to dispose jot sot of as they chose this brilliant idea of leasing the country named says tays the omaha herald is supposed to have originated with general Lawr lawrence Ij awrence enbe of the empire state af blin B blin bin lin a adream dream spotted tail saw clearly he pro richness 9 of the lease idea and saysa says bays a co correspondent of that paper 0 en a the return from the council ground to the agency a four horse ambulance conveying the newspaper men overtook overlook a light spring wagon in which spotted tall tail was seated whereupon that shrewd indian chieftain exclaimed cri 1 I would like to get your mules to haul wood this winter and return them in the spring he evidently thought ifland if land could be leased mules could and for the sole benefit of the ohe lessee e j the indians aro are modest in their demands as chibe to fhe the p purchasing arch price of the black hills co country antry the figures 40 es they ask run from to elther either of those amounts am ought to do dd them good when they get it lt they evidently have the idea that for the white man to lease the country would be tantamount stealing it A BURNING SHAME OLD ireland has forwarded a request for a portion specially devoted to her in thi tbt great reat centennial i buildings bu ll dings basinter basin gliet her claim on business considerations consideration sand and the fact that canada and india F english dependencies are both awarded separate sections director Direct hr general I 1 goshorn says it la Is impossible to t I 1 I 1 set apart a separate section for the the green isle as sus the space designed for it is already included in tha the section allotted to britain the request therefore cannot be granted and Is declined which Is a great insul to the gem of the sea it is ii a b arning shame to hu militate old ireland in that uD gracious man manner when it la ii known how intensely she arbbra anything like clinging to british skirts for salvation salvati oH WHAT THE coustry COUNTRY WANTS A washington paper says what this country really needs is a good five cent cig cigan cigar ar 31 muchas much as we despise the vlee vice of tobacco smoking if one good five cent cigar is all that the country really needs we propose that the country have it and smoke it and then quit the bad habit of jo smoking hoking |