Show TUE W f tie affairs ft wring its lin ision jan 5 the committee of indian aal aira in report accompanying hie bill providing or the division of tho sioux reservation saya alio llio kibis indians are completely binler the control of a few arrogant and self conceited chiefs and abeso chiefs are largely under control of the northern and northwestern railroad companies and avaricious white or equaw men alio with a few are reaping largo fortunes from the common of their own people the northern railroad aa we are advised own largo of real estate in dakota that they desire to sell at profitable figures and if this bill should become law it would open up acrea to settlers at nom nal figures compared wilh the prices they ditl for theirs the market for their lands will be dosed for many ears to come BO they with their power oppose the bill tho northwestern railroad company running to cierra on alie missouri river is interested BO we are in another road eliat runs around this great reservation to alio I 1 imla hills and doea all ilia carrying trado for tills vast section to open up this would not only coupel the northwestern railroad to complete its OMU line through to the black hills a thing ft ant to do but it forces alie chicago milwaukee st paul and other competing lines th therefore they oppose the measure alie recommends that the bill bags jags and beks congress to give indians all alie land they can use and teach them that are not created to support them but to protect and like other people they must work |