Among the Sioux of Dakota: Eighteen Months Experience as an Indian AgentD. Van Nostrand, 1881 - 235 pages |
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Page 194 - They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Page 33 - ... the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons, except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the Government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 234 - They abuse the agents, threaten their lives, kill their cattle at night, and do anything they can to oppose the civilizing movement, but eat all the provisions they can get and thus far have taken no lives.
Page 233 - Burnt Face:" of the Minneconjoux, the " Iron Horn" and " Little White Swan." The Lower Brules have a reservation and cultivate at White River; draw rations at Fort Thompson. They acknowledge no chief; are perfect Ishmaelites, wandering in small bands thousands of miles over the prairies; are treacherous beyond all other Sioux, and commit most of the rascalities which occur in this district.
Page 233 - Eyes,' are, perhaps, the best behaved Indians on the river. "The Oncpapas are turbulent and mischievous. Those who pretend to be friendly live at Grand River reservation, but give so much trouble that it is doubtful whether the agency can be kept on that side. Their chief is 'Bear Rib'. "The Blackfeet Sioux are quiet and well-behaved, their principal chief is 'The Grass'.
Page 233 - The Two Kettles, Sans Arcs and Minneconjoux draw rations at Cheyenne. The first two are quiet ; the Minneconjoux are turbulent and very insolent. The chief of the Two Kettles is the " Tall Mandan ;" of the Sans Arcs, " Burnt Face;" of the Minneconjoux, the " Iron Horn
Page 234 - Eosebud, near the Yellowstone. In the summer time they break up and spread over the prairies, either to hunt, plunder, or come into the posts to beg.
Page 234 - ... stay from twenty to a hundred miles out from Whetstone, coming into that place for their provisions. Their disposition is very suspicious, and, like their brethren, the Upper Brules, are not to be trusted. "The Oglalas at Whetstone are well behaved. "At the agencies established for the Sioux (Dakotas) there is one class of Indians which has been friendly for four or five years and are nearly permanent residents, only leaving from time to time to hunt and pick wild fruits. With this class there...
Page 46 - ... Indians by the Government. This practice, which the Bureau followed for some time in the Nebraska and Dakota agencies along the Missouri, was extended to the Sioux by the Treaty of 1868. The Sioux agencies in 1869 gave the same amount of rations to each person without regard to age. The amount given was as follows: One and one-half pounds of fresh beef, one-quarter of a pound of corn or meal, one-half of a pound of flour, four pounds of sugar to one hundred persons, two pounds of coffee to one...
Page 46 - ... itself. In some instances the agent issued the rations to the chiefs who, in turn, made the subdivisions. At Whetstone both systems were practiced. With two bands, the chiefs received all the rations and subdivided them. With another band, the issue was made to the head of the family as follows: . . . Rations were issued every five days. Before the issue, each head of a family was required to procure a ticket at the agency office, upon which was stated the number of persons in his family and...