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Recommended Citation S. Rep. No. 1275, 52nd Cong., 2nd Sess. (1893)
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 9, 1893.-0rdered to be printed.
Mr. PETTIGREW, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the fol_lowing REPORT: [To accompany S. 3392.] The Committee on Indian Affairs have had under consideration Sen ate bill 3392 and report the same back without amendment and recom mend that the bill do pass. The purpose of this bill is to ratify and confirm an agreement made between the Sioux Indians, residing on the Rosebud Reservation, and a majority of the Lower Brule Sioux Indians, also residing on the Rosebud Reservation, but who have a reservation set apart for them about 100 miles further up the Missouri River, in the State of South Dakota. The Lower Brule Indians have always resided upon the Rosebud Reser vation and refuse to remove to the reservation set apart for them by the Government. The Rosebud _Indians are now willing to allow them to become incorporated m their tribe and to reside permanently with them on condition that the interest of the Lower Brule Sioux who join the Rosebud tribe in the Lower Brule Reservation shall be conveyed to and held for the benefit of the Rosebud Indians. A portion of the Lower Brule Siou .:..: are now residing upon the res~rvation set apart for them, and it is the purpose of this legislation to allow them to remain there j nd to retain such portion ofsaidreservationas their property as would rightfully belong to them in proportion to their number. A copy of the agreement made between the Rosebud and Lower Brule Indians and accompanying papers are hereto attached and made a part of this report.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, J ·uly 16, 1892. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of letter of 9th instant from Hon. R. F. Pettigrew and accompanying bill (S. 3392) "to ratify and confirm an agreement entered into in March, 1892, between the Indians of the Rosebud Agency and certain Indians of the Lower Brule Agency, both in South Dakota, and for other purposes." In response thereto I transmit h erewith copy of a communication of 15th instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to whom the matter was referred. The Commissioner's letter sets out his reasons, which are favorable to the proposed 2 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. legielation, and he submits a draft of a bill which he thinks will better meet the case. Th~ matter is presented for such action as Congress may deem proper. A return of the original papers herewith transmitted iij r~§pectfully requested. Very respectfully, - - - · · J. W. NOBLE, Secretary. CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, United States Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, July 15, 1892. Sm: I ha.ve the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by Department reference the 11th instant, for report, of a communication from Hon. R. F. Pettigrew, United States Senate, inclosing Senate bill No. 3392, present Congress, "to ratify and con firm an agreement entered into in March, 1892, between the Indians of the Rosebud Agency and certain Indians of the Lo-w er Brule Agency, both in South Da.kota, and for other purposes," and requesting that the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs be advised as to the advisability of passing this bill and furnished with any documents in the possession of this Department bearing upon the subject. · In reply I have the honor to state that the agreement which this bill proposes to ratify and confirm is an agreement, made in March last, by and between the Rose bud Agency Indians and a portion (majority) of the Lower Brule Indians in South -Dakota, under authority contained in a clause in the Indian appropriation act ap proved March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., pp. 1009, 1010), whereby the Rosebud Indians agreed to allow those of the Lower Brule Indians who desire to do so to settle upon their (the Rosebud) reservation, with all rights and privileges of the Rosebud Indians, on condition that the Lower Brule Indians should cede to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in and to any lands to which they would be entitled on their own reserve, the Indians so transferred not to share in the proceeds of the sale of the lands so ceded by the Lower Brule Indians, and which agreement was submitted to the Lower Brule Indians for their acceptance or rejection by Agent Dixon, of the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, and Special Allotting Agent McKean, under instructions from this office dated April 22, 1892. 'l'he agreement or proposition of the Rosebud Indians was as follows: "The Indians of the Rosebud Agency, S. Dak., represented by their delegates, agree to accept such of tbe Lower Brule Indians as may desire to come onto their (the Rosebud) reservation, to become incorporated with the Rosebud Indians, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of Rosebud Indians, on condition-that- "The Lower Brule Indians cede to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in any lands to which they may be entitled on their own reserve, and agree that no part of the proceeds of such lands, if sold, is to accrue to them, but to be wholly for the Rosebud Indians, their heirs and assigns. "This proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void." As stated in my report to you of June 27, 1892, the instructions to Agents Dixon and McKean required that the consent of three-fourths of the adult male India occupying or interested in the Lower Brule Reservation should be obtained. With that report I transmitted for your information thejointreport of Agents Dixon and McKean, showing that the Lower Brule Indians, having had the matter submitted to them, failed to give their consent to the propositions made by the Rosebud Indians by a three-fourths vote, as required. The agents reported that although great effort was made by those of the Indians who desired to remove to the Rosebud Reservation to secure the acceptance of the Rosebud agreement by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules, and every opportu nity afforded them for so doing, they were unable to obtain the required three-fourths, the vote standing 163 out of a total of 291 male adults on the census rolls, or 55 less than the number required (218¼), Counting four others whose names were not on the census rolls and who claimed the right to vote, and one reported on the census rolls as "transferred," the number voting for acceptance was 168, or 50 less than three-fourths, and by counting alleged absentees supposed to be favorable to accept ance, the vote was still 31 less than the required three-fourths. For the more complete information of the Senate committee, I transmit herewith a copy of the instructions given to the agents in laying the matter before the Lower
Brule Indians, dated April 22, 1892; also copy of my report to the Department1 dated June 27, 1892, transmitting the joint report of said agents, showing the action of the Lower Brule Indians upon the question of accepting the Rosebud agreement and the SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 3
council proceedings of the Lower Bru]es; also copy o~ your reply, addressed to me, date the LowerBrn16 Indians to make this cJrnn ge without the consent of three-fourths of their male adults, especially as the matter has been submitted to them, and while receivincr the vote of a majority it did not receive the vote of three-fourths. I cert;'inly would be unwilling to sanctiou any act which could be justly charge able with a lack of good faith on the part of the United States Government in deal ing with these people, and I have no disposi tion what ever to argue the case from any other purpose than to bring out fully its merits. I think, however, that we may be h elped to a conclus10n in the matter by the following considerations: (1) The proposition for this exchange comes from those !ndians _personally and deeply interested, and not, so far as I know, from any outside parties. It appears t hat at least thirty fam11ies of the Lower Brule Indians have for a long time resided south of White River on what was then a part of the Great Sioux Reservation, but which is now a part of the diminished reservation belonging to the Rosebud Indians. It seems, also, tha,t these people have, from the beginning of negotiations for the cession of a part of the Sioux reservation t o the United States, insisted that although they were classed as Lower Brule In DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, .April 22, 1892. Sm: I transmit herewith a copy of the proceedings of the council recently held at R_oseb"!ld Agency, S. Dak., between delegations of the Lower Brule and Rosebud In dians m regard to the proposed transfer of certain of the Lower Brule Indians to the Rosebud Reservation, to which council you were directed to proceed with. the dele gation .of your Indians by office telegram and letter of February 24 last. The council proceedings ( copy inclosecl, as above stated) contain the proposition 'of the council in regard to the transfer and settlement of the Lower Brule Indians, or such of them as desire· to make such removal and settlement, upon the Rosebud Reservation. · The-agreement reached, briefly, is as follows: "The Rosebud Indians ·propose to allow the Lower Brules to come onto their reservation under the following conditions: "The Lower Brules give the land to which they are entitled on their reserve and give up all right, title, and interest in the same to the Rosebud Indians, and in con sideration thereof qecome incorporated with the Rosebud Indians and entitled to all 'the rights and . privileges of such, except as regards an interest in the land relin quished on the Lower Brnle Reserve, the proceeds of which, when disposed of, are exclusively for the Rosebud Indians and in which the transferred Lower Brule In dians have no interest, the Lower Brules to have to the next census, June 30, to say whether or not they will accept this proposition, and all the Lower Brules who desire to move, must make up their minds between now and June 30; no change to be made after that date." Attached to the council proceedings is the formal agreement signed by the Rose bud delegation. It is as follows: "The Indians of the Rosebud Agency, S. Dak., represented by their delegates, agree to accept such of the Lower Brule Indians as may desire to come onto their (the, Rosebud) reservation, to become incorporated with the Rosebud Indians and entitled to all the rights and privileges of the Rosebuu Indians, on condition that the Lower Brule Indians cede to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in any lands to which they ma.y be entitled on their own reserve, and agree that no part of the proceeds of such lands, if sold, is to accrue to them,· but to be wholly for the Rosebud Indians, their heirs and assigns. "This proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void." (The agreement is signed, by mark, by the Rosebud delegatfon, 21 in number.) You will observe that the agreement requires its acceptance before June 30, 1892, by the Lower Brule Indians in order to make it effective. It must also be accepted and signed by at least three-fonrtlis of all the adult male Indians occupying or interested in the Lower Brule Reservation. . All the male Indians of the age of 18 years or upwards will be allowed to vote upon th~ question of the acceptance and assent. The Indians who refuse to give their assent to the agreement will not be required to signify their refusal by signing a separate instrument to that effect, but no Indian who does not sign will be deemed to have assented to the agreement. Having a complete census of_all the Indians occupying or interested in the reservation, it will not be a difficult matter to determine whether the required three-fourths have consented and signed. You will, at the earliest practicable date, hold a council with the Indians to which all the male Indians 18 years of age and upwards Rhall be invited. . You will take great care to have all that passes between you and the Indians prop erly and exa,ctly interpreted. The agreement should be carefully read and inter preted and its provisions fully and fairly explained to their satisfactory understand ing, and every Indian entitled fo vote should have the privilege of expressing in· dividually his opinion and wish in regard to the acceptance of the agreement. There should also be prepared a complete and accurate list (separate from the in strument of acceptance) of all persons who desire and elect to remove to .and settle permanently on the Rosebud Reservation, under the aforesaid agreement. This list should be made up of the signatures of the Indians themselves; that is to say, the I~dians should sign their names by mark or otherwise, with two witnesses to their signatures, in order to show beyond question or dispute that they desired and elected to remove to the Rosebud Reservation. Such a list will serve the two-fold purpose of showing to this office just who are to be formally transferred to the Ro_sebud Reservation, and making it a matter of record that they voluntarily declared their election to be so transferred. Families should be grouped together upon tho list, and the Indian and English name given, with sex, relationship, arnl age in each case. Every person 18 years of age or upwards will sign for himself or herself, an cl J1ea I have caused to be transmitted to you 150 census blanks, form 5-128, for1ust:1 in this matter. · It is suggested that a proper heading for the list wo.uld be as follows: · "Schedule of the names, by their own signatures, of Lower Brule Indians who desire and elect to remove to and take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud Reserva tion,. S. Dak., under an agreement of March-. -, l~J2, with the Rosebud Indians, signed by Swift Bear, Good Voice, Quick Bear, and 18 other Rosebud Agency Indians and hereto attached, said agreement having been made under the provisions of the act of Congress approYed March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., 1009-1010)." Although you are already familiar with the law under which these proceedings are being had, I will quote it here for your convenient reference: "For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior, by negotiation, to adjust all differences between the Indians on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota, in reference to the boundary lines of said reservations, their rations, annuities, and interest in the principal and inter-' est of the permanent fund, and to make such an arrangement with the Indians draw ing rations on the Rosebud Reser,ation as will be satisfactory to them, by'which . those of the Lower Brule Indians who desire to do so may take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud Reservation south of the White River, six thousand dollars." The signatures to the instrument of acceptance should be carefully spelled and legibly written upon sheets to be attached to the a~reement itself. Following that, and attached thereto, should come the names of those who elect to settle upon the Rosebud Reservation. The whole matter must be closed before June 30, 1892, and I desire you to take such steps as will insure the completion of all that is required to be done in the premises within the time as limited. I desire you to give careful, painstaking atten- ' tion to the business, and should any questions arise requiring further instructions you will promptly report the fact to this office. Both of the lists-that showing the signatures of the Indians who accept the agreement, and that showing those who elect to remove to Rosebud-should be made in duplicate, and one copy re tained in the files of your office. The duplicate lists should be attached to a copy of the agreement, in order that the papers retained at the agency may be in all re spects like those forwarded to this office. You will please acknowledge the receipt of this letter. Very respectfully, - T. J. MORGAN, 6:omniissioner. I A. P. DIXON, United States Indian agent, Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, · Crow Creek, South Dakota. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, June 27, 1892. SIR: Referring to my communication of April 23, 1892, in whi<:ih I had the honor to advise you that a formal arrangement had been made with the Rosebud Agency Indians whereby they agreed to allow as many of the Lower Brule Indians as de sired to do so to settle upon their (the Rosebud) reservation, with all the rights and privileges of the Rosebud Indians, on condition that the Lower Brule Indians should cede to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in and to any lands to which they would be entitled on their own reserve, the Indians so trans ferred not to share in the proceeds of the sale of the lands s0 'ceded by the Lower Brules; also advising you that I had transmitted a copy of the council proceedings and agreement to Agent Dixon, of the Crow Creek and Lower Bl'.ule Agency, with . instructions to lay the matter before the Lower Brule Indians for their acceptance or rejection, I now have the honor to transmit for your information the joint report of Agent Dixon· and Special Agent McKean, who was directed to act with Agent Dixon, which shows that the Indians having had the matter submitted to them for their action, failed to give their consent to the proposition made to them by the Rosebud Indians, by a three-fourths vote as required. It was required that the consent of three-fourths Qf all the adult male Indians occupying or interested in the Lower Brule Reservation should be obtained (see Article XII. of the treaty of 1868, 15 Stats., p. 639); that all male Indians 18 years of age or upwards should be invited to the council and allowed to vote, and that the whole matter should be closed before June 30, 1892. It appears from the report of the agents that great effort was made by those of the Indians who desire to remove to the Rosebud Reservation to secure the accept ance of the Rosebud agreement by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules, and it 8 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. would seem that every opportunity was afforded them for doing so. Nevertheless, they failed to obtain the required three fourths, the vote standing 163 out of a total of 291 m_ale adults on the census rolls, or 55 less than the number required (218¼). Counting four others, whose names were not on the census rolls, bnt who claimed the right to vote and one reported on the census rolls as "transferretl," the number voting for acceptance was 168, or 50 less than three-fourths. By counting alleged absentees supposed to be favorable to acceptance, the vote would still be 31 less than the required three-fourths. The agreement or proposition of the Rosebud Indians, which was submitted for the acceptance of or rt>jection by the Lower Brules, is as follows: "The Indians of the Rosebud Agency, S. Dak., represented by their delegates, agree to accept such of the Lower Brule Indians as may desire to come onto their (the Rosebud) reservation, to become incorporated with the Rosebud Indians and entitled to all the rights and privileges of Rosebud Indians on condition that the Lower Brule Indians cedo to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and ·interest in any lands to which they may be entitled on their own reserve and agree that no part of the proceeds of such lands, if sold, is to accrue to them, but to be wholly for the Rosebud Indians, their heirs and assigns. "This proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void.'' In view of the fact that the Lower Brule Indiane1 hold their lands in common, no division thereof or allotment in severalty having been made, it was a question whether those of their nnmber who desired to remove to the Rosebud Reservation and cast their fortunes with the Indians of that reservation could of themselves cede and relinquish to the Rosebud Indians any portion of the Lower Brule Reservation without the consent of the tribe to be obtained in the manner prescribed in Article xu of the treaty of 1868, the provisions of which were continued in force by the late Sioux act. The six reservations of the Sioux Indians as at present existing were established and defined by agreement with the Indians, that is to say, they were set apart and defined by an act of Congress (approved March 2, 1889, 25 Stats., 888) the provisions of which were accepted and consented to by the different bands of the Sioux Nation, as required by said act and which acceptance and consent was necessary to make the same operative. Hence I say the reservations were made by agreement with the Indians and the consent of three-fourths of all the male adults was required to make it binding. This being the case it certainly seemed desirable, if not absolutely necessary, to obtain the consent of three-fourths of the Lower Brule adult males to make valid any cession, exchange, or other disposition of any of their lancts. This, therefore, was the course pursued in submitting the Rosebud agreement to the Lower Brules . .As will be seen from the report of .Agents Dixon and McKean (pp. 5, 6) the Indians desiring removal, acting upon advice from outside parties, strenuously insisted that a majority would suffice, and some declared they would go to Rosebud whether they obtained three-fourths or not. Upon this point I will add that since the receipt of said report by this office two telegrams have been received, as follows: CHAMBERLAIN, S• . DAK., June 18, 1892. T. J. MORGAN, Washington, D. 0.: . We are not satisfied ~ith vote as taken by McKean and Dixon. We protest against it. If given opportunity can prove their report false and unjust. DAVID ZEPHIER, ONE TO-PLAY-WITH, USEFUL HEART, MEDICINE BULL. CHAMBERLAIN, s. DAK., June 21, 1892. COMMISSIONER INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C.: Am informed by police that Indians who signed acceptance for removal to Rosebud h~v~ gone contrary to my orders that none should remove until authorized by Com m1ss10ner. Am told to-day bj the leaders that they would go whether authorized or not. One-third of the police are with them. Please direct .Agent Wright to return all Lower Brules found on his reservation without passes. · DIXON, Agent. No reply has as yet been made to either of the dispatches. Attached_ to the agent's report of the action of the Lower Brules, and separated from the list of those who voted in favor of the removal, etc., is a list, by their SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 9 own sin-natures or marks, of all those who desire to remove to and settle upon the Rosebtcl Reservation. In explanation it will be proper to state that the agents were instructed to prepare such a list (in addition to the list of adult males voting in favor of the Rosebud agreement), the object being to have something of record to show just who were to be transferred, to the end that they might not l>e able to dis pute it hereafter should any of them be so disposed to do. It was expected, how ever, that such a list would be prepared only in the event of the acceptance of the Rosebud a,greement by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules. Still the list will be of value in the consideration of the subject as it now presents itself and for future reference. It Rhows the names of 542 persons, including men, wome11, and children, who desire to remove to Rosebud, out of a total membership of 1,043, as per census of 1891. (Annual Report Indian Office, Vol. n. p. 84.) If the action of this office as to the manner of obtaining tlJe consent of the Lower Brules was correct, then I fear we have failed "to make such an arrangement with the Indians drawing rations on the Rosebud Reservativn as will be satisfactory to them, by which those of the Lower Brule Indians who desire to do so may take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud Reservation south of White River," as contem plated by the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., p. 1009), and I do not see just how the Lower Brules who elected to go, and are reported to have gone in a body to the Rosebud Reservation, can hope to remain there and take lands in severalty in the face of the fact that the propositions of the Rosebud Indians were not accepted by the Lower Brules in the manner required, and if the action of the Lower Brules, as reported by Agents Dixon and McKean, is to be taken as final, I see no alterna tive but to require the Lower Brules to vacate the Rosebud Resen -ation and settle either upon their own reservation or upon the ceded territory, if entitled to settle on the ceded territory by reason of their having declared their election t<:> do so within the time limited by law. In a supplement al report by Agents Dixon and McKean, dated June 8, 1892, to which your attention is invited, they refer again to the failue to secure the accept ance of the Rosebud agreement by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules, and observe as follows : "The Indians residing upon the Lower Brule Reservation, though present, took no active part in the council and made no effort to prevent the White River Indians from securing all the votes they could, seemingly being satisfied that they could not secure three-fourths of the male adults and feeling sure that unless they could the reservation would not be divided or disturbed. If the dissatisfied element could be transferred without having to cede their lands to the Rosebuds, the reservation In dians would probably make no opposition to the transfer, but it is the dividing or ceding the reservation that they seriously object to. ' "The reservation Indians say that as soon as the' Great Father' decides the ques ·tion of the removal of their friends who wish to go to Rosebud they hope their lands will be speedily allotted to them, and also hope to have the agency removed to the new location on the reservation very soon. It is our opinion that, as soon as the question of the removal of these Indians is disposed of and definitely settled, which this vote in fact does, and they are told that they can not remove to Rosebud, the most, if not all, of those who signed the agreement will remove to and locate upon the~r. own reservation with little delay. They will, however, have to be told in . pos1t1ve terms that they must remove upon their own reservation at once, and so locate as not to interfere with the claims and rights of those already there. Some of _those who signed the agreement have taken allotments on the ceded lands, and qmte a number of others are entitled to do so if they so desire." ]from what is learned from other sourc.es, however, I have reason to believe that -~he In~ians who desire to remoye to the Rosebud Reservation are very determined 1~ _their purpose to do so. Qmte a large number, 30 families or more, have been hvmg there for years, and Agent Dixon himselt~ in a report to this office as far back .as October 2, 1890, expressed apprehension of trouble in case those then on the Rosebud Reservation were forced to remove therefrom, or others who desi1'ed to 1·e .move thereto were prevented from so doing. The Sioux Commission of 1889, Messrs. Foster, Warner, and Crook, reported that ,a ~arge number, probably most of the Lower Brule Indians, were living on White River! and were anxious to receive allotments there. They made special mention .of this fact .. True they did not say that they were living on the south side of the river, but their statement goes to show that the Indians generally were very greatly -a~tached to that locality-the White River country-and that fact undoubtedly gave rise to the legislation authorizing arrangements looking to the removal to the-Rose bud Reservation of those who desired to so remove. You will observe- First. That the law authorizes the Secretary of the Interior "by negotiation * * ·* to make such an arrangement with the Indians drawing rations on the Rosebud Reservation as will be satisfactory to them, by which those of the Lower 10 SIOUX AND LOWER BlWLE INDIANS. Brule Indians who desire to do so, may take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud Reservation south of the White River." (26 Stat s., p. 1009.) Second. That .the Rosebud Indians agreed as follows: "The Indians of the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, represented by their dele gat~s, agree to accept such of the Lower Brule Indians as may desire·to come onto their (the Rosebud) reservation, to become incorporated with the Roeebud Indians and Emtitled to all the rights and privileges of Rosebud Indians, on condition that '' The Lower Brule Indians' cede t o th e Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in any lands to which they may be entitled on their own reserve, and agree that no part of the proceeds of such lands, if sold, is to accrue to them, but to be wholly for the Rosebud Indians, their heirs and assigns. "This proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void." Third. A majority of the Lower Brule Indians have expressed. in writing a desire to set:tle with the Rosebud Indians on the conditions specified by the latter. ' Will you authorize the Lower Brule Indians to accept the conditions of the Rose bud agreement and to transfer their undivded pro r ata share of the Lower Brule R~servation to the Rosebud Indians f And do you consider this a,s a 1satisfactory arrangement of this matted . In order that this office might be surely on the safe side of this transaction, involv ing a quasi-cession ofland or at least a transfer ofland from one part of the Sioux people to another, I required that the arrangement proposed should receive the sanction of three-fourths of the male adults of the Lower Brules. This, however, as already shown, has not been Becured, but a very decided majority was secured in its favor. While I am not entirely clear as t o whether there is any legal objection to this arrangl3ment growing out of the words of the treaty of 1868, which requires a three fourths vote of the male adult Indians to validate a cession of land, I am strongly inclined to the opinion that the t erms agreed upon are equitable and will be substan tially satisfactory to all parties interested, unless it may be to a portion of the Lower Brule Indians who would prefer, naturally, to have for the present thefr band and their lands remain undivided. If you concur in this opinion I w ill direct that those who signed this paper may be transferred to Rose bud and will notify all parties concerned that the arrangement here set forth has been perfected. If, however, you do nut concur in this opinion and think that it is absolutely necessary, in order that the transfer of t,he land from the Lower Brules to the Rose bud Indians shall be valid, that there shall be a vot e of three-fourths of the male ·adults of the Lower Brules, then I respectfully ask what is your wish in the premises. You will observe that the Rosebud Indians prescribe that "this proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void." In view of this I would be very glad if you can give me an early reply to the matter in order that I may notify the parties concerned before the period expires,' Very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. J. MORGAN, Commissioner. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, D. O., June 29, 189~. Srn: Yours of the 27th instant reached the Department yesterday, relating to the proposed agreement between the Rosebu d and Lower Brule bands of Sioux in South Dakota. _ You present the question whether the agreement, having failed of three-fourths consent by the Lower Brules, it can be considered operative. This is a grave question, and you ask its almost immediate decision because, as you state by ;the terms of the agreement itself, " if not accepted before June 30, 1892, it is to be null and void." You h ad the report on this business as early as June 16, and I wish you had sent it forward sooner. It is als9 to be regretted that the question was not presented to the Department before you gave your instructions requiring the three-fourths assent, for, h aving done this, it .would cause distrust and ilissatisfaction now to change the rule. Indeed, it is to be presumed that those not assenting pursued their whole course as to the agreement, depending upon the rnle announced to them, and to now bind them by another one would.not be fair'or justifiable. . Therefore, in my judgment, the proposed agreement should be held to have failed of obtaining the assent required for the above reason alone. But I am also of opinion that the attempted cession to the Rosebud band of lands SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 11 · in the Lower Brule Reservation or the proceeds thereof, unless by an almost unani mous consent of the last-named Indians, and at least by three-fourths, would lead to future and greater trouble than any that can occur by declaring the proposed agree- ment inoperative. · As to the statute or treaty law of the case, while not altogether satisfied that the "cession" of lands contemplated therein is not intended to be that only of the In dians to the United States, yet I am strongly of the opinion that in any case, such cession requires three-fourths of those of the proper age to assent. You did right, therefore, I think on the rather hurried consideration compelled in this case, to have required the assent you did, and having laid down that rule, it can not safely or rea sonably be held now that the agreement, not having that number of signers, is nevertheless binding on all the Lower Brules. You should, therefore, require the Indians interested to conform to the law and treaties existing as if the proposed agreement had not been actea on at all, or you may say, rejected. You are familiar with the history and present circumstances affecting the present situation, and, I suppose, need no extended instructions; but the treatment should be upon full explanation and in a firm manner. If you require my attention at any time I will give it earnestly, as I believe there will be some discontent exhibited at the result. But the law and treaty must be upheld to avoid still greater danger. Respectfully, JOHN W. NOBLE, Secretary. COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR1 OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, July 1, 1892. GENTLEMEN: I have received your joint communication of the 3d ultimo report ing the failure of the Lower Brule Indians to accept the proposition of the Rosebud Agency Indians, as set forth in their agreement of March - last, in the matter of the removal and settlement upon the Rosebud Reservation of those of the Lower Brule_In~ians who desired to do so, under the authority contained in the Indian ap propriation act approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., pp. 1009, 1010). In the instructions given you by this office (April 22, 1892,) for your guidance in submitting the matter for the action of the Lower Brules, you were told that the consent of three-fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying or interested in the Lower Brule Reservation should be obtained in order to make the agreem~nt bind ing upon them, that all male Indians 18 years of age or upwards should be invited to the council and allowed to vote, and that the whole matter should be closed be fore June 30, 1892. F_rom your report it appears that great effort was made by those of the Indians who desire to remove to the Rosebud Reservation to secure the acceptance of the agree ment by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules, and that every opportunity was afforded them for doing so, hut that, nevertheless, they failed to ob_tain the required three-fourths, the vote standing 163 out of a total of 291 male adults on the census rolls, or 55 less than the number required (218¼ ). Counting four others whose names were not on the census rolls but who claimed the right to vote, and one reported on the census rolls as "transferred" the number voting for acceptance was 168, or 50 less than -three-fourths. By counting alleg-ed absentees presumed to be favorable to acceptance the vote stood 31 less than the required three-fourths. This action on the part of the Lower Brule Indians must be held to be a rejection on th_eir part of the propositions _agreed upon and submitted by the Rosebud Indians. ~his office felt that it was altogether desirable if not absolutely necessary to make valid any cession or transfer of any portion of the Lower Brule Reservation, that _the consent of three-fourths of the male adult Indians occupying or interested in the reservation shonJd be obtained in order to comply with the provisions of Article XII of the treaty of 1868 (15 Stats., 635), which are still in force, and are as follows: "No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the rei;ervation herein de scribed which may be held in common shall be of any validity or force as against the said Indians, unless executed and signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians, occupying or interesterl i.n the same." * * * The ~atter bas been submitted to the honorable Secretary of the Interior and he has decided that the proposed cession of lands to the Rosebud Indians can not be made by the Lower Brules except by a three-fourths vote of the male adults. The que,1tion was presented to the Indians in that way and apparently was fully S. Rep.1-55 12 IO X AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. und r t od by them. They were left entirelY: free to ac~ept or reject the Roseb~d a r m nt a the might see fit, the only reqmrement bemg that the acceptance, m ord r to b bindino- must be by a three-fourths vote of the adult male members of th trib , 0 that i'do not see how there can be ltny just cause for complaint from an quarter. t· • ~ · D ubtl om of those who ~ave b_een most ac 1ve m enveavorrn~ t o a~rantse ior-" a tran fir to Ro. ebud will be d1sappomted, but t~ey should :find sa~1sfact1on m the knowl clge that thi , office ha~ n?t allowed al!-ythm_g to ?e done which could 1?e ob j ted to a a violation of existmg treaty st1pulat10ns m regard to the cession of their land, but has guarded their rights in this matter and the rights of all with zealou care . .A. the matter now stands, I see nothing for the Lower Brules to do but to accept tho ituation a it is and either take allotments on their own reservation or within the ceded territory. By the terms of the Ro~ebud agreement the Lower Brules wer~ ~o be given until June 30 (ultimo) to decide whether they would a?cept the cond1t10ns thereof, and in the event of failure to accept the same by that time the agreement was to be null and void. The agreement having been rejected by the Lower Brules they now have no right to remove to and settle upon the Rosebud Reservation and cannot be al lowed to do so as the matter now stands. I desire yon to carefully explain all this to the Indians and endeavor by every pos sible means to have them accept the situation as it is and remove to their own res ervation in order that they may l>e on hand to be enrolled for the per capita pay ment of a portion of their interest money, which it is my purpose to have made as early as practicable. Very respectfully, T. J. MORGAN, 0,>mniissioner. A. P. DIXON, Esq., United States Indian Agent, Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency. GEORGE W. McKEAN, Esq., United States Special Agent. Proceedings of coiincils held at the Rosebud Agency, S. Dak., between the representative of the Lower Brule and Rosebiid Indians, in referenve to the p-:-oposed transfer of a number of Lower Bmle Ind-ians frorn that to the Rosebud .Agenc_y. ROSEBUD AGENCY, s. D., March 7th, 1892. Special United Sates Indian Agent Jas . .A. Cooper stated to the Indians the purpose for which the council had been called, and asked the Indians for expressions of their wishes in regard thereto. ONE-TO PLAY-WITH (Lower Brule). Before Gen. Crook's bill passed we came on this land and put up mounds, some on this side of White River and some on the other side; we did not all come on this side, because these people had not said they would let us come. We are a small tribe and three-fourths of us agreed to come here. GOOD SAGI<: (Lower Brule). We don't like to have the agents or anyone else inter fere with Indiau councils. We want to talk among ourselves. The council then adjourned untH March 8th, to give the Indians an opportunity to talk among themselves. ROSEBUD AGENCY, s. D., March 8th, 189!. The council was opened by the reading of the letter of instructions from the Office of Indian. Affairs, dated February 24i 1892, to the Indians by Special Agent Cooper, who explained the meaning of the same to them. HOLLOW HORN BEAR (Rosebud). The words you have mentioned we want to con sider carefully. I was not here yesterday. Two different tribes meet here to talk about.this. I don't think we can come into council yet. You agents ought to give ~s rat10ns. We want to talk among ourselves to-day, and when done will call you mto our council and tell you what we have decided. We want to talk this thing over in every way and want to accomplish this strong, and then tell you. I hope, my friends, you'll go home and wait on us. Special .Agent COOPER. When can you get through f I would like to know, as I have not much time to spare. , HOLLOW HORN BEAR, We will try and get through to-day, but we want to do SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 13 this thing right. We desire to settle this matter so that your name and ours will be good with the Great F ather. Council then adjourned. 2 O'CLOCK P. M. SWIFT BEAR (Rosebud). We have considered what you have askeq. us to do and Hollow Horn Bear will tell you our conclusions. HOLLOW HORN BEAR (Rosebud) to Indians. You have given me power to saywhat I want to say. The Great Father has sent men to tell us to agree upon our troubles among ourselves. We have talked about this at Pine Ridge with the Ogallallas. This way I think: I hope God may help me and I will get through in a fow days. When I get through in a few days it pleases my heart. I am going to tell these men straight. This is what I want to say to you (to Spec. Agt. Cooper and Agents Wright and Dixon) : My friends, you, Mr. Inspector, come here to represent_the Great Father, and also you two agents. I hope the Great Father will straighten out what I have considered in this matter. In :first place, my friends,. I hope the Great Father will mak e appropriations for what we are entitled to. Now, my friends, the Lower Brules have come here and given me what land they are entitled to on their reservation. After they said that they said they would become Rosebud Indians. What they have said is satisfactory to me. I answered them "How." If the Great Pather is pleased to give me these people's land he can send them over, and after he does that I want the Great Father to have the surveyors who are to measure the line between here and Pine Ridge to measure the land to which they are entitled on their own reservation and leave it there for us. I want this done as soon as they :finish the line between here and Pine Ridge. If he sends those people over here I ask the Great Father to pay them and us what is due to both. This agree ment we want made in writing, in duplicate, one copy to be left with our agent and one copy for the Great Father. When I was at Pine Ridge I spoke about the law in regard to pay:i.rnnts. I hope we will gain that. My friends, I shake hands with a good heart. When we were at Pine Ridge we gave to July 1st to make changes; we . want this to be the same; all changes must be made by July 1st. I want to ask you , when the surveyors will run the dividing line between here and Pine Ridge. Agent WRIGHT. The surveyor-general says the dividing line will be :finished by June 1st. Spec. Agt. COOPER. In t his proposed agreement, do you take into consideration only those Lower Brules who live south of White River or all who desire to come Y HOLLOW H ORN BEAR. We consider them all alike, both those who have lived on this reserve and t he others. Agent WRIGHT. We will su bmit the proposition made by you to the Great F ather for instructions. HOLLOW H ORN BEAR. We told the Commissioner and the Secretary about this thing and they told us to come to an agreement. I have cometo an end to-day. We ask you to r epresent just what we h ave said to the Great F ather. If the Great Father allows me t o do this and tak e the Lower Brules' land, I want it surveyed. You have said you would telegraph. I hope you will do that. Spec. Agt. COOPER. That is what we will do, but I must ask some questions :first. How many Lower Brules desire to come f JOHN LA P OINT (Lower Brule). I will t ell _you how many people want to come. I have it all here on paper. There are 193 tickets and besides there are 18 young men over 18 years old, who are still on their parents' tickets. Agent DIXON. When was this list made f JOHN LA POINT. From the beginning of this agitation. We did not count the people, only the families. HOLLOW H ORN BEAR. There are 641 people. , AGENT WRIGHT. Do the Lower Brules retain any interest in the land they relin quish to you on their reservation f HOLLOW H ORN BEAR. I will answer that. That land is given to me and is mine. The land is mine and I will h old it until somebody wants to buy it. Whenever we receive pay for that land; it belongs to the Rosebud people only; these Lower Brules have no share in it. All payments due these people under treaties made with the Great Father follow them here. Spec . .Agt. COOPER. We will now state the proposition, as we understand it, for y our considerat ion: 'l'he Rosebud Indians propose t o allow the Lower Brules to come onto their reser vation under the following conditi9ns : The Lower Brules give the land to which they are entitled on their reserve and give up all righ~title, and interest in the same to the Rosebud Indians, and, in con sideration thereof, become incorporat ed with the Rosebud Indians and entitled to 3:11 th~ rights and privileges of such, except as regards an interf st in the land re lmqmsb.ed on the Lower Brule Reserve, the proceeds of which., when disposed of, are exclusively for t he Rosebud Indians, and in which the transferred Lower Brules 14 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. have no interest; the Lower Brules to have to the next census, June 30th, to say, whether or not they will accept this proposition, and all Lower Brules who desire to move, must make up their minds between now and June 30th; no change to be made after that date. This land question will have to be submitted to the Great Father for his approval. If approved, we will draw up an agreement and all wiil sign it. Now all you Lower Brules who accept this proposition hold up your hands . .All Lower Brules composing the delegation hold up their hands. Now all Rosebud Indians who agree to this proposition hold up your hands . .All ~embers of the Rosebud delegation hold up their hands. ONE TO PLAY WITH. When we signed the last treaty it was with the agreement that we should be allowed to come here, and we have worked for that ever since. We are anxious that this shall be so. I understand that any of my people can come until June. Spec. Agt. COOPER. This matter, you understand, requires the approval of the Great Father. Council then adjourned. Ros1rnuD AGENCY, S. D., March 10, 1892. On receipt of telegram from the Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Spec. Agt. Cooper, the Lower Brule delegation was called into council, when the following pro ceedings were had: Spec. Agt. COOPER. How did you understand the matter of this agreement be tween the Rosebud Indians and yourselves, O~E TO PLAY WITH. This is what we said: We would become Rosebud Indians and give them what land we are entitled to on our own reservation. Agent WRIGHT. Where 1lo you understa,nd you are to locate on this reservef ONE TO PLAY WITH. On the lower part of this reserve, where we have been work ing and living. When I become a Rosebud Indian I calculate to draw my rations at the Ponca issue house. Agent WRIGHT. You understand that the Rosebud Indians remain where they are and that you can only settle on unoccupied land, and that the Rosebud Indians have the same rights to settle there as before this agreement f ALL LOWER BRULES. That is our understanding. CHARGING HORSE (Lower Brule). I wanted to become a Rosebud Indian and therefor live on Rosebud land. We asked the Great Father to make us Rosebud In dians; that is what we came here for and we have selected c,nemanto speak for us. J0IIN LA POINT. The Lower Brules ha,d agreed before we came here. Agent WRIGIIT. The Great Father wants to know whether you want to be Rose bud Indians or have a part of this reserve set apart and have your own agencyf JOHN LA POINT. We came here to become Rosebud Indians. The delegation was then dismissed, until receipt of further instructions from the Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. ROSEBUD AGENCY, S. D., Ma1·ch 15, 1892. Indian delegates of the Rosebud and Lower Brule agencies assembled in council at the call of Commission, to hear further instructions received from the Hon. Com missioner of Indian Affairs. pecial Agent COOPER. We adjourned the other day and we telegraphed the De partm~nt. I w.ill read to you our telegram, and the answers and instructions we have smce received. (Reads all correspondence to and from the Department.) . GOOD VOICE (Rosebud). Now, my friend, suppose you had apiece ofland and left 1t, wo~ld you expect pay for it f pecial .Agent COOPER. Certainly I would, but if you and I had a piece of land in partner lnp and I sold my share, I could not come back and claim part of yours. GOOD VOICE. Of course these people who want to come here arc entitled to their share ofland on their own reserve and in consideration of giving it up to us, we have ao-ree~ to let them come. There is no use of proposing any absolute cession of land, we will not agree to it. We never said we would agree to any such cession or the establishment of a separate agency. HOLLOW HORN BEAR. The Commisioner wants to know where the Lower Brules are to have their agency and says they forfeit their rights on their own reserve . .Agent WRIGHT. o, that is not the case; they only forfeit their rights to land on the Lower Brule Reserve. HOLLOW HORN BEAR. That is what the Commissioner ought to have told us. This SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS~ 15 is what we say: When we allow the Lower Brules to come here they become Rose bud Indians and giYe us their land in consideration for taking them. If they come here, we get their share of cows to be issued to them here. Those people want to live with us and· we have told the Great Father we want to settle this thing. The Lower Brules said they would give us the land to which they are entitled on their own reserve if we would let them come, and we agreed to this. We do not want two agencies on our reserve like Lower Brule and Crow Creek, with one agent. These people said when we become Rosebud Indians we will draw our rations at the Ponca issue house. We said we want the Great Father to set their land aside for us and in the future we will sell it in 320-acre lots. We have sold lots of land for noth ing. In the future we will sell our land in 320-acre lots. Who is going to settle this matter for us, the Commissioner, Secretary, or the Great Council °I Spec. Agt. CooPER. It will probably be settled by the Great Counc:.1il on the rec ommendation of the Secretary and Commissioner. HOLLOW HORN BEAR. Commissioner ought to put our words in the Great Father's house. These people who want to come here ought to consider this matter carefully and when they have gathered the na,mes of all who want to come, get together and talk the matter over. ·we will present this to the Great Council and have them act on it, but I want it understood. that I will have no agency but my own on this reservation. You asked us to get this done by the end of June and I hope we will. , -Spec. Agt. COOPER. Now, if I understand you right, you Rosebud people will not allow, under any circumstances, the establishment of a separate agency on your re- servef · · - ALL ROSEBUD INDIANS. "How f" . STRANGER HORSE (Rosebud). I understand this thing is settled in this way: The Lower Brule people who wish to come here give us the land to which they are enti tled on their own reserve, and for that conside1ation we agree to, take them in, but none ofus agreed to the establishment of any seperate agency for them. We are all a.nxious to have it settled that way, and whatever.. payments are due them must come here, and we want the land they give us set apart for our own use. We will not have any separate reserve or agency. • _ SWIF'T BEAR (Rosebud). We hoped this matter would be settled as we agreed. We agreed to take the Lower Brnles as a part of the Rqsebud people, but I do not like the idea of any separa;te reserve or agency for them, and·it does not suit our people, and we will not agree to it.. The Lower Brnles sai LOWER BRULE AGENCY, s. D.A.K., ,Tunes, 1891. Hon. COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C.: SIR: We have the honor to report, that in obedience to your instructions of April 22, 1892, to hold a council with the male adult Indians of the Lower Brule tribe, at the earliest practicable date, we, as soon as possible after the receipt of your com munication of said date, notified the India.us of ;vour desire and instructions to us, and we requested them to agree on some day upon which they would be ready to meet in council to consider and vote upon the proposition made by the Rosebud In dians, through their delegates in the council held at Rosebud Agency in March last, looking to the removal to and settlement upon the Rosebud Reservation of such of the Lower Brule Indians as wished to do so. We found that portion of the tribe known as the Reservation Indians ready to meet in council at any time, but those known as ",vhite River Indians," or as being desirous of removal to Rosebud, were disposed to procrastinate and postpone the holding of the council until, as some of them said, they were ready to vote. They were informed through their acknowledged leader, David Xephier the official inter preter, that while we were not disposed to crowd them or force them into a council befo1.1e they were ready, that it was the desire of the Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the council be held as soon as possible, and that we were instructed to uo so at the earliest practicable date, as the whole matter must be concluded and the vote known by the 30th June, 1892. That we were instructed to read and care fully and fully explain to the Indians of the tribe the proposition and agreement of the Rosebud Indians, and in order to carry out the Commissioner's1.nstructions to us, we must get all the male adnlts together in council, have the propo!:!ition read and explained to them; adjourn to some future day, to enable the Indians to counsel to gether and decide the matter in their own minds before being called on to vote. It was finally agreed that a council would be held on Friday, May 20th, and we were both present at the agency for that purpose. It was very evident, however, that the council would not be hel were through. It was claimed by David Zephier that there were two men down at the mouth of White River who were sick and unable to attend the council, but who were desirous and anxious to vote, and, in order to show them that we were anxious to afford them every facility to secure every vote, we (Agent Dixon) went to White River with oi.e of the clerks and took their votes, but found one of the alleged sick men carrying wood on bis back. There was one other man who, it was said, was sick and dying, and whose vote they desired, but as the man lived some twenty miles off and was liable to be dead before we reached him, we did not deem it practicable or 'expedient for us to go to bis place. . The result of the vote shows 161 male adults of those whose names appear upon the census in favor of the acceptance of the agreement, besides 4 whose names do not appear upon the census, who claim to be entitled to vote, which names, with the proper explanation in each case, will appear upon a supplemental sheet, which num ber, if it be decided to count them, will make the vote 165. There are also 7 fami lies at Rosebud, without leave, who were sent for by Agent Dixon upon the demand of the "Wb it,e River Indians," whose names, if they _reach the agency by the 4th instant, as understood, will also appear upon the supplemental sheet of votes, and if their votes are counted the tota.l vote in favor of the acceptance will be 172. It is also claimed by the "White River Indians" that there are 16 others on the Rosebud Reservation whose votes should be counted, as they are already there. If there are such they are there without permits or leave, and that being the case the failure on their part to be present at the council to vote is their own fault, and it is a ques tion that we leave to the Department to decide whether or not they should be al lowed to swell the vote. The whole number of male adults as shown by the census is 291, three-four:tbs being 218¼. The vote as at present recorded in favor of the acceptance of the agreement is 161, or 58 less than three fourths. If the 4 names on the supplemental sheet be added to the vote it will be 54 less than required. If the 11 names on the supplemental sheet be added the v9te will be 47 less than required, and should these 11, and also the 16 additional, as claimed, be all added and counted as favoring the proposition for removal and ceding of their lands to the Rosebuds, the vote would still be 31 less than the three-fourths. So the result of the council and vote shows that by conceding to the "White River Indians" every man claimed, on census roll or not, they cannot possibly secure the necessary and required number. The number of all persons, male and female, adults and minor children, who could be transferred had the agreement carried shows about the same proportions of the whole tribe as those voting to accept the proposition. It is proper to state here that considerable opposition was manifested and declared against accepting the census roll, it being claimed that it wa.s not correct, but after using every effort to purge the roll of all er rors, real and assumed, there were few if any real errors shown, and none that affected the results. The "White River Indians" bad prepared a list, but when compared with the list of voters, as recorded by us, and ilhe names counted, the two were found to be the same1 and their alleged claims that the census roll was not correct fell to the ground. On calling the names on the census roll of those not voting, only one was found to be dead who was not so marked. A strong and very decided feeling was manifested throughout the council by the speakers and leaders among the "White River Indians," and it was very evident that they bad made up their minds to remove to the Rosebud Reservation, no matter what the votes showed. We endeavored to impress upon them that it required three-fourths, and that they could not remove or be transferred unless they bad that number1 but the tenor of their speeches showed that they had been told that it did not require three-fourths, but only a good majority. In the early part of the council "One to Play With" stated, in a talk, that "they could not get three fo1;1rths1 but they had a large majority;" in anothflr talk1 the last of the council, he saul "it had been at first said that it would take tbree-fourths1 but now that had be~n dropped, and all that was required was a majority." This idea seemed to pre vail, notwithstanding our efforts to impress a different view upon them, and some of them were very demonstrative in saying they could or would go without a three-fourths. We do not censure the Indians altogether for this idea, for we have r~asons to believe they have been told so by white men. We would call your par ticular attention to the remarks of the Indians in the council in regard to this point. Take it alto$etber, the council was a very harmonious and satisfactory one1 inas much that while the speeches of the "White River Indians 11 were made in a deter mined and _positive manner1 there were no wrangles or angry disputes, and in the en Proceedings of a council of Lower Brule Sioux Indians, held by U. S. Indian Agent Dixon and Special Agent McKean at Lower Brule AgfJ.ncy, May 27th, 1892, for the purpose of considering the proposition looking to the removal of Lower Brule Indians to Rosebud Reservation. Council called to order by Agent Dixon at 2 o'c. p. m., wno explained the ob ject of the council. At the request of Agent Dixon C. A. Fountain read proceedings of Rosebud council, David Zephier, interpreter. Instructions from Comm'r to Agent ,Dixon and Special Agent McKean were then read and fully explained by Special Agent McKean. Rules for the government of the council were read by clerk in charge, Sisson. Council adjourned to meet at 10 o'c. a. m. Saturday, May 28th, 1892. LOWER BRULE Ao'cY, S. D., May 28th, 189.i. Council convened and called to order by Agent Dixon at 1 :45 p. m. MEDICINE BuLL. The first question I waint to ask is, what about the reservation Indians not being in iihis council f Agent DIXON. Do you know of any one who was not notified f MEDICINE BULL. Some of our people are at Rosebud now. Will anyone be allowed to sign for them Y · Agent DIXON. No; every one will have to sign for himself. MEDICINE BULL. Can you set a time for them to come and sign f Special Ag't McKEAN. How many days will it take to get them beret MEDICINE BULL. I don't know why they are not here. They signed the paper last fall, and ought to be here now. Special Agent McKEAN. If you are ready to vote you can do so now, and we will send for the others and let them vote when they come. ONE TO PLAY WITH. I want to ask this question: When we get through signing can we at once go upon the Rosebud Reservation Y . Special Agent McKEAN. The Comm'r'r has decided that you can not go until your transfer has been ordered from the Indian Office. ONE TO PLAY WITH. I thought I saw a clause in the rules that when a head of a family was not here a son or relative could sign for him. Is that sot Special Agent McKEAN. It is not. ONE TO PLAY WITH. Ifor instance, if a man should leave agency without permis sion, could we not sign for him and send the papers off, and then let him return later and signY Agent DIXON. No, sir. _ Special Agt. McKean then read again instructions from Comm'r'r that each person over 18 years of age must sign for himself. ONE ·ro PL~Y WITH. 'fhose people are out there now without permission. They are anxious to live among the Rosebud people, but we want to have those men here to sign for themselves. I am very anxious to have t,his matter settled, and would like to have the agent send the police and bring them in. I would like to have the agent have them brought in before a week from Sunday. Agent DIXON. I will do so. BLACK DoG. When I signed the paper to go south of White River, they stated that we should have an issue house established. · IRON NATION. I do not understand what is meant by these two factions. It seems that the tribe is to be split up. The Gt. Father wants us to live together as one tribe. I_ do not like this talk of splitting up the tribe. I never told a lie to this tribe. I listen to the Gt. Father and follow his advice. The Gt. :Father has chosen four men to _be chiefs of this tribe-myself, Iron Nation, head chief; second, Medicine Bull; third, Dead Hand, and fourth, Little Pheasant. We have advised our people and have worked for their interest. We are the principal chiefs and have selected oth~ men to be chiefs after us. When Commissioner Edmunds was here I told him that this would be our agency forev~r, but it has been changed. The Gt. Father changed it, and I was willing to have.it changed. When they made us chiefs the comm'd'g gen. told us that when we died our sons would take our places. I got hurt here and have not been able to go to an:f councils that the tribe has been holding. I don't know what they have been talkmg about. I'll talk about things past and gone. You are white men and ought to know it. I am an Indian. My game and buffalo •are all gone and I am poor. 'l'be Gt. Father has selected this place for our permanent reservation. Here sits our agent and his friends. Listen to what I have to say. We. made an agreement with the R. R. Co. They promised that when they crossed the river 3:nd struck our land~ we should be paid for it. These are white men and have some mfluence, so I thought I would tell them about these things. SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 21 When the Crook Commission went back, they told us that the Lower Brule In diarn~ were leaders of all the Indians. Gen. Crook also said: "When I retu:rm to the Gt. Father I'll t ake good news to him in regard to your people. Other tribes have made trouble for the Gov't. Your tribe has not done so, and I will work for you to get more goods and more pay." I am old now; some of these people are young, and I want them to prosper; I've done the best I could for them. DAVID ZEPHIER (Alex. R. interpreting): There were four of us appointed to do the leading for the tribe. The Great Father told One To Play With to pick out the best land for this tribe, and he has picked out the land down below here. I know the rules and regulations, and I side iil with him. I feel sad because of the words I have just heard the old chief say. When the old man was speaking to these white people you did not even say "how!" We leading men have made up our minds to wait till next week for the people who are away from the res. to come and vote. STANDING CLOUD : My friends, this is an important thing for us, and we want to be careful in our deliberations. We selected Medicine Bull, One to Play With, Useful Heart, and David Zephin to do the speaking for us. We want everything explained. We met in a house, but we were so crowded that I suggested holding the council out doors, and we did so. Agent Dixon again fully explained the object for which the council was held. ONE TO PLAY WITH. What are we going to do about the men who have just en listed Y I would like to have them stay until after the signing. Special Agt. McKEAN. We have requested the lieutenant to allow the men to stay until the signing is .finished. MEDICINE BULL. I would like for you to send for the men that are away at once. We will wait for those men and then do the signing. I'd like for you to give us some rations. . USEFUL HEART. Some of these men have work to do. I am in a hurry. We made an agreement with the Rosebud Indians, and we want to settle the matter to-day, if possible. Agent DIXON. You have hit the nail on the head. This evening we will send after the men who are away. You can come right on and vote and by the time you get through we will have the men h ere. If not, we will wait till they do come. Indians begin signing. ONE TO PLAY WITH. I am going to sign, but I want to say a word first. All those who desire to go to Rosebud and be Rosebud Indians will be shown up to-day. The Great Father says to all those who want their land in severalty on the Rosebud Res. to mention ,it to-day. Whenever an Indian takes land he has a right to 640 _a. for grazing purposes. For that reason, I am going on Rosebud Res., and whatever I am entitled to, I want to get. We have not got three-fourths, but we have a large majority and we can go on the Rosebud Res. I made an agreement with the Rosebud Indians and left it open till the 30th of June for rne to make up my-mind, and I want to do it accordingly. I want to draw my rations at the Ponca issue house. When I get ready to go and the Commissioner approves it, I want to take all that I am entitled to, such as agricultural implements, from this agency. The bill provides for a pair of mares for each head of a family and I want to get them when I go to Rosebud. As soon as we get through signing to go on the Rose bud Re8., and when these papers leave, I want to go at once onto the land where I am going to live to do breaking. When we ceded our land to the Gov't., the white people rushed on our land before we got our pay, and we want to do the same. Agent DIXON. It is my duty to say that these papers must go to Washi.ngton to the Great Jl'ather and have his approval before you can go upon the Rosebud Reser vation. No one can go except under instructions to be given by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. USEFUL HEART. I want to tell you about my living on that land out here. I have lived on that land for more than twenty years, and I don't want to leave it without pay for my imprqYements. I want you to help me to get it. Agent DIXON and Special Agent McKEAN. We will do what we can to help you. USEFUL HEART. I do not think $100 is enough. I ought to have more. Agt. DIXON and Spec'l Agt. McK. We will do the best we can for you. UsEI!'UL HEART. I'll leave the place for $100, but will take my house and fences with me. Agt. DIXON and Spec'l Agt. McKEAN. All we can promise is to do the best we can for you. MEDICINE BULL. It seems that this is like child's play. I wanted to sign right away, but you wanted me to wait for those men to come back. Now you want me to sign . .Agent DIXON. You misunderstood me. MED. BULL. These men are human beings, not animals. Agent DIXON, Certainly. SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. MED. BULL. We have signed a good many times and got nothing. Now we want what we ask for. We want your assistance. I often tell you that I want to follow the Great Father's advice, and 'do what he wants me to do. I want the Gt. l!'ather to understand and whatever he tells me to do, I am willing to obey. I have before signed an agreement to t~e Great Father and the bill_ provides f LOWER BRULE AGENCY, s. D., May 31st, 1892, Council convened at 2 o'c., p. m. . Indians sign census roll. DAVID ZEPHEIR (to Indians). All you who sign are to go to Rosebud Res. Your wives must sign for themselves We are under the Govt. We want to be r~ceived as men, not. as animals, because whenever we want anything from the agent we must go to him as men. If you listen to the Gt. Father you will be received as men. Some of you have already signed, but have left your wives at home. You can sign for your minor children. ONE-TO-PLAY-WITII. I want to say something in regard to Spec'l Ag't McKean an~ ~gent Dix~n. '!'.he regulations say that you have no right to offer your own opm10ns and wishes m regard to these matters. Special Ag't McKEAN. Do you mean concerning the removal to Rosebud or the manner of transacting this business f · • · ONE To PL.A.Y WITH. I mean in regard to the removal to Rosebud. This is .our SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 23 business. When we say anything, you put it down. The only thing you have to do is to explain thoroughly that agreement. That is your business. I have heard that you say we can not go because we do not have three-fourths. You have no right to say that. If you say that, some of the Indians will not do as they wish to do. We are working for our interests, and if you say we can not go, some of the Indians will not try. I am going there to do good, and the Gt. Father knows it. AU the Rosebuds have agreed for me to go on their res. For that reason I want to show the exact number who want to go. I don't want any disputes about adult members who want to go. If my relations who want to li.ve .on the Lower Brule res. had three-fourths I would not try to leave them. When I was at the Rosebud council I told them that we were a small tribe and would corp.e by try ing to get three-fourths. They say in the proceedings that I said we had three fou,rths. The matter of the three~fourths is dropped. I have not.got three-fourths, but I have a majority. Spec'l Ag't McK. We have done nothing to prejudic,e a single voter one way or the other. ·fhe words we have given you are the words of the Great Father. Each voter will be allowed to vote exactly as he desires, and will not be interfered with or biased in any manner. All that we have to do is to see that he is entitled to vote and that the matter is thoroughly understood by him. DAVID ZEPHEIR. The census roll, when it was made, how it was made, I would like to find out. I do not know wh,ether the, whole tribe was counted or not last year. This is the way I understand it-when the agent takes the census, he asks every father the ages of himself and children. I know pretty much the ages of all the young people; but now I see some young men old enough to vote whose names are not on census roll. I want to see all those who a.re able to sign sign for t,hemselves on both sides. If I had known they were taking the census I could have told all who were over 18 years of ~ge. The Great Father wants us to settle this matter, so we ought to know everybody over 18 years old. They say if there are not three fourths of all the Indians signing we cannot go. I want you all to understand, and if it is not as I tell you you can call me a liar. In the law it says when any Indian selects a location, there he can locate and stay. I believe that. "\\Te know the land south of White R. is good land, and we can get along better there. All who want to go to Rosebud want to go because they can do good, and not because .they feel bad toward anybody. The Great Father thinks a great deal of his people, and wants to do what is best for them. We are not here disputing about the land, and I am not trying to make disturbance among the tribe, but I know this-you all signed the bill before the Crook Com., with the understanding that you could locate south of. White R. But that was not in the bill. We are going to get permii:ision for all who want to to go south of White River. The res. Indians have written to the Gt. Father asking to be given their allotments on the Lower Brule Res. I be lieve the Gt. Father will grant our wishes. If he does not, I don't want you to be lieve me a.ny more. BIG .MANE. I see my friends have been in business 3 days. I have been observing this and it makes me feel good. All these good friends of mine are anxious to go to Rosebud. I want to speak about the Lower Brule Res. We have been progressing toward civilization and the white men's ways are like candy to us. My friends who want to go to Rosehud say that they are not going for any bad purpose. It don't matter where we go, we must adopt white men's ways. We understand that we can not get away from white men, and for that reason we want to live on our own Res. It don't matter where we stay, the Gov't is going to care for us, clothe and feed us and educate our children. We want this done on our own Res. I am wait ing for the decision of the _Gt. F _ather. As soon as my friends, who want to go to Rosebud, have their wishes granted, I look to the future. We want to hold on to our agency. We want it built on our own Res. and called the Lower Brule Agency. We are all anxiously awaiting to have our land allotted to us. When an Indian takes an allotment, the law provides that a good many articles shall be issued to him. We signed the last hill. We all agreed to that. Now some Indians at Bad River want to come on our Res. They want tickets at our agency, and we want them to come. vVe are anxious to hear the decision of the Great Father. This coun cil has been carried on very pleasantly and we have not hurt each other's feelii1gs. STABBER. How about Hawk Wingf I hear you talk as though he had no right on this agency. Special Agent McKEAN. I never said that he had no right on this agency. STABBER. The Gt. Father has selected Agent Dixon and Spec1l Agt. McKean to set tie this matter. It seems to me our issue clerk is trying to prevent putting Hawk ·wing's name on the paper. If you did not say that !'would like to have Hawk Wing sign. Special Ag't McKEAN. I think you are mistaken as to the issue clerk. The Gt. Father has given instructions and told us what to, do. We can not decide the matw ter ourselves at all. The Gt. Father has told us that we must go by the census roll, 24 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. Now we have to take the census roll as we find it. vVe have no right to know how any ~1an will vote. We have no right to question but what the census roll is cor rect. Maj. Dixon and myself have no right to take any man's name off or put any man's name on the roll. Now, as far as Hawk Wing is concerned, he is not on the roll nor has he been for two years. That being the case, all we can do is to put his nan~e on a separate sheet of paper, as we have done with other names, and that list will be sent to the Great Father. We will tell him that these men are here, but are not on the census roll. The Gt. Father will decide whether to put them on the census roll or not. We don't wigh to keep any man from signing that has a right to sign. As a proof of that Mad. Dixon has gone to White R. this afternoon to see two men who were unable to come. We were not obliged to do this, but did it just -to show that we want to do what is fair. In regard to the issue clerk, all be said to us in regard to Hawk Wing is that he did not know him. He did not try to in- 1luence us. He is a good friend to you and wants to do what is right. STABBER. Hawk Wing was at Rosebud one year-was there when Gen. Crook was here. He signed there as a Lower Brule Indian. I want those men who are not on the census roll, but who have a right to vote, to put their names on a separate paper and that sent to the Gt. Pather. About the Crook Com., when we signed that bill, we did so with the ·understanding that we were to go south of the White River. I am not trying to hurt any one's feelings, but that was my understanding. ONE To PLAY WITH. Our council is ended. We would like to know how many adult male Indians have signed, also how many women and children, and how many are going to live on L.B. Res. We wani to know how we stand. Some are not here to sign, and if these papers are sent off before they get back, they will stay at Rosebud. We want to know the number going to Rosebud and those staying on the L.B. Res. DA YID ZEPHEIR. I want to know how many adult male Indians belong to this agency, and who they are. . USEFUL HEART. I would like to know the exact number of both factions. I am very glad. One thing I want to say concerning myself; I asked my two friends in regard to that island. Have you heard anything about itf Agent DIXON. We have not. USEFUL HEART. I guarded that island, but never got anything for it. I never got a chance to go and see the Gt. Father about it, and I am sorry. I have been liv ing opposite that island a great many years. I have lost two children and have spent a great deal of money fixing their graves. I thought I would get something from the Gov't, but have been disappointed. I made an agreement with the Chamberlain people about the island. I was to have the right to take wood and hay from the island and to live there whenever I wanted to. For that reason I think I have some rights there yet. It was because of that I threw up my claim. BULL HEAD. I'm not ashamed to show myself in this council. I have been honored among our tribe. I'm not ashamed to talk before them, especially when I have something good to say. I have no bad feeling toward my people, but I have signed in agreement with the Gt. Father and stand by it; I listen to the Gt. Pather and follow his advice. MED. BULL. I am not going on my own judgment. The Great God who created all things, I look to Rim. I want to follow the Gt. Father's advice. He governs the Indians and the white people, and I want to follow the same as the white peo ple. Some white people give us sweet words, but I don't try to do what they say. Whatever the Gt. :Father tells me, I keep inmy mind; I follow his advice. I have consented to go on the Rosebud Res. The Gt. Father has told us to settle the matter, and he has given his consent, and that is all I am waiting for. You un derstand that we have the consent of the Rosebud Indians and of the Gt. Father. Your business is to see that the name of every male adult Indian who wants to go to Rosebud is on that paper. We have been here four days, and we want some rations. You say that these papers will go to the Gt. Father, and for that reason I speak. BIG MANE. As soon as our land is allotted we want the money and horses promised to us. JAS. THOMPSON. I live in this tribe. I tell my tribe whatever I know since I have been educated. Whatever I have to say I am not ashamed to speak in the presence of my people. There is a question as to the ages of some of the male In diana. After the Crook Com. was here a census was taken by Mr. Lee and.Mr. Fisher. I think that roll is in the Dep't now. I think these names will go to the Dep't and they will know who are of age. · Council adjourned to meet at 9 o'c. a. m. Thursday, June 2nd, 1892. SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 25 LOWER BRULE AG'CY., S. D., June 2nd,_1892. Council convened and was called to order at 10 o'c. a. m. Special Ag't McKEAN read statement showing how many adult male Indians had signed the paper for the acceptance of the R.osebud proposition and how many men, women, and children had signed the paper declaring their desire to remove upon the Rosebud Res. DAVID ZEPHEIR. I am not satisfied with this. I want the names of all the voters read, both those who have voted to go to Rosebud and those who did not sign. Special Ag't McKEAN. We have taken the census roll which shows 303 male adults and deducted 12 from that as those who have died, leaving the number of male adults 291. DAVID ZEPHEIR. I do not believe it. The census roll is not right. Special Ag't McKEAN. If you know of anybody that is dead, that bas not been checked off, let us know their names and we will check them off. The names of all adult male Indians were then read, and the names of all those who have died or been transferred since census was taken were marked off. Special Ag't McKEAN. My friends, before we close this council, I wish to say that I agree with Agent Dixon in what he bas said. I am glad, and my heart is glad, that this council bas gotten along so harmoniously and with so much good feeling, and I know that the Great Father will be pleased to learn of the good feel ing that bas governed the deliberations of this council. He is watching this coun.. cil and is anxious to learn the result of this vote, and I want to say to you all that everything that has been said by any of you in this council bas been written down and will be sent to the Great Father. There have been some questions r aised as to the right of a few male adults to vote. Now, I want to say that there has been no wish or desire on our part to exclude any one who is entitled to vote, but the Great Father instructed us to be governed by the census and we must take it as we :find it. ·we presume the census is correct, as it should be, but we have no right to add any names to it. 'rhose who have claimed a right to vote who are not on the census roll will be reported on a separate paper with the proper explanation in each case, and the Great Father will decide whether or not they shall be counted. We can not. Now, friends, just a word more and I am done. vVe have tried to conduct this council fairly and honestly and I hope you all feel that we have done so; and if you do feel so and are satisfied with the manner in which we have conducted the council, I want you to say "How!" All the Indians said°'" How." Special Ag't McKEAN. I thank you. DAVID ZEPHEIR. We made large improvements on the Rosebud Res. last year. We never failed. to raise a crop on that soil, and we don't want to be moved from there. We are looking ahead to the future for ourselves and our children. Council adjourned. We, the undersigned. clerks at a council of the Lower Brule Indians held May 27th and June 2nd, inclusive, do hereby certify, on honor, that the foregoing is a true and accurate record of the proceedings of said council. GEO. w. NELLIS, C. W. FOUNTAIN, LOWER BRULE, AG'CY, s. D., June t"th, 1892. The Indians of the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, represented by their delegates, agree to accept such of the Lower Brule Indians as may desire to come onto their (the Rosebud) reservation, to become incorporated with the Rosebud Indians, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of Rosebud Indians, on condition, that The Lower Brule Indians cede to the Rosebud Indians all their right, title, and interest in any lands to which they may be entitled on their own reser ve, and agree that no part of the proceeds of such lands, if sold, is to accrue to them, but to be wholly for the Rosebud Indians, their heirs, and assigns. This proposition, if not accepted before June 30, 1892, to be null and void. SwwT BEAR, his x mark. EAGLE HORSE, his x mark. GOOD VOICE, his x mark. MILK, his x mark. QurcK BI<~AR, his x mark. STANDING CLOUD, his x mark. HOLLOW HORN BEAR, his x mark. WM. SPOTI'ED TAIL, his x mark. WHIRLWIND SOLDIER, his x mark. CROW DoG, his x mark. WHITE WASH, his x mark. YELLOW HAIR, his x mark. STRANGER HORSE, his x mark. GREY EAGLE TAIL, his x mark., SKY BULL, his x mark. GOES TO WAR, his x mark. HE DOG, his x mark. LITTLE CHIEF, his x mark. BULL DoG, his x mark. HIGH HORSE, his x mark BIG TURKEY, his x mark. 26 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. We, the undersigned Lower Brule Indians, agree to and accept the proposition and terms thereof as offered by the Rosebncl Indians, in the proposition hereto at tached, for the removal of the Lower Brule Indians to the Roselmd Reservation, and we elect tor move to and settle permanently thereon. 1. David Zepheir. 55. Little Day, x. 109. Elk Whistle. 2. One ToPlayWith, his 56. ElkWithBpiritFace,x.110. Charles Lever. x mark. 57. Crow Walker, x. 111. Left H::md Thunder, x. 3. Useful Heart, x. 58. John Patterson, x. 112. Pin F. Eagle, x. 4. Medieine Bnll, x. 59. Big B1Jdied Eagle, x. 113. Limb, x . 5. Standing Cloud, x. 60. En-ting Walking, x. 114. Brule, x. 6. Stabber, x. 61. Virtnons Man, x. 115. ·winter Chaser, x. 7. Tobacco Mouth, x. 62. Parted Hair, x. 116. Boy, x. 8. Black Dog, x. 63. Red ·water, x. 117. Hollow Bear, x. 9. Not Afraid of Enemy,x. 64. Big Bellied Teacher, x.118. Old Lodge, x. 10. Dog From War, x. 65. Stinking Thigh, x. 119. Ea()'le Thunder, x. 11. Robert A fr aid of 66. A. Big Heart, x. 120. Looking Eagle, x. Shield, x. 67. Crazy Bull, x. 121. Horse That Whinnies, x 12. Little Pheasant, x. 68. Black Stone,. x. 122. Hawk Tracks, x. 13. Little Bnll, x. 69. Slow Dog, x. 123. Hair, x. 14. Bear Looks Back, x. 70. Iron Sided Bear, x. 124. Jno. Crow, x. 15. Iron Nation, x. 71. Wind Clond, x. 125. Clu1sing Hawk, x. 16. Knee, x . 72. Good Eagle, x. 126. Crazy Bear, x. 17. Bad Hand, x. 73. Running-Rattler, x. 127. High Bear, x. 18. Chasing Crane, x. 74. Grass Lod()'e, x. 128. Low, x. 19. Big Star, x. 75. Sharp Nail, x. 129. Pack Kettle, x. 20. Cloud Hawk, x. 76. Jno. Bub Tail Crow, x.130. Small Porked Tail, x. 21. Food Hawk, x. 77. Neck Joint, x. 131. Round Belly, x. 22. Surrounded, x. 78. Dog Nation, x. 132. Afraid of Thtmder, x. 23. Scratch Face, x. 79. Willie Knee. 133. Poor Dog, x. 24. Smoking ,Voman, x. 80. ·walking Bull, x. 134. Jno. '\Vhitemouse, x. 25. Lone Pine, x. 81. Long Elk, x. 135. James Poor Dog, x. 26. Big Eagle Feather, x. 82. Sam White Bird. 136. Ashes, x. 27. Mark Patterson. 83. Little Man, x. 137. Kills Omaha, x. 28. Medicine, x. 84. Pretty Voice Hawk, x .138. Leon Drapeau, x. 29. Grinder, x. 85. Hawk Shield, x. 139. Red Horse, x. 30. Geo. Waunapi, x. 86. Shooting, x. 140. Jno. Waters, x. 31. Fool Crow, x. 87. Willis Pretty Voice 141. EdwardPrettyHead,x. 32. Medicine Elk, x; Hawk, x. 142. Medicine Boy, x. 33. Good Soldier, x. 88. Medicine Horse, x. 143. Fire Cloud, x. 34. Grass Rope, x. 89. Black Bonnet, x. 144. SolomonYallowHawks. 35. Thick Bread, x. 90. Bucket Bail Beair, x. 145. Bear Comes Out, x. 36. John La Paint. 91. Bear Shield, x. 146. Kettle Chain, x. 37. Black .Foot, x. 92. Bloodied Himself, x. 147. Bull Talker, x. 38. William Little, x. 93. Pretty Dog, x. 148.' White Whirl wind, x. 39. Oscar Black Foot, x. 94. Mad Walker, x. 149. Flying_ Horse, x. 40. Ca,rries the Eagle, x. 95. Frank King. 150. High utter, x. 41. Rising Dust, x. 96. Red Leaf, x. 151. Run Down Hill, x. 42. Charles Collins. 97. Ponca, x. 152. Flying Eagle, x. 43. Owl Eagle, x. 98. No Moccasin, x. 153. Antelope, x. 44. Black Cloud, x. 99. Many Eagles, x. 154. Hind Dog, x. 45. John W ekeuria1 x. 100. High Eagle, x. 155. Smoke Maker, x. 46. Winter, x. 101. Pretty Voice, x. 156. Labor, x. 47. Frank Foot. 102. Geo. Scott, x. 157. Joe La Roche, x. 48. Gunny Sack Lodge, x. 103. Paul Ranlideaux. 158. Thin Belly, x. 49. Fool Elk, x. 104. Blue Dog, x. 159. ·walking Bull, x. 50. Eagle Hawk, x. 105. Jumping Up, x. 160. Sharp Track, x. 51. Eagle Heart, x.' 106. Bear Elk, x. 161. John Ducks, x. ~2 . Walks Wjth Wind, x. 107. Jno. Logan, x. 162. Squirrel Coat, x. o3. From Above, x. 108. Ragged Nose, x. 163. Different Star, x. 54. Jno. Horse, x. We certify on honor that the foregoing list comprises the entire number voting and who each signed by mark or signature in our presence. GEO. W. NELLIS, Clerk. C. A. FOUNTAIN, Clerk. Supplemental list. 164. Bad Rope or Edwd. Gould, x. His name does not appear upon the census of 1891, but it is claimed that he is 20 years of age and should be on cenBus. SIOUX .A.ND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 27 165. Jealous of Him, x. His name is not on census of 1891, but is on that of 1890. He claimed the right to vote, but others claimed that he belonged to the Rosebud Agency and he has" Rosebud" with his name on his hat. 166. Hawk Wing, x. Is not on census of 1890 nor 1_891. 167. White Lark, x. Is not on census of 1891, but 1s on 1890. 168. Thief~ x. Marked on census "transferred." The foregoing five names are those of Indians who claimed the right to vote, and by consent of all parties are placed upon this separate list for the action of the De partment, making the entire number of voters 168. .A.. P. DIXON, United States Indian Agent. GEo. W. McKEAN, Special. Allotting Agent. Attest: GEO. W. NELLIS, C • .A.. FOUNTAIN. UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE, Lower Brule Agency, S. Dak., June, 1892. Schedule of the names, by their .own signatures of Lower Brule Indians who desire and elect to remove to and take lands in severalty upon the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, under an agreement of March -, 1892, with the Rosebud Indians, signed by Swift Bear, Good Voice, Quick Bear, and 18 other RosebudAgencyindians and hereto attached, said agreement having been made under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., 1009-1010). Done at Lower Brule Agency, S. Dak., in council held under direction of the hon orable Commissioner of Indian Affairs, beginning on May 27, and ending on June 2, 1892. Said council having been held by United States Indian Agent A. P. Dixon, and Special Allotting Agen_t George W. McKean. . , We certify on honor that the names of Lower Brule Indians, upon the schedule hereto attached, viz, from No. 1 to No. 542, both numbers· inclusive, embrace the names of all those Indians desiring and electing by their individual votes, to remove to and settle permanently upon the Rosebud Reservation, as expressed by them in council, held for that purpose by Agents Dixon and McKean. We further certify that each adult Indian, male or female, signed the schedule, either by signature or mark, for himself or herself after being asked, each and every one, '' Do you wish to remove to Rosebud," the heads of families signing for their minor children, said signing being done in our presence. . GEO. W. NELLIS, Clerk. c. A. FOUNTAIN, Clerk. No. Indian name. _ English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 1 . • . . . . . • • • • • . • • • . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • . . . . David Zephier • • • • • • • • • • • • .. . . x M. Husband ... 86 2 . • . • • . .. • • .. • • .. . .. • ...... • . • • • . . .. Mary Zephier...... x F. Wife ...... 85 8 ...... • .. • ...... • . • . • • • • .. •• • • . . . . Joseph Zephier . • • • • • . • • . • • • • . x M. Son ...... 14 4 ...... • • . .. . • . . . . . • • • .. .. . • . . . . . David Zephier ...... x M. .... do ...... 12 5 .. • • ...... • . . . . . M.elissa Zephier...... x F. Daughter ... 10 6 .. • • ...... • .. . . • . .. . Susie Zephier ...... x F. .... do ...... 8 ~ ...... iP'M.ac~ Z?hier ...... x M. Son ...... 5 1 M. .... do ...... 2 M. Husband ... 47 1i .~:;i; ~~~~ ~~~~::: :: :: : : :: :: f :::: :: :s:: :~~ --~-~_:_.~-~::: ::::·::::::: :~: F. Wife ...... 45 11 ...... • . • ...... Estella...... x F. Daughter ... 11 12 Pretty Growth ...... ,x ...... • -- • · · F . .... do ...... 14 lfl Blue Medicine ...... 1 :x: · Bessie ...... F . .... do ...... 7 14 White Feather...... x ..... , ... , ...... F . .... do ...... 4 i: Girl to Play With .. • ...... x ...... F. .. .. do ...... 2 Useful Heart • • • ...... :x: ...... M. Husband ... 56 17 Horse ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 56 ig Pretty G. Heart ...... x ...... F. ....do ...... 88 Yellow 0. Heart ...... x ...... M. Son ...... 7 20 Medicine Bull . • ...... • . . x ...... M. Husband ... 67 21 Elbow Woman ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 65 22 Standing Cloud...... x ...... M. Husband ... 61 23 ChiefWoman ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 57 F. Dau~hter .•. 18· ~ ·c·h;;~g- c"r"~~~::::::: :: :: :: :: : ·; · .~~~= -~~~~~-i~! ?~~~.:::: ::::: .: . M. Singe ...... 3() ~; High Otter ...... x ...... M. Husband ••• Mrs. High Otter...... x ...... F. Wife ...... S. Rep.1-56 28 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. No. Indian name. English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 28 Stabber ...... x .....•...... •••...... •..... M. Husband... 60 29 Rattle ...... •...... x ...... •...... •.••..•.•.... F. Wife...... 57 80 Medicine Boy . . . . • • • . . • • • . . . . x ...... •...... •....•...... •...... M. Son...... 18 81 Girl Bear Bird...... x ...... F. 82 Black Dog ...... •.. x ..•.••••.••••••••.•••.•••.•••••.... M. ~~~f~r::: 5: 88 Fast Woman ...... x ...... ••...... ••.••••••.•••..•.... F. Wife...... 56 84 Not Afraid of Enemy...... x ...... M. Husband... 52 85 Left Hand...... x ...... ••••.••..••...•...... F. Wife...... 43 86 Virtuous Man ...... x ...•••.••...... •...••..•...... M. Husband... 23 87 HerPipe .....•...... •...... x ...••....•...... F. Wife...... 18 38 M. Son...... 1 39 f>akelwa~·················· ! ::::·_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_:::::::::::::::::::: ::: M. Husband... 54 40 Bffw~:.11,n ~::::::::::::::::: x ...... F. Wife...... 48 41 Little Pheasant ...... x .••..•..•••••••••...••••••.••..... M. Husband... 52 42 F. Wife...... 39 48 ~~~"firshl~iit:::::::::::::: ~ .ii~ii~;£ Ar~iici ·~rsii1;i No. Indian name. English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 112 Annie Wannapi...... ••.••. x F. 1 113 Fool Crow...... • . • • . . . • ...... x ...•.•••...... M. ii~~t~~d::: 26 114 Her Medicine Pipe ...... •. x .••••••.••...•..•.•••..•...•••..... F. Wife ....••• 25 115 No name ...... ••..•.•...... x ••••.••...... ••.•..•...... F. 1 116 Medicine Elk...... x ..•.••...... •...... M. ii~~f~!dr::: 47 117 Eagle Feather...... x .••.•••..•...•..•...... •.... F. Wife •....•• 41 118 Medicine Crane...... x ..•..•...•...... F. 12 119 Good Soldier .....••.•...... • -i. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••• - ••• , - • - M. ii~~f~dr::: 51 120 ...... ••...•..••••...... Agnes .....••...... ; ...... x F. Daughter ... 17 121 Grass Rope .•....•.....•...... x -...... •...... M. Husoand •.• 27 122 F. Wife ....••. 21 123 ~~~. ~ ~~~~::::::::::::: .~ .. :iiii~i;:.-:::::.:::::::::::::::::: ·; - F. Daughter.•• 6 124 Thick Bread...... x ...... M. Husband •.• 42 125 Medicine Woman . • • . • . . . . • . . x ...... ••...••..•...... F. Wife ...•••• 23 126 Black l<'oot ...... •...... - x ...... •...•...... •...... M. Husband ••• 57 127 'Many Husbands ...•...... x .....••.•••••••..•...... •..... F. Wife ...... 65 128 Black Cloud . . . . . • ...... • . . . . . x ..••.•••••••••••••...... •....•.... 1\f. Husband ••• 56 129 F. Wife ...... • 56 130 .~~~~.?.~~~::::::::::::::::::: -~· .j-"o°h~ i:~ro"i;;i::::::::::::::::: ·;· M. Husband •.. 38 131 ...... • • ...... Mary LaPoint ....••...... ~ x F. Wife .•...•. 35 132 ...... • • ...... • • ...... Samuel LaPoint ...... ••••..... x M. Son .....•••• 17 133 ...... •...... Jesse LaPoint .....•.....•..... x M . ..•. do ..••••. 11 134 ....•...... • . . . . • ..•...... John LaPoint ...... x M . .•.. do . ..•... 9 135 ...... •...... Nellie LaPoint ...•...... x F . Daughter .•• 5 136 ...... • ...... Winnie LaPoint ...... x F. .... do ...... • 2 137 M. Single ...... 52 138 . ~i·s·i~-~ .~~~s.t.: ::::::: :::::::::: -~ .. w·iili~~. L-itti~:::::: ::: ::::::: ·;· M. Hu1:1band •.• 46 139 Woman ...... •..•...•...... x ...••...... •....••....••...... F. Wife ..•.... 38 140 Snake .....•.....•...... ••... x ...•.•...... •...... M. Son ...... • 16 141 Horse T ...... •••...... •...... x ...... •...... •...... F. r,>aughter ... 13 142 Surprised H ...•...... x ...... •...... ••..••...... M. Son .....••.. 8 143 FourC ...... •.••..••...... x ...... •..•..•••.....••.••..•••..... M . .... do ...... 9 144 Slept H .....••••••.••..•...... x ...... · ..•...... F. Daufhter ... 5 145 Black Foot . . . . • . • . . • . . • • ...... Oscar Black ]foot...... x M. Singe ...... 23 146 Carries the Eagle...... x ...... M. Husband ... 57 147 Turnip ...... •...... x ...... •...••••..••.... F. Wife ...•... 61 148 M. Son .....•••. 23 149 M . .... do .•.•... 16 150 .~~~;~~~~!;~ ~~~:::::::::::: .; .. :~lt:;~~~~:;i~::::::::::::::: :~: M. Husband ••. 46 l51 RattleM ...... •.••.•...•...... x .....•••.•...... •...... ••..••.... F. Wife ...•••. 50 152 Flying Horse...... x ....••.•.•.•.••...... •••..•..... M. Son .....••.. 8 153 Wears the Wind .•....•••..... x ..•••••••.•••..••••.•...•..•...... M. Grandson .•. 6 154 Owl Eagle ..•.•...... •••..... x .••••••••••••••••••••...... •..... M. Husband ..• 37 155 Minnie Eagle...... x .••.••••••••••••••••.•....•...... F. Daughter ... 11 156 Boy Eagle ..•...•...•.•...... x M. Son .....••.• 5 157 . _...... · cih~;1~;; ·c~1ff~s:: ::::::: ::: :: : ·; · M. Husband ••• 33 158 Josephine Collins...... x F. Wife .•.••.. 29 159 Joseph Collins...... x M. Son." •••••••• 7 160 Child Collins. • • • • • . • • ...... • . . x F. 4 161 Frank Foot . . • • . . . • • . • ...... x M. ii~~f ~!ir::: 22 162 Mary Foot ...•..•••...... •.. X · F. Wife .•••••• 20 163 ·n;y::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ·;· ...... M. Son ..••.•••. 2 164 Gunny Sack Lodge ..••.•••••• x ...... •...... M. Husband •.. 32 165 White Buffalo Cow...... x .••.•••..•••...... F. Wife ...•••. 42 166 Fool Elk...... • . • . • . . . . x .....•....••...... •••••••.... M. Husband •.. 63 167 RainBow ...... •••.... x .••••••.....••..••.••.•••.•••••.... F. Wife ••••••• 66 168 Eagle Hawk .•.....•...•...... x .•.•••.•••..••...•.•••.••.•••••.... M. Single •••••• 84 169 Eagle Heart ...... ••••..••... x ..••••••••....•.•..•.•...••..••.•.. M. Husband ••. 46 170 Melter ...... •....•...... •.... x .••••••.••.•.•••••.•...... F. Wife ••••••• 46 171 Spy ...... •...... •...••...... X ••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.... M. Son ..•.••••. 8 172 Girl ...... ••••..... x .••••••••••..•...•.....•.••••...... F. 8 173 Walks with Wind ...... x ...... M. ii~~t~!t::: 60 174 ....•...... •.••.••..•..... Jennie •••....•.....•...... x F. Wife ..•••.. 53 175 ...... •...•..... Jessie ••...... •••...... •. x F. 16 176 From Above ...... x ...•••..••...... ••..•..•.... M. ii~~t~!6I::: 28 177 Hawk Voice ...... •.•...... x ······\·························· ... F. Wife 24 178 Girl ...... •...•.•.....•...... x ...•••..•.•...... F. Daught~;::: 4 179 Girl ...... •...... x .••••••••.•...... •..••••••.••••.... F. ....do .•••••• 3 180 Crow Walker...... x ...... •...... •..•••••.••••.... M. Single •.•••• 23 181 ..•...... •.•...... John Horse ...... •.•.••.•••... x M. Husband ••• 30 182 ...... •.•••.•...... Tillie Horse ...... •....•.•••••. x F. Wife .•••••• 17 183 Eagle Girl . • • • • • . • . . . • • • • • . . . . x ...... •...... •.•.••.... F. 7 184 M. ii~~f~ir::: 37 185 ~~t~~1iriitii'ii~~:::::::::::: ! :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: F. Wife ....••. 28 186 Picket Him Out...... x ....•..•.•.....•...••.••••••••.••.. M. Son ...•••••. 4 187 Boy ..•.•...••...... x ...... •..••..•.••...••.•.••••...... M. . ... do ..••••• 2 188 Boy ...... •..... x ...... •...... M. Brother ...•. 13 189 Elk with Spirit Face ...... x ....•..•...... •...... M. Husband ... 29 190 F. Wife .....•. 24 191 i\fie~i~lM~~:: :: :: ::::::::::: ~ : ::::: :::::: :::: :::::: ::::::: :: : : :: M. E,on--······· 7 192 Boy •••••..•••••••••••••••••••• x ...... F. Daughter ... 6 193 Girl...... •••.••••••... x. •••••• _••.••••••••••••••••••••••••• M. Son---······ 4 194 Black Partisan ..•••.•••.•.••.... John Patterson .•.•.•.••.•••••. x M. Husband ••• 48 195 Hair Blanket ..••••••••••.•••. x .••.••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••••••. F. Wife•······· 41 30 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. No. Indian name. English name. Sex, Relation. .A.ge. ]96 • ..•...... Helen Patterson ..••.••••.•.••• x F. Daughter ... 18 197 ·w=;~~·i;·r_r;~~~~:::: ...... X ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• F. . ... do ...... 7 198 Girl ...... •••..•.. x F . .... do ...... 3 199 Big Bodied Eagle...... x M. Husband ... 46 200 Hair Blanket...... x F. Wife .....•• 38 201 Pretty Voice...... • . • • • . • . . x M. Son ...... 10 202 Girl ...... ·········••···•••··· X F. Daughter ... 2 203 M. Husband ... 33 204 ~~tJ~1r::~rt~:::::::::::::: ! F. Wife ...... 26 205 Dont Come Home . . . • . • • • • • . . x F. 7 206 Big Bellied Teacher...... x M. ~~~t~!d::: 67 207 ...... • ...... x .A.nnie B. B. Teacher ...... F. Wife ...... 69 208 Parted Hair ...... • . . • . . . . • . . . x .•...... •....•.•.. M. Husband ... 32 209 Charginj/; "\Voman . • . . . . • • . . . . x .....•..•••...... ••...... •••.... F. Wife .....•• 30 210 Pray to Her . . . . • . • . . . . • • . • • . . x .•...••...... •...... •...•..... F. Dauihter ... 12 211 Red Water .....••...•.•...... x .....••...... ••.•.•.... M. Hus and .•. 34 212 Prairie Chicken . . • • . • • • . • • • . . x ...... F. Wife ...... 34 213 Girl ...... ••..• , .. x ...... •..... F. Daughter ... 9 '.!14 Girl ...... •.•••..•...... x ...... •...... F . .... do ...... 5 215 Stinking Thigh .•....•...... x ...... •...... •...... M. Husband ... 61 216 Her Cane ...... •...... x ...... •.... F. Wife •...... 61 217 Standing Bear...... x .•...... •...•. M. Son •.••..... 11 218 M. .... do •...... 3 219 ~flii~~"rt·::: ::: :::::::::::::: ! .Aq~i"iii~ ·.·.·.-.·_-_-_-_-_-.-.::: :: :: :: ::: : :: M. Husband ... 24 220 Woman ...... •....•••...•.. x .•...... •...... ••.... F. Wife ...... 35 221 Crazy Bull...... ••...... ! x ...... • . • • ...... • ...... M. Husband ... 54 222 Her Claw ...... •...... x ...... •..•...... •..... F. Wife ....••. 45 223 Her Running Horse .•...... x .....•...... •..... F. .... do ...... 33 224 Back ...... •.....•...... •.... x .....•..•••...... •..•••..•. M. Son ...... 14 225 M. •... do ...... 12 226 ~~li·:: :: :: : :::::::: :::::::: ::: ~ ::::: :::: :::: :::: :::.-::::::::::: ::: F. Daughter ... 10 227 Black Stone ...... •...... •.. x ...... •...... ••...•.... M. Hm1band ... 42 228 Large \Voman .... •...... x .••..••...... ••...... ••.•••.•••..•. F. Wife . ....•• 42 229 Fat ...... x .....•...... •...••.•.. M. Son ...•..••. 16 230 Left Hand...... • ...... x ...... M . .... do ....•.• 13 231 Girl ...... ••...•.. x .....••..••.•••.•....•...••.•••.•.. F. Daughter ... 7 232 Iron Sided Bear ...... • • . • • • • . x ...... •...... •.... M. Huiiband ... 46 233 Come Out Stone ...... • • • . . . . . x ....••...•....•..••..••.•••.•••.•.. F. Wife ....•.. 63 234 Hawk Creek ...... ••..... x .....••...... ••...... •..•.. M. Son ...... 11 235 Stow D~~····················· x ...... •...... ••...... M. Husband ... 38 236 P~etty v oman . . . . . • • • • ...... x .•.••••••....••..•...... ••••.... F. Wife ...... • 38 237 Give 1t .A.way ..•..••..••...... x .•.•...... •..••.••••..••..••..•. M. Son ...... •. 11 238 Girl ...... •.•...•..•...••.. x ...... •.•..•.•..•••.... F. 3 239 Grass Lodge ...•.•.•..••...•.. x . .•.•.•••••••.••..••.••••.••••••••.. M. ~~~§~!d::: 52 240 White Cloud . . . • • • • • . • • • . . . . . x ...•...... ••••..•.•...•.... F. Wife .....•• 39 241 Wind Cloud . . . • . . • • • • • • . . • • . . x .•.••••..•...•.••••••••.•.•.•••.... M. Husband ..• 52 242 Twin ...... •....•...... x .•••••••••••.••••••••.•••••••••.•.. F. Wife ...... 52 243 Her Horse Voice ...... ••••.... x ...... •...... •...... F. Daughter ..• 11 244 Parted Land ...... •...... x ....•...... ••.••.•.•....•....•..... M. Son ...... •• 8 245 M. Husband .•. 31 246 i~~~:.~~~~:: ::::: :::::: :::::: ~ ::: ::: :: :::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: F. Wife ....••• 31 247 Dont Run A way...... x .•...... ••.....••.••..•...... •. M. Son ...... 4 248 M. Husband ... 5', 249 i~iff_~.~~:::::::::::::::::::: X •••••••••••••••••••• • •• • •• •••• ••••. F. Wife ...... 62 250 Bob Tail Crow ...... •.....••. ~ ·j~h~·n:rr:·c~~~:::::::::::::: ::: M. Husband .•. 44 251 Mrs. Bob Tail Crow ...•.••••. x ..•...••...... •.••.••••..... F. Wife .....•. 33 252 Yellow Dog ...... ••.••• x ...... •...•...... •.••.... F. Daughter ... 16 253 Her Pretty Pipe ...... • . . . • . . x ...... F . .... do ....••. 13 254 Man ...... ••..•.... x ...... •...... •...... M. Son ...... 11 255 White Mosquito ...... ••...... x ...... F. Daughter ... 9 256 M. Son ...... 3 257 ~~~k·j-~i~t·::::::::::::::::::: X •••••••••••••••• ·••·•··•••••·••· ••• M. Husband ... 40 258 Mrs. Neck .Joint .....••..•.•.• ~ : :: :::::::_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-:::::::::::::: ::: F. \Vife ...... 30 259 Afraid of Him .. :...... x ...... •••....•...... ••...... F. Daughter ... 14 260 Stands Behind ...... x ....•.••••.....••..•....•..••••.... M. Son ...... 9 261 Dog Nation ...... x ...... •...... •..•....•.... M. Husband ... 28 262 Her Pretty Bed ...... •.....•.. x ...... ••...•••....•• F. Wife ....•.. 32 263 Boy ...... •...... x M. Son .....••. 3 264 ••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X .Wilii~·fu:l~·e·:.·.·:.•.-.:::::::::::: ·~· M. Husband ... 24 265 Grown Twice ...... • . . . • . . . . . x ...... •...... F. Wife ...... 22 266 Long Elk ...... •...... x .....•...... •...... M. Husband ... 38 267 iellow Hoop ...... x ...... ••...... ••...... •. F. Wife ...... 30 268 F. 3 269 M. ii~~f ~!ir: : : 27 270 F. Wife .....•• 20 271 M. Son .. 2 272 M. Husband ... 29 273 1&r.zttI;11tl/ Itt??ir}"../\H:i ::: F. Wife ...... 28 274 Wears the Wind ...... ~ ::::::::::::::::.".".".":::::::::::: ::: F. Daught~r ... 4 275 Hawk Shield ...... •..... x M. Husband ... 46 276 Yellow Woman ...... x F. Wife ...... 56 277 Pretty Voice Hawk ...... •... x M. Husband ... 37 278 Change Woman ...... x F . Wife ...... 36 279 ...... iith~i i>:v·::s:;~·k ·.·.·_-_-.:::::::: ·~ · F. Daughter ... .17 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 31 No. Indian name. English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 280 ..••••••••• .,. • • • . • • • • • • . • • • • . . . . • . . Willis P. V. Hawk ...... ••.•.. x M. Son ...... 19 281 Low ....•...... ••...... x ...... ]'. Widow ..... 91 282 Black Bonnet...... x ...... ••..••.•...... M. Husband ... 41 283 Sleeper . • . . . . • ...... x ..•.••.••..••...... ••••••••••.•.•. F. Wife ...... 52 284 Her Cane ...... x ...... F. Daughter ... 23 285 Kettle Chain . • . . • . . • ...... x ...... • • • . • . • • . . .. M. Son ...... 20 286 Snooting...... • . . . . • ...... • . . x ...... •...... M. Husband .... 32 287 New Ticket ...... • ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 39 288 Medicine Horse...... x .....•...•...... ••.... M. Husband ... 65 289 Coming Out Woman ...... x ...... •...... •...... F. Wife 63 290 Sitting Bear ...... • . . x ...... • ...... M. Son .. ·.·.·::.·:. 12 291 Bucket Bail Bear...... x ...... •...... M. Single ...... 38 292 Bear Shield...... x ...... •.•...... •....••...... M. Husband .... 28 293 . Hawk Cane ...... x ...... •...... •..... F. Wife ...... 27 294 Bloodied Himself...... x ...... •...... •••..... M. Husband .... 24 295 Gray on Both 8ides. . . .. • . . . . . x ...... F. Wife ...... 20 0 M. Husband .... 4.8 ~~~ il:Jfl~ fio;s;:: :: :::::: :: :: : ! ::: :: : : :::::: :: :·.·.:::: ::::: :: :: : :: : F. Wife ...... 34 298 ...... • • • • . • . • • • . • ...... Jennie M. Horse ...... • . . • . • . x F. Daughter ... 15 299 Pretty Owl ...... •....•...... x ...... M. Son ...... 5 300 I Mad Walker ...••...... x ...... •....•..•...... •..... M. Husband .... 36 F. Wife ...... 36 M. Single ...... 19 m1 ::~~~~:t::::::::::::::::::: ·•:• :~~~~~~~(:::::::::::::::::: :~: M. .Husband .... 37 304 • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • Anne Redlflaf...... • ...... x F. Wife ...... 28 305 • • • . . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • Mollie Redleaf ...... x F. Daughter ... 8 306 •••...... •.••..•••••••• ~ ••••...... JacebRedleaf...... •.....•.. x. M. Son ...... 7 M. Husband .... 60 F. Wife ...... 56 M. Son ...... 11 !!! ::~::?~fff :~)~~)~~~)~~-:- ~~~;~~~~~~~~i~.~:·:·:)~)~~~~ :~: M. Husuand ... 41 311 Wing ...... •...•••••.•...... x .•...•.••••..•...... F. Wife ...... 29 312 Iron Hand .....••..••...... x .•...•.••••...... , .. M. Son ...... 6 313 Boy ...... ••....•.••...... x ...... •...... M. . ... do ...... 3 314 NoMoccasins .•••.•....•...... x ...... •...... •...... M. Husband ... 21 315 Many Bears ...... • • ...... x ...... •...... F. Wife ...... 18 316 Girl...... •••..•...... x ....•...•...•••...... •.... F. Danghter ... 2 317 Old Woman .•...••.•.••...... x ...••...•..•..••...... •...•...... F. Grandmoth• 76 er; widow. 318 High Eagle...... x .•...•.••.••••.•...... ••..•...... M. Husband ... 25 · 319 Drop of vVater. . . . • . • • . . . • . . . . x .....•..•••.••...... •...... F. Wife ...... 21 320 On War Path .....••.•...... x .....•...... M. Son ...... 3 321 Pretty Voice ....•..••...... x ...... M. Husband ... 37 322 White S. Elk •..•••.•..•...•.. x .••••..•••••.•...... •...... F. Wife ...... 37 323 Girl...... •..•.•••••••...... x ...... , F. Daughter ... 6 324 Girl. ••••• ·••••••••••••••••• ••. x .....•...... ················ .. . F. . ... do ...... 4 M. Husband ... 21 :~~ ·wfr~:::::::::: :::::: :::: ::: :: : ·;· .~~~~~~-~~~~t::::: :::::: :::: :: : .~. F. Wife ...... 20 327 Girl...... • • • • • • • . . x ...... ••.•••••.•••.•...... F. Dau hter ... 2 328 .•••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••. , • . Paul Robideau ...... ••...... x M. Sing1·e ...... 22 M. Husband ... 21 1 F. Wife ...... 18 M. Husband ... 70 ii! ·[~;i;I~()~~~~~~~\~~~ ·~· ;1;;~1~~~ ~~ ~~t~~~~~~~~~~~ \ F. Wife ...... 69 M. Husband ... 23 F. Wife ...... 21 i~i :~~~;~ii:::::::::::::::::::::: :~: .~#~ ~~;~~~~~~~.:_:_:.:_:_:.:_:_:_::::). M. Husband ... 43 1 F. Wife ..••... 37 ::~ -~~~~ !~~-~:::::::::::::::::::: .:. ·ji;;~kne~Eik·.·_-.·_-_-_-_:::::::: ·;· M. Son ...... 16 ]'. 17 M. ½i~~t~~d :: : 33 F. Wife ...... 16 m r:~??-~·::?r:::::: ::: :: ::~: M. Husband ... 27 i~JJ:t~\::::::: ::: ::: : :: 23 F. Wife ...... ~~ !fN~::::::::::: :::::::::::::: ~ :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: : ]', 2 344 •••..••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•• Charles Lever ..•...••.•••••••. x M. ½i~~i~!d :: : 23 345 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • Mrs. Charles Lever...... x F. Wife ...... 19 346 Left Hand Thunder...... x ...... •••..•••.•... M. Husband ... 56 347 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••..•. Sarah L . .H. Thunder.••••.•••. x F. Wife ...... 33 348 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Annie L. H. Thunder...... x F. Daughter ... 22 F. .... do ...... 6 ~t~ .Ghi°:::::::::::::::::::::::::: ·~- .~~~-~:-~:-~·-~~~~~~::::::::: .:. F. Niece ...... 18 351 Limb ...... •.••••.••••••••••.. x .....•••••...... ••.•.....••.•...... M. Husband ... 69 352 'l'eeth Worn Out...... x ..••••.•..•.•..••..•.....••.•••.••. F. Wife ...... 73 353 Yellow Owl .••••••.••••••••••. x ...... •..•.•.•.•.....••••••..•..... F . .... do ...... 354 Brule . . . . • . • • • • • • • . • • . • • • . • • • . x . . • . . • ...... • ...... M. Husband ... 2~ 355 Bl1;1e Day . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • . x ...•...... •••...... F. ,Vife ...... 81 356 Winter Chaser.••••••••.•••••• x ...•...... •...... •.•...•...... M. Husband ... 38 F. Wife ...... 31 m ~~~~~!t1!~~~~:::::::::::::: ! ·················· ·············· ··· F. Daughter .•. 14 359 Boy _x ::::::::::::::::::::::::_-_-_-_-_-_-~: ::: M. Son ...... 5 M. Single ..... · 1 31 ~~~ lci11;~i~ii:::: :::::::::::: :: ! :::::: ·:::::::::::. :::::: :::::::: :: : M. I H?~band ... 69 I 362 1 Elk ...•.. ···•·•··•··•·•·•·•··. x .•.••.•••••..•••••.•.••..•••.•...... F. I v' lfe •.•.... 62 32 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. No. Indian·name. English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 363 Old Lodge ...... Thomas Loclge ...... •.•.... x M. Hm,band ... 39 364 Broth ...... x ...... •••••...... F. Wife 33 365 ...... Heleu Locl ge ...... • . . . • • . x F. Danghter ... 15 366 Old.A...... ••...... X . •••• •••••• ••••••••••••••••• •••••• • M. Son ...... 8 367 Girl...... ········•··· .. X ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• F. Daughter ... 5 368 Eagle Thunder ...... x ...... •...... M. Husl,>and ... 31 369 Prairie Dog-...... x ...... •..•••...... F. Wife ...... 32 370 Iron Eagle Thunder...... x ...... • M. Son ...... 6 371 Brat ...... x ...... •.•...... • F. Daughter ... 4 372 Boy ...... x •...... •....•....•.... M. Son ...... 2 373 Looking Eaµ:le ...... •... x ...... ••...... •. M. Husband ... 30 374 Horse That, Winnies ...... •.. x ...... •...... M. Single ...... 45 375 Stroking Wing ...... x ...... •...... •..••.... F. Mother, wid• 75 ow. 376 Hawk Track ...... •... x ...... M. Husband ... 54 377 F. Wife ...... 52 378 . ~~l.~i.~!.~~.: :: ::::::: :::::::: .~. ·F~li;.· ii:: T;~~k·.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.:::: ·;_. M. :son ...... 15 379 Would N. P ...... • . . . . x ...... M. .... do ...... 10 380 Hair...... Henry Hair . . . . • ...... x M. Husband .... 31 381 Black Deer ...... x ...... •.... . F. Wife ...... 19 382 M. Son ...... 3 383 M. Husband ... n 384 !!b"::::: ::::::::::::::::::: ; ::: :::: ::::::::::::.:_.:·:·:·:·:·::::::: ::: F. 21 385 , ...... John Crow .•....•....•...••... x M. ~~~i~!d::: 27 386 F. Daughter ... 23 387 .~1!.~~ ~ .· _- ~.-.· .· .- _- _- _-_- _-::: _-::::: .~ .. j ~~~~ ·c~~~::::::::::::::::::: ·;. M. Son ...... 4 388 ...... Fannie Crow ...... x F. 2 389 Chasing Hawk ...... x ...... M. ~~~~~~d::: 47 390 F . Wife 47 391 M. Son ...... 11 392 .~~~~~:~~i~~:~~~\:::::::: .;. :;i~~.ii~~;.·i··.-·:·:·:·:·.-·:·:·:·:::·:·::::::: :~: F. 10 393 Crazy Bear ...... x ...... M. ~~~~~!~{::: 52 394 Grey Hear ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 49 395 .A.rrow ...... x ...... ]'. Daughter 16 396 Stone ...... x ...... F. .... do ...... 9 397 Great ...... x ...... ]!'. G'ddaugbter 7 398 Low ...... x ...... M. Husband ... 42 399 Tail ...... x ...... •.... F. Wife ...... 42 400 Pack Kettle ...... x ...... M. Husband ... 56 401 .A.11 Run .A.way ...... x ...... F. Wife·.······ 56 402 Small Forked Tail...... x ...... M. HuRband . .. 52 403 Hawk ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 52 404 Touch the Ground ...... x ...... F. .... do ...... 47 405 M. Son ...... 12 406 ~;Wt!~:::::::::::::::::::::: ~ :::: :: ::: :: : : :: :: :: : . : : : .·.-:::::: :: : M. .... do ...... 12 407 ...... Curtis ...... : ...... ••. x M. .... do ...... 15 408 Medicine ...... x ...... ·...... F. 10 409 Round Belly...... x ...... M. ~~~~~!d::: 41 410 •••••• •••••• .•••••••••••••••••• • X ·Julia .....•...... ••. x F . Wife ...... 46 411 .A.fraid of Thunder ...... x ...... • •. ... :M. Single ...... JG 412 M. Husband ... 50 413 l~irfir~~:::::::::::::::::::: ! :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: F. Wife ...... 43 414 Bear ]foot ...... •••••..... x ...... F. Daughter ... 15 415 F. .... do ...... 11 416 ~!al~fn~,v'flci::::::::::::::: ~ :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: M. Son ...... 7 417 ...... • ...... James Poor Dog ...... x M. 9 418 ...... John Whitemouse ...... x M. . ~~~5~e.:::::: 60 419 .A.shes ...... x ...... •...... M. Husband ... 56 420 Coffee ...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 50 421 F. Daughter ... ,1 422 lJ1;cfm~~a:::::::::::::::::: ~ :::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: M. Husband .. . 46 423 Reel 8tone ...... • • • ...... x ...... •...... •.•...... F. Wife 33 424 Black .Bird ...... •...... x ...... •...... F. 3 425 • • • • • •. •...... L eon Drapeau...... x M. ~!~i~!d::: 36 426 · · · • • • • • • • • -• • -. . . . . • . . . . Mary Drapeau ...... x F. Wife ...... 34 427 M. Hon ...... 8 428 F. Daughter ... 6 429 M. Husbaml ... 49 430 ~iii~~((/\:~+{ t ::~::: :~:<::::::i::)::~~i! :;: F. Wife ...... 46 431 · ·•·••· •········ ...... John Waters ...... x M. Husband .. . 48 432 ······ ..... • •······ ...... Mrs. John Waters ...... x F. Wife ...... 44 433 F. Daughter ... 3 434 M. Hnsoand ... 51 43E ·~!tt 1~:f:::::::::::::::::: ·~. :~i:l~~e:; ~t:e:r:s:::::::::::::::::: :~: F. Wife 52 43€ Pretty Head...... •• . Edward Pretty Head ...... x M. Sii1gle ...... 20 437 Fire Cloud ...... M. Husband ... 25 438 ············ . Nellie ...... ••.••. ... x F . Wife ...... 21 439 F. Daughter .. 4 440 ~~L:::::::::::::::: :: :: : : : : ~...... -.. F. ... . do ...... 3 441 ...... ·s~i~1~~~·1:~ii~~H~\~k:::::::: ·~· M. Sin.!J;le ...... 18 442 Bear Comes Out ...... •.•... ~ · ...... M. .... do ...... 19 443 1Vhite Whirlwind ...... x ...... •...... M. Husband ... 88 444 Flying Ilorse...... x ...... F. Wife ...... 33 445 Brought It ..••.••...... x ...... M. Son ...... 12 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 33 No. Indian name. English name. Sex. Relation. .Age. 446 Flying Horse • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . x M. Husband... 82 447 Liar ...... ••••.•••••.••.••••. x F. Wife...... 81 448 Flying Eagle . . . . • . . • • • . • • • • • • x M. Husband .•..•.•.. 449 Mrs. :Flying Eagle...... x F. Wife ...... 450 Pretty ...... •..••••.....•.. x F. Single...... 21 451 Tobacco Mouth ....•••..•..••. x M. Husband... 57 452 F. Wife ...... 50 453 ~t~~o~~~~~:::::::::::: ~ F. .... do...... 54 454 Hind Dog ...... x ...... , ...... M. Husband ...... 455 F . Wife ...... 456 .~~: .1:.~.~ ?.~~.::::::::::::::: .: . .i o~ ·i;,· iio~ii~·::::::::::::::::: ·;. M. Husband... 26 457 ...... • . . . • . • • • • • • . • ...... Hope La Roche ...... x F. Wife...... 21 458 ...... ••.••..•...••...... Josephine La Roche ...... x F. 45!J Her Blanket...... • . . . . • • . . • . . x ...... F. ii~~f!;~~::: 4~ 460 ...... ••••..••..... Mabel. ...•...... x F. Daughter... 14 461 White Face Girl...... x .••••••••..••••...•...... F. Grand• 5 daughter. 462 F . Mother..... 38 463 ::i!hl:rs.:: :: :: :::::::::::: ~ :::::::: :: :: ::: :: ::::::.·::: :: :: : :: : F. 464 Little Woman . . . • • • . • • . • • • . • . x ••••••.....•....•..•••..•.•...... F. 465 One Who Gives ..•••..•.•..... x ...... •...... :F. .f~ir~;::: ~i 466 Flying Cloud...... x ...... •...•...... •...... ]'. Mother . . . • . 44 467 Girl ...... •..••••...... •.. x ...... •.....•....••...... •...... F. f auf,hter... i 468 Winona ...... •...•.••••..•.... x ...... •...... •...... F. 8 469 Berry Picker . . . . . • • • • • • ...... x ...... ••...... F. --~~cf/:::::: 23 470 Iron Woman ..•.••..•...••.•. x F. Mother..... 42 471 Yankton Woman ..•••••...... x Laura ...... •...... ••...... x F. Daughter... 20 472 1 F. Mother..... 52 473 -~~~~ ~.~ ~~~~::::::::::::::::: .:. ·Eii.Bi~k.iio;~~::::::::::::::: ·~ · M. Son...... 11 474 Laine Woman . . . . . • ...... x ...... •...... F. 475 Going in Day .....•.•..•.•.... x Mrs. Moses Power •••..•...... x F. ~i?Je_ ~~:::: ~~ 476 Thin Belly . . • • • • • . • • ...... • . . x ...... •..•••..•...... M. Husband... 75 477 No Name ...... •...••....••. x ..••••..••..•••.•••...... •.... F. Wife...... 62 478 Four Woman ...•..••..••.•••. x ...•••...... •...••.•.....•.... F. Mother..... 53 479 Crow Woman ...••..•...... x .•...•...•...... •.... F. Daughter... 20 480 Elk Woman ...... •...... •.. x .....•...... •...... •...... F. Wife...... 51 481 Pretty Hawk ..•...... ••...•. x ...... •.....••...... M. Son...... 15 482 ...... ••••••••.••.•..•.... Effie ...•....••...•...... x F. Daughter... 11 483 ...... ••.••••..•...... Julia ...... •...... x F. Mother..... 47 484 ...... Jack ...... x M . Son...... 17 485 ....•...... •••.•...... ••...... A.mos ...... x M . .... do...... 3 486 . • . • . . . . • . . . . • . • • • . • . . . . . • • . . • . . . . . Josephine Crazy Bull Jones . . x F. Wife...... 27 487 1 0 F. Daughter... 1 488 ·ch;~~g.Ho;;·:::::::::::::::: -~· .~~~!.?~~:-~~ .~. .~~~:::::: .:. F. Mother..... 56 489 F. Daughter. . . 15 490 .~o~ ·B~~~k;;:::::::::: ::: :: ·~ .. ~~: ~~~~~~~~:~. :::::: ::: :: : .: . F. Widow..... 64 491 Struck White Man • . • . . . • • . . . x ...... F. . ... do...... 54 492 F. .... do...... 63 493 :::::: ::: :: :: ::: :: ::::::: :::: :: : :: : ~:~~ t!p~~1~i·::::::::::::::: ~ F. .... do...... 61 494 Run Down Hill...... x ••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••.••• M. Son...... 61 495 Talk ...•...... •••.•••.•••..... X •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••• F. Mother..... 90 496 .Bladder...... • • . . . • . . . • . . • . . . . x ...... • ...... • ...... F. Widow..... 65 497 Stono Man...... x ...••...... •.... F. .... do...... 51 498 ...... • ...... James Stone Man...... x M. Son...... 14 499 Mrs. Lodge Pole ...... x ...... ••....•••...... ••...• F. Widow..... 61 500 Wears The ..•..•••..•...... x ...••..•...... •.....•.•.....••...• F. Mother..... 50 5'>1 Iron Rock . . . . • . • • . . • ...... x . . . • . . . • . . . • . • . . . • . . • • • • . • . . • . . . . .• F. Daughter... 8 502 Flying- up River . . . • . • ...... x ...... ••....•.....•... F. Widow..... 72 503 Hoop Track ...... • ...... x ...... •...•••.•.. F. Mother..... 48 504 Medicine Walker...... x ..•.••...... •...... M. Son...... 9 505 Girl. .. ····•••·••••••··••··· ... X ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• F. Daughter... 3 506 Infant .•.....•••••••••.•...... x .••••..•.•...... F. . ... do...... 1 507 Wood Pecker...... x .•••••.•••••••••..•...... ••.•••...• .F. Mother..... 58 508 Shot in the Face...... x .••••....•..•••...... •..•••••••..•. M. Son...... 15 509 Medicine Cedar...... x ....•...... •...... F. Daughter... 7 510 Red Whirlwind...... x ..••....•....•...••.••••.•••••..... F. Widow..... 63 511 Eagle Blanket ...... x ..•...... •••.••..••..••...... F. . ... do ...... 512 Winnebago Woman ...... x ...... F. Single...... 29 513 Lots of Shells...... x . . . . • ...... • . . . . . • • • . . • • • • • • . . .. F. Mother..... 38 514 One they Hunt For...... x ...•.•..•...... •...••••••••••••.... M. Son...... 13 515 Girl ...... x ...... •.....•.....••.•.••••••.... F. Daughter... 3 516 F. Witlow ..... 53 517 ~~"]fy~~~: ::: :: : :: :: : : : :: :: : ~ ::: :: : :::::: ::::::::::: ::::::::: ::: F. . ... do...... 35 518 Sharp Track...... x ...... M. Husband... 74 519 Chicken...... • • ...... x ...... ••••..••.••.•••••••••••••.•• F. Wife...... 74 520 M. Husband... 57 521 ~~:Wo!~~l_:::::::::::::::: ~ ::::::_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_:·:::::: ::: ]'. Wife...... 59 522 White Crow . . . • • • . . • . . . • . . • . . x ....••....•..•••••••••••••••••••.•• F. Daughter. . . 12 523 Brought Home . • • • • • • • • • . . . . . x ..••••.••..•..•.••..•••••••.•••.••. M. Son...... 17 524 Baby .••••.....••.•••..••..... x F. Daughter... 12 525 1 F. Wife...... 25 526 . si;;;;k ·i;; th~· i<:a:;; ~th rr"~ii:: ·~- .~ ~~~~~i~~ .:.~!~~::::::::::::: .: . F. Widow..... 92 527 Squirrel Coat ...... x ...•...... •.•••.... M. Husband... 63 528 Red Lod!!,'e...... • . . . . . x ...•••...••...••••.•••••••••••••••. F. Wife...... 46 S. Rep. 1275-3 34 SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. No. Indian name. English name. Sex. Relation. Age. 529 Twin ..•••••••••••••••••••.••. x M. Son .•.•••••• 10 530 Red Horse .••••.•••••••••.•••.... EmilyRedHorse ..••.•.•••••.. x F. Wife ...••.. 20 531 :Bla 0 52D CONGRESS,} SENATE. f REPORT 2d Session. ) No.1275. Views of the Minority. m THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. FEBRUARY 14, 1893.-0rdered to be printed. Mr. JONES, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, sub mitted the following VIEWS OF THE MINORITY: [To accompany S. 3392.J The undersigned, a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, does not agree with the conclusions reached by the majority in their recommendations in respect to Senate bill 3392, and submits the fol lowing reasons for his dissent: Article 12 of the treaty of 1868, made with these Lower Brule Indi ans, in connection with others, provides that- No treaty for the cession of any portion or part of the reservation herein described, which may be held in common, shall be of any validity or force as against the said Indians, unless executed and signed by at least three-fourths of all the adult male Indians occupying and interested in the same. When the proposition of the Rosebud Indians was submitted; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on April 22, 1892, directed the local agent of the Lower Brules to hold a council of that tribe and allow them to take action upon this proposition, and instructed him that it was necessary for three-fourths of the male adult Lower Brules should agree to the proposition before it could become effective, and the Lower Brules were so notified by the agent when they assembled in council to consider the proposition. 1 This council was not held until about the last of May and 1st of June, owing to the reluctance of the Indians to assemble. When at last they did assemble in council they failed to consent to this arrangement by a three-fourths vote. Upon this point Commissioner lVIorgan makes the following report: _ -- The agents reported that although great effort was made by those of the Indians who desired to remove to the Rosebud Reservation to secure the acceptance of the Rosebud agreement by a three-fourths vote of the Lower Brules, and every oppor tunity was afforded them for so doing, they were unable to obtain the required three-fourths, the vote standing 163 out of a total of 291 male adults on the census rolls, or 55 leas than the number required. · After he had himself decided the question, on June 27 Commissioner Morgan, for some reason, submitted the question to the Secretary of the Interior as to whether, under the treaty of 1868, a three-fourths vote was required for the ratification of the agreement. 2 IOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 1 in(T to him on June 29, 1892, the Secretary of the Interior used 1 hi , Ian °·ua 0 • : It i al to be regretted th~t the que~t!on was not presented to the Departrn~nt b ,for you gave your instruct10ns reqmrmg the three-fourths assent, for, havmg done this it would cause distrust and dissatisf~ction now to c~ange the rule. In d d, it i to be presumed that those not assentmg pursued their whole co1;1rse as to the agre meut depending upon t~e r~le announced to them, and to now bmd them by anoth r would not be fair or Justifiable. . Therefore, in my judgmen~, the :proposed agreement should be held to have failed of obtaining the as ent reqrured, for the above reason alC!ne. But I am al o of the opinion that the attempted cess10n to the Rosebud band of 1, nd in the Lower Brule Reservation, or t1?-e proceeds thereof, unless. by an almost unanimous consent of the last-named Indians, and at least by three-fourths, would lead to future and greater trQuble than any that can occur by declaring the pro po d agreement inoperative. On July 1 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs formally annou_nced to Agents Dixon ~1?-d McKean, the. agents of the Rosebuds a~d 1?rules, that the propos1t1on had been reJected. An Reservation, owing to the stipnla.tion in the agreement proposing to cede portions of their territory. Uuder date of April 22, 1892, I was instructed by your Depart ment to convene a council of the Lower Brule Indians for the purpose of submitting the agreement to them for acceptance, a,nd Special Allotting Agent George W. McKean, then working among those Indians, was designated to cooperate with me in carrying the instructions into effect. The council, to which every member of the tribe was invited, was called June 2, and all male Indians of the age of 18 and up wards were allowed to vote upon the question of the a.cceptance and assent, and each Indian was extended the privilege of expressing, individually, his opinion and wish in regard to the matter. A very strong and decided feeling was manifested throughout the council by speakers and leaders of the White River Indians, and it was very evident that they had made up their minds to remove to the Rosebud Res ervation, no matter what the vote showed. The fact was impressed upon them that it required at least three-fourths, and that they could not remove or be transferred unless that number was obtained, but the tenor of their speeches showed that they had been told by influential white men that it dM not require three-fourths, but only a majority, and that a majority in all cases ruled. · The reservation Indians, on the other hand, remained quiet, and had nothing to say until after the voting had been :finished, and then only made a few short speeches in a spirit of mildness and friendly feeling. They seemed to be content and satisfied to let the whole matter rest with the Department, knowing that they had the law on their side, and that the Lower Brule Reservation could not be divided, and no p art of it sold or ceded away without the consent of three-fourths of the male adults. The result of the council and vote showed, that by eoncecling to the White River Indians every man claimed by them, including those away from the agency, whether voting or not., or whether on the census roJl or not, they had not mustered the necessary three-fourths, but were still 31 votes short, and that the agreement as submitted to them by the Rosebud Indians was not accepted, and after June 30 became null and void. Immediately after the result of the council was known, and on the strength of a majority having been obtained, the White River Indians began making prepara tions to remove to the Rosebud Reservation, and within a few days thereafter did remove to that reservation in a body, and have remained there since, returning only on occasional visits for their subsistence. They go and come just as they please and seemingly are under the jurisdiction of neither myself no1· the Rosebud agent. They have made absolutely no progress during the past year in any line except that of open reb'ellion to authority; have sown no grain and made no improvements on lands either here or there. They have their children with them and refuse to allow them to go to school at Lower Brule, and are not compelled to do so at Rosebud. I have reported this state of affairs in frequent messages to your Department, and in response I am directed that they are not to be molested in remaining upon Rose bud territory. It now transpires that the leading Indians of the Rosebud Agency are in favor of allowing the Lower Brule Indians who desire to do so to settle upon their reserva tion and take land in severalty there without the "land consideration" which was made a condition of the agreement of the Rosebud Indians of last March, and under date of August 9, 1892, I am advised that Agent Wright, of the Rosebud Agency, has been directed to prepare an agreement of consent to that effect, and, if three-fourths of all the male adult India.ns occupying or interested in the Rosebud Reservation execute and sign such agreement the Lower Brule Indians may then be transferred without further negotiations with the Indians, as the law above qnoted under ·which these ne~otiations were had, is unlimited as to time, and all that is required is that some satisfactory arrangement shall be made with the Rosebud Indians. I am just in receipt of a letter from Special Indian Agent E. B. Reynolds, from Rosebud Agency, wherein he states that he is there assisting Agent Wri~ht in taking the vote of the Rosebud tribe on this last question, but is unable to fod1cate what the result will be. It is earnestly hoped, for the good of those Indians, that this matter is close to final settlement, and that I may be relieved of the uncertainty and embarrassment which has so long existed. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. P. DIXON, U.S. Indian Agent. The COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 4 SIOUX .A.ND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. The following letter explains itself and will probably throw light on this matt.er: PHILADELPHIA, February 2, 1893. MY DEAR MR. DAWES: I have received two letters by this morning's mail, both inclosing clippings from the Sioux City Journal of January 26. I send you herewith one of these clippings, which states that "the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has authorized Senator Pettigrew to report favorably the bill ratifying the agreement between the Rosebud and Lower Brule Indians in South Dakota." One of these letters is from a trust worthy informant at the Rosebud Agency, from which I quote as follows: "I in close herewith a cutting from the Sioux City Journal of the 26th instant. It seems that an impression has been conveyed to the Senate committee that both the Rose bud Sioux and the Lower BruMs agreed to the proposed transfer of the latter to Rosebud; instead of which the matter was defeated by a large majority at Lower Brule and by a considerable one here. In fact, if the vote was again taken a large number of the Rosebud Indians who voted in favor of it would not vote against it." The other letter is from a young Indian who received his education in the East, Reuben Quick Bear. I send you a copy of this inclosed. Not only is it true that the alleged agreement between the Lower Brules and the Rosebnd Indians is no agreement at all, since the Rosebuds refuse to accept the dis contented Brules, but I can say with confidence from a very careful examination of this whole question, made by me during an extended journey which I took among the Sioux last autumn, that it will be most unfortunate for the Brule Indians if Sen ator Pettigrew's efforts to transfer them to Rosebud are successful. Those among the Lower Brules who desire to leave their present reservation, which they very re cently accepted under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Gen. Crook, were con fined, I may say wholly, to the nonprogressive and heathen element. Those who desire to remain upon the reservation are the progressives. The effort to secure the abandonment of the reservation by the whole tribe has been made not in the interest of the Indians, but in the interest of cattlemen and outside parties who desire to secure for their own benefit the good lands which now belong to these Indians. The history of that effort, into which I looked very carefully, does not reflect credit upon those who conducted it. Had it been successful it would have seriously, if not ruinously, discouraged all efforts of progress among the people. I spent four days traveling among those who had located upon the reservation, who had built their houses, cultivated their farms, and were raising cattle, and who had expected their lands would be allotted to them in severalty under the provision of the Dawes land-in-severalty bill, when the work of allotment was suddenly arrested, even while the allotting agent was on the ground. My view is, and it is to the echo of the view expresHed by all those with whom I talked at Lower Brule and Rosebud, that if the Government desires the civilization of these Indians, the discontented element at Lower Brule should not be permitted to leave their present reservation, but be told that they niust settle down on their present reserve and go to work. Their one object in making the change is that they may continue as Indians, and not be obliged to accept the civilization of the whites. I trust that your influence may be exerted toward the settlement of this question in harmony with the principles of that important measure, the land-in-severalty bill, which takes your name, and for which to you more than any other single man we are indebted. Very sincerely yours, HERBERT WELSH. Hon. HENRY L. DAWES. ROSEBUD AGENCY, s. DAK., January 28, 1893. DEAR Srn: ~ere is a clip of newspaper I inclose in this letter from Sioux City Journal, that either somebody telling of his dream or joke, saying, "Ratifying the agreement between the Rosebud and Lower Brule Indians in South Dakota." There was not any ~greement; we never had made with the Lower Brule Indians. We, the Ros_ebud .Indians, thoroughly understand that the Government having ~iven us to dec1~e this matter among ourselves, so we took action through the Umted States special agent, E. B. Reynolds, to get three-fourths consent of the Rosebud Indians to ha~e Lower Brule Indians to come into our reserv-ation. But people here having not ~1ven thre~-fourths consent to Lower Brule to come, so that question no more talkrng about 1t, because we do not want have Lower Brules to come into our SIOUX AND LOWER BRULE INDIANS. 5 reservation, and have done vote accordingly to the law of our treaty, and I wish you give your attention to this matter, and see that they would not bring this question over again. Yours, sincerely, friend, REUBEN QUICK BEAR, Mr, HERBERT WELSH, [From the Sioux City Journal, of January 26, 1893.) LOWER BRULES AND ROSEBUDS. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has authorized Senator Pettigrew to re port favorably the bill ratifying the agreement between the Rosebud and Lower Brule Indians in South Dakota. It provides that a majority of the Lower Brules shall reside on the reservation and become a part of that band. There is no doubt of the passage of this measure in the Senate and the House between now and March 4. Senator Pettigrew was greatly assisted by Rev. John Eastman, of the Flandreau Indian school,_who is a Santee Sioux, and who came to Washington at the request of the Lower Brules to take care of their interests. Mr. Eastman has returned to Flandreau. Under date of February 3, 1893, Dr. Fredrick Treon writes Mr. Her bert Welsh from Crow Creek Agency as follows: * * * * * * At Lower Brule, where the people are interesting and intelligent, a very important work is waiting for someone. White men, wholly unscrupulous, are doing all in their power to create dissatisfaction, and are urging those whom they can influence to remo,e to Rosebud. The object is entirely selfish, and, if carried out successfully, must result in ultimate loss to the people. They are in that condition which de mands decision, :firmness, arid kindness upon the part of an agent. I sincerely hope that this Congress will make some provision for removing the agency to the per manent reserve. Those acquainted with the present location will testify of its dis advantage. There have been recently opened in the little town of Ocoma, one-half mile from the agency, a half dozen saloons, the influence of which is very bad upon the Indians. The effort now being made to hold that the three-fourths vote neces sary to alienate lands only applies when alienation to the United States is in contemplation and not when alienation to other Indians is proposed, is violent, unreasonable, and unjust. Those who negotiated the treaty of 1868 on the part of the Govern ment, as well as on the part of the Indians, knowing that the Indians were uneducated and unaccustorr.ed to the transaction of business; that they were credulous and liable to beoverreached and imposed upon, and constantly exposed to the danger of being made homeless unless they were protected by the Government, to guard them against the ~ improvidence of their nature, put this restriction upon the power of alienation. It can not be assumed that the Government of the United States, the natural guardian and protector of these Indians, would be so prone to rob them as to make it necessary that extraordinary guards be thrown around the Indians to protect them from the rapacity of their guardian. The evil against which the Indians were to be guarded was that of parting with their lands, and there could manifestly be no difference to the Indians whether they were made homeless by the United States or by other Indians. This provision was to guard them against their own im providence and not against the United States Government, and the bill now pen.ding indicates the wisdom of those who negotiated this treaty. This new and violent construction of this treaty, which has never, for the twenty-five years that it has been in existence, been thought of 6 SIOUX AND LOWE~ BRULE INDIANS. or suggested until this matter began, seems from Agent Dixon's report to have originated with persons other than the Indiaus, and possibly with persons who desire this action taken for their own advantage, in disregard of the real interests of the Indians. It is possible that it would be well to make some provision for the Brule families who now live south of White River, and that they should be allowed to remain where they are, but that there is any necessity for making any arrangement for the removal of other Lower Brules from their present reservation to the Rosebud Reservation, south of White River, does not appear, either from thereportsoftheCommissioner of Indian Affairs or from anything from the Interior Department, and it is certainly not wise to change these Indians from their reservations except for good and substantial reasons. 0