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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 141 1 ernmeot oowq etc., and rss soon aa all of the agents have reported I will take steps to purchase the articles named and supply them, if I find that the money therefor will he judiciooaly expended. Sixth. Tell them that Doctor Dorchester, Snperintendent of Indian Schools. is new in Dakota invesligatitiog the matter of establishing a. large boarding school at Rose. bud, improving the boarding schools at Pine Ridge and ekewhere, and of locating and building the thirty day sohools provided fur; and that I hope that before the opening of the new school year in September dl of this work will'either be eom-pleted or wall nnder way; so that they will have next yearbbetter soh001 facilities than they have ever had. Seventh. Tell them that, I hope that a, oommission will go witdio 4 weeks to make ,final arrangements in regard to the boundary line hetweenPineRidge md Rosebud, and to settle ssti8factorily other questions in reference to changes of location. s Eighth. Tell them that order8 have already been given for the establishment of some sub-isaue stations at oonvenient places, so that itwill he more convenient for ' . them in the filture thsn it has been heretofore to get their auppliaa. z Ninth. Tell them that I will take great p a i~~s f n~u r c h a sbienegf, so that, if poasihle, we can give them larger and better catt,le than have sometimes been furnished for them. Tenth. Explain to them that owing to the ditliaultiea of procuring a , orreat oensne roll, and owing to the dist,c~rbances doring the last winter, these matters have been delayed and that it will take sonle time to prepare all the nomeroua papers neo-weary to complete the work. Tell them that I sm doing everything that I can do to hasten matter?, md that they must be patient. Explain very fully and very emphatically to them that 8, renewal of the disturh-ances will of neoessity interfere with our plans, and will postpone the payment of money and furnishing of supplies. Tell them that every Indian who loves his people qught now to he on the side of the Government, and use 811 his inflnence in preserving the peace and in preventing \. any sot of anfriendlineas of whatever ueture toward the Government. The,? should discourage any who are disposed to even talk unkindly, because hard words often : ' lead to had deeds. The President, in the talk which he made to the men who came recently to Wash-ington from the Sioux,,aeid to them very earnestly but very kindly, that he warned them that they would get nothing by going to war, and I am very sure that any re- , . nswal of the troubles in Dakota must feault diiaatroualy for the Indians. They oan have no possible excuse now for renewing the trouble, and if they do so everybody will nnderstaud that they do it not because they have any justice on their side, hut heoause of had hearts, and *om an expectation or hope to gain something by trouble whieh they osn not get without. I want to warn them through you very earnestly, as one who is their friend, that any renewal of trouble will bring upon them severe punishment, great loss, and take away from them the sympathy of their friends and of all the people of the United States. I t is my belief that if this matter is fully explained to all the leading men they will see the wisdom of patiently waiting until these things which have been promised them have been furnished, and that they will be not only peaceable and friendly towards the Government, but that.%hey will nse a11 their endeavors to re-move any unkind feelings that may exist among them toward each other, and that they should he friends among themselves. Sinoe this letter waa prepared, the Secretary of the Interior has taken action on the matter of the claim of the Indians of the Red Cloud and Red Leaf hands of Sionx for ponies, and has directed payment to be made as reported by theapeoial agent who - investigated the matter, and that a speoial agent he designated to make the pey-ment. This will he given attention at an early date. |
