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ever were made by the chiefs. After speeches by Gaul, John Grass, Mad Bear and others of prominence, a vote was taken on the proposed acceptance of the treaty and every dusky warrior shoutedicarcu uSaturdayMr. Hol-jation of for thetill whichinnesota,interiorsted andf indem-s to ther. Town-ihe detic-ie housele on thee senate;nts wereeption of-and ord-oved thernents inded thatsir order.n-concur-appropri-i sea wall.Y. Mr.e had noit on the3m 01* avhich in-he house.1 if therenature offortifica-ay appro-uld votenon-con-e amend-Blount ofouse con-a the sen-ild neverarmy billating thisis absurdnan tfrnmSTARFall to 1Glads The Star elects a; Turner,delegatic by N. C. is much S. Under Lee werlt; out, led held a cc place an to go to 1 rnittee v chairma Rye andHar:India of Henr: about 1,1 to-day. men anc Greysbo wore w carried 1 silch mocoming iland lias trade in the visit the cam; received The gen when h€ lations \ the subs southeriALlt;After(Teneral“No.” Not satisfied with this, the most0solemn scene of the week was enacted by every IndianTAKING AN OATHto the Great Spirit that he would sign no paper relative to the treaty—that lie would sign neither the black paper, which meant yes, nor the red paper, which meant no. Had the commissioners been cognizant of these facts when they met in conference this morning they would not have been so hopeful. The commissioners opened the conference promptly at 9 o’clock this morning, all the Indians being present, including Sitting Bull, who arrived last evening. The old rascal is sullen and reticent, but he informed an interpreter that he would never consent to the signing of thetreaty by any of his friends and that he thought the proposition was all in favor of the white man. After opening the conference Chairman Pratt introduced Governor Church, who arrived at the agency last evening. The governor spoke to the Indians for thirty minutes and delivered what was considered a very convincing and effective speech. He did all he could to convince the Indians that the treaty was for their best interests and evidentlyMADE QUITE AN IMPRESSIONupon their minds. Agent McLaughlin then spoke, and as he has the utmost confidence of the Indians it was thought he would be able to win them over in favor of the treaty. He pleaded earnestly for the measure and was followed by JudgeWright, who occupied about thirty minutes. But all of the speeches were without effect so far as any evidence of change could be found in the replies of the Indians.JOHN GRASS WAS THE FIRSTof the Indians to reply. He said: “Why
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Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Fri, Aug 03, 1888
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