MOONEV 1 



CAUSES OF THE OUTBREAK 



830 



Treaty of 1868 



&.BTIC1 1; 8 When the head of a family or lodge shall have selected lands in g 1 faith ami rei i ived 



a certificate therefor and commenced farming in good faith, he is to receive not to exceed on. hundred 

 dollars for the first year in seeds and agricultural implements, and for a period of three years more 

 not to exceed twenty -five dollars in seeds and implements. 



Reticle 10. Iii lieu of all sums of money or other annuities provided to be paid to the Indians 

 herein named under any treaty or math's heretofore mad- the United States agrees to deliver at the 

 agencj house on the reservation herein named on (or before) the first day of August of each year for 

 thirty years, the following articles, to wit : 



Fot each male person over fourteen years oi age, a suit ol good, substantial woolen clothing, con- 

 sisting of coat pantaloons, flannel shirt, hat, and a pair of home-made socks 



For each female over twelve years of age, a flannel skirt or the g Is necessary to make it, a pair 



of woolen hose, twelve yards of calico, and twelve yards el' cotton domestics 



Fortheboys and girls under the ages named, such flannel and cotton g Is as may be needed to 



make each asuit aforesaid, with a pair of hose for each. And in addition to theclothing herein 

 named the sum of ten dollars for each person entitled to the beneficial effects of this treaty, shall be 

 annually appropriated for a period of thirty years, whilesuch persons roam and hunt, and tweutj 

 dollars for each person who engages in tannin;;, to he used by the Secretary of the Interior in the 

 purchase of such articles as from time to time the condition and necessities of the Indians may indi- 

 cate to be proper. And it within thirty years at anj time it shall appear that the amount of m \ 



needed for clothing, under this article, can be appropriated to Letter uses for the Indians named 

 herein, Uongressmaj by law, change the appropriation to other purposes, lmt in no evem shall the 

 amount of the appropriation be « nhdiaw a or discontinued for the period named. 



Article 10 further stipulates that each lodge or family who shall commence farming shall receive 



within sixty days thereafter one good American cow and ■ good well-broken pairoi American oxen. 



Extract from tabular statement, showing articles of subsistence received ... to be received, rations an 



issuedup to date, and amount required to make the issues according to Articles of treaty of February 

 1817, in fiscal year 1891— At Cheyenne River agency, Fort Bennett, South Dakota. 



Name of articles. 



Bacon 



Beans 



Baking powder 



Pert, gl ess 



Coffee 



Flour 



Sugar 



Salt 



Soap 



Mess pork 



Hard bread (in lieu of bacon) 

 Corn (iu lieu of flour) 



Quantity al- 

 lowed lo 1011 

 rations up 

 to date. 



Pounds. 



3 

 3 



H 



,1 ion 



2J-3 



"45 



*l 



1 



'Jj 

 Noue. 



Quantity per 



100 rations 

 as alio w ed 



per treat v 

 1S77. 



Pounds 



I63 



/. inn 



4 



50 



8 



a Net 



I, Net. or 150 without bacon. 



Rations as lixed by treaty of 1877: 1 3 pounds beef or h pound ha, J pound Hour and J pound 



corn; 4 pounds coffee, 8 pounds sugar, and 3 pounds beans to every ion rat-ons, or, in lieu ot said 

 articles, the equivalent thereof, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs." 



STATEMENT OF AMERICAN HORSE 



[Delivered in council at Fine Ridge agency to Agent Royer, amdforwarded to the Indian Office, IVovember 



, 1890. '.'. I'- I'm-. S700H—1890.] 



American Horse, Fast Thunder, Spotted Horse, Pretty Back, and Good Lance 

 present, with American Horse as spokesman: 



"I think the late Sioux commissioners (General Crook, Major Warner, and Gov- 

 ernor Foster) had something to do with starting this trouble. I was speaker for the 

 whole tribe. In a general council I signed the bill (the late Sioux lull) and 5s0signed 

 with me. The other members of my band drew out and it divided us, and ever since 



