moose* the RESULTS OK THE TROUBLE 891 



On the recommendation of General Miles, a large delegation of the 

 principal leaders of both friendly and hostile parties among the Sioux 

 was allowed to visit Washington in February, 1891, to present their 

 grievances and suggest remedies for dissatisfaction in the future. 



A ng the principal speakers were: From Pine Ridge, American 



Horse. Captain George Sword, Big Road, and He Dog; from Rosebud, 

 White Bird and Turning Hawk; from Cheyenne- River, Little No Heart 

 and Straight Head; from Standing Rock, John Crass and Mad Bear. 

 The interpreters were Reverend ('. S. Cook, David Zephier, Louis 

 Primeau, Louis Richard, Clarence Three Stars, ami Louis Shangreau. 

 Their visit was eminently satisfactory and resulted in the inauguration 

 of a more efficient administration of Sioux affairs for the future. Steps 

 were taken to reimburse those whose ponies had been confiscated at the 

 time of the Custer war in 187(1, and additional appropriations were 

 made for rations, so that before the end of the. year the Indians were 

 receiving half as much more as before the outbreak. (War, 26.) On 

 returning to their homes the Indians of the various Sionx agencies 

 went to work in good faith putting in their crops and earing for their 

 stock, and in a short time all further apprehension was at an end. 



The discussion of Indian affairs in connection with the outbreak led 

 to the passage by Congress of a bill which enacted that all future 

 vacancies in the office of Indian agent should be tilled by military 

 officers selected by the Indian office and detailed for the purpose from 

 the army. At the same time a plan was originated to enlist Indians as 

 a component part of the regular army. Small parties from various 

 tribes had long been attached to various posts and commands in an 

 irregular capacity as scouts. These bodies of scouts were now reduced 

 in number or disbanded altogether, and in their stead were organized 

 Indian troops or companies to be regularly attached to the different 

 cavalry or infantry regiments. In the spring of 1891 officers were sent 

 out to various western reservations, and succeeded in thus recruiting a 

 number of regular troops from among the most warlike of the tribes, 

 a considerable part of these coming from the late hostile Sioux. 



Although the campaign lasted only about a month the destruction 

 of life was great, for an Indian war, and the money loss to the govern- 

 ment and to individuals was something enormous. Three officers and 

 28 privates were killed or mortally wounded during the campaign, and 

 4 officers and 38 privates were less seriously wounded, several of these 

 dying later on. ( War, 27.) The Indian loss can not be stated exactly. 

 In the arrest of Sitting Bull there were killed or mortally wounded 8 

 of Sitting Bull's party and 6 police, a total of 14. Those killed in the 

 Wounded Knee fight, or who afterward died of wounds or exposure, 

 numbered, according to the best estimates, at least 250. Those after- 

 ward killed in the various small skirmishes, including the Few Tails 

 affair, may have numbered 20 or 30. In all, the campaign cost the 

 lives of 40 whites and others on the government side and about 300 or 

 more Indians. 



