Mr. WILSON, of Iowa. am not very well informed as to the manner in which the Indian affairs of this Government have been conducted, but I have been long of the opinion that the Indians have been nite as much “sinned against as sinnin.” am very glad the Gentfrom Do. rota [Mr. BURLEIGH] has taken this occasion to bring to the attention of the House what he regards as abuses in the management of the Indian nffairs of the Government. I have no disposition to defend anyone against any charges which may be well founded. It is not in purpose today to enter upon the defense 0 any person whatever. I desire to give the House a little more information on the subject of our Indian affairs; not, sir, that I am personally cognizant of the facts, but I have a statement of an Indian chief which I desire to have put in the possession of this House. It is not often that the red man has an opportunity to speak for himself. On this occasion he can have that opportunity. I hold in my hand a speee made by a Yankton chief whose name in English is “the Man that was Struck by the lice." He describes the conduct of Indian agents toward the Indians: “Palaneapope or the Man that was Struck by the MByee spoke as follows: friend you rent a letter toour agency requesting our (chief‘s)presencehere. My friend. I have a good leg: it is sound: there are no soresuponit and want to go to Washington to seemy Great Father. The reasonI want to seeinyGreat Father is.I desire to mnkoiny report to him in person.but the agents say ifI go he will not pay any attention to me1 that he is full 01businesswith the whites. My bellyis full ofwhat I wantto say to him. My friend. you nrosent by my grandfather. I think you will do just as all the rest make money. I should think my stand father would want to seeme to make my report in pe"rsIon. I cannot savmuch. The Great Spirit knows that speak the truth: knows what 1say.’ That is the way he began; after awhile he spoke as follows: “I would have to tell my grandfather that I made a treaty with hini.ai idI would have to ask him how manygoodshe is pom: tov give me; and I would tell him that I want iim to give me the ini'Oiceso1 my goods. that I may know what I am entitled to. I do nI otwant corn thrown to mothe someas to hogs. If could get myinvetees I should always know what belongs to me. Every timo.our goods come I have asked the agentfor the invoices.but they nevershow me the invoices; they can write what they please, and they go and show it to mygrandfather and he thinks it all right. I think, my fficnd. my grand father tells melies. My friend. what Igive a man I dgroena tttry to take back. I thiiik. my friend. there is a pile of moneybQIODBIDRo us which we never ye“t I have receiVe. think the Great Spirit hcars what I say. When they bring the goodsto the agency, my goodsare all mixed up with the cat's goods; I can t tell my goods from the trader sgoods. I think if you no to all the nations. you will not find any who has been used as I have been. My grandfather told me I should have a warehouse as aratefrom the agents: ho told me I should take 160 acres of land for my own use and that I should have plenty of land to raise hay for the stock. he haylon my bottomland is cut by the white man to sell, asked for hay.but I canget none white man cut it; Ioan t tell who goggle money for the hay.but I think Redtield got so moneyfor hay: my ponies can have no hay. I think. my friend, if you go, up to my agency you will have a bad feeling; you Wlll feel bad for me to seethe situation I am in, and to see my buildings. after what my grandfather told me. "The 1st agentwas Rodfield and when he came there be borrowed blankets from me to slcep upon and agreed to return them. t never did. thoqghI askedfor them. Goodshave been stored up stairs in the warehouse, and have all disappeared: perhaps the rats eat them; I do not know what became of them. If they bring any goods for the Indians to eat and put them in the warehousethements live out of them and the mess house, where travelers stop. has been supplied from the Indians' Hoods and pay has been taken by the agents and they have at the in their pocketsand taken it awaywit them. I have seen themtake the goodsfrom the storehouse oIfthe Indians and take themto the mess house and have had to pay for a meal for myselfat the mess house and so have others of our Indians had to pay for Total! at the mess house preparedfrom their own: 0“0Is understand that the peryear for salary. I thnk ren$t1sa.5reo0iasllonwotedm5u1ch. “! not more than enough talus a month, the wny they live; the brin all tieir fa ilicsthere and friends also. when the agents have been there one, two and 3 years, their property increases the goods in their house and theirHousehold furniture increase. When Redtle ld left the agency.a steamboat eame in the night and took away tiltecn boxes of goods, so thatt 0 Indians would not know it: but t io Indians were too sharp for him. When Redticld cameup he brought his nephewto be trader for the Indians' and one night he took a load of flour out of the shed where the Indians’ flour was and carried it to his store to sellout to the Indians. Myfriend. what I say about his taking the flour I did not see With my own eyes but my young men came and told meso. BecausoI wanted the lankets that I leaned Bed ficld. he got mad and never answarod me and never ga"vamethe blankets. My friend a great mnnythings have beengoing on. but they dot. emin the night. so as to blind me. What I say I see myself. Alter Bedticld took away Ithe 15 boxes he sent back and took away more. I, think all these young chiefs have eyes.thesome as and that they have scen these things. I wentdown to Washington twice to see my grandfather and 1h. 3rd time I went I came back by the Missouri, When I went down I saw many storesfull ot goods the suttlers cometo our agency and make pioncyan then go off. I think if we had 2 stores it would be better for us. If I had understood from what in randfathor told me, that I was to be treated as Iave been, I would neverhave done asIhave done: never would have signed the treaty. Mr. Retificld said to me, When I am goneyou will meetWith a greatmany agents: but you iyil nevermeet onclike mo.’ I think I never want to see one like him. "When I mademy trenty the su 'ounirmen teliiefs) weretherc, and my grandfatherto d me that the halfbreeds should linve some mrtion of the money. When I was miikins the treatyt c halfbreeds were all about me. my body was sweet and my graudfnther told me that I could give the moneyto any I phased. These white men had Indian women for wives: and they came with their accounts against the Indiiinsand gave them to Redficld. They told moifl would help them get the money I should always have plen of money myself; they would always assist me. tIold themI did not believe what they said: that if should give themthemoney and should come into their house they would tell me to go out of their house. After Ignvethem the monc the all scattered.andI cannotseethem. Afterw at I iayc done for them.given them the mo nev, these white men have gone away and left their half breed children for meto support and take care'of. But when the agentscomewith money the white men come from every direction and not the money, and than go away oeeries. I think utter I paid them so much they ought to treat me bet tor, do not wontpn more of the halfbreed money paid Joseph Lionais. li Bedard Charles Ruleoux. August Trevorcier. John B. Lalant. Bruno coneycr. the ophile Iirugincr and Joseph preoux. The halfbreeds that live with the Indians are poor and want the mono that has been paid the above nnme l half bree s retained hereafter and paid over to the tribe toward aniporting the poor half brceds With the Indians. ccording to the treaty there is 810.000 belonging to the oororphnnchildren. but I do not know what has ceoine of it. If the white men should get their money ain they would spend it for whisk and I want their shares of the ine ney stopped. The reasonI am sayipg this is, the white men and half breeds.whom wedid notprovido for by treaty. are displeased with us because we did not give them a share of the money. "Among our nations there are a great many tribes comeeveryyear. The Tetons and others comedown, luanydi tstoomtchteimYaenssktetoanl hs.orasneds.caonmdethtoenusthtoe gwehtitpea.mfeonr the stolen horses because we have get a treaty. hey camelast fall With their claim for stolen horses to the agent and the agents howed it to the interpreter and he told the agent that the Indians who stole the horses di dnot belong to the Yanktons; and the whites said if we had another interpreter they could collect their claims. Our grandfather has given this young man.Charles Pecout. a medal and made him no" Iic. am now done with the management of Agent uRpeodnficld and the half breeds and now commence other matters.” This is a speech delivered before a subeommittee of this House. So he continues in relation to these agents for some time. Next day he takes up the case of agent Burleigh. I do not know whether it is the elegate here.