Opinion

Those Native Americans living at or near the Whetstone Agency in the winter of 1870 learned from the whites that there were meetings in eastern cities addressed by speakers giving glowing accounts of the richness of the country occupied by the Sioux. These individuals drew entirely upon their imagination for this information, exaggerating in proportion to their ignorance of the actual resources of the country.

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During the fall of 1869 and winter of 1870, more than the usual disc ontent appeared among the Indians at Whetstone Landing and along the Missouri River. This was due to various causes; one of the principal reasons was the lack of suitable clothing and shelter in the severe winter weather at that latitude.

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The routine of activities at the Whetstone Agency during the winter months of 1869 – 1870 was occasionally relieved by the arrival of some distinguished chiefs and a portion of their tribe. They had passed the summer and fall in the raiding of stock from the early settlers to the south toward the Platte River or out on the Rosebud.