Three Suns-At the last treaty, the government bought a large tract of land, and it has now sent you to by more land. I wish, not only to be benefitted, but to have my children pleased, by reason of the treaty that we are about to make. We will apprach each other with caution. We are to sell some land that is of little use to us, and we want the price to be satisfactory to all, -the full bloods and the mixed bloods. It is not for myself that I speak, but for the rising generation. If you wish to give a good price, we will be pleased. The responsibility rests on us, -not on the rising generation. We have selected a few mixed bloods and whited to help us in matters that we do not understand. Mr. Conrad and Major Steell have been chosen and you may talk with them.
-Minutes of Negotiations- 1895 blackfeet Treaty
Blackfeet Agency, Mont.,
September 21/95
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