Buffalo their Single Source of life. Families moved with incredible ease to new villages and running grounds using the horse and sraf travois to take them. These warriors and families came in peace bearing symbol of peace and so were they received even as brothers among brothers and children to the chief. The warrior hunted to feed his family and fought to defend them. Anything less the man selected the site of his tepee and accomplished the ritual and left the details to the women. Meanwhile, the men of each family new to the village paid their respects to the chief. They brought symbols of wisdom and authority and smoked the ceremonial pipe of tobacco was the fountainhead of fellow ship and sacred substance making neighbors of men and brothers of neighbors. With this pipe they created a climate of trust and spoke eloquently of peace asking that heaven and earth be witness to the bond thus far. In the summer of 1875 the western villages of the tribe were at peace. War bonnet and blank
Mr. Chairman. I know you havent gaveled us. If you gavel us, id like to address the chair for one second. Are you going to gavel us to i can address the chair for one second . I thank the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately im going to have to go to the democratic organizational meeting which will run certainly all morning. As you know, we had an allday organizational meeting yesterday. I regret we have a hearing in the middlele of that. I know you indicated yesterday, empty chairs should not be misconstrued. But i have a solemn obligation to elect the next leadership of this body. Unfortunately that conflicts with this hearing. This means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly to the topic. As the chairman knows and the Ranking Member knows, i dont like to miss hearings of any kind. I regret unfortunately i am going to have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and thank the chair. Mr. Gowdy theres really never a good time to have leadership races. Given the seriousn
Mr. Chairman. I know you havent gaveled us. If you gavel us, id like to address the chair for one second. Are you going to gavel us to i can address the chair phenomena with for one second . I thank the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately im to have to go to the democratic organizational meeting which will run certainly all morning. Mr. Connolly as you know, we have an allday organizational meeting yesterday. I regret we have a hearing in the middlele of that. I know you indicated yesterday, empty chairs should not be misconstrued. But i have a solemn obligation to elect the next leadership of this body. Unfortunately that conflicts with this hearing. This means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly to the topic. As the chairman knows and the Ranking Member knows, i dont like to miss hearings of any kind. I regret unfortunately i am going to have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and thank the chair. Mr. Gowdy theres really never a good time to have leadership ra
[inaudible conversations] mr. Chairman, i know you have not gaveled us but if you could gavel us and like to address the chair for one second. Will you gavel us so we can i think the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately i will have to go to the Democratic Organization which will run all morning and as you know we had all day organizational meeting in america we have a hearing in the middle of that and i know you indicated yesterday at the chair should not be misconstrued but i have a solemn allegation to elect the next leadership. Unfortunately, it means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly not to the topic. I dont like to miss hearing of any kind. I regret that i will have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and i think the cha chair. This is good a time as any theres never a good time to have leadership and given the seriousness of the subject matter and the fact that weve had to reschedule it multiple times, no witness should take from the absence of any member
Mr. Chairman, i know you have not gaveled us but if you could gavel us and like to address the chair for one second. Will you gavel us so we can i think the chair. Mr. Chairman, unfortunately i will have to go to the Democratic Organization which will run all morning and as you know we had all day organizational meeting in america we have a hearing in the middle of that and i know you indicated yesterday at the chair should not be misconstrued but i have a solemn allegation to elect the next leadership. Unfortunately, it means no disrespect to our witnesses and certainly not to the topic. I dont like to miss hearing of any kind. I regret that i will have to leave. I will insert a statement for the record and i think the cha chair. This is good a time as any theres never a good time to have leadership and given the seriousness of the subject matter and the fact that weve had to reschedule it multiple times, no witness should take from the absence of any member that they are not interest