The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.117-118

Senator Lane responded, “The Indians held a council-Indians who were hungry and cold and destitute-and they objected to this proposition. They asked that this bill be not allowed to pass. With the exception of eight votes out of about three hundred votes, the Indians asked that the bill not pass and that their interests are not properly conserved, and insisted upon my objection to the bill for that reason on their behalf. Many of the Indians are opposed to having such a disposition made of their lands, and contend their best interests will be sacrificed if such action is taken. In order to test the sentiment of the Indians respecting the same and to ascertain as nearly as I could what proportion of them desired a sale of the lands to be made at this time, I called for an expression of opinion from a body of them, consisting of about 300, who had gathered in council to consider the subject, and there were but 8 votes in favor of selling the land, and among these eight, there are some who are said by other Indians to be either profiting from the use of Indian lands not their own, or to be acting in harmony with the wishes of the whites who desire to secure such lands.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.117-118