 After the "Army's withdrawal from its role as enforcer of the Fort Laramie Treaty" the previous year  and its subsequent return to prepare for a military campaign against the Sioux, Bill S590 was introduced to authorize "a peaceful settlement" with the Sioux Nation for the Black Hills.A proposed "five-member commission" would have asked the Sioux Nation to relinquish the "entire reservation" given to them under the Fort Laramie Treaty.From most "congressional and pioneer views" this was the "easy and practical method" of securing the Blacks Hills.