, 1863-05-02
For Head-Chief of the Me- Percea-

Inc present pOIltlcal SITUATION OF the
principal mover in the territorial division
scheme in the upper country, will aptly
point moral and elegantly adorn tale.
When Scrantio first ''twanged his trumpet
horn" in favor of division of Washington
Territory, he at once secured the cordial
cooperation of the leading members of the
Olympia clique, and rendered an import
ant service to the residents on the lovely
shores Of Puget Sound, where he had spent
SO many happy hours summing himself ala
Ingin with the clOOchmen Backed, in his
schemes, by Dr. Anson G. Henry-the
gentleman who so much excelled Mr.. Lin
coin in talents, in his youthful days-he
felt as proud as a well-fed terrier, and be-
havod as insolently as if he were a led
captain to nobleman. In his "high-toncd'
imagination he would first name the east
crn portion of the divided territory, La
fayette," then he would make Lewiston the
capital of Lafayette, and to cap the climax
of his fame, he would be the delegate from
the Territory of Lafayette to Congress.
In the first place, he was disappointed
when the new Territory was called Idaho
then he WIS astonisLed to find that Lewis
ton was likely to be in one corner of Ida
ho, and, lastly, he will be'frantic when he
reads the fact that Lewiston is really in no
State or Territory, whatever, until the Nez
Perces Indians signify a wish that their
lands shall be included in the Territory of
Idaho. The following paragraph will ex-
plain the position into which our distin-
guished and high-toned cotemporary has
got himself and the people of Lewiston
"Prorided further That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to impair
the rights Of person or property now per-
tanning TO the Indians of said Territory, su
long as such rights shall remain unextin-
gu shed by treaty between the United
States and such Indians, or to ipclude any
terr tory, which, by treaty With any Indian
tribes, is not without the consent Of sald
tribe, to be included within the territorial
limits or jurisdiction of any State OF Terri
tory; but all such Territory shall DC ex-
cepted out Of the boundaries, ard consti-
tute no part of the Territory of Idaho until
said tribe shall signify their assent to the
President of the United States, to be inrlu-
dcd within said Territory ETC.
This intere,tin paragraph is from the
bill organizing the Territory of Montana,
and is doutless included in the bill organ
izing Idaho. From this, it will be observed
that, for world of pains, Don Scrantio
has succeeded in getting himself down to
the political Status of Ncz Perces Indian,
or rather below it for in int of political
power the dirtiest yellow-g -go-naked on the
res rvation is his. superior We know of
nothing which can reconcile Scrantio to
this state of affairs, unless the Nez Perces
should conclude to adopt him into their
tribe and elect him Head Chief: an office
y hich mis- experiences on the lovely shores
of Puget Sound cminently qualify him to
fill with dignity, without descending a
particle in the scale Of eirtue in thought
deed or action.
The present Head-Chief, Lauy,r, arose
to his present lofty position by virtue cf his
qualifications as a public speaker
blower as it is vulgarly called-and was
always notec for his virtuous inclinations;
inasmuch as t. c laws of his tribe allowed
him wives ad Ii6itum, and be never took
more than he wanted to his bed and board
From some specimens of Scrantios blow
ing" about local matters, We are justified
in asserting that he will excel Lawyer as a
blower" as much as Boreas does a zephyr
and in the matter of virtue he has already
told us the severe tests to which he has
been put on the lovely shores Of Puget
Sound. Thus fitted for the important office
of Head Chief Of the Ncz Perccs, we hope
he will succeed the venerable Lawyer in
that position, and, if the clam beds of Pu-
get Sound cam only be removed to the
banks of the Clearwater, nothing will be
wanting to complete his happiness. An
act of Congress TO effect this removal Of
clam-beds can be easily procured; for
there is no species Of legislation to which
the present Congress may not sec fit to IL
dulge in-judging by what has been done
in the last two years. Hail then to Seran-
tio Head Chief of the Nez Perccs wor-
thy successor of Lawyer Big Ingin of
Chee- e-mee-nee-kum