Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-09-10

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Moody ana s.alsy ou.aon..
Sitting Bun Is Saved,
Bully.
=. :. '.'eod On the Missouri river 49,.
lowing: VIC S'ean tho fol-
IL. one. :. W. MAtche,t pr.,.,,.a 49,.
. .ns commissioner Of Indian .s.,s W., -
appoint him to investigate ~. .~a,s. :. :,
lR,v.r . .ent agencies ca the Missouri
,Ie =. and also to try and bring ia,o n,
~. .S.o y the church the restless: an. - !,
. .us Forest. He started, and after n,, =
'"& damphool Of himself .ica. ' .s
n rou's y bis ignorance, and bis -, ~ !
dizzy. "k among bands Of laughing In.
u .' who did not understand = worn - :.
u.'sred'-st last landed At Fort p..l
n.s ADVENT was signallzed BY his rcmov
lug nus nat and coat and kneeline anon.
:, o o o. Indians. and delivering bim,el
~ :ocn prayer % only = Door fooI;.r
aeAe'ous fanatic could give utter,nce u
aae scenes sranspirine every day wer,
supremacy ridiculous. In bis rel,oio,'
.e"1y ne would seize strapping Indian
mug AID kiss him. and AK r. no d;d.,
want to be angel and stand on the GOA.
en- snore: Then he would grab sou.w
ana &,vtnxa religioussk,<s, would as,
ne1 u she did not want to be with Mar,
ABOVE. singing praises on high? Invsr
lao'y the grlnniug Indians could not a.,
Iswer these religious connundrnms -.
then the Rev. Nj, Matehett would rem.
the kissing aud hugging ceremony inter
speFsed with more original high tonet
connundrums, much to the amusemenf =
inc employees Of the Agency.
AT last his sections were becoming tir..
some, and poor fellow, he was made !,
believe that he was needed down ~,
river, where there were more souls Ia h,
saved. '~ w =
Before starting he expressed himself
IS being perfectly satisfied with the 40
sistsnce rendered him in his missioner,
'aoors by certain parties. and anon.
them he made mention Of our old fr,eot
Largely, who was there 1t the time
The ''Prince'' turning assistant mis
sionary3 That's too good. Some On,
hold Us. -
Before going down the river Matchet
issued the following Proclamation !" ",
give 1t verbatim ct literatim. The ORIG
inal II in our possession.
July 10th, 1875.
Fort Peck.
John W. Matchett Indian DELICATE I,
Montana in the lntres Of Peace to m
Su'x nation aud will notify nv Cover
m"nt at once Of the young mems talk tha
they will 90. to Sting Bull Camp 70
Payment and Frenship for to,se abou,
Settling our Trubbles for Ill future time
JOHN w. AATCHETr
Indian delegate to
| Montana
from Washington City
/
! DC.
Alter leaving Peck he went down tn,
river. The boat stopped for q shor
time at Wolf creek. fifty miles below
and he seized the opportunity of rushin,
ashore. and praying with the Indian
collected on the bank. While stretch
ing out his hands, with his hat in one
Al Indian seized It as a gift, and Match
EFT went aboard hatlcss.
Now we do not write this for the pur
pose of casting ridiculc upon any reli
giOus denomination; far from it. w
simply wish to show the Commissions
OF Indian Affairs what kind OF man h
sent out. II the Commissioner did nc
know the man. he is to blame for en-
trusting him with this commission.
he knew him and sent him out simply t
get rid OF him, then the blame to be at
tachcd is greater.
We do not doubt for moment thu
Aatchett Is aught else but en- honest per
son, but We do doubt the expediency q
sending IN illitcrate person on such
mission whose sole credeDtfsl b lsnat
les zeal, to investigate anything, carr
the gospel to the Indians, or doing any
thing loftier than sowing wood or hesv
ling coal.