The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-27
THE INDIANS.

TIE sASxocKs AND PIUTrs snlnATxp-
BOISE CITY rHREATENED Br ruE BosrtIEA
san FRAScIsco, JAY 20. is's
Baker City despatch statss thai . cosrisr irsn
General Howard reports that The Bannocks and fates
have separated Tue former are nssiss ne
country, while tns latter are ssppssss "
be making for their sgsncy for hs rsr-
Eighth infantry passed through Baker ofty ts-dsy -
route TO the overland road beyond Bosse City. which
Is now threatened by the hostile Bann0ets who are
RETURNING 10 Camas prairie aud the buffalo cesnsry
Silver City despatch says there indicatisns Of
the hostiies returning IN that dirscsion-
VISIT OF GOVERNOR HorT. OF vYoMso. TO
TIoN-BAD EFFxcT OF THE WANT or sur
PLIEs-EvMs WHICH CONGRESS SHOULD
REMEDY.
wAsHSGroS. u. e.. July ~. ISIS
The Secretary Of the Interior 10 In receipt Of .
latter, dated July II. FROM John w. Hoyt. Govsrnos
OF Wyoming, in which he gives account OF a visn
lately made by HIM to the Shoshone and Bannock
Indian reservation, in Wyoming. After holding .
council with some thirty OF the chief men OF shs
tribe be summarizes tho remarks made by washakia,
the head chief Of the Shoshones, az follows -
''rhe Shoshones are without q suflcisucy Of meat
having been obliged to divide with the Arap@hoes;
are witnou. -four ana compelled to eat corn
meal which they do not ike; without
any proper supply Of agricultural implements;
have competent person TO instruct them Ia the
cultivation OF the soil, sometimes called upon oy
the agent to work, as IN hauling logs to the mill,
without reward, and for some time past have 0een
without any school for their children. He also
planned that white men trespassea upon their terri-
tory in the search Of game and In the hsrdtng Of
cattle"
COMPLAINTS OF Tug ARAPAHoEs
The same day Governor Hoyt visited tns Arapahoo
camp snd met some forty OF the leading OF that
tribe aud hed council Their Chief Black Coal,
said that the government had been slow In talaing
It's promises: that they mad been promised
a separate agency, but wers still under the Shoshons
agent, sshe talks crooked Washakia asked him
ABOUT ood the agent said That there nothing
yet tor the Arupahoes; you must give them par OF
yours until their supplies come. ave have not much
game less we go lar away and we have not cattle
the SD osh ones have. My people are much hun.
gry' and sell Iher iurs and ponos for food that
issd tar ny and be taught TO TIL tho land
but We have scarcely any implements; there II no
drsn aud a school ana school teacher"
ABATEMENT OF TEE AGExf.
In conversation wnh the agent ne admitted that
there were good grounds Tor the COMPLAINTS OF the
Indians; that he Was without -four, and that be was
issuing TO them but one pound (gross) OF meat per
day and dong that his responsibility, the old
beef ana -four conlracts having expired and the
ones not having yet been approved BY the depart
as promised 10 tue Arapanoss; that he was without
wagons, teams and imp iomcnts, and that the allow
ancss for farmer school teacher and otaer employees
were small mat IL WAS impossible TO secure tue
services OF suitable persons Tor tho duties required
LEAVING THE RnsERvAToS.
Governor Hoyt says that u Is worry certain that the
Indians cannot be kept upon their reservation unless
they reasonably supplied With the accessories OF
agent was compelled by circumstances to permit sew
era families 10 leave the reservation IN search OF
edible roots % the means Of ek'ng out uoss'ence
son. the plca that they had nothing 10 eat aud
that all who remained would soon die OF starvation. He
further says that many more Will soon follow unless
something In done meet their reasonable demands.
cOxGREss TO BLANK
The main rOnt In Governor HoyIs letter 10 Ia rela.
ton 10 the lack OF suDsislsnce, supplies, farming
Elements and Instructors and the Interior Depart
neut CLAIMS that Is responsible both Tor the
amount Of funds furnished tor this agency Tor the
delay IN piuoing the same a. the disposal OF the de-
partmsnL AS to the amount Of the appropriation,
Congress refused TO exceed the appropriated for
the previous year. and Tor the Northern Arspahoes,
herein referred TO- Congress tsiled 70 provide any
Tor the Indian SERVICE the Indian o.
nee maintains that time and again tue attention Of
delay ana sndeavors made to have tho appropriation
bill taken mp ana passed
The contracta rn,sning supplies terminate BY
law az the END OF the fiscal ysar--nancly, June So
any deliveries made alter that date by the
for supplies during the last fiscal year
not bs paid Tor; there ere no funds applicable
for the payment thereof. Again, deliveries OF sup
plies under contracts entered into Tor the
fiscal year cannot be made until said contracts aud
oeompanying bonds are approved The Indians may
be without food, and bert may be in the neighboring
pasture and four ~ the door OF the govern
msnt warehouse Tor delivery by the contractors,
the Agent deliver until he is notified By
bonds II hs should accept them and the contract or
bond Is disapDroved the party making the delivery
osS get Sons s". a aHt
sucn case Is TO permit the Agent to purchase IN
open market, IN a SUN not sxcsedng $4,000 OF
course, in such an emergency tho agent Is at the
mercy Of any party who may have supplies within
reach ana BIO must pay exorbiisnt prices ior Them,
even as high a. fty per cent more than the new
tracts call Tor. rus the actual work.
ing Of the business at the present time.
EaSn aay somo agent reperss mat ms sop
phase In open market The delay IN making tho APP
preparations Is thus depicting the sumo appropriated
and costing the government heavily IN the additional
prices u pays Tue legal limit OF 81, 600, which may
DO expended In an emergency, tno Indian officials
aud spostsd ra a. at each Of these agencies ,nsrs
more Than six thousand Indians, and ~, 900 will
not supply either agency with beef Tor more than
week, ana II takos several Weeks to bring cattle from
the ranges TO tho agencies. As the Indians realize
ttat tnsr supplies are fast disappearing ana no new
supplies are arriving Al their agencies, they become
rssiicss and fearful that starvation awaits them.
The Indian Appropriation bill was not approved
until the 2.th OF May Advertisements for proposals
Tor iurnsning supplies Tor the Incian service
ps0ilshed May Is, AMI the bids were opsnea on Tn Q
18th Of June Tor about 81 7sO 900 worth Of goods and
supphe,. large warehouse iuI oil samples mas been
inspected and awards made 10 the beat bidders Con-
tracts have been made ana approved, aud mauy sup
pcs are on tue routes 10 the agenccs bus the ayon
cies lar distant, and IL must be some time yet be-
fore these suppcs reach their destinatioDa some
gooas are yet 70 be manufactured, Inspected and
packed, and Tor some articles the Indians
ior month"; before their supplies are dealt out 70
them
lns officers Of the Indian Bureau disolaim oil re-
tponsbity IN these matters. and maintain that Con-
gress only has the power but fails 10 apply the
remedy.
BRAZIL