, 1879-02-13
INDIAN CIVILIZATION,

4 Correspondent "Details IInw Young
tiueIs "Lcnrneh tho Wars Of thr Whites"
snteia1 Corst,randtnee o} The T'rtbaur.
fonr BENNETT, y. T., Feb. 5.-Althouel,
somc line has elapsed, nothing l,as beer, heard
from Washington III regard to The terms on
which tho Government Will receive the hostile
Indians at the Agencies at lenst no reply la.
been gircn IN tic messengers sgnt by the hos.
lilies, who htll remain with tlcir friends at uuc
Of The upper villages Of Cheyenne River Agency,
anxfousiy waiting for the sumo; asnl 1t Is now
loolci upon rs certainty tln. they came In
good faith, We learn from late Eustcrn napcrs
ta,at the psnpotais natle through tllr messengers
asc receiving marked nttcutton by thu t;urc1n-
1ncHt, nnl It ia lope1 tint the RESPONSE may te
favorable, nI''l br!ng about All carly reception Of
nsscEt That they lave come Wi thu most ppace-
lul Intentions, stl tsat ilr fcrvent desire Of al,
those left behind is to return tn fustnes homes,
live ID Gutetncts, become clrsl'zcd utnt learn ic
ways oi the whites. And there Is probably NJ,
ottier Agency tlat affords le.ter opportunities
fur accomplishing this dllilcut task than ChLy-
cnno River Agency. To sustain that opinion
will mention the progress which has been t,,adc
by one Indian OF tile above nnt1cd hyrncy IN
learning "thc ways ot thu whites" A voting
buck, WHO has inr several years past recely-
ell considerable attention lr0n missionaries anil
ohgrs at The Agency, until ]atciy lIas hccn ut
tending tho tnissipn school nttactcsl t.prcto. BY
so1ae means Or other he Eatned slight knowf-
cdgc IN regard to the MANNER In which banking
business Is conducted. Having pur[nincsl n,iili-
her Of blanks on banktng tIrm Of one uf thu
Mi.snltrl Rlycr cities Of the Reverend gentleman
in Charge of the stissio, anl hcinc out OF funds
the buck concluded he would "Ccrpctntu u d
chcck. Pr0tnpt to act. he wrote outfits tat1-
In very gooi style, a check fns 50, signing the
ln!sstot,ars's name TO samc-not dccHain.: lis
n,oney-gcttcr he bul1ly proceeicd to the store
of tilc Agency-trntcr, who snItlftEly cnshcd II.
The festive bnsk then IT., ,p,occe'ic', to make
ssi sq't' To- anu bys!snsf ss s fas's::da ;s s' ass
remarkably wcll.ochavch anil appearing
young lnlIan," and It Vas INST 'nislIing whnt
l,rugsess so!,s Of our Indians were nak!Lg."
We'll, III short space uf time the warl of tile
mission renewed Ills lMpecunlos!ty, Alld con-
cll,ttct to check ngnin, bst .his time fnr larger
amount. Qt.t1rel him u write out 80 1ia.,y
checks lor putty suma.} So lc learned frosn tl!e
"thfrty,h NIL tlAshcd oil check for $3u. Onte
more he twisted tic toor-knoh at the tratlrr's
store, produced thu ;" sttfr," which was pulftrly
cashcl as before, md no questions asktd. pur-
Of "braes bEiour,e," our ruppcr.culorctl ct,,t-
st,tuc,lt turned i,ia back upon the establish.
snent. This time ho imagined lImse1f an Aator
Il gless), uIat "spent the lnoucy like sailor,n u
appcaranccs,. ho vas compelled to "lraw II
unce more. With tllu same natural prompttuslc
as formerly. he acscd = "thrty" waa tile
amount. Thinking It unalysahc, however, to
do TOO much business Wilt ono ,lousc, he 's In
tro.l,sced this latter cl,Gci to ano.rr party,
Whu immediately detected ihE forgery. The re.
suit was tic Indian was confined lDr IL few DAYS,
| When !,r was turned lonsc to bccoruc n,orf:
csyizctl. III thu meantime the two first checks
came buck from bank protested. Somebody
n,allp loss, HNti 1t wasn'ttll. Indian. but for
this 1t Ia believed tho trader would have kept
Oil caslltng similar chechS til now, hnd tllcy
Leen presented. Am wrJpct--fs the abore mt
pruof positive u ciy1xatyu ulIl ''iear'iiay III
trnps Gf Ho ,rj.itcs"5 Ii Iruise the question,
| Very truly, /! BowsTNEsu.