Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-02

/, ones. There are already in this region u,
wards of thirty thousand head of cattle az
thirfaen t~iiousand,head of sheep, but it ha
a capacity for supporting half a million {
cattle .and,as>manV sheep without exhaust
:, ing its pastoral advantages, besides furnish
i ing homes-fora large and thrifty agricultr
raj population. These valleys would hay
been settled up long since but for being s.
exposed to raids fromhostile Indians. Their
are to-day, hundreds Of people in Montana
and many III the far off states (readers O
; our paper.) who are looking with covetou
eyes upon this region, and are ready tt
move thitller whenever they feel that the,
can take their families there without danger
Not many years ago this region was trea
tied away to the Crow nation by what i.
known as the Bruno treaty. Fortunately,
however, the treaty was defective and could
not be enforced, and it is a good thing fol
eastern Montana that twas so. A more
unWlse move could not be conceived of. It
would have been removing the Indians. from
a reservation of farless value OH our south.
ern border to a section of infinite. more inn
portance in the very heart of the territory.
1t would be exchanging a rich, fertile coun-
try bordering, as it. were, upon a never-fail-
ing navigable river for far interior one.
and splae4ng the white man more remote
frem these things he most needs and giving
them things the red man least needs, J. to
t~he,Indian. The treaty stands to-day as it
did then, having never been abrogated, but
If ic 1nnnanccorty n e ~ hac lAaa, rlno;lol :l1a
gal and without force, and should the sub
jeet ever come up again it will meet with
the bitterest opposition from all quarters of
the territory. This. however, is hardly
probable. Civilization has already taken
too firm a hold upon these valleys, and all
that is needed to make it one of the host
thriving sections of Montana is a little more
security for life and property and q few
more mail routes.
In view of all this, we desire to urge upon
our delegate i'll Congress the imperative ne
cessity OF pressing, the needs of these val
leys before that body. The hardy settlers
have certainly fought their own battles, and
endured the dangers of the frontier long.
eaough, and should by all means be accom-
modated with a military post. 1t answers
very well for bachelors who can sleep with
one eye open to defend their possessions,
but when a country becomes the home Of
defenceless women and children, as il the
case with this REGION a military post be-
comes necessary. Our hardy pioneers who
have homes to. build and families to support
have but little tiMe to devote to warfare
with the red man.
A little more mail service. is, also needed.
mail route from Martinsdale to Huntley's
on the Yellowstone, the. Carroll services rev.
stored and increased TO a tri~weekly. and a
line from Camp Lewis to Fort Benton would
be sufficient to meet the present demands of
This country. Less than this will. scarcely !
suffice. We appeal to our delegate in Con- !
gress to look out for these matters and press.
hem before Congress at the earliest days of
he session.
THE Missouliqn and Herald have been !
iaying some controversy of late in regard :
Q Missoula county finances. The county is |
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