The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-18
FROM THE oKANACAN,

"adieig''. WHO is "s present in Seattle
on business visit. during which the
following items ot news were learned:
Mr Phelps is ina charge If a very
large band Of cattle belonging To the
firm. which is now ranging over the
plans Of Moses reservation. In the
Okanagan country. As assist ants. Mr.
Phelps has four or five white men and
o large number of Indian herdsrs.
among the latter is the only living
brother Of Chief Moses. who has besn
in their employ, of and on. fer several
years. Although the past winter has
been very long and severe one. yet
the loss Of stock in the Okanagnn
country was very light, not amounting
~ over five per c-nt.
Moses has been living tac entire win
ter At Once Lake. which is situated
on the lower portion If the Coiville
reserve. wner-. at his r, quest the Sec.
rotary OF the Interior pei mitted b L, 20
remain. Everything rs ami ha. leon
peaceablc and quiet between the SC; tiers
and Indians siuce his return from Wash.
ington. lie has very fine band Ut
horses, in which he takes much pride.
he receives . snug sum of money from
Pbelps ~ wadisigh every year. for
pasturage on the reservation, with
which he is enabled to give grand
fsasts to his subjects occasionally.
Moses is no more nor less than q Car.
having no agent or other authority
ever him. and IS wise enough. We are
assured, never 30 long as he lives to
let hi. people again engage ia trouble
with the whites. At q big council,
held shortly after bis return from the
Natl nal Capital. he gathered oil his
head men and sub-ohiefs together
arouud him. and during the pow-wow.
In order to show them how incapable
they were of coping with the whites in
war. he took mp handful of sand. and
calling their attention 10 it, said: You
see this little handful of Garth. it is the
Indians; all the rest OF the land you
see about You is the white men; shall
we fight with themT This illustration
opened the ignorant IndiAns' eyes, who
have heretofore thought that if they
could kill all the white mrn off 1T
present in that section of the country,
the trouble would ail ba over. aud they
could get their land hack and possess it
forever. Moses is very shrs~d, aud
has all the cunning Of the Indian char.
acter. Mr. Phelps styles him .
diplomat OF the first order. He neither
speaks English nor French,ns has ben
asserted Of him. but conycrses tineut!y
in the chinook, or j.rxou si.lrcr. He
has great Influence with Iii. people,
and si..e The dea; /, ri h,s br,.t'.fr. lat
fall, has exrtri. need little difficulty in
managing them t. sui, himself. His
br..iher wa, tutan. sneakinR. coD-
tcmpiable. wild savage. who wa always
an enemy to the whites moses is
about fifty years old. but = pc, feet pic
ture Of healthy. robust man. liable 10
reach the age OF eighty. or possibly
more. He has not yet been converted
toany reIi4isn. Many of his subjects
are Catholics, but ~ it would De nsces-
sary for him to give up three Of his
wives before being admitted into the
fold. he prefers to work out his own
salvation. Who his successor will be
is not known. He has o SON fifteen
years old, who IL said to possess little
of his fathers shrewdness or brains. and
probably would not have force OF
character enough to manag, such Q
large band OF rowing. iRnoran. savagea
with any degree Of success The Indi.
aus are allowed by their king to take
up aud cultivate land any where on the
reservation they ohoose. and many are
availing themselves Of the privilege
by fencing in aud cultiva.ing large
tracts of land.
The Indians have always heretofore
considered the soldiers their common
enemy, but within the las: year force
of 100 soldiers have been stationed q.
Camp Okanagau. and have b aght and
paid them big prices for oil their pro-
duae. which has bad tendency to
make the Indians favor them. and de.
sire that they remain in close prozim-
ity to the reservation, Dut tue troops
are making arrangements 10 now &c
tncif new posi- ON AAAs H"s.e".
9nonaha' tue m.se'aS'c' eao"o.a,
horec tn'e'. OF wn0" 'ue wn's:s ne.,u
30 mucn du!lnS soe lesen. .au s ~ ~
Dreak' ~ ns.ng .sv " 30 ' s..s;. ~
ses. ~ peace IN" qu's'' s:"'
40 = Class. oespise ,, n'", aau 1eas I h.u
/ WIZ consemp:. lug uoso.n n.:. a.s
gwen MV's -: 'As -. ;se .."'',a 49,, ~"
occ.P'eu " nun uu Ms peoP ,o os.,
tanning nonoreos o. su.Ie MS: 'os
an indsnnite pe1'o: o. 'lus' .uu snoy
Will propaDiy keep it uu0otesteu snauy