The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-07-28

The statement pnbllahsd In - Mipnsepo-
lii Tribune OF July l2th, that = ths Instance
or Delegate Maginnis, the Secretary 81 The
Interior had appointed commission consist
Inn Of the Governor Of Montana, the Com
mandknt Of Fort MissouIA and the agent d
the Confederated Indian tribes = Jocko, %
treat with tho Indians for right Of way for
the Northern Pacific across the Jscko Rear
vation appears TO have been IN erIor. AZ
least, oil Inquiries BY Northern Pacific rail-
road men have failed 10 elicit confirmation
or the report. On the other hand advices
are received that acommission was appointed
on the 10Th, and Il Is expected 70 begin it,
labor BY parIcylng with the Indians 10
about ten days, but rho constitutes The
Commission has not yet been learned. That
4 Commission Ii necessary, Is evidenced By
the fact that i council was held BY the Indi-
ans last Friday and The result was resolve
By them that they did not wish any work 70
b done BY the railroad company on the re-
scrvation until the right Of way had been
agreed upon and settled for. IL y presumed
| that II was TO await the result Of this coun-
eli that agent Roman notified the construct
| Ing engineer 70 defer work.
These Indians do mt appear to beopposed
70 the construction Of the road over their
reservation q least there u no intimation
| 70 that effect = yet. They simply ask IN
adjustment Of damages before tho work be-
gins. In fact We are surprised TO learn that
some Of them u least are In favor Of ne
gotiating for the surrender Of the Jocko
Reservation entirely and taking In lieu
| OF IL reservation on Tobacco Plains. This,
II accomplished, would throw open 10 set
tlcment the finest valley In Montana and u
i would be much better for both Whites and
Indians II 1t were accomplished. The reser-
walton b now too close TO MissouiA for the
welfare Of either. ##
| The adjustment Of The question Of right 81
way on some basis h becoming one Of urgent
n importance. The Northern Pacific road Il
located for fifty miles on the reservation
Not pick has bean struck or . tree fellet
on that ffty miles, and the heayiest trestlint
on the entire line Of road, In ono place ~
feet high and requiring the use Of severa
J million feet OF sawed lumber and timber, II
near the eastern line of the reservation. Th'
delay to this time has Involved enc seriou'
result--the Northern Pacific railroad canno
possibly reach Missoula from the West thi
year. Beside II h seriously interfering witt
the plans Of contractor Dunn, who has som
) seven hundred teams, large number whIc'
: viii seon be Idle unless they can BE- put .
j work on the rsservation--as be now has ID
: entire road either completed or sublet IN
. In courss Of completion, from The Frenc
! | Womsn's 10 The reservation.
a. There hrs been some surprise that - I'm
) portHns matter - this was not attended I
. | At IN earlier day. II has just transpire
: what the occasion was. Last winter u
d Secretary nf the Interior notified the con
i pauy n Il desired 10 construct across "a
' Jocko reservation to die duplicate antheni
cstsd maps Of its lire thereon with the Il
terror Department. There was considerabl
: delay In preparing the map. Then u WI
sent TO Brainard aftcr General Anderson be
len for the West, and finally only sing
map, and that not authenticated By his sil
nature, was aled. The Department woul
: not net until its instructions had been CON
= piled with. Hence the delay. A#