Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-01-13
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CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The Times st.
raul, Mimi, special saws: Gen.
Terry, commanding the dep .rtment
of Dakota, has submitted hi, ;c..,r,
L" headquarters. After rcyicwIu,.
the Sitting Bull campaign and fell,
cltat nS the Government over the
results, the General says: 1 regret
that the outlook in northern Mon
'ana is not as favorable as could be
IL lrci. For many years past the
iHdl 'ls of the northwestern British
! fr'v-nces who are mainly dependent
Oh same for their support, have
viLiaitd across the frontier. follow.
ing herds of buffalo and coming as
tar south as Judith basin and valley
OF Musselsheil. Buffalo are dimin-
lshinS IN numbers with great rapidi
tty, and III regions over which they
have hitherto wandered they are be-
ing rapidly replaced by herds of
cattle. Indians are still following
the diminished herds and probably
must follow them to avoid starvation.
The natural consequence is, when
buftala cannot be found cattle are
Killed as substitute, as beef is as
acceptable to an Indian as it is to a
white man. Many complaints are
made that cattle are slaughtered by
Indians and such acts are generally
attributed, probably with reason, to
Indians from beyond the frontier.
! The cattle raisers of Montana are
alarmed. They fear that the speedy
extinction of the buffalo will leave
these Indians no resource except
herds of cattle this side of the border.
and that their industries will be very
seriously injured, if not entirely des.
troyed. They have begun to form
associations of u semi-military char
acter for mutual protection, and it is
proposed by them to put forces in
the field from time to time to hunt
down Indians who may be guilty of
depredations on their stock. It is
unnecessary to enlarge upon the va
rious evils which are likely to result
from such course of procedure, but
this can only be prevented by giving
to others full protection in some
other manner. I think it will re-
quire the best efforts of the Govern
ments on both sides of the boundary
to prevent evils which are likely to
occur. Forts Assiniboine and Mag.
innis are we'll placed to give such
protection as military posts can give
by their mere excellence, and thew
are also we'll established to warn off
or drive away foreigners. The pres.
ent condition of affairs is an ample
vindcation of the foresight which
established Fort Assiniboine two
years ago, expensive Us this estab-
lishment has been. As I write, 12
officers and 249 men are moving out
from it to drive off foreign Indians
and half-brseds who have intruded
upon the Indian reservation between
the upper Missouri and the bound.
airy.
More Reputation for the Columbia River |
Bar.
PoRr TOWNSEND, Jan. 8.-The
bark Nesurius, Capt. +. w. Call, ar
rived this morning, 1875 days from
Philadelphia. She was bound for
the Columbia liver, but after lying
Oft the bar % days getting short Of
water, fresh provisions and some of
her crew developing scurvy, the cap
tain headed toward the Sound aud in
three days found anchorage at Port
Townsend. The tow boats at the
mouth of Columbia river came with
in o quarter of a mile of her at o
most favorable time, but would pay
no attention TO her signals. Bar |
Pilot Olsen is on board the vessel.
Chicago Mortality.
The mortality during the past year
in Chicago has been PSI per 1000. |
Health Commissioner DeWolf says
this is IAN increase OF nearly per
1000 over 1880. 1t is no larger in
crease than cities all over the globe
have experienced, and shows that
Chicago is the healtLiest city in the |
world to-day, London and Phila-
delphia alone excepted.