, 1882-04-08
Ths Umasil,a Indian S.ssrvaeieu-
fsT oUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

etet, got On lne HuIl1c2nc ucCA VI P3ai
re schooner, tie property of Mr. Sailing.
brother OF the well-Enown Weston merchant
OF that name. A few miles from Weston We
! struck the Indian reservation, consisting o'
sJme FIVE hundred and fifty square mile
OF As fine country as could be seen IN any
part OF the world A jollier companion than
SAILING 1t would be hard to find He en-.
hvened the miles and Ililss over which we
rode On the reservation without seeing any
signs Of life save wandering bands of CayUse
ponies. with CLEANS OF Wit and humOr that
betokenei his Missourian training. One
fock Of sheep and a few scared looking ccws
relieved the 'nonOtoay Of the scenery Sal
ing was bound for fresh woods and pastures
new In the Willow creek section OF COM
try, situated between Heppner and Pend!s-
ton, which is being raoiiiy settled up; SO
after bidding each other farewell for a season
/ trudged on '-ShaHk's pony to the In ian
agency, The genial, good-natured ssent
Nr. Fay, a native OF Rhode Island, Was
AWAY On Indian business, but meeting with
WORTHY FATHER CoNR.DY
l was soon made 10 feel myself At home
The good priest, pstric;an native Of Bel
gium, has been tor the last seven years
amongst the Indian II the Umatllls, preyl-
Gus 10 which he bad been on the mission Tor
years among their more eiieminate brethren
Of the East Indies in Asia. Amid strange
faces We reflect how happy are those who
dwell with those who love them thousand
thoughts of home and friends come back to
Us, tie heart IS soitened, and often the eye
lids are moistened Indeed, | think that
the principle pleasure Of travel is in the
thought and hope Of communicating to others
our own impressions of what We See. Who
would care to look Oh the Blue mountains,
or an Indian reservation, II he might never
speak Of their beauty. never utter the feel
ings which they awaken: The Indians live
in the past and in the future
"HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS"
They cling to memories and cherish deiu-
sions. The ideal is to them more than the
real Ny heart grew sick OF asking to whom
the lands through which passed that day
belonged. 1t seemed TO me that the Indians
owned nothing, save the bands of ponies, that
the "pa,scis rir.tar hamaHunl geaaS was
truer here than in ancient Rome that the
"Ldsciati oyai speraT.a roi CHI e"tra'S," OF
Dante was certainly verified that like the
Isgaelites in Egypt, they must stand wlth
lOins grit, moccaslns on feet, aud stafi or
cayuse in hand, ready to move at Uncle
Sans warning oa very shor. notice. But
I was mistaken. Instead OF ''behOld tie
poor Indian" it should be transferred thus:
Behold the poor white" Why, I'd not
call Qaeen Victoria my aunt if l were only
one. half as We'll off in this worlds goods is
some Of these so-called poor Indians. There
is not journalist on the Pacific slope one
quarter as wealthy as many OF the ''red
meu." Now, obeYing your instructions |
will give you my ideas on the subject Of this
reservation. The day cannot be lar distant
when the Indians viii have to take up this
land in seyeralty There are some eight
hundred souls on this reservation including
braves, bucks, squaws and papooses. Sup
pose each Of them be given one hundred and
sixty acres there would then remain some
three hundred aud twenty squale miles
FOR WHITE SETTLES
To take up and occupy. The Indian is the
original inbabitant Of this continent, aid is
entitled by the WORDING OF the Declaration
of Independence to "hfe. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness" just as much as you Or
anyone else in America. There should be
clause inserted In the title-deeds of land to
Indians, namely. that for fifty or one hun
dred years no transfer Of such land could be
made to whites for or on any consideration.
l An aware thst when yourself and Col Red
ington were on the war-path some years ago,
ye would ~iiIinglygive them speedy ''pass'
to the happy hunting grounds through the
medium Of rifle. But let US vino live in
glass houses not be too fond OF throwing
leaden pills at every child OF the forest
whom We may meet against whose race oar
antipathies are aroused. Have we all been
innocent: Has not he government adopted
awrong course OF training in regard 70 the
the whole race, Do We net covet taeIr
lands, Have We not over and over again
VIOLATED OUR TREATIES
With them on some shallow pretext and tes-
titled to our Implicitly: Are ttey net phys;-
cally as iine ! race of men az you could wish
20 sees Have they not been hunted ike
beasts Of prey? Have We respected their
customs. habits and traditions: These and
a thousand still more p-rtinent queries could
be put and would be hard to answer hon
estly. We should not ignore for the sake OF
the almighty dollar the teachings OF Al
mighty God. Pressure on your space for
bids me at present to indulge any further IN
this strain, so I'll indulge in dish OF sta
;istics CLEANED in the course o. conversation
from the able agent and members Of his staff.
At the agency may be seen almost every day
busily employed L. II. Fay. Esq, the agent,
DR., Hall, the great medicine man, ". J.
Ferrell. the geutle,nanlv superintendent: of
farming, John Mclean, the well known in-
terpreter, Pere Conrady, the Jealous Catholic
missionary also a wagon maker, miller,
blacksmith, Carpenter, AMI several Indian
,nn-eniices. The Indians will have some nj
teen thousand acres under cultivation this
season. They have hOrring MIL some
seven miles from the agency. and a saw mill
well supplied with all the necessary ma
cbiperv some twenty miles distant. The
agency employees got cat some seventy-five
thousand feet OF lGmber. good deal Of it
dressed. for the new boarding school, on
which work viii be commenced in a few
weeks. and whi.b Il Is pres lmed will be
n,.ead under the charge OF Benedictine
brothers and sisters from -he E-st. The
,gant worked As harl'as any Of the employ
ees n the midst OF snow towards getting ~