The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDIAN.
He Says Chief Moses Has Not Given Up the
Oregon Reservation.

San Francisco Chronicle,
For several days past a tall welI-dressed
Indian has been seen on the streets and some
conjecture and comment as to who he is have
been expressed Last evening Chronicle
reporter found him coming out of the
American Exchange Hotel dining-room and
Immediately engaged the SON of the forest in
conversation. His name is Wynryh and he is
one of the Warm Spring tribe of northern
California and OREGON employed by the gov
eminent as scout and interpreter and is
here on pleasure. He was with Chief Moses
during Che Modoc troubles and proved him
self 10 be a faithful servant of the govern
NEXT. He speaks English, French and Ger
man very WE'LL besides six or seven Indian
dialects. When asked where he acquired
French and German, he answered:
when the Modoc war was over I spent
ten years travelling through the United States,
England and several countries of Europe-a
thing" said ne, drawing himself up proudly,
THAT none of my people ever before did"
What do you think of the Apache
trouble and General Crooks campaign was
the next question
Il know nothing about it, as I have not
been down there, and up North we hear but
little of the affairs in the South, but | sup
pose that the trouble started like all the
troubles we have with white men,
How is thstT'
Just the same as it did with the Modocs.
The government always deals fair and sends
supplies and gives us reservations, but tits
the agents and settlers that make the mis-
chief. When the government sends US sup
plies the agents steal two-thiSls and give us
the remainder, and the settlers get on our
land and kill our cattle and do lots of other
mean things" and his black eyes flashed an
indignant and dangerous fire. 1T is just
the same" he continued, "as though some
one was to stick Won in the ribs with pins:
Nxyo Esrl,t 49,
"Do you think there will ever be any more
trouble with the Indians up there?' was the
next interrogation
''No, l don't think there will be- Chief
Moses's band and my tribe, the Warm Spring
Indians, are friendly to your people, and the
agents are acting fairly toward Us. And AS
for what Modocs there are left, they are scat
tered all around in northern California and
Oregon, and cannot raise force enough to
make trouble. They are scattered like the
papers in the streets" continued he point
ing to a lot of cheap advertisements flying
around in the CUTTERS. There are lots of
your folks think that the Warm Spring Indi-
ems and Chief Moses's band are of the same
tribe but they are not. Each have language
of their own and live apart.
Here" continued he, producing a scrap
of paper, ''is something THAT | want you 10
tell your people / think is falsehood."
The scrap was cut from some newspaper, and
Stateu t1ab CnleI moses Dad TeilnQulSned
his claim to the Oregon reservation, and had
signed papers to that effect
"Chief Moses told me before I came down
here that he would never part with the land,
as he has his people, his family and many
head OF cattle there, and it is his home No,
the paper speaks a lie"
Are the Oregon Indians becoming civil
ized?"
MY tribe and Moses's are They farm,
raise cattle, work and have homes, but the
,Modocs contemporary don't do anything
but eat and lie around. They can't fight
any more. Almost all the tribes are increas-
ing in numbers and live like white people.
The Indians would not fight the white men
il the agents would do what is right. Well,
Pve talked enough 10 you," he broke off
abruptly. Goodbye. 1 hope you will not
tell any lies about ME" and with friendly
nod of the head, which shook out his long
black locks. that Oscar Wilde might envy,
he strobe up the street