Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-05
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Al she earnest request Of the great
sackem IL tiss Colnnsbia River Indiana.
and aerssabsy 70 the fervsnt desire Of
the military authorities and al whom IL
may concern. now forward for puklica-
ton Ia the leading journals the decisive
orasion Of that great Indian hsFo, scholar
and patrios, Moses. the Metho~ chief
tain. He has reviewed il at his camp In
my prssenes, and answered: !. IL b good.
So les Il 90 70 the Rrsaf papers East from
old Chief ssatfie's city; and say b your
friends there that tn greet White Fea-
Their at Washington city has not done
what he then and there agreed TO do.
and nov Moess and bis people are de-
ceived again: their lands are stolen.
&EEkI &0tt35 LII tUMAEA W0lAEAAe k64I ~ y
very poor. and are weeping BY the river
side. The Okanaean lands have parched
10 the hot sun: the grass grew black;
the lakes dried up. and the white salmon
run there no more. All my peopis are
sad. and sag not word 20 any enc. j
can do no more for them, for l. Moses,
am poor. have no more heart 70 cheer
them; no more good words for them.
You, shy Low. are good witness for
me and my people. You have lived
among a. for seven years; you know
all our hearts. all our campo, eli our
lodges, all our councils IN Washington
and Oregon. Idaho and Montana. You
know all the Sioux, Crows and Black
feet of Dakota and the Yellowstone
lands. You know how my father. Quit
ahIaquin, was killed by the King George
Indians many years ago; his feet cut
of; his hands cut OF; bis legs cut Oh;
his body cut in two; his arms cut Oh /,
and his head then cut OF and carried
10 the King George white agent at the
English post in British Columbia. You
know ali my family, oil nay friends and
all my enemies. You have stood ran
som for me when was In Washington
city. My people wanted 10 90 to war;
would not let them, and you helped me
20 find friends among the soldiers. Gen
eraI Sherm IN. General Howard. General
Miles and General Casey know me, and
know you. So, do now as seems best 70
you, only say this to the great papers
Chief Moses knows next year, 1885, will
be bad year in all the buffalo and big
bear lands, and King George men, In
dian and white men, will fight for lands
and homes; bat /, Chief Moses, vii
stay at my tent and garden. on the Me-
| Spiclum, where Won can come alone and
see me at any time, and no enc vii
harm You. You know all trails and al
roads Of travel. The white men honol
you, and the Indians call you The True
| Witness.' Good by, John; 90 In peaos
70 your people In the Kittitas, and there
| write your Book of Remembrance.
That IL your home; that people youl
people; that Book of Seven Seals you
book; and the Great Spirit will help yog
to write IL, and help His Indian child
rem, too, with your pencil"
REPLY OF CHIEF MOSES TO THE SCORE
TARy or THK INTERIOR.
"Moses is poor. Moses has no land.
10 sell nor TO give. The lands my peo
pie live on are their lands, not my lands
MY people are poor and have no lands
now. only such lands as they farm and
fence. You have thought il wise to take
away their farms, and their cabins, and
their fences, in your fifteen-mile steal
of the lands President Hayes gave ms
people for their permanent home. The
lands you have stolen are fifteen mile,
wide and seventy miles long from easi
TO west-in all, one thousand and fifty
| square miles. edgiug on British Column
bia. The SEnilkameen SILVER mines OF
my reserve are only four miles square
| the best portion of the silver mines be
ing In King Georges country, Rritist
Columbia. Ny Indian people and som,
white people who are living with Indiar
women have farms. cattle ranches ane
horse pastures on the meadows and MP
lands of the remaining pant Of the landl
| you have slyly set aside from my re
serve. permanently given to my peopl,
| in written treaty. signed by President
Hayes and Secretary Schurz, and wit
messed by General Casey. You were no
satisfied with claiming what no Indiaf
ever claimed-the sixteen square mile
of silver land; but you must drive tn,
| Indians away from their Thousand
square miles Of farm homes ans
mountain hunting grounds, where thei
fathers and Qrandfathers are buried
and where they faftnsd and hunte,
years before you were born, and year
before Washington city was ever known
Ever since 1854 the Simiikaneen leas
mines were known TO be- there, and wer,
| worked by white men. Northwest O
| my reserve, In Britain Columbis, ar,
the great silver miues aud gold mines
| TIE similkameea Indians know this
bus they do not know Won or my people
They ara King George men. Ii yot
| want those Slmilkafneen silver mines
| you must fight King Georges people fo
| them; bat you must not steal the farms
gardens. corn grounds and wheat field,
OF my old men and women to get silyeI
from King Georges lands. where hii
| Indians have large cattle aud hors,
ranches thereon. Your white friends
that deceived you. never saw the Simii
kameen mines. some Of them know OF
the cattle lands on my peoples reserve
They wanted my peoples ranches, anS
lied to You about those lands being min
| ING lands. They are not. They mr.,
meadows. uplands aud mountain plains
All old miners know this. and SO do Oh,
soldiers. Yeu have no mars of m,
country. You don't know the rivers
the great lakes, the valleys, nor IN.
mountain plains. How, then. can you
set aside one thousand square miles Of
mineral lands, and nos know where
they are, % what country owns them. OF
TO what king they belongs One bsund
airy line monument is twenty miles
south Of the claimed line as Lake Osoo.
yoos. and another IL City miles south OF
the claimed line at Kettle River.
know all about these boundary disputes
and my old fathers lands. Nv father
Was George Washington chief and 4
warrior brave. Ny people are true, and
are no towards or thieves. And now
that you have set aside my people,s
lands, without consulting them or mott
flying tho chiefs. thus broken a sacred
treaty by your own will. through hatred
of my race and prejudice from newsra.
per scandals. as well ~ envy and coyet-
BUSINESS from broken down cattle uen
and greedy miners, who live AMONG
squAvs and steal. ladian ponies. you
have done 50 nc your own risk of honor
and my people and ysar people must be
serry--soFry for IL.
fou say thai yen want to sell nv
peoples lands 10 persons who do not
live upon them, and you have sent for
NE and Ssseepkin of the Simiikamesn.
IonAsket of the Okanagan. end I.os af