Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20
OUT WEST.
Roundias up a Herd Of ssvsaty.fse
Thousand Butfaloes. 4
Trouble Between the hez Perees and the
crows-cattIs and Grazing coun'
ty-Iaterestlng Figures
Sp,eial Correspondence.


down for the winter. Now and then
something comes along to arouse us
from inactivity, notwithstanding the
fact that We are beyond the pale OF
civilization, as it were patiently bear
ing our territorial form Of government
until it shall please Congress to admit
US into the Union. The latest are the
recent Indian troubles between the Nez
Perces and the Crows, any reference to
which seems to awaken the ire OF the
Indian agents all over the country.
From the most reliable reports and
authentic statements of "those who
know" one would be led to believe the
whole Northwest in an uproar, aud
the nation on the verge OF another In
dian war, that the savage had dug up
the hstchet, painted his face, SOUNDED
his var. whoop, and was we'll started on
the war path.
The truth Of the matter Is that there
were two Nez Perez Indians aud n
| .quaw pursued by nine Crows and two
uLite men; and after the fight all
| Ibree of the former came out Of the
hIush and went to Bull Dog Ranch,
where they got breakfast. Notwith-
| standing the unequal battle, the Nee
| P.jc, q stood off their assailants in fine
| st,le; and but for the mishap Of getting
| u gun broken would have come of vic
| tUrious. These Crows are a cowsrdly
| set of rascals anyhow, and deserve to
| lose very head of stock they have.
| The old saying applies very we'll In
| their case-the only good Crows are
| the dead ones. Now, with the Nez
| Perces the matter is quite different.
I! Brave Nez Perces ana 1hieviug Grows
They are conceded to be a brave
| Though not hOnest) people by both
| whites and reds, with the exception OF
| tie Crows, who are their sworn enemies.
| General Miles tested their metal after
! five months experience with them In
| 1877 up among the Bear Paw
| Mountains; aud he came out OF those
| fights with more respect for the Nez
| +, Tces and lees men than when he
| welt into them. Besides being coward.
| IL, tie Crows can add to their long list
| of virtues the browning one of excessive
pretd. | refer now to the Immense
s.r.lch of lands held by them III the
Yellowstone, Rosebud and Little Big
HON valleys.
Seven thousand six hundred and
thirty.four square miles, or i,7l3,0W
acres, of the finest agricultural lands in
the United States, which, dog III the
nsnter" like they can't use themselve,
and won't let anybody else have the
benefit Of Think of nearly i've nlilllon-
Of acres Of beautiful, rich, black l0am
tied up in u reservation for less than
| 5000 worthless savages, who can never
unGer Gods heaven find any use to put
it TO.
The best way out Of the difficulty
v ould be to take 5000, 200 acres OF this
reservation aud dispose of the same to
the highest bidder for cash, then divide
the remaining 1913, 900 acres among the
Crows, which would give nearly 6O
acres 10 each man, woman and child,
aud use the proceeds of the above sale
IN buying a herd for them. Let the
government take care OF the herd until
such time as the Indians shall be pre-
Jared to accept and care for the stock
themselves. The l,7l3,U0 acres would
NJ, sufficient for grazing purposes should
they desire to become stock-ralserS, or
the land could be utilized for agricultural
PURPOSES if they preferred 10 become
aprirulturalists. Sooner or later these
amos must he thrown open for settle
mert, and vino not as we'll now as at Il
later Gate.
II is AN pstI blished fact that the Crows
Ale on the decline. For years they
have been decreasing nu neIically, slow
but sure, aud the day is not far dis
AIT whtu the last Crow war whoop will
| ae heard, and tue land Of AbsaraSa
will belong t. the white man.
Cattle and Grazing.
There is no doubt but that the prairieS
| and valleys o. Montana are the best
| gazing grounds for cattle, either winter
| or summer, that we have. Millions o.
| acres OF tall meadow grass In the river
| bottoms, and short buffalo grass on tn.
| plains are lying waste, but II seems a.
| If at least they would be utilized 10y
| tlOse enterprising people who are first
| Oh the ground. Among the latter Ii
| the Marquis de Mores, who came hert
| about fifteen months ago with capital
! of S250, 900, which he promptly invested
| IL cattle. These he turned loose on tn,
| vast Iapges here abouts, under the su-
| t,rvision Of competent herders. he
| has erected immense slaughter houses
| at different points along the NortherD
| P.citic railroad from which the Marquis
| cap, cts to ship yearly, beginning with
| 1854, no les than Y, 900 dressed bseve>
20 tie Cbicsgo markets. This will BE-
the largest single scheme Of the kind
yer Tut on foot here, aud will act as n
ort Gf Involvement TO those who have
.laiier capitals of their command.
In round numbers, about p, 900
b,eves were shipped East last year over
the uucom pleted Northern Pacific rail
road, not counting the number that
were driven south into Wyoming for
road. But there was third more
driven into, than there were driving out
Of tie territory in 1888.
This will be the last that will ever
Come in, though, for from present pros
pects it looks as if Montana would
guadruple her stock inside OF the next
w eIve months, which would bring the
total number up 10 the handsome figure
OF 9, O0O,OOO head. III 1877 the first flock
Of sheep, numbering 500, was driven
down the yellow stone into the territory.
Latest statistics show 4S5,000 cattle,
10000 sheep and 80, 400 horses. Since
the buffalo are beginning to thin out,
The lazy aborigiues commence to turn
their attention TO stock raising, though
in a very limited degree. am free TO
say they would not do it unless rstions
we're getting short at the agencies, which
[ learn is really the case. 1t has been
The custom heretofore to allow the In.
dams the privilege of bunting the buffa-
10 lin some cases the rsscaly agents
have urged them to do itl, and when
buffalo were scarce, sometime herd or
two Of cattle would be jumped, or some
quiet peaceable rsnohman would wake
up in the morning to find his
horses gone. OF course the Indians
were glad enough to get away from the
gsncies, were their families were well
cared for, while the bucks could enjoy
themselves stii ring up the military. At
The present writing the country Is
| su armiDg with Indians ostensibly ofton