Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-29


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% 4 iht a.'' Ni-. ny IA" lhiiah'.
", tuti ,t,l,tMnE connected
o.fl '., it-l,afIau IA Il tuo-t
.ttt.t,.l condition The iul'iingS,
.I lOe.o WAS a considerable
I...I... nl, u.d. cillv. weather.
is.f,. .l.I .u,mJs ttiu ~ lrto Re.
..., '.tol.i l-lr, "A -l-n of amt
.t.u ..N... ct ntLor rc>"rvatiye
,i,.. ru.',.l with tie whole in,ii-
tut.n A,t,lli. agricultural prog
t..- ml,ir N tie lulnn-. auI the
r,h'~t. 'U,m uil~,u. tLb.fron,
.u..u. -.uu.i u,- hr.n >aDi. W.
...tths' 81 rn.m- an that iircc-
'...r N'i, u.t'i,l ht-"ly eLd without
funlrsn ~ I~.rl y tie I.Vcl
.uin i.ui m.,- TO- wat l. known a
TIE " -.a-p il.L,, Whct" It l.
crm,j mat much hl~ been done
bt 49," lulnu~ ~ TIA" way oi agiI-
ra.tui,l Improvement and npLIess.
.lI ftur tult az a cottonwood
l.it.u. v.ri" 10 underground had
u,,. ,i..luIN N,tN h.At. saII uu-
.l,l .i.Nrh Lnl t,.n removed from
an ,,,3n, i-n., about foui acres,
th, ." iinh ! hcIn l.it stan ling
iupurh r,r'l Il 1t Is decade ned,
aud nll",t'd 70 tie Indians IN small
tracts the blowing aud much Of the
clearing haSIus been done bv Cart.
Nilioughb,. though his IN, decessor
hal reported TINT large body Of
land had been cleared and put into
u high state of cultivation at this
point This land. though the area
y IA fact small, ~ very fertile, and
had the Indinns properly cultivated
,hur ALLOTTED PORTIONS. each of them
m..,ht have -~ui,i snllicicnt vt..-
luhic~ iut ordinary use. 1uc Tact
l,Nc,,t.l-. that aitc, thus land had
hrcu pIcIarcd for them. the seed
Gwen them. and every possible ef-
fort made tu encourage them. they
have refused To cultivate it, and
WITH the exception of three or iour
small patches, It had been allowed
To rtow up To- weeds. aud is rapidly
rcturninp 10 ITS orl.lnal condition.
Returning down the river we Wis
ilcd the ha, fields of the reservation.
These nre similar IN character to the
lands mentioned above. comp ising
perhaps. thico acres IN area, from
which the hny IL cut. carried TO the
,iycr b,uk by hand md TRANSPORTED
Ia tho reservation bv scow. These
two locnlities. with tho garden or
two occupied bv the agent and his
omploye. comn,ise nil the I'M
pr1yod land ON the reservation. and
tho whole TINT ia actually cleared
and fitted for agricultural purposes
does not amount TO five acres: while
the gum total Of improvements. both
IN the way If buildings and cleared
lands. strongly indicate rctrograda-
tion instead of advancement. aud is
not worth three thousand dollars ut
pr..ent.
A To tho Indians themselves.
they are but the remnant of once
numerous tribe. the recent census
showing that their number does not
exceed log nh told. They are
wtetched. filthy. debased and mis-.
cradle creatures. being afflicted with
the most foul and loathsome diseases
| which are carving them off very
rnpidly-ovcr twenty of them having
died since last December. They are
suporstitious. beastly. ignorant and
lazy. md hive but three ambitions
10 lie. namely: TO crafty their vile
passions. 10 exist without labor. and
to prevent their children from
embracing civilization through the
means Of education provided for
them through the Government.
Such are tho fac,s presented by
the records here, which record shows
plainly that twenty-five years of
experience, the expenditure of from
one hnlf to -iour,hs Of million
use oi two hundred and twenty Tour
,n""'an' n'',S VI 'ne pes' innu ~
n,oy,ons cn,so ,n ,hese In1,ans foy
!, bas left ,hcm more derraded mora
supcrsti,ious, more debased and more
miserable than ever they were III
t"o' o''R'"'i eo'n'''on oe'oie tne
ri ,ha aan,;n,, hr~oor;,as onJ
tho ,anc,iiiod and trcacherous pirates
under whose personal supervision
,hi" wre'ched condition OF things has
no'h p e''n'',o" 10 or's'"s'c ano
r., ,he ,,ov,co Of m,smanapcment
yo,y nearly yerr,ny upon criminalitv
which has produced results so dire
/ ful so outraueous and so disastrous
IN" sur, '"o ro'''"u',"' o"ano