Great Falls tribune., 1886-01-09
AN EXPECTED OUTBREAK.
The Indians along the sonther

8 dlSpiaJ Oh D0EIln10n authority IS
/ speedily made. It IS reported from
Montreal that Catholic missionary,
Just in from the Northwest visits gov
ernment headquarters. to urge that
immediate steps be taken to prevent
an outbreak on the reserve occupied
by the Blood Indians. It is added
| that should the turbulent warriors
break ont " they would undoubtedly
have the hearty support OF powerful
tribes in the United :, States. Were
such an alliance made and an Indian
war begun the Blackfeet and other
tribes to the north would certainly
take "a part, and war, in comparison
with which the recent troubles would
be bat as a drop in the bucket, would
nave to be waged before the Indians
could be subdued.'
The northern boundary Of Montana
is about $40 miles in extent, which
touonos at every point. the British
p possessions, and is AL but politically
| the same country, Over 800 miles of
t.iis SD boanadry line Of Montana is
ealhsaced in the great reservations
occupied by the Gros Ventra, tbs
| Piagan, the Blood, the Blackfeet, and
other Indians, while lhe southern
! p It OF the reserve is that set apart t.
! tn River Crows, not to be confouna-
ei with the Crows south Of the Yt.4-
lowstone and along The Biy Horn
This immense reservation a,.aG,a15gs,,
nearly 100 miles in breadth from
north to south, for a considerable
distance extending from the boundry
line south to the Missouri river. AZ
cosding to the latest statistics fro1a
tae Indian Office at y ashington there
are on this reservation aho1lt 10000
Indians Of the tribes already mention
ed. Their county is unsettled, and
beyond the military posts and. ..agen
cies it gives all the opportunities for
turbulent Indians to roam about, -and
practically they never SO into the
the agencies On the other side cf
t4e liee there J are the Canadian
mounted police, with their isolated
stations, but these cannot check any
vigorous bands Of Indians on either
side from crossing over If they should
take the notion to Go So
During the Setting Bull war nine
years agoit vas openly charged that
the di5asfected Indians and those on
the war path IN the United States
territory received supplies Of ann1u-
milton from the Ca. North, probably
from renegade whites and trading
half-b~ee5s As The waE progressed
Setting HaH was pers;,ad to the
boundary li.sn @1vl thasa ttla chase Tor
minated: s ss1.. p<e;s?5I..1
20 ~ 5a sess@ .s3 ths5@
I've. IL isf4ae a2~I prosperity, u-..i.
it Suited his pu9p5se u come oac FROM
his lair three years later
There may be good reason to fear
trouble among the Indians on the
British side OF the line. That they
will so on the war path this time Of
the year is matter Of doubt. Very
few Indion war chiefs Of head mon
have the nerve and skill .. Crazy
Horse that dashing spirit who led
out his young braves ten years ago
to the Powder river country on that
memorable and terrible winter camp
aign, and made the Sioux uprising OF
1876 possible.
Il has been the fashion for many
years to give unst:Itod praise to the
British and Canadian Authorities for
their policy ia dealing with the Indi-
ans in theta territories. This has
been done often to the decided dis
advantage q the Indian policy Of he
United States. Those Hho have ex-
pressed the warmast appreciation Of
the Dominic rs course toward the
tribes have constantly referred to the
peace which has marked that govern
aent's dealings with the Indians, and
at the same time have pointed out
the wars and troubles along on1 from
tier with various bands and nations.
VI hen it is remembered that the
United States has been the highway
to the Pacific; and when the number
and variety Of the Indians in the Uni
ted States is considered ia connection
with the character Of the frontier set
Elements, their sudden growth, the
rapid deyeiopement Of the extreme
regions, and the picture OF the Indian
and the people and the country and
the Development over the northern
border, the contrast is BY no means
unfayorable TO the United. States.
Inter Ocean.
DR. Mendenhall says this is the
finest winter weather he ever saw and
that every thing on his range is in
fine condition and still improving in