The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01

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Of Mtssoula County are farther advanced in civ
ilizati0n than is any other tribe in Montana.
Their reservation extends cast, westward aud
southwark from half way mp the lake, and con-
tains 100 acres. On the reservation are up
wards Of 800 Indians In all, Of which $50 are
Pen d'Oreilles, $40 Kootenais, and the rest such
Flatheads as have removed from the Bitter Root.
There are upward Of 800 still living In the latter
valley and are we'll OF. The general agency isat
Jacko, thirty miles north from Nissoula. They
early embraced Catholicism and have always re-
NAMED in that faith. 5t'g
COURT OF INDIAN oFFENsEs.
Agent Peter Roman submitted 4 code or rules,
which subsequently were approved by the Score.
tary of the Interior. The first rule organised a
tribunal to be known and designated ~ "COurt
of Indian Onenses," and designates Grizzly
besr-stand-up Spotted Foot and Red Owl -
judges thereof The court convenes twice
month. time and place TO be agreed upon BY the
judges aud approved BY the agent. Az above or.
ganiEed the court hears all cases submitted BY
the agent or BY his approval. and has original
jurisdiction over Indian ohenses desdgnated IN
the code Of rules. such 10 the sun dance. war
dance, scalp dance and like so-called fesstA
Rule dve prohibits plural marriages, under PEN
atty Of e20 nne or hard labor for twenty days, or
both, tie proceeds to be devoted to the benefit Of
the tribe to which the offender belongs. Rulsdx
prohibits practices Of so-called medicine men.
Other rules define thef, purchasing women Of
Indian blood or any woman SUr purposes oftsn.
porsry cohabitation; and any white man. China
man or negro found guilty Of these practices are
to be expelled from the resefvation. Rule nina
relates to committing outrages along the line of
the Northern Pacific. and prohibits displacing
switches. obstructing the track. shoOttng ct tee'
graph tnsulatoEs or throwing missiles ct trains.
1t 10 also the duty ofthe court to suppress gam.
bling. burning grass, killing stock In revenge 1Dr
breaking into Enclosures poorly fenced and other
matters. Punishments are BY fine OF imprison-
ment In the reservation Jail. The civil Jurisdtc-
ton Of the court IL the same NJ that ofa Justice
of the peace Of the Territory, % well ~ manner
and form Of trial. The agent has appointed ten
Of the Indians a. policemen.
THE NEE PHRcEs War. .9s5
The avsricious spirit Of white invaders ON their
reservation, together with being hamperedb BY cor.
rupt Government ofhcials, made life to the Mes
Perces ON their reservation In Idaho intolersbls.
and part ofthe nation. under the leadership Of
Chief Joseph, Looking Glass and White Bird. de-
termined to submit to their fate no longer. From
well-informed parties, who were residents Of this
county at the time. the theory 10 advanced thae
Chief Joseph and his followers were mot aware
that sitting Bull and the Sioux tribes had bsea
driven from the Yellowstone. Their appeasanes
was first noticed among the Bitter Root Indiana
July 20, 1877. They travelled down the Bitter Roos
and appeared before Captain Roman 1t the IO 70
pass. II was the intention Of the Indians. %
they stated, to pass through the Flathead country
! to British America. The Flathesds sent word by