Fergus County argus., 1886-11-25
Deputy sheriff q Il T,nplef on rpt

Deputy Sheriff q. T.. Templeton returned
from For~ythe Monday. where he captured
one Bill Hill. alias Grant. alias Oversleeve
who was wanted for stealing horse from
Mr.. Marshall. on the Madison. which he
rode To Gardiner aud sold to Chas. scott
lie also broke jail in Virginia City few
days aso.and is further wanted as being inn
plicated in the attempt to hold up "A stage
near Dillon last summer. in which the
driver was murdered. lie is said To- be "a
slick one. but did not prove himself suf-
ficirntly wary to avoid capture at the
bands of Temp" and mighty few do when
he once strikes the tsail Enterprise.
At the request Of the department Of the
, interior, Lieut.. Biddle was detailed about n
month ago To make the necessary surveys
and assist the officials oi the Indian bureau
in parcelling the lands out in severalty to
the Indians ON the Crow reservation near
Fort Custer. Mont. Allutments have thus
FAR been made to i25 families. each head
oi the household receiving l6o acres Of
land, with eighty acres additional for each
child. The inroads oi the Sioux upon the
reservation and their persistent attacks
upon the Crows during the past three
months have 81 denora,ized the Crows
that they are afraid tn go out and occupy
the lands assigned them. Further allot-
ment has been post ponej until spring
Pioneer Press.
The recent census of the Crow tribe
shows that they number less :han 2.1Oo.
The census taken ten years ago showed
that the tribe numbered 3 900. This rapid
decrease is continuing; a gentleman inti
mately acquainted with these Indians for
he past fifteen years states that the tribe
is decreasing from eight 10 ten per cent an
nually. In the largest camp in the tribe
that of llentycous, the deaths exceed the
births three TO one. And this band is less
affected with vencrcal disease than any
other on the Crow reservation II this
thinning out of these Indians continues.
the problem Of civilizing them aud reduc
ing their reservation will solve itself in tho
next fifteen years.-tiazritr.
Lieut.. Dln'l &. kingman. of the l.. :
Engineer corps, who has had charge of the
anu ~ lut NtlI'1tl I9Tk
says the report Of the slaughter of game in
the Park 10y hunters and employees are
greatly exaggerated, and that great care
has been taken for its protection during
the past two years. As II matter of fact.
there has been great increase in game oi
all kinds. not only from natural causes
but also 10y additions from the country
surrounding the park. The largest kinds
of game have been hunted so pcrsisiently
near the park boundaries that the animals
instinctivciy seem to have betaken them
selves to the park. a. ii they knew il to- be
II place OF refuge. There is u large herd Of
baiialo, numbering three hundred or more,
white bear, Rocky mountain sheep, deer
and antelope in abundance. Whether the
soldiers now in the park will succeed in
protecting the game from the nroads of
hunters this winter as well as the park
over,eers have done in former sea-ons re-
mains to DE- seen. Captain Harris, of the
First cavalry, the officer in charge. is II
careful and efficient officer, and viii doali-
less do al in his power t"periorm the duty
to which he has been assigned