Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-12

why the Chevennss should he removed
To the Crow reservation. Following
up this basis If argument the Post ~
serts that in its belief the CHEYENNE
reservation IL nothing more than
"some stretches of prairie land waIered
by a few slkali streams.n and that 'no
smelter or mineral bands are on II un-
less placed there quite recently" In
purs liug this erroneous and fDoli.h
proposition. the P,st affects tn STE In
II, an intention On the part of Mr.. Car.
ter, aniagIpi,tlc In the Opening of the
Crow re- ervatiO1. In this hue and
cry, the Livingst n Post is ined by
the Billings Gizatte, the Livingston
Argus and the Red Lodge Picket each
Of which publications. ipnorautly nc
cept the erroneous statement that the
proposed new location Of the Chev-
Pnmes is to the west ot the ClarSr's
Fork.
While We deplore the ignorauca ol
esteemed contemporaries, we feel
II incumbent to say a few words in ex-
plana'ion Of the matter tina. gives
them such concern, and to make the
matter clearer to them IL is necessary
to more particularly describe The
status OF the C~heyeDnes on their respr-
walton In Custer county. The Chey-
enne reservation in this county has
not its fellow In the broad expsnse Of
the states aad territories. n wa.
created by an order Of the President I,
to meet whit was then deemed "A mill
tary necessity, and its location was
and Is In a section previously occupied
by q number Of white settlers, whose
rights could not and have not abro-
gated or extinguishcd. It's exterior
boundaries include the holdings Of
these white settlers, who by reason of
their anomalous condition are neces-
sarily deprived Of many Of the advsn-
tages and privileges that they should
be Possessed of. They have their
rights Of territory, il i true, but sur
rounding the,L On all sides are the
rights of these savages and ii Is scarce.
ly necessary to state that under such a
state of affairs the white settlers are
constant sufferers. To such a degree
has this extended that the white set
Ties have cried aloud for the only re-
lief possible-tbe removal of the In
dians. In this appeal they were last
fall Joined In Q petition 10 the Presi-
dent by nearly every settler ia Custer
county, irrespective Of locality or poll
! tics. IL IL a case demanding instant
ard permanent relief and 10 this light
II has been viewed by the people OF
Custer county, and as was their right
they have asked Mr.. Carter to Interest
himself In procuring il. II is matter
Of small concern 10 us where the
C~heyennes are removed 10, though on
account of its proximity t. the rail,
road aud unsettled condition., tn,
northeast corner of the Crow reserva'
ton was suggested and deemed |,
proper place for them. The location
proposed Is on the border line of Gus.
ter county, but fifteen miles from For
syth, the second largest town in thu
county, and Ia no way a Interior,
with any interest, material or other
wise, of either Yellowstone, Park o
Fergus counties, though the Dewspa
pers of these principaIities have seel
at TO attack the movement, as IL the,
saw In IL a blow at their prosperity
Some c might be made for thi
on the ground Of the mistake of tn
Washington correspondent, but per
sons presumably 80 well informed a
the editors Of the papers named shout
not have been misled by the vagarie
Of an ignorant eastern writer. Vel
lowstone and Park counties desire tn
opening Of the Crow reservation, an,
In this Custer county Is heartily In &C
cord with them, but we never can b
brought to believe that the location {
q handful Of Indians on an isolate
portion Of the Crow reserve, remot
from all lines Of travel except the raj
road and distant but q few miles froI
o populous community In our ow
county, Is going TO be detrimental I
the business interests Of either Par
or Yellowstone county, or that II wi
have the effect OF perpetuating for an
length OF time. however short, the day
Of Crow reservation nov happil
numbered. Mr.. Carter 10 this matt,
Is acting for the relief Of the people
Custer county. who are IN an equI
degree his constituents, with the pee
pie of Yellowstone and Park. but b
action II successful cannot in reaso
result In any wrong. however Sigh
/ to either Of the other counties.