Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-16

of now entering into the season of
their reward.
The association then adj ,urued to
meet at 10 a. m. April 6tb, at II Q same
place.
REsERvATION RANGE PRIvvILEGRs.
What Major wyman Think. About II.
For the benefi, of the stock men
who may not have seen the report Of
the couocil held by The Cow Indians
about a month ago to consider the
matter Of allowing the continuance Of
the grazing privilege on the ieserva-
tion; We reprint the opening remarks
made by Major Wynn ~, agent of the
Cr>w Indians on this occasion:
Crow AGENCY, Mon. Mc'h Is, 80.
The sgent opened the council BY
saying:
Nearly every year, in the springs,
you have all met here a. talk over the
question OF cattle and other stock
grazing on your lands. To-day We
have met to talk over the same mat
ter. You have a large re.e-vstion.
some OF You live long way of, by
Pryor creek. and Cark's FORK; some
live along the Yellowstone Ms far as
Custer Station or below there. a great
many live along the Big Horn, some
close by the agency, and again some
live on the Little HON, clear to Wyo-
ming.
l am glad to see that some people
are here from every part f the reser-
walton. The subject we are going TO
talk about IL q very importa, one Er
sll If you. There is not Que here who
IL not greatly interested 10 this talk.
suppose all Of you have thought
carefully Of this mater. A your
agent it Is my duty to tell you of the
many advantages OF letting stock
Craze on such parts of your lands Is
YOU do not Use, or that you msy use
but very little. The money you get
for grazing buys you q great many
things that you could not otherwise
have. What I tell you. you all know
car be depended on. There are q great
many Of you who hsve good cabins,
wagons, harness, harrows, plows, and
sill kinds OF small Implements. cook
stoves. heating stov.s Q, and other
tb,ngr. Tho-- If you who have those
thi"g. are we'll provided for, and the
question Of stock IN the reservation
makes but little difierepc. TO them.
They are, however. gopd men, and I
think that they want 10 zee I'll of you
have just NJ many things ~ they ha .
themselves. Now I know that there
are great many Of you tuat have NO
home; you have no house, no wagon,
pl0w', nor harness; yOu-snme of you-
have no stoves and there are q great
many things that ttosr men and
W. men too, want, and need, before
they can do any farming. / am
thinking Of those Of you VINO have pos
got much, and want 10 s.e sli II you .
have everything that you rally heed
to protect you from the cli in the
winter aud to hei YOU to earn money
In the summer. / sou have Wagons
you can earn H"b-y by hAuling
freight. IL you have moving una
coinrs you can esf" no"sy by cutting
hay. Some Of you have not X, these
things. and I want lose every ne of
you have these things Nov If ,ou
seud all the cattle off of Your Ind, or
even II you rend mo+t of them of,
mean those cattle that are not doing
You any injury In sny manner what
soever. whv then when those WHO
want the things that ! have Eamed.
come here aft.r them, there will be
Lone here for them, or II there are any
Of thO<e thinss there will be but very
few. This will make many Uf you
feel badly and vii feel badly too, for
l want to see all Of YOU have those
things that you really need. Now I
want to do what think 4. right for
all of you, and what think tina Great
Father will want me to d. for oil OF
his Indian children. and II were Ia
your place. / would not let the stock
be driven from my land unless there
was rome good reason for driving
them of. Understand me. am not
talking for the cattle men, the sheep
men nor the horse men. This 10 all
nothing to me EXCEPT that l want sll
of ou who have not got ell tbe tbings
/ name to have just ~ many of these
things rs the rest Of the Crows. And
l tell YOU that you cannot have n ! Of
these things for long time unless
you &c, every year good many thou
sand dollars from the grazing Of sock
on your land. IL there is good rea-
son Why any man holding stock ON
your land should be removed. all
right, I will be the first one 10 recom-
mend his removal. But would lee
oil those men who always pay, snds
pay promptly and pay fairly for the
grazing Of their stock remain on your
land and I would take The money
they pay for their grasing and build
houses, buy wagons. moving ma
chimes. plows, hsrpessss, &C., ies
Ing ed ! would try 70 20.
81 ~ mhsseaos