Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-21
THE CHEYENNE QUESTION.

n asn'hc'on special OF Friday last
indicates that the continued unruIy
behavior Of the No, them Cheyenne
Indians Is likely I" bring them under
subsection to strong military rule. 1t
Ia fair tn presume that the sugge ton
10 based upon some knowledge of the
feelings Of the secretary Of the interior
department or commissioner Of In
dian affairs 10 regard to this abe.
The fact that they have never been
treated wholly b agency Indians and
that their status is It'll that of prison.
ers of war would lend color TO the sup
position that they were about to be
transferred from the Indian depar =
ment to the control of the military.
To the people of this locsn'y who
know these Indisps well. this di.posi-
ton Of them will be readily admitted
to be almost a solution of the dim rult
question Of what 10 do with them.
The Cheyennes M q tribe are a superior
class Of Indian; the men are brave
and the women %vlrtuous, ana though
their record proves them to be among
the most savage and merciless in war
fare, II Is nevertheless true that the
Olcer mel Of the tribe are OBJ o,ed TO
any trouble with The whites and have
to q considerable degree used their in
fiuence with the hot blooded young
sters 10 prevent the commission If
ouirales, and done M much as could
a ably be expected toward aiding
justice when crimes have been COM
Diited. These facts lead 10 the belief
thai under stronger and more rigid
discipline, sucn a. would obtain un>
der military control, the relations of
the tribe toward white settler. would
speedily be changed for the better aud
the condition of the indians them
selves very much smeliorsted. 1t IS
fact that viii not be disputed by any
o that these Iudians have been
sham fully treated by the govern
ment since they were placed upon the
so-called reservation on the Upper
Rosebud. and the minor outrages com
nitted by them. such rs killing the
cattle o! white men, have In a great
measure been ind.ced by the mis-
taken policy Of half starving them In
the belief OF expectation that they
would rustic the other half of their
themselves. That they have
this at the expense Of the white
In the country the government
10 to blame for, and no improvement
can be expected In this regard a. long
their present anomalous position il
The prop si,ion to re.
move the Cheyer mes has been agit,ted
or several years past, being brought
% public notice each year by the COM
Of some depreciation or mur-
Ter that aroused the Indignation of
he people, making them feel that the
asst straw had been added TO their al
eady overwhelmed stock of patience.
This year the killing Of Ferguson cre>
Ted such q furore of indignation that
question of removal reached dis
ussion on the floor OF congress. only
0 develop the fact that TO decide
pom removal was n thing and to
nd q place to put them rs another,
III localities declared against tn.
,urderous C~heyennes, and none !
'ould have them. Against this OF. 5
.acle the program for removal caine ,
} a dead halt, and while the move. !
lent for the relief Of the ,ettlers-and
indians ~ well-ws- at a staudstill. -,
courtry was again awakened To .
he necessity OF action by the murder >
Boyle. This last Outrage and the
scenes that follow ed ii seem TO
ave suggested the propriety Of plac-
Ig the Cheyennes under military
'ntrol and Of all the plans proposed
lie seems TO be the most feasible and il
meet the approval of everyone ron. :
rDed. II carried out IL would nat y
ally follow that the command AZ
Drt Keogh would have control of is
EN-. The Fort Keogh reservation "a q
,arly as large and a great deal better
|spted to their uses If il IL designed
instruct them In agriculture, and y
e saving that would be made on the
importation of their supplies would q,
q good way toward making up the
'rtion Of their ration that has been z,
king for years. We therefore do
3 hesitate to say that q removal of ~
2 Cheyennes to the Fort Keogh
li'ory reservation and the placing NJ
them under control Of the military
'uld be the best thing that could be La
no. both for the Indians and the u
lite settlers who have 90 long been an
rAssed and preysd upon by them. ei9
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