Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-06-12

munger ana prlvatioD, their Old-tlme
braves-men eth just ~ much dig
nifty and sensitiveners in their Indian
way, as the white man possesses
treated NJ so many boys in leading
string-, threatened frequently with
forclb.e reno :al, and The victims
Often ihem,elves, be It remembered, of
the theits ana 0utrsg.s Of the vag4-
bo' q white men who used Ia roam
t1i- country. Under all this lh Iu-
dian- have shown N pall.nce aud sub
mission Cr-ditable 10 any white com
muniiy n tue world. BJ', Mr.. Eii-
tr, there Is n good deal of human na-
'ure even In the biesst OF the Inuisn.
ava the relation between cause and
elect ~ The same the world over. A
bind idiot might have fure,old the re.
sult. indian morality could hardly
go OH fIrever drsf to the cravings oI a
hungry stomsch. II the white man
suplle' the principle OF survival OF
tn fiites'' H. the Indian and this
c imfprt,bly s't- down 10 zee him
stsrve, the IDdian may Gerry It lower
10 the cattle, which he kills ON the
hills around him. That the Chey-
eunes had eked out their raiiobs tor "A
year or more 10y such killing Is indi--
putabir. For four years tier daily
fod supply per head hrs been: Beef.
(including bone I To-; -four, H. H..
,off-e, 3-lo H.; sugar, ). 10 oz.: salt,
3-iOoZ, Th's Is issued To them every
two We, ks, the Indians being some
times cnnInel'ed 10 c,me 80 miles ia
iiaw il. This petty rsIon Is their all.
Their game is gone, they have ho
{ rm pr0dnre o. speak Of, nor eau they
have, with the poor aud few ir'pe.
menis The d-ptitment give- them and
IN land everywhere larkiD, water,
and the laws that control hem forbid
them 10 seek s1prort el.ewh-re. Com
pare the above ration with mat OF tie
U. :. soldier, with less capacity Tor
fool than the Indisn. He gets of
meat, twice as much; flour, five times,
coffee, tbre- times; sugar. seven tine;
and v.g-tpbles and oIher stuff ad HJi
tun, Now il is known - IA I n IN
N careful inspection of Officers and cii-
iZens here, that these Indians grnei :
ally at their scanty raii N. within
the tfst week 0f issue: some If them
do not consume their II Iur, but this i
only la the case of 'ho-- who have X
ira meit. Whrre this .xira meat
comes from there can b. little doubt.
A z. .ilemsn nam. d Esau, | believe,
onc- sold his birthIip ht ior a mess oi
pO',age. IL IL expected that thee lg-
uorsn mt and unfori unste people Trained
~ no idea of moral law, will Turn
away from tie tat cattle Of Their
neigbbors and lie virtuOu-ly down ia
die? There are manife-'ly two silrs
20 this whole QUESTION Tn- honest,
hard working ,e'tlsr has n right IA
his wrath. l. .. not difficult T., realize
his feelings ut outrages thus commlt.
ted upon him through no fault If his
own. But let b.'p point the finger Of
denuDciatioD n the real ofiender-the
department that frth.rs the system
that controls these indians. Let the
citizens and newspapers OF the coun-
try demand In terms IL sbaIl not mis-
understand. that this department does
its duty by the indian. instead Of
driving him. through want aud cruel
neglect, TO the dep edstion and mur.
de he now stands charged with. and
If IL cannot do this, let the people urge
the abolition Of guardi,nship so i'm
efficient and unequal To it, ta-k. The
interests # the setiler- and of tie
army in this mstter Is the same. III.
history of the west is full Of wars
where the Indian has been gosded Ia
ou breaks by the very abuses that ex
lst upon this reservation to-day, aud
which hsv- resulted In Mr.. Fergus MS
death. The country In such csses
bowls about Indian atrocity, the In =.
terror department calls frsniically for
assistance aud the settlers and the
military expirate its criminal neg
lects aud blunders by the usual sacri-
fee Of property and life. The recent
report Of Maj. Henry Carroll, lst cav
commanding here, upon the situation,
foresh allowed this late trouble. Be
fore 1t occurred, be pointed out 10 un-
mi. TAX cable language, that unless tie
Cheyennes were fed ut least. collision
between them ard the cattle men
must epsue. aud he made recommer .
dations which, II they do not meet
with an eventual waste basket in the
interior department office at washing.
ton, ought TO prevent further discon.
tent and trouble In this vicinity. II
remains TO see what action they will
produce. Meantime let the Cheyennes
have q show. II is folly TO hold their
whole number responsible for the late
murder. Yesterday, Of their own &C.
cord, the head men Of the tribe, &C
compsrisd by the boys own ather
caue In and surrendered White Buf-
falo, one Of the young bucks accused
Of the crime. No action could be more
creditab'e to the law abiding spirit ol
sny community than this. The writer
himself made the arrest, by order, ol
another one of the suspected men, and
every officer here Ia Interested In see
ing the guilty. Ipdisns punished to the
full OK tent of the law. But as the set
tier has right TO better protection fol
his interests than now exist. % let ths
Indian meet With humanity and JUS
tice. The Cheysnnes have been brave
warriors, their women are models ol
virtue, and their record. barring ths
killing OF cattle IN which hunger ha'
driven them, has been singularly fre'
from crime Of every s0rt, slnce ,hi
he's been their reservation. These ln
dams are still suffering for food. LIE
the press Of this country, upon whicl
the Indian department hes forcst
them a. unwelcome guests, -ee q lee.
that hunger and cruel treatment shal
mot drive them 20 future acts Of depre
dstiou. II IL not true that re-enforce
msnts have bssn asked {Df this cam