Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-02

The lame Deer Agency the Scene of GreAs-.
Excitement Last Week

/ Inc '-aihe DeeF agency the scene OF Greae
Excitement Last Week.
The following communication has
been received fiom q reliable person
living in the vicinity Of the Cheyenne
Agency on the Lame Deer, and is -
fair sample Of the unsettled condition
o. affairs that exist at that place:
MUDDY, MONT., May 2sth, 1891.
Ed. YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
Al the present writing all is quiet on
J the reservation, but AZ this time yes--
terdAy the lives Of setUlera were in
ieopEfdy, caused by an Indian boy
Of about Is yeAIs OF age going out %
hunt ponies on Tuesday afternoon.
clUse to the agency. He failed TO re-
turn TO his wigwAm Tuesday night
and about 10 O'Clock Wednesday
morning = searching party, consisting
Of all the CheyeUDes on the reserva-
tion and what white employees at the
agency, started out. the mother Of the
boy making the day hIdeOus with her
yeilirg and embracing the young war
riOrs, who took the gHr fever from her
exclAmAtions that her boy had been
killed by the whites. The lives Of the
Gaffney family we're threatened, and
n things had not taken n favorable
turn, surely there would have ,een
IN re tban one white settler numbered
~ith The massacred tOnlgh', Out -
kind Providence returned the boy
about O'Clock in the evening from
Tongue river, where he had wan
deTed, and borrowed n pony. The
Cbeyennts were In a high stats Of ex-
element uutil the boy returned.
This is fine state Of sffairs, TO be
constantly in dread % the red devils.
There were several families who last
night had a few clothes thrown into .
valise and a team cloee at hand, with
The expectation Of being compelled to
run for their lives. This is the third
time this kind Of thing has occurred
since May h, 1880. Three times q
year is a little too often for comfort.
IL ~ the prayer Of every citizen In tins
part Of the country that the honorable
commission now on its way 10 treat
for the removal Of these Indians,
either do one thing or the otuer, and
do Il without gl"ves ON. There mas
been about enough commissions eent
out and nothing d me. Either remove
the indians to ss'Iue place or riss make
e. G settlers GO. The pr--ent rtaie Of
sffAirs cannot be tolerated much long
er. II it Il intended TO remove the
Cheyennes IL should lie done without
% much ceremony and without noti-
flying the Indians Ihr,e months in ad-
vance, Of ~ hat Is expected 90 be done.
The government can figure ON having
trouble with them II they do cot adopt
prompt measures from the word 90.
Why can't we be protected by the
presence Of a few soldiers? / under
stand the agent here says there lie no
use for soldiers, but he is liable to bs
badly mistaken one Of these fine days
ana yesterdays excitement came near
proving, that to hold the Cheyennes
in check at all times it requires =
small army here on che ground and
rot 80 miles away with no means OF
communication except by courier, re-
quiring three days At the very least to
get help here, by which time the
whole country would be wiped out for
a hundred miles in length and
breadth. / could write for q week on
this Indian farce question and give
solid facts which defy any Indian
or white man to contradict.
Joe Toohey had the misfortune To
have his leg broken by horse kicking
him on Thursday last. He Il now 40
his sisters Mrs. Pressy's, where be 10
doing nicely. Crops are beginning to
show up in good shape; grass is hne
and stock fat,
RATTLEsNAKE DICK.