Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-23

Thorn s n. Cart-r, su tct Of long.
delayed justice b. settlers in a portion
Of Custer county l. about tn be- done
In Tuesday's sue we published n { Il.
egrsm staring that Commits. oner Car.
ter had author zed the serveyor gen
eral Of the state TO file in The lncai lauC
office the Tla's Of surveys m d. many
years ago in aud about the so-rclled
Cheyenne reservation on the Lam
Deer. IL is scarcely necessary To- ex-
plain that when, in Nov, pibsr, 1854,
President Arthur vas prevailed upon
10 create this reservation by executive
proclamation, he expressly reserved 10
the white settlers within the bJuuia.
ries Of tn r. servatiou al thsir rights
~ settlers. IL was undoubtedly the
intention Of the President to create
only "A temporary reservation for the
Cheyenne, and his eXpsctatiCn thst
the white set, leIs whose rights he had
thus secured, would immedist ~ after
the survey of the land-, he permitted
10 prove up and become iusiiplabIv
possessed If such rights. else why r.
serve them? Unfortunately for the
settlers a Democratic administration
fol owed, aud under the viudtetive
policy I~uauguraied g., Mr.. Sparks, an
order was Issued. Unfolding the
plats Of survey FROM The local land
office, ihu- d-b.ruus The s%ettler- from
making entry, aI. fTcing them to
live In close comm uIou Ulrh a hard
of thievIng saw p = alid practically
denying them tn. rights which Pre.,
dent Arthur haC a--ured them. The
surveys were n r in 1886. and for
five years This nix Injustice ha- been
perpetcated on nesa settlers, and with
prior title 20 I'll lands, they nave been
regarded and rea,ed s- ,respsssers BAT
thanks T. NJ. Carter. the day Of ,h-r
deiiverance q, near az baut: not!
whole 10 j. true, for the Iodiau- rp.
main, hut partial The effort to re-
move the Indians having for the
present proved abortive, the next bss.
thiug was 10 give the settlers their
in fact as well a. IN name. ana
immediately following the report Of
the commission Of la-t summer. which
recommended leaving the Indians on
the r seryst ton, Mr.. Carter has, witb.
out delay, issued the order to fl the
plats and thus permit settlers 10 make
their entries, and in due time perfect
heir claims. Most Of the settler.
these lands have already lived on
hem long enough tn prove up at once,
md there is no doubt but that all viii
30 without delay. This done, the
white settlers land beco mes his own
without cavi!, ana the Indian must
Ieep off Of IT,. As the white settlers
comprise the most valusbie
'ortions of the tract embraced in the
eservation, including al the water
IL is impossible To see how the
indian lovers a hope 20 keep tn
indians there under a pretense Of till
ng the soil. There will be little arabic
and lefG and no water. Under these
their retention cannot he
sked for and their ultimate removal
10 be only a question Of t me.
q the meantime We W uld coucsel the
10 avoid all Unnecessary dis
while maintainir e a strict de.
.nse of their " rights. 1t can
be fOr-een that once the Indian
restricted from roaming broadcast
yer the land that he has been led TO
is his, and Is shown the moiety
acceptable land that remains to
I'm, a desire for a change will spring
p, and he will be a. anxious to 20 a. ,
, has been to stay, or, should be elect f,
stay and continSeh his trespasses and /
'predations on the property Of the $
bite settlers, then these latter. en-. 4
ying iudi-putsble rights, must be 1
'otecied in these rights, first by tie ,
ate and then, if necessary, by the {
States. Their position Will be b
stly different from what il hes been, f
d cannot be sssalled, II they them Z
.ues observe a temperate course. q
E believe the much debated Chey> '
question Is now in a way to set =
itself. thanks to the q mmon sense :
d sense Of justice pos sessed by Mr.. =
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