The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-05-02

them, and the Indians that once
inhabited this country inhabit it nc
more; they have either died very
young or wandered off into some
more congenial atmosphere, or have
gone to attend the ghost dance
never to return.
There are in the State of Idaho
several thousand Indians, all told
The Shoshones and Bannocks, to
the number of 1900 or more, are
very pleasantly situated on the Fort
Hall Reservation. Their agency is
at Ross Fork on the u. & N. Rail
way. It is only a short time since
the Indians quit hunting, joined the
grangers and settled down to pas
toral pursuits. They are now laying
up money. You can see their fine
residences and well-cultivated fields
from the car windows. They are
A HAPPY AND INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE.
It requires the presence Of several
companies of soldiers on the reser-
walton to keep the Indians from
working themselves to death. They
want to work all the time. After
an Indian joins the grangers and
begins to receive seeds and Agri-
cultural Reports he becomes SO en-
thusiastic on the subject Of farming
that he cannot be restrained from
getting up in the night and work
ing his land. An Indian granger
always makes money. The gov
ernment supplies him with wagons,
horses, cows, tools and seeds, and
all he makes is clear gain, while the
poor white granger has to rustic
the best he can. The number of
millions of bushels of wheat and
vegetables raised on the Shoshone
reservation each year can be seen in
the Agricultural Reports. School
houses and churches and grist mills
are said to be going up all over the
reservation. They are becoming
rich in cattle, horses and dogs. and
are also accumulating much wealth
by selling townsites to the railroad
company. Only two Indians have
been known to leave the reserva-
ton since the last Bannock war.
They came up the Salmon river on a
little business of their own and fell
over dead-"heart failure" the cor
oner said. The Fort Hall Indians
are increasing in numbers; they
have no taxes to pay and are happy
and virtuous; they take to civiliza-
ton as readily as a turtle to a log !;
they attend church on Sundays, and
can play poker and seven-up.
About 200 miles to the northeast
of Wood river and near the Mon
tana line is the
LEMHI AGENCY AND RESERVATION,
where is located Ten Dogs band of
Bannocks, several hundred strong.
They are religionsly inclined and
pay close attention to the game
law. Their reserve is in the Lemhi
Valley. It is ample for all present
and future contingencies. The fish
ing is good all the year round. The
tribe is rich in horses, cattle and
wagons. They have a company of
Home Guards we'll drilled in Indian
war tactics, and are equipped with
rifles, pistols and bows. Like the
civilized Indian sitting on the log,
they do not carry concealed weap-
ons, as it is against the law. Only
a limited number of Ten Dogs men
have joined the grangers, but they
are friendly to the white grangers
and may join them later. They fish,
hunt, and raise a few pumpkins, but
20 far they have not taken any pre-
niums for mammoth squashes or
Dig onions. The whole tribe goes
put on grand circle hunt every
all, at which time their Home
Guard scouts accompany them to
prevent any violation of the game
avs. They have money laid up,
,ut trade all their skins, pelts and
gloves for Jamaica GIN
ger, pain-killer, three H liniment,
Railways ready relief, cholera pre-
or anything else that has a
endency to create warming up of
he stomach and bowels. The gov
supplies Ten Dogs people
With needles and thread, buttons,
,eads and calicoes, to the amount
# over q wagon load year. The
nen are industrious during the sal
non season the women are kind
intelligent, handsome, and virtuous
O fault.
THE sHEEP-EATERs.
This band when last seen was
composed of 13 warriors, II squaws
md n children of school age. When
lot at home, the Sheep Eater har-
,ors round and about the Middle
FORK country, and catches fish and
mountain sheep, and digs camas
oot. They have, no farming imple-
nents given them and have not
urned their attention much to farm
ng. They are not on speaking terms
With the government. They are TOO
,oor to fight and too proud to 60
n q reservation and be 3 burden
o the taxpayers. The Sheep Eater
roo1o~nn o1v oorynfon a nna