The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-25

The distance from Challis, Custer county, to
the Yellow Jacket camp is about sixty miles in
northwesterlv direction, and about the same
distance from Salmon city, Lemhl county. IN
southwesterly direction. wagon ROAD into
the district from ChalliS is projected, and Will
no doubt be built the coming summer.
The numerous herds of deer that MADE this
section o. country their faVor1te range IN The
stronghold of the mountains and which few
years ago were often seen in bands OF hundred
or more together, Looping from one little valley
to another will soon become extinct. with not
a track Of their hcofs to be seem II the officers
in charge of the Indian department DO not
adopt some stringent measures TO put stop 10
THE wHalEsALE SLAUGHTER oFTHE DEER
by Indians from the reservations, which takes
place year after year.
Iuls a we'll known fact that it has been the
practice of the agencies of the Lemhi and Fort
Hall reservations for some years past 10 issue
permits" t. the indians to go OF tie reserVa-
tions ION visit"-these visits being no more
nor less than an excuse to roam about ina
country wherever they choose The permits"
recommend the Indians bearing them to Inc
public as being 'peacable, honest and quiet
These permits are issued about the LIST OF
July each year. Accordingly about That time
the bucks with their squaWs get together IN
bands numbering hundred or more having
with them from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred ponies, and are OF by permission on
their visit to the hunting grounds, OF the
Middle Fork and vicinity. Arriving there they
pitch their wickiups and establish head
quarters. AS soon as they get upon the ground
the havoc commences ana until late in the
fail the unmerolful slaughter is kept up.
whether the slaughter takes place in or out OF
the season lor killing game. Being "Unc.e
Sans words" and heeled with the sign
manuel OF their agents who send them upon
these visits, they seem to have the idea that
trey are licensed TO do about as they please
whether their acts Of destruction are within the
law not.
1t is asserted upon reliable authority that
not less than one thousand head Of deer were
killed by the Indians Dung their summer va
cation the past season. The hides were stripped
from the deer, ana their carcasses left upon the
ground where enc after another they were shot
down, excepting the very small proportion the
savages carried TO camp for food. AS further
| evidence of the immense number of deer sacri-
! feed, IL is claimed that near where their head
quarters were is to be sSen pile OF deer hair
| four feet or more high covering q space OF
/ ground fifteen feet long by twelve feet wide.
| Their mode OF operation Is to free the hides
from hair as fast as the dear are killed. When
they have sufficient number. they pack the
pelts upon their ponies and dispatch few
| bucks with them back TO the reservations.
There the hides are tanned and made into
gloves, moccasins, etc. Then more permits TO
visit are in order. This time they are given
10 some of the older ''scalpers" and oidest
squaws, who take the goods they have manu-
featured and peodle them through all the towns
and settlements of the state,
| Besides the unwarrantaple destruction of the
deer, these honest visiting 1njuns' commit
other dspredations that are becoming intoler
able to the white settlers. When the agencies
| are informed Of the outrages committed BY
their charges, they pay no attention whatever
to the complaints.
rHRRE Is SURE TO BE SERIOUS TROUBLE
If this state OF affairs is allowed to continue.
In one instance last summer a miner had re
Claimed a bit of land from the wilderness
and raised nice lot of vegetables which were
some OF them ripe and ready to use. During
his absence for couple OF DAYS from his little
CABIN and lone SPOT" these honest InjunS'
] made a raid on his garden took what vege
tables they wanted and Entirely and wantouly
destroyed all the rest, so that when the mine
returned there was nothing left of the vege
tables, which would have provided the much
needed variety for his table all winter and owe
which he had spent SO much time and toll. ON
, can easily imagine how he feels toward thu
visiting" rednen.
On their way out from the reservation to thei
huntiHg res dezJous hey killed d COW which hal
J a young calf rum ng by her side. When und
! couple of days afterward by the owner the cal
was still alive, beating ia .ntly by the dead Cal
cass OF its mother : he Indians had cut a lit
} tie from the tendecest part OF the cow jut VIVA
) they wanted Tor present need.
| Other cases of similar outraSeS could b
cited. but enough has been told TO show the re
suit of this unwarranted practice or perm TIM
these Indians TO leaye heir reservation and re
) naming away months at q time during tn
summer months.
The government has set apart some of th
finest lands in the state, particularly rsservn
them as homes for the remnants OF the differ
ent tribes Of Indians, and made liberal appro
pratioDs from time to time for their N ainter
ance and protection and upon these reserv,
tons they Should be kept, and compelled t
till this soil in the summer instead OF D@in
: given ''pernits' to roam around the country
destroying the game that is so necessary fl
food for the miners and prospectors in thes
remote mining regions. B.