Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-07-27

Att1FHeSs lUf JDilNrhll county ie now
at Nnff'lo tying tn yet Iet money for
him elf and his two A4~t cthtr4 who
have contracted q carry the c4.t to u
conclusion fir $40 .Mn THY tAvt not
yet received jn-tnln+tt> due July |.
| AMONG THE Ct>ONH
Our (orrc- unhti+nt Tells uf st.lu-triut
j ami fr"pernn> Indians an1 Utlntr -.
i Crow RESERVE, Mnt,'n'la, I
F; July -. l@A33. =.
Eli. lELLnWS1u<E JDCESAI.: =:
j. II s~1hlv Il little new. from biz i4o.
lated part tt our s'.>., now h.lA IN
!7rua ny thr n1:dts' t'rnw Isdiun TT
fnt,'rc generations, nliehf IT, VI +ninr
thte' t:@t t. x"ur n4any rt'Ad1.f*
just , CIV the agrnt. Mnjor Wynnun.
i'1~ rvery tat InttiAh thai j. Atlt tn
wWk III t11~ hay field, uuklnx hay.
There are probably $50 nipwtng INA
ctlnt+ It: operation npw on tIe r.
serve. with o'de's to cut and stack AIl
tht hay OH their Allntmttt.. which
will prohhtly amount t. 3.UIO Ions.
Contractors tor delivering Fort Custer
nhy are prospecting around to TT what
hey "an ITO about recurring en- ugh
hay to fill The cuntrActs. / understand
that in former year,, under the adj
! '"lnistrution of Grover /, the agents
allowed the con FACTOR. tn deui with
| Indians direct, and fix their own Price
| Oh hay, which, FROM what they tell
| uoW, did not amount to mucn-trom
! SO cent? to 81 90 per tnu In The field In
The stack. 80" the Indians get full
value for their hay when sold.
They finished this round up Ia4t
week With good results --calf crop big
and mavericks scarce.
Considerable railroad talk CONS
down from Sheridan. and they a,e
broming that burg lively. Town lo.s
are way up and still r'sing iE antictra.
ton "f that burg being the terminus
nf the Burlington for some time to
come, and from the number If tranp~
thai tr's+ the reserve evtrt day, all
tr' m le:te-,tle end Of tue trAtk--I
should imagine that thu rtnd Wuntd
he 20 3,pI+1ed to the Pacific coa-t aliu
b4ck tn the Y ny+ If Billings, ou the
Yellowstone, hrtorr anoH tltt~.
Quite III amusing incitl~nt tnnk
place down at til" agency the other
'tnr, in which tramp was The
chief actor. Mr.. Tramp st"olied Into
the conncil ron, aud from there tn
thr Oi-l'erA,ry In search nf ii loaf nf
! Of bread. While 'h"re. r ~ that G'nhs,
captain nf th~ indian ,nli.'~, got his
pye on Mr.. ir'mt', ~ Il ronclndtd "a
have +onle fun %itA 'h+ "hap. - ! .
tonk i'm - charge. and marched him
ia tn Mr.. lawrence Of the tur+au of
ethnnItgy, F~ahnt> trs'itn+, tn tie
nnnhe II suhj-"t IT txnulittntior. The
Chap tren,blingly oh-sed tt e iustru:-
tion- Of BY tlA' Gtab-, and alter Il
CORE ct i1leasu rrtneiIt wa- taken, H. iu-
| Quired why t,-y were III pr ci>e about
The bll@iuts-. Mr.. Ln told him they
| were on the innn out for the n!en who
r. bbed the u,All, and the btst lhiux fir
! him 10 ito W'hl!u be to move on. The
| last that wns reel. Of him u " " hen he
| was gning ut IL fair gait toward Custer.
1t 10 not u h ritty place for trAnlpH 1T
| the agency, ~ Agent WymAu has Il
peculiar way "f getting sugebrush
cleared up with chaps that have notu~
ing to do but walk.
They, are expecting the oommiss~
ioners-Mesers. Weed, Foster and
Pease. BY the way there are quite a
number Of the Pease, progeny on the
Crow reserve among the "Absorikies" ="
It is to be hoped that they will settle
the matter up and throw open the
west end for settlement.
| Mir. Graves, Irrigation superindent,
arrived about three weeks ago aud bis
tools came last week. How soon he
eau get to work will detend upon
the motion Of the Indian
Department can raise to start the plows.
The Indians will do the work OF con-
s:ruclinK The ditchts, 10 1he Indian
Department bus ruled. venture au
! opinion that Gabriel will sound his
trumpet, ere tue last irrigating ditch
Ia finished il left for the Indians to
| finish aud build.
The political situation IL beginning
to interest SOME OF the people about
this reserve. Some favor Grover
and some BIT on Renja1ntn II. 1t
Woul4 he well to see that all are reg
lstered this fall hat can vote and
have the County Central Committee
make an ef1ort 10 get all to Custer
Ctunty.
| I think that the Hon. J. w. Etre1
veil would be our next district Judge
If he would allow btu name to 20 before
the convention when 1t convenes, as
he is one of our oldest and ablest III eu1~
| hprA nf the har In enafaFn hfnntano