The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-29
NFs.THY ind Ans.
Ccur e. oaco Who Arc Prosper.
| ing as Far! ners-
They Take Good Caro- Of Their farming
Implements and Are Nsted.for
Their Industrious> and
Sober Habits-


western boundary of ,yh ich is tn,
| Washington and Idaho S tate line, on,
and one-half miles east cfl Tekoa, ha
just been made by Sulba gent j.
Walsh. The returns, acc ncding to thu
Portland Oregonian, sho " that there
are sol Indians on the observation, O
which 457 are Cnur d'A lenes and 4.
are Spokanes. There re SO schoo
children, ranging from 10 is years o.
age. There are 1873 famiE les and these
own 155 houses. Many families have
residence called a "Sun. lay house" al
the De Smet mission in addition t.
their residence on the farm. These
SUNDAY houses are occ upied. by the
family on Sunday when all attend
church at the mission. -
Last year this tribe receive nearly
$500. 900 from theNUnited S tatos govern
ment for portion of the reservation
which was thrown open to. SET tlement
This money was boarded away OF
spent for permaner,t'imirove ments on
their farms. They tbrilt hous es, barns,
windmills and granmries; puts,p fences,
bought farm implements, racks, car
riaGes and harness, and good heavy
draft horses. Many built thew resi-
dences on their FARMS anal Sunday
houses" at the missionA No less than
dozen farm residences. anil Sunday
houses" are now being BUILT and when
| the sawmill at the mi ssie,n is COM
other buildings will be ere cted. It is
expected this mill will b'sJturning out
| lumber in few weeks. This mill is
| being built by the cover nuaent with q
portion of the purchase. price of the
land mentioned above. There is still
due the Indians $500 70, of which
S30.000 goes for the erect on and main
tenance of the mill and The remaining
$4,000 is to be paid in fifteen annual
payments of S., 0OO' each.
The Ceur d'Alenes are >thewealthiest
Indian tribe in the mort hwest. Many
of the Ind ians have.fromiS 81 900 to S.
600 on deposit in thealocaa banks, with
the local merchants, or Yin Spokane.
They all own good farms, most of
which are fenced and being rapidly
placed in cultivation They have good
houses, and many are setting out nice
orchards which will Ebe bearing fruit in
few years. They are very careful
with their money, lbuying but few
things they do not need and paying
cash for each article as it is purchased,
thus allowing no cha nee for cheating
in figuring up bill. They understand
making cha nge, but scannot compute
figures. Many of them, especially the
children, can read anCh write, and the
latter can be heard reading the signs
aloud as they walk along the streets.
Last year these Indians had 4,s00
acres in crop and sold S4S, 600 worth of
farm produce and stock. This season
they have 13, 000,acressin crop, or near
ly 100 acres for >each, family on the
reservation, and hhe present prospects
indicate an abundantyield. They have
1872, 900 acres under.fence, having built
900 miles of hardware fence last year.
They also erected last year sixty
houses, worth $4,000.
Agent Walsh says these Indians are
good farmers and are making money
in agricultural pursuits. They take
good care of their,crops. stock and i'm
plements. They have comfortable
houses, good barns and sheds wherein
they store their machinery when not
in use, thus setting good example be-
fore their white brothers, majority
of whom leave their machinery ex-
posed to,all kinds Of weather when it
is not in use. Their farms compare
favorably with those of the whites,
III ;o1I dc
They are thrifty, Industrious and
sober.
Drunkenness is severely punished by
fine, Imprisonment in the ''skookum''
house GALL, or whipping with heavy
''quirt'' upon tthe bare back. Chief
Saltese lives att the mission, where he
has fine residence and courthouse.
He is the judge'and jury in all cases,
and prescribes the mode and amount
of punishment the offender may re-
ceive. His word is law, and from his
decision there is no appeal. The res
ervation is patrolled by Indian police
on horseback. These are under con-
troll of chief of police, who in turn is
under control of Saltese. Adultery is
punished by imprisonment or whipping
or both. Only the male is punished
for adultery, the squaw being held
as guiltless. The offender gets from
ten to sixty days in the "skookum"
house, or from so to $50 lashes on the
bare back. The castigation is admin
listed by an Indian policeman, who lays
on the "quirt" without mercy.
Like all other Indians the Cpur
d'Alenes prefer to raise stock instead
of farming, but they are adapting
themselves to the latter occupation.
and Mr.. Walsh has great faith in max
ing good farmers of them. They own
5000 head of horses, some of which arc
quite valuable, and 1900 head of cat
tie. They drive to town in hacks,
carts, or covered carriages, and have
good teams; wagons are never used
except when produce is brought to
market. A large amount of new sod
is being broken this summer; and next
season the acreage of grain will be
nearly double that OF the present sea-
son. 4 bright future seems to be be-
fore the tribe. which is fast assuming
the occupations, dress and habits of
the whites.
Medicine by Ratious.
To-day in England, at Harrow. the
boys are ,doctored en- masse. Each one