The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-10-06
THEPUYALLUP MIDDLE
No Settlement Except In the
Manner Now Employed.
INDIAN BUREAU Is DETERMINED

II 10 sstA That Its Oaesss Wass the
Contracts Asds with sAs IadiH.s
Hailed Ost - IavsitA--rhs csm,His.
siss Dsiss Deed work.
WAsHISGrox, October l.--Notwith.
standing the hard fight made by Repre-
sentative Doolittls and other members
OF the Washington delegation, the prob
abilities arc that there viii be nc settle.
msnt Of the Puysilup Indian reserva.
ton muddls and sale Of the lands except
in the manner which 10 nov bsing en-
pioyod. The great fight which has bsen
made To have something done which will
give the men who made contracts with
the indiana an opportunity to test their
validity will probably Tail. From tho
very first there has been . disposition
on the part Of the Indian Office 70 have
ihrs- contracts ruled out ~ invalid and
make the men who made the contracts
with the Indians lose what they have
paid them. This disposition originated
with Agent k-lis. rho has Tor 20 many
years been agent for the Puyallups, and
p~rmest-s the entire Indian Office. The
contracts were probably made In opposi.
tion 10 the wishes of Mr.. E1lis. and he
Intends, II he can, To make the contract.
orr loss. Ever since Warrington was
asimittr.f the delegation in Congress has
been IT,, ing Ia have tbs lands opened
under some regulations that will give
the Contractors an opportunity 10 get tho
lands or their money back. but il has
always brra . failure. Tho nearest .
bill Of thai kind came 10 passing VAS In
tho fifly-hrst Congress. when Repre-
s-h,a,ise Wilson clipped through Ia .
rtsht-of'sAy hill . CLAUSE which Souid
have setii~d the whole affair. Corkr~li
OF Missouri caught IL up In the Senate
and made . Tremendous b.ustUs, and
Alien and squire. rho ~csu not ~ tamil
lar si,h Senatorial ways - they have
sinc- bp<psnc. allowed tho clause To br
stricken cut. sonclhing that would not
happen again. Nos tho difficulty 10 In
getting sosncshing through the Hoasc.
Ia tho last session OF Congress iksoiitslc
tsiei th. iioasr and squire the senate.
bsst lisr trofp that has brrn done tho
tnosc opposition 10 found. This OPPOSE
Ton comes from Ia. Indian bar-au,
which 10 very ,t,aeh opposed 20 the s~t.
slstnrni vi tho Ray ailup lands ON any
other basis except 10 eschSs all contracts
ln ado.
Assistant Commissioners Armstrong,
Who iof all practical purposes 10 the
Commissioned during ,hts aiminis;ra-
tion, says that tho commission which 10
no~ al ~osk on the fuysllup reservation
= doing sooi vosk In his opinion. ilc
~as there not long ago and booked tho
field orws. lie SAYS that uh~a the com
tni-s,on IMPORTS its action will b~ anop.
t-ousrsi anil the lands -ill be sold. Tb.
ORE, frf.ori uisl relate almost en,itely 10
tho lands held in common by thc Indians
and moi ,o ,ho.p hrld in srscsaliy. Gen.
rrAl Armstrong says that after ih~sr
cosutnaa land. Arv dispos~d ot. the com.
mission sill take up tho individual
lands. which tho Indians desire 30 sell.
anil they ssli he sold under the dIswcitou
OF shc government. Askcsi II anything
whatever uuuld 10 done With tho con.
usct.. General Armstrong fcpliei
Nothing. They arc invalid. Every.
holy knops they arr OF no arrount- III
they arr tested In tho courts. u utll make
nodin~fvnc-. When the cuurt dismissed
tho injunction against the commission ,
tina, sr,,lc1 tho contracts. They eill
have no standing In court Why would
these fellows 10 ,ryin. 10 sccnrr icfssla.
ton TO lrSaliss them II they did not
knov they we're worthless without such
leg slasionf"
II uiil 10 scen tina, the Indian ofiicc
IL dead cot against tho men With the
contracts.