The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-09-07

it 10 impossible to say. At this juncture
the Indians were called in by their
agents and advised to forego their hunt
the time being and return peaceably
to their homes. This they did, but mean
while parties OF sportsmen tourists, well
equipped for the hunt, continued to pour
into the hole ~unmolested. Thus the
original purpose OF the people Of Jackson
Hole is for the time accomplished. The
Indians are driven off; their supplies Of
meat, skins, ETC., from the hunt for their
winters use, at least, are gone, and the
government is put to a great expense,
while the jackson Hole mans source OF
profit in the tourist who comes and
spends money, freely for the chance Of
killing a few elk for sport, and a good
pair of horns as a trophy, is we'll pro-
tected.
At present the Indian, with we'll con-
cealed bitterness Of heart, and some
natural feeling of resentment, awaits
with c~ommendable patience, but not
without forebodipgs Of hunger during
the long winter, to know what shall be
the action Of the government for his re-
dress as pledged also by the treaty, and
what, too, the future of his hunting
privileges. A feeling of hostility, how
ever, which had no existence before, has
been stirred up within him which will
probably never wholly die, and a recur.
renee Of the present difficulty may GER
tainly be looked for next year unless
steps are now taken to effectually pre-
vent it.
In his report to the Indian Rights as
ISOLATION, Rev. Cleveland will make the
following recommendations:
l. The Indians, by treaty provision,
are entitled to full remuneration for the
game and other property unlawfully
taken from them in Jackson Hole.
2. All persons implicated in the ar.
rest and shooting Of these Indians should
be speedily tried and severely punished
3. The governor Of Wyoming and
other high officials there are in a meas
ure responsible for what occurred and
should De dealt with accordingly as be.
ing participes criminis in this matter
through having directed the justice OF
the peace to arrest and punish the Indi
ans under the laws Of Wyoming in de-
fiance or disregard Of the higher law Of
the United States as contained in IT.
treaty with them and to which alone the
Indians are amenable.
4. The efforts Of the department O
the interior to bring these parties to jus
tice, ulready begun, should be warml,
seconded, closely watched and in orde
that a ~farcical termination may be avoid
ed they should be tried before a United
States court, but not in the state o
Wyoming. No jury there could be re
he'd upon to act without prejudice.
5. Agent Teter should be strongl,
supported in his painstaking and fear
less efforts to secure justice for the Ia
dians, and the attempt of some now be
ing made to secure his removal from OF
flee, and to whom his fidelity to duty il
the jackson Hole affair and the propose,
reservation irrigation scheme alone rem
der him obnoxious, should be defeated
6. The position of the issue clerk a
the Fort Hall agency, recently abol
ished, should be restored and continued
at least so long as the Indians shall be il
need of increased rations to keep then
from starving while they suffer the un
just loss Of their hunting privileges.
Z: The scheme, now almost consum
mated, to put in the hands Of the Idah
Irrigation Canal company an expensiv
contract for constructing a canal wit
funds belonging to the Indians and a
terward charge the Indians an annu.
rental of several thousand dollars fc
the use Of water sc supplied, should b
thwarted and the whole matter of Pre-
viding water given into the hands of tn
agent or other competent superintenC
ent. The proposed scheme is strongl
advocated by Senator Dubois of Idaht
backed by the people of Pocatello an
adjacent country to the reservation, t.
gether with a Mr.. Spaulding (0 Of Oh
J cago, ILL.,, said to be the father-in- law {
Indian Commissioner Browning, for tn
large money on completion and futur
gain there is in it for them and tn
whites generally. Neither the agent nc
the Indians have been consulted regarl
ing it and it does not appear to ha,
been advertised as by law required
The Indians ask, "Who told them t
spend our money in this way?" AID L
answer is forthcoming. On the othe
hand, sufficient water can be obtaine
!, on the reservation and reservoirs bui
, at small expense, and all by the Indial
themselves. This plan should by a
? means be substituted for the n pr
posed, as it would give the Indians O.