The San Francisco call., 1895-08-02

brought into court, tried and found guilty
of violating the statues referred to and was
fined SIS. In his possession thirty raw
green hides were found. The fine was paid
by John earns, squaw manliving IN
Jacksons Hole, and the hides condscated.
"On June "a second information was
filed and a warrant of similar charac-
ter and covering substantially the same
facts as the first was issued. Constable
Manning, with two deputies, proceeded to
Fall River Basin, Wyoming, to make
arrests. AT the head of Cache Creek and
Granite Creek trail, on the top of the
divide, the officers heard shooting and
located Indians hunting, one being en-
gagged in skinning an elk.
There were seven in the party, and on
the officers approach the Indians got to-
gether and leveled their guns at the men.
They then asked their business and being
told, slgnalled for one man to come to
them to parley. The warrant was read to
them, they all talking English. On the
conclusion of its reading they declared
that they would hunt as much as they
pleased. They said there was little law in
Jacksons Hole. and that little they detied.
They further said they would fight before
they would submit to arrest They were
told the soldiers would be sent for, and
they expressed defiance for them and
asserted that they would kill rybody in
Jacksons Hole if interference with their
hunting did not cease. Beng too many
in numbers for the white men, no further
attempts were made to arrest them.
CATER this talk was over" said Man.
ming, I'VE watched the Indians and OBJ
served that they took nothing from the
elks' carcasses but the hides and brains,
leaving the rest to rot. There were partly
removed hides and about five carcasses
where they were skinning the game. The
next day these same Indians, together
with about twenty-five others, were seen
in camp at Fall River Basin, there being
eleven lodges. / went through the camp
and estimated that the band had about
$50 fresh hides. The Indians laughed at
me and made similar threats to those ut
tered the day before. While my men were
there another Indian came and gave the
information that the officers were the same
who had arrested George. The band sent
over to neighboring camp to get Indians
who were acquainted with the George in
Sc
We then left. Later we met an Indian
family with about fifteen hides and less
than forty pounds of meat.
Expecting to be followed by the Others,
we did not attempt to arrest this family,
but told the buck of the law and advised
him to return to the agency, which ne
agreed to do. The next day our party of
constables found unmistakable signs that
the original band OF Indians had lain in
wait for us, for what purpose, of course,
can only be imagined.
The next information for Illegal hunting
was filed July 2, and warrant was issued.
Constable Manning with thirty-six dep
ties went to Gros Ventre River to serve it.
"We found," said Manning, taking up
the story, ''five lodges of Indians at the
mouth OF Rock Creek. The camp was sur
prised at o'clock in the morning and the
Indians were arrested. On the approach
of the officers, however the squaws at
tempted to conceal several fresh hides,
while the bucks seized their guns.
Forty or fifty fresh elk hides were taken
with the Indians. They were brought into
court, and six pleaded guilty, and were
fined $75 and costs, the gross fine being
about $1400. Two, being blind, were dis
charged. While we were bringing in the
prisoners, we found we were followed by a
rescuing party, but we eluded it. How
ever, the Indians escaped in the night, the
sentinel falling asleep.
GA day or so after this trial John Carnes
and a prospector named Schell, coming in,
said that there were between 200 and 300
Indians in the Fall River basin, and that
how haH Aant rod ri ;y0fa IS
ing trouble for the people of Jacksons
Hole. Mr.. Carnes predicted trouble, and
four or five days later he moved his family
entirely out of Jacksons Hole and into the
State of Idaho. He said he had further
grounds for believing the Bannocks would
give trouble, from the fact he had received
a letter from an Indian at the Fort Hall
Reservation, saying that the Bannocks
were going to cause trouble in this vicinity
t5is summer.
"An information was filed July 10 and a
warrant issued charging unidentified
Indians with illegally killing game. With
twenty deputies L proceeded to Fall River
basin, and there surprised camp and |
arrested ten Indians. One Indian got |
away, leaving nine bucks in our hands. |
We travelled about fifteen miles, being |
headed for Jacksons Hole. When we got |
ready to pack up after dinner, we noticed
that the bucks left off every superfuous
article they had been carrying. The squaws
loaded themselves with these effects; two
of them who had papooses on boards at
their backs took the babies from the boards
and strapped them to their laps in front of
them on their horses. While this was
being done I went to my deputies and
warned them that the Indians intended to
try to break away.
"The bucks had been disarmed, and 1
was satisfied that they had no weapons
whatever on their persons. There were
fifteen guards with the Indians, and as
precautionary measure placed guard in
the single file column.
"In spite of the fact of the unarmed In
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