The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-31
THE INDIANS.
Must Not Expect to Receive Scstice
In The State Of, Wyoming.
THE JACKSON HOLE TROUBLES
Directly Traced to Murderous
DoIngs of White Men,

wAsHrSGros, Aug 3i.-The departments
of Justice received from the United States
district attorney and marshal OF Wyom-
ing the official reports of their inyestiga-
tion into the Bannock Indians trouble
made by the direction OF the attorney
general The reports are dated Aug %.
The district attorney for Wyoming reports
as follows:
II have no doubt whatever that the
killing of the Indian Tanega on or about
July lY was an atrocious, outrageous and
cold-blooded murder, and that IL was a
murder perpetratcd on the part OF Con
stable Manning and his deputies In pur-
suance Of scheme and conspiracy on
their part to prevent the Indians from ex-
ercising privilege, which Is, in my
opinion, very clearly guaranteed TO them
by the treaty before mentioned.
should the prosecution by the United
States be determined upon, IL would DO
useless 70 commence IL before commits
sioner. As the law Is now, we are bound
10 bring prisoners before the United states
commissioner nearest TO the place OF ar
rest, and In this case it would be before
Mr. Pettigrew, the commissioner at Marys-
vale / am informed that he Is thoroughly
I'm sympathy with the so-called settlers in
that region, and that he advised the con-
stable, Manning, and his posse that tho
provisions of the treaty under which tho
Indians claimed the right 10 hunt upon
the unoccupied lands of the United States
had for some reason ceased to be operative.
Hence think that 10 cause the arrest OF
these men and take them for hearing be-
fore this commissioner would simply re-
suit I'm their discharge.
cit seems 10 me To be n great pity that
there is no national law which can GER
tainly be invoked for the protection OF
these our domestic subjects, weak and de-
fenseless as they are, in their right TO en-
Joy those privileges guaranteed To them by
a solemn treaty 10 the enforcement OF
which the honor of the country is pledged;
and that their only protection against
forcible resistance to their enjoyment OF
these rights must be found in the courts
of the state wherein the juries will un-
questionably look upon them as possessing
no nights which white man Is bound to
respect"
/ The district attorney has been advised
that the department concurs with him in
the opinion that there is no federal statute
under which the offenders can be pun
ished
The jackson Hole Investigation.
Accompanying the report of the dis
trict attorney Is scathing arraignment
of the Jackson Hole settlers made in "a re-
port TO the United States deputy marshal
who investigated the troubles The dep.
uty marshall report says that a careful in
yestigation of the whole affair shows that
the reports made by the settlers, charging
the Indians with wholesale slaughter OF
game for wantonness, or 10 secure the
hides OF the animals killed, hava been
very much exaggerated.
Continuing the deputy marshal says 'If
n full investigation OF the Jackson's Holo
affair should be had, the fact would be es-
tablished that when Constable Manning
and his posse of % settlers arrested party
of Indians on July 10, and started with
them for Marysvale, he and his men did
all they could to tempt the Indians to try
TO escape. In order that there might be
basis of justification for killing some OF
them.
'If the truth OF the matter can be
reached, il will be found that the captors
did not care particularly about getting
their prisoners safely TO Marysvale. From
Manning learned that none of the horses
OF the escaping party oi ihulahs "erc snot,
Notwithstanding his order 10 shoot tho
horses, but that at least six Indians wero
hit by bullets OF these, Timega, an old
man, was killed; Nimits, a boy of about
20, was wounded so that he could not es-
cape, and the others got away. Timegn
was an old man, almost blind, and hia
gun was useless. When the body OF this
old, sick, blind man was found, after
lying buried in the woods for about %
days, it was found he had been shot four
times In tho back"