Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

ter. IL has been n long. hard one. The
snow Is very deep. Some herds were
smut up IN dries Of snow for eight and
ten days without anything to eat The
country In fillcd with carcasas every
whorc, and the stores ARE filled With
sheep pclts. II ~ only n matter OF time
TIL Uncle Sam viii have to feed this
great nation. Many OF thom even now
have not much to cat excepting q little
bread made from Inferior flour and
poor yeast powders. This with a little
coffee and sugar In their principal daily
diet II seems that the traders think
any popf article IN good enough Tor AN
Indian. There are nearly sixty. stores
In the land and many Of them are get
ting rich. II must be quite profitable 10
trade with them. In 1876 there were on
~ four or Ave trading posts.
Tho Indians live ON horse flesh all
winter and but few are able to eat
mutton. Homc few families have been
entirely without food for number Of
days ut "a time. Had u not been for
the charity OF the Mormon" people
Some would have died. The old people
are greatly neglected and are lett 20
rhift Tor themselves and not bcinE able
70 move about for days. they get out
" everything TO cat. Elder Joseph
Tanner told me he found nm old lady
with "a number Of small children. who
had been left In her care. They had
boon without q morrel of food Tor four
days, and had he not found them when
he did and helped them. no doubt they
would have died. They cried with Joy
when he gave them some food. The
agent and government employees
who nrc paid 90 look after these thinga
tido about In carriages. smoking cigars
and having good time. getting SO
and 800 per month. Some men thnt
are employed To show the Indians how
To farm know nothing about farming
at all. The Indians can rather teach
them. The government means well
but u often unfortunate In HciectinR
employees. Most Of them have u side
speculation. cheating the Indians and
the government whenever they can.and
Htfhng" TO Hny, while they could IND
western men who have experience with
the Indians. their habits and language
they vii lemploy nothing but eastern
men. This " a great mistake and un-
fortunate for the Indian department.
Here N u policy that might be- adopt
ed win safety Turn the Indian over
to the several governors OF the states
ana territories. let them tend 60 the
giving OF money futiOnr. and teach
them how 10 farm; knock out all these
traders ana SPECTATORS who get all
Of THIS money for the poorest quality
OF goods tn" Indians do not upprc-
cintc the money. Thny only use II TO
gamble with aud learn TO idle away
their time. ana they are not taught IN
any way 10 become Hclf-Hupporting
Just look Mt the Utcr In Colorado who
get thousands IN cash annually. They
nrc the most lndolcnt and lazy Of ali.
tho king Of tho Cannibai islands II not
half 20 arrogant. Why you ask one OF
thcm To get a bucket ~ water or chop
a stick Of wood. they laugh You TO
rcorn. They viii not turn their hand
over for . nights lodgings In u winter
storm. They got barrels al whisky all
on account of the money they receive.
The noloon keepers grow fat on Uncle
Sans money AID the Indians do not
appreciate II nor do they realize why
the Great Father at Washington gives
thcm this money to squander.
Something must be done soon or the
indian viii become extinct. Civilization
u destroying the rcd man rapidly.
The eastern agents of whom I speak
mr." gentlemen In every sense OF the
term. but they have no sympathy In
common with frontier people. having
had no experience In settling new In
dian countries, nor NJ tho trials rnnre
quent upon such ne. They Invariably
take IN nght FOR the Indian against
the whites and set them at Variance
and cause lots ~ unnecessary trouble
The agent says. he represents the In
tetlor department and the poor Indian
| thinks he N big captain. while the
people have 20 Hecy relief from the civil
authorities. thus creating n conflict In
which the Indian gets the worst 81 II
every time. The agent says the Interior
department says the Indians rnn go
anywhere on the public domain. aud
the clyil authorities representing the
| citizens and taxpayers says II IL not
20. There aoemn 10 be- great misun-
| deratnnding. hence the cowboy whips
and drives the Indian when and where
he likes. II N u miracle that blood has
not been shed before this. and Il would
even be 80. ala the Indians not sub
nit like lambs to these orienlr Some
| one u 10 blame Why should the poor
indian be misinformed and blamed toof
The pc0nle AT Tuba have suffered
and horses They have only few cows
/ and their work teams left. while "a few
! years AFRO they had hundreds 81 them.
they are only n handful now and they
! have suffered greatly both IN mind.
with constant fear, and In property
thousands ~ dollars, a auh-nTcnt
went 10 far ~ 90 incltc the Indians
10 commit riot. and started 10 tear u
mans house down over his head. The
Gaze II now IN court. The people NJ
| Mum have suffered some by having the
Indians 20 out on the commons. with
their nockr and herds. and they have
peiliionei the government for redress.
However they have not suffered -
much NJ they live nearer civilization
and tho Indians nrc not 80 daring In
and treasure hns already been lost In
| "MormonH" have nnly sought their well
fare. Vet some have lost their lives
M martyrs o. n good cause.
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