The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
INDIANS FORGOT
THEIR ENGLISH
Funny Feature Of the Recent
Troubles With Them Out
in Wyoming,
THEY HAD ALL KNOWN II
But When the TROUBLED Started Those
Employed by the Northwestern
Road Suddenly Forgot Al!
About the Tongue.

49,
D. y, NOV. 2".~~An odu
Phase OF tne recent lnalah troubles IN
wyoming is rclated ny me ollclalS OF
ING Nil'hso ana Nofth"tAt Ithiifp""
colhpahg' Durtns me past year or Two
huh'oeT OF lhdiailS, ilciuoiilS tlG son
u tht iilloIs oio '9ltul's buh' ihiNc
pcei ehSaSeu on 'Soh7'i untioh gnu ~
phr WORK OF me road Wnen the hrSt
ncM9 c"ile y tte .toupIa pet"sc" the
ih"iaii7 ahd tue "hite "iIteih III wy"
phllils the lhuia,s started 70 PACK up.
HeIe - Wlcre lhe queer tH'h6S peBhh
70 n"tPen'
Most,ol tlcSe iiiuials WGfe Iuueate'
IN hhS'lSn ana colVefscu IN 'ha' lah-
suhse Win ease. Nheh lhey were
hsNcu WHERE tiey were solHs' hi S|HC
one were sileh'. ms one llah s,lu az
tne lnu'als mao lost al k1ioWieuBe o.
Eisllsl except iiiiSeil' anu ms aleeth
oenan,' mo- hiuciiihtE ~ ivi'aeI nc
thlkeu, me foreman perateu lie men,
put tneS shook thelr noaus saaly us
iileii VINO couiu' not UNDERSTAND anu an
heaaeu LOT the reservation me one
WHO aiu 'aih satu tlt1 ~ Wni,e h'et,
were tIea.ihs me ihuialS paulS anu
ihIS "oui" ~ iohsci - - :"
nov tie lnuiahs louilu out hpout NY
uroupie mas not yet neeh aiscoVe'eu.
iiiefe WIS no means ol coihliuiiiei.lon
pelMFtu en9il' puI ~ '"o uaSa eNeiy
lhulhn VI VIC ioau hau PaIheu up "i'u
" -
Had Been working on Railroad.
Ever since the order of the Indian
commissioner that all able Indians
must so to work or starve, there W.
been a number Of them working for the
"Northweslern.' Thes nave been en-
ployed as section men, coal heavers and
]roundhouse wipers, and they nave
proved themselves Industrious and ca
pable, equally so with their white EEL
low workmen. They nave been receiv-
Ing from $1.25 to $1.5O a day and have
shown decided preference to working
On the railroad rather than on the
reservation Where oltch digging ana
tarlhlhS ire tHt ohly avenues open, anu
where independence IS not SO evident
IN y lew instances lhe lhulahs nave
peeh employed as prldSeneh ana tney
nave zone sood WORK. me majority
Of lne'i coulu speah EnSilsn pelore
theY became employees OF tne 0 a ana
.lose Nho couiut navy sln'G plchcu
up u gooa ~NoeaDuiary, Agent l5ieililall
~ lIhG fdusc says MA. the actioh OF
Inc lhdlais IN d~lsclainllhg knoWledge
d hhBiisi ~ t'ileS o. eAcllelietit 10
nov ulusuai u,tnoush ~ mas newer peel
pelihltelE setlleo "hetner lhe Worry
hid dipieilGitSloi actuahS pniish ti'eii
newly acquired vocabulary from tnelr
nlhus or Whetnef Il cHlioiSh cautloh
lmpeis Ihem 10 hnslst theg 90 not ul-
aeEstaiiu.
since me .rouo,e mas elaeu' however,
tne ladlans nave peeh coming paek anu
usklls ior lhelr oio JOBS asaiil. lneE
~" eaih q ~ ie'i - 49, w.
uiu, h,a, WIT solne ! ttsli piaceS
nav peeh iIltu' itDsl ~ thelh n'vt
ineir 1ops asatn. ine inolons lave
ueuliieu ."asty W snts ,ng MspLn,iis
,unclllheii q Miue pIlah; .hei Miutu y
ing more iar-teacnlhs " .le puhlsh-
iien. ~ ari,s dass. ne trulals Mlo
WHY 'hNSi DouSia@' VIII " SiNcIi
u speeus = aiau 'heii eohNieuoh WIZ
'iuoupteuis loho"'