Gunnison news-champion., 1904-05-06

sHa~e sinseh saxns ma t,1 the a,1h
eE hand ! setssc.sd ia.s hy s.jesssn4.
"a oh.s. aa~eses sTsciy ex1enl.sa ]
n4.ns es Eyt,eslS Esy-sls II she very
effsorlaagzsss ~hscl the aog..rta.esi
nAlebi EseaeIs@e az E-ergal-sses ana
winch we're always aessEat.ln. whai.
tke further isa II the very 4dxan-
tAeeoas Position | then occspsea a.
Agent > private -ccFcsary ~sseh gave
rae exccptIs,s...l opportunities fsr tar
ns-hlns ex~sfiy the kind u ss-ses.als
wanted confirmed me IN the above
besaet Accordingly ! vas bsssh wili-
iHe and snx,s.~ o. make s-s a wbsi
isiaie kHasiea9s ! Po--sss.cd thai was
81 service o. the oiiaee for the beaofi
oi others. ! iarshor Fcfiocsed ti.si no
possible RISKS would be IRcurred Il |
only exercised ordinary care over
everything ! write fur the press
Nevertheless | confessed b my-eli
no httie trepidaiiou when after
wards approached the Agent f1r per
mission 81 write up the tes and
was a. less stampeded when be-
blunily termed nay arnbitisus pro
Jec, weakness f1r newspaper
lndhau eXeltemeuts and mining
booms. be Weut nu o. say. were ne
eessarily occasl9ned one bv the other
IL Il n0t putting IT too strong O. say
that 1 ieIt crashed by his r,art rafu-
al Indeed ID seemed for severed
days thai ] was sill listening g. he
sarcastic remarks al my expense. al
bert I scaraeiy understood them.
There was a luug silence. only
tly bgzztnu m Che window disturbed
the profound auiet 81 the room.
had almost l1rg1tten which af us
had spoken last when Mr.. I}ond. f1r
that was the agent name. declared
that there was absolutely mo- excuse
for the immense ignorance af the IN.
dian Commissioners at Washington
az % the real state Of affairs on the
reservation where the Agency for an
practicable purposes was as helpless
a. though 1t occupied position be
tween the devil and the deep sea
Maniicstly there was no hope for me
than o. submit gracefully To his en-
phaiic opposition 10 my wishes.
Fair were those castles in the air
which had built. never dreaming at
that time, that in spite of fate it is
the unexpected that always happens,
and that ii is the unexpected that al
ways wins.
The unexpected in this instance
was copy of the Saguache Chronicle
that came 30 my address at Los Pimos
Agency Sand copy of the Chronicle
contained a striking editorial found
ed on the growing intemperance of
the ties both ON the reservation and
off Of it, In a word that Chronicle
article was a mascot ON this occasion
since, by this same token, IT solved
for me in a day the whole problem of
my fondest dreams The editorial
read as follows.
Some queer revelations about discipline
in the tte Indian country have been made
from time to time hut the Indian depart
ment seems to- ignore the inability of their
Agent to meet any form ot frontier emer-
guucy calling lior decisive action. Il is
strange 10 outsiders 10 learn OF indians
hanging around freghters camps all day
drinking and quarrelIHg aud trying to fight
Ordinarily drunken quarrel among Indi-
ans or even n drunken murder Is not So re-
markaDie as to excite wonder, but for such
things to happen iuside of the Reservation
strikes the unmilitary person with surprise
because 1t upsets his preconceiyed ideas ot
army regulations which regulations il is
taken for granted are supposed to extend
TO and include ''lndian agencies" as well
as army pusts. Our sincere sympalhies
are extended to all OF the unfortunate set
Elements bordering on the Reservation and
il Is To be hoped that the department viii
(rre 1t is too late establish a prOtectorate
10 patrol this much exposed frontier whose
defense has been So long and urgently ad-
yocated in these columns
Ny surprise was only equalled by
my pleasure when Mr. b., as | pres
emily noted assumed a very flattering
attitude towards the Chronicles
Infringement, which management, by
the way, included the writer's father
hence the aforesaid editorial In
view of this fortunate circumstance,
It occurred to me that now was come
a turning point in my favor TO soon
become the Agency reporter 1t Is
needless to add that | again applied
and that this time | was successful.
Ii is now about % odd wears since
| wrote the aforesaid Temperance
revelations. Many Of the Agency
boys have since passed over the
range.
That the Agents office became my
lnafinr nlace from the date Of Tie