Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-10-05
ITO Be Continued"

Monday Joseph Warrior and Rev.
John Promise we're the witnesses.
the latter being the eighth
member OF the Council to
speak. both giving testimony
along the same lines as the prev
ious ones, which consisted in the
main of Il history of the exciting
period before and since the leasing
of the entire reservation to white
men. Testimony has been taken
SO far from all of the witnesses on
the following points:
/. The vote of the Indians on
the western half and afterwards on
the eastern half Of the Reser-
walton.
2. The part that the Agent
took in the agitation before and
since the leases.
,. Ghost dances and ''otuhan-
pi" giving away presents.)
4. Losses of stock and hay
sustained by the Indians.
5. Management of the Mil
waukee cattle trail.
6. Conduct of the roundups.
Clarence Ward stated that he
had sixtyfve loads of hay destroy
ed last winter by lessees' cattle,
which was fenced in by good
fences consisting of rails and three
barbedwire. He had only yet re-
teived to compensate him 800.
The hay destroyed vas worth on
the market nearly $500.
Mr. Warrior said he had IS head
of cattle when the first lease was
made, now he had but Is. He
was questioned closely by Mr.
Conser as to why he had lost SO
many, and he laid the blame of it
ON to the lessee's cattle, together
with the fact that certain rcgula-
tions of the Agents Office prevent
ed him from going after his cattle.
MIR Promise had now but seven
head Of cattle. When asked why
he did not haye more, he said that
it was no use to try, the country
WIS too full of white mems cattle.
He also stated that his land was
fenced In, part of it with two
wires and part of it with one
that lessee's cattle continually
broke thru it, to get to a spring.
which they obliterated in dry
weather. and he had had to use
snow water for his own stock, also
to take his horses two miles away
to get water for them for them il
summers; that the l~essee's foreman
in company with the official brant
inspector, had ordered him to tax,
his fence down, but he had not ye
done SO.
Tuesday John LeBeat, his Sol
Misses, and Albert Madison occu
PIED most Of the day. Moses LIE
neau also told about his havin.
oSen ordered to remove his fenc'
SO that lessee's cattle could get t,
.1ejriyer, but he had not yet beel
Compelled to do it. Mr. Mitchell
tg9e foreman in charge of the Mat
Mor Company's pastures, Nos.
yand 6, was also present on 4 sum
: mons to tell what he know abou
the matter. Mr. Conser then ex
hibited a plat of the land in dis
pute, and it was finally shown tina
it was not necessary to disturb tn
complainant's fences in order tina
the lessce's cattle might get water
Mr. Madison was overseer of tn
Milwaukee cattle trail at the tim
of the Ben Ash episode, and hi
testimony was intended to refut
a certain affidavit made by Mr. Ash
on the strength of which he claim
ed q rebate, in settling with tn
Indian Agent.
Allen Fielder, the ninth mem
Der of the Council, occupied mos
bf the following day. and havin,
perfect command of both the Ind
81 and English languages, starte
n with blood in his eye. He ha
the whole category Of the Indian,
grievances carefully stored ava
his "thinkshQp" ceterihR th
t0plcs 4nufdefated above.