Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-11

| Shoshones. The Rev. Mr.. Coolidge. a
| fuil-blood Arapahoe. has similar school
ard administers for the children of his
tribe preach ng at three different places
on the reservation every month.
When Mr.. Coolidge was nine years old
his parents were killed near this agency
by party OF Shoshones. Maj. Lara
bee, now commissioner of Indian affairs
at Washington. then an officer Of the
army, came upon the bodies Of the dead.
picked up the child. brought him in and
gave him home. He was afterward
educated at the expense OF surgeon
| named Coolidge, at Fairbault, Mimi, and
Hobart College, Geneva, n. Y. studied
divin ty, took holy orders and was sent
to minister to his own people.
Five years ago Miss Grace Wetherbee.
daughter Of one Of the proprietors of the
| Manhattan Hotel, New York city who
Church, was sent to Washable to assist
as a teacher at the mission. She had
already spent year doing missionary
work among the Utes in Colorado. She
met Mr.. Coolidge here and married him.
and they now have four children, two of
their own and two little waits OF the
Arapahoe tribe, whom they have
adopted.
Reservation Fast Dwindling.
The Shoshone reservation was reduced
to 100000 acres In 1906. and the re-
tiidiHdCf VI tuCli idhu cpCl-u VI SGli4S@
ment The portion reserved was nearly
all divided In aIlotments among the
members of the tribe. Only a small
proportion of the land that was thrown
open has been taken up. but 1t is all
subject to settlement under the home
stead act and will soon be irrigated.
Already $4,000 acres are under water.
| and large crops of alfalfa. hay, gam.
potatoes and live stock are being raised
upon 1t. There are $4,000 acres Of In
dian lands susceptible of agriculture
that can be leased in small tracts at
81 go per acre for twenty years. The
irrigation bitches have been construct.
ed by the Indians at an average cost
of 81 per acre.
The military post was abandoned last
January and the garrison, which con-
sisted of the two troops of the Sth
Cavalry, was transferred to Fort Rob-
inson.
The oldest and most highly respected
resident of Fort Washable is j. +.
Moore. who came here as post trader
helped to select the site and build the
post. He has lived here ever since, but
is now spending his winters in Cali
fornfa. His two sons and two daugh-
tiers, who We're born and brought up
here. have leased 100000 acres from the
Indians and have a herd of 1000 cattle
and large flocks of sheep.
Charles c. Moore. the younger brother,
who graduated at Michigan University
q few years ago. makes "a business OF
taking parties of boys on camping eX
petitions through the Yellowstone Park
and other mountain regions during the
summer months. This Is his third sea-
son, and he started out the other day
with twenty-five boys from New Yo~A
and the New England states for a SIX
weeks expedition. Every boy has
pony and camping outfit. and they
are accompanied by half-breed guides.
a doctor and cook. Mrs. Moore takes
out parties OF women and girls In d
of six weeks or two months. Each
member of the party pays $3.50. which
covers all of their expenses after they
land at the railroad station at Lander
until they return to it at the end of the
season. after a novel and delightful ex-
norianca