Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-31

tA4C pIOPOocu lcucId4 law WHICH WOul
make the measure, which was de
manded, not only by Montana, bu
throughout the west, operative in tn
state
That It was deemed expedfent Il
effect the separation of the Cheyenne
from the Sioux was seen in the re.
ported statement made by American
Horse, one of the Sioux chiefs who
had been in Washington comforting or
matters pertaining to the Sioux res
erVation. American Horse was quoted
as having said:
Il signed the Sioux reservation ceding
treaty. but when I saw how the mouths
Of my people we're closed in Washing
ton, told Little Chief Noble secretary
Of war; that I would no longer be a
/ leader Of my people, but would mingle
/ with them as warrior In the ranks
I rather than lift my voice again on
behalf Of the white man"
Louis Prineau of the Standing Rock
/ agency, who acted as one Of the in
terpreters with the party, was also
quoted as saying that in view of this
visit and the excitement of the fall of
1890, there would be some trouble in
the spring Of 1892.
1t was not until in early April, 1891,
that the Cheyenne Indians were safely
escorted to Montana. No demonstration
WeAp obe+1~NS AAI WAAGAA bA4N AASHO WeAo III
gested by the Indians at the Lame Deer
agency their desire to visit with the
newcomers at Fort Keogh could not
be resisted. BY mid-April only about
200 Cheyenne we're at home at Lame
Deer, the rest. to the number Of seven
or eight hundred were putting In their
time at the Cheyenne Indian camp at /
Miles City, visiting those who had come /
up from South Dakota.
ftfflnn ToffnT1c m naors 4
are full limit: three pounds of beef, /
gross, per diem, that is one and one
half pounds net are issued to each /
Indian be he or she one day or one (
hundred years old. The agent, Captain
John Tully, is a kind and beneficient
father to his Indian wards, but even
kind treatment and full meat will not
hold an Indian If he takes 1t into his
long-haired Uranium to go as he pleases
and where he isteth, the will and
orders OF these United States to the
contrary, Notwithstanding" commented
the journal.
The establishment of the Cheyenne
Indians on a site above the Northern
Pacific railroad bridge, on the govern
ment side OF Tongue river brought
them into close proximity to the citi-
zenS of Miles City. During the latter
part Of April, and in early May, they :
moved to a new camp site on the Vel
owStone river about two miles above
Fort Keogh. Little Chief indicated that
Re would be better satisfied If he could
Ieep his young bucks from going into /
he city so frequently, as they had be- ,
,ome conspicuous on the streets. 1t was |
hen that the business interests Of /
Niles City began to realize the eco :
ionic value of having so large a body J
u Indians established so close to the
Z
An endeavor was being made, it was !
eported also, by some interested per- 4
ons to have the recently arrived In !,
moved out to the Cheyenne agency on .
anne Deer. This endeavor it was 4
lated, was hardly in accord with the &
eSireS Of the people Of Custer county a
S expressed by the petitions which the "A
ltizens had forwarded to the authori- II
es in Washington. What the authori- d
es had in mind was not known in re- a
ard to the disposition of the Indians II
len camped on the Fort Keogh res n
walton and any talk Of removal was d,
)nSidered as only q rumor. The Of II
GERS in immediate charge of the
ldians were absolutely In the dark III
J to what disposition was to be made M
the Cheyennes. f.
The consolidation Of the two bands m
Cheyennes under proper and suffi- III
ent control on the Fort Keogh res on
walton was advocated by the chamber bV
commerce of Miles City, with the m
)pe expressed ShaI the reservation on D
e Lame Deer would be extinguished.
ne argument was made that the Lame tv
Ger agency was vast expanSe Of the Of
loiceSt part Of Custer county, which NJ
IS being allowed to lie idle when un- a
,ubtedly 1t would become productive cc
white persons were allowed to enter In
ION the area. Ia
The idea that the Indians need vast Sc
cas- Of country" said the journal, W,
emselves from the pursuit of agr1- eli
lture and the chase, is, in this latter M
", diSbeheved, for the constitutional IA
ersion the Indian has to work dis Ia
,ses of the matter of agriculture, q
lille the extinction Of game leaves no 81,
cuSe for the setting apart, for agency al
lrposes, Of large tracts Of land. The h
'vernment has to feed and care for n
eSe wards OF the nation, and 1t Is a,
st as well to have them located within ~
oderate areas on military reserves q
to have them on vast areas which
rye no purpose in the general econ g
ny of things. r
1T is the general sentiment that the \
adams of these two bands of Chey- L
mes SnOulQ De brought LOgeLner on n
lie Fort Keogh reservation. Thus they a
ould be under the protecting wing :,
the government and beside its boon II
plenty" Reference was then made 4
} the recommendation by General 8
tiles that the Pine Ridge Cheyenne +,
ldians should be established on the I,
ilitary reserve. Il
THE matter of the permanent loca- a
on of the Cheyennes," continued the q
)urnal, lis a matter of great moment A
the inhabitants of Custer county n
nd to the residents of Miles City" ii
A movement was inaugurated to have h
he business mems organization, 4
trough a strong committee, take this 3
after up with the proper authorities. v
hat immediate action was imperative q
as seen in dispatch from Washing b
n, under date of May IL, 1891, which n
ated that the commission appointed q,
settle the boundary dispute OF the ii
eat Sioux reservation, would in adj Il
ton to its duties prescribed by the 81
W, undertake q mission which was %
divided for in the Indian appropria- 81
On bill passed by congress that the tc