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Show TREATMENT OF THE DUMB. Qsn. CaooK has been holding 1 ODuncfts with the Bannock Iudl- ana. It will be mnwmbeted that their ponies were taken from them but subsequeiilly returned under the General' orders. An attempt1 haa evidently beea made to stir them up to hostility, for the purpose pur-pose of creating an opportunity for their extinction. In the Interviews the chlsfk showed Gen. .Crook that they had In tlie late wars refused to take part either with the Nrz Peroes or the Sioux, but their men had acted as scouts for the white soldiers. Yet now they have Jess than half ttie rations given to the Sioux, and are not permitted to leave their rvservaliou aud hunt buffalo lu the Hig.Hnrn Mountains. The aanaaed is clipped fnwn an account of the Interview given by the Omaha iUruld; 'So long aa they were permitted to hunt bulTalo the question of sub- I flis.ta.na auJ a- al coucru, but now that they are forbidden for-bidden to leave; their reservation they find It dltliRUit U manage with the Inautllcieiit ratious, as the country In the Immediate Imme-diate vicinity of the reservation reserva-tion Is Jillirjg up with Myimou aud other settlements. They repeated re-peated that If the Great Father would ouly furnish seeds and have them taught farming, they would behave ttiemseives as well, as anybody, any-body, but they must have enough for their women and children to eat until they can raise enough to .upport theiuselvee. The number or Snake and Bannock Ban-nock in the reservation represent-ed represent-ed at the council te between ft.OtX) and 6,M), distributed among three agencies, 1 1 ) that at Fort Hall, (2) the laembl ageucy on the river of the same name. a branch (of the Columbia, '3) the Camp Brown agencv in she Wind River Valley, ou the eat side of the Rocky Mountaina.M The policy pursued towards the red men is a reproach to tlie nation end a disgrace to the government. The late Sioux war cost the country coun-try $-,:t 1 besides a large number num-ber or human Uvea. The Sioux oommteatou tprunounced it unelees, sxpeusive, dishonorable to the na-Uoo. na-Uoo. and disgraceful to H hose who originated it' and tbey told In thia respect nothing but the truth. They further said: "Our goveru-meul goveru-meul basexpeuded more mui.ey in this war than all the religious bodies of eur country have seut in Indian missions since our existence as a nation." Is It not time that a change of policy was pursued towards the primal owners of tlie soil, aud that Uieir right should be regarded, treaties with them be observed, and swindling agents I punished or prevented from robbing 1 he I u. dlansof their annuities. The na-ttou na-ttou will yet learn tha truth aud wisdom of the late President Brig-barn Brig-barn Young' motto, 'It is cheaper to feed the Indiana than to flirht Uiem." |