| Show rp I 1 J v Some ome ne of o or oI f Uncle Sams Indian In pan Ward Wards I r The Modern Crow a Living Refutation tion of the Spying Saying S yin The Only Good Indian Is Lr I a Dead De Indian Indi nf f run cock mch action I l en anticipated i r time tiro It has haa hast huI 1 t yet yit d been nude made ni it III IK a w lien Iten th the United tue government t rally ully intend to ton toi tn i n Mi th II lands land of ot th thi the i v 1 Indian tf HUM n in m t r nn to I settlers itIs It ItIn In Is n It fait U f t that Out a i c In inthe he the loft lofty plateau and ana noble nobl val vall valley y ie Ina Inas e eslon eion slon t Ion of or the Yellow ton alone and nd lUg Horn Hom Homr r s r t H riven era has h been ceded to the be t Main 8 by 11 th the Indian owners owner and nid nd In le tin time during the summer r will willa lit a offered u lu actual seekers of home hom Ma MaThe L The Th Crow reservation prop proper r In Include chides clude 4 U Mm wres but only o ly a s poe por lieu of 0 this taut rut I domain about bout INt INta a will be Ie thrown open to tu settle nettle flint The Th ceded ded portion portillO II lit Ile north h of ofin oft in the old obi Kort on Curter Carter military IMI t ud gad ad Include more mo than a hundred hUM milt miler miltIn In lilt the famous valley alley aU of nt the lag Big Horn v river and nearly n na ar rY y 0 miles mil of the bet t valley alley nile of I the tello Yellowstone Mone Only that portion of 0 the th valley aliI lying south w uth of the Ih Yellow Mont elan belong to 10 the Ih Crow Cru Crull reservation The TM of the I hI Crow re U I of 0 more importance than Ihan any IllY hili Jar Pr event of recent N ai 7 11 IK IN I not I e ao w much arh on 11 ar of the large la trait tract Ira of or lal land In the grunt grant MM ra It from front the fart fact that Iha the land ami l le II to be supplied u l lif hr III lit ilk government with h futilities for Irrigation The nettler settlers on un the Crow will from the very vr be lie relieved from the Ihl bugbear of or crop 1101 failure There will III be M no nu such poal poel Willy l na WI crop failure from ion lack IAk of or niola mois turf tore for i r every gore acre re allotted will be reached by the IlIe of the great gnat t government Irrigating ditch Ith and may mayI mayhe I he be arved with lIh water 1111 I IJ whenever r U It In Ise For Kor thug thin the hI land hind will be he apportioned ap Into Inlo eighty acre arr ll thua thull affording form fame for tor settlers art tier I f nI w Instead ht cJ of ot pursuing It I Its coarse iA of 01 throwing the land Ind tu la 0 settlement ell and permitting a In to the Ihl Irrigating plant the tha Unit land landi i ic will reserve norv the Ih privilege p oat it tint 1 rolling he the water and wilt will I the I n pro Irn HIM eta among the I sharers In the Ihl benefit 1 1 OIK nt the tit advantages which latch w will tome ionie froth thin tits plan lID t III ill 11 IK iN the pro protection I protection of if I the he filler 1 from the IM W t t ble hie extortion and n other which might be he l f Inflicted b by a I t com coin i pAn pany More Mure 11 than s II year r ago ngo the th In land ml le de I pertinent IMd n 8 I eons tun rM of fIr r TI II IT rs on the reservation 1811 l listing i sad c till this i Ui it f tin the II n sad mid tt Ih iu 4 mi the Ihl ti inset l 1 and ml ion k ItH bs h II HA nw 10 Ie Hi th the test course OUI of A Colonel t Il H iii Nta kum of the In States survey nurvey wan wu In r charge of ref he the Ih work and lie hr h was nun Ut en n w over the Ih pr j He j Ir Iw i r rt that HIBI I hll I h he h iP II of Ih sheaves Is I m en mild and the llio no so nol soI l I Ihal mi ma stay lie Le carried to In the I Las i v i t I i fm ku of f the ie et n with 1 11 of f i nia nta i II I Ike h that foot of the I i lAW i tor the U go t could tJui Ue be a lad tied and that thai the water supply win b M be sad and may he lie made unfailing aln It I is II only U that thai the Ut or Crow Indiana cane came Into lato their own again What was trace ome the site alte of old tort Furl Custer one of t the moat mat famous military of the northwestern n frontier at t which Ith the I he r Uto lt Mats laiN troops troop for more than n quarter gleaner of ot a century heW heN In check hed the nerve tribes of 0 these theae faraway larawa plain plains then re reverted nr to the original owner owne who had bud at last hut IU In lit making It dear clear that thy they hail had U become com to 10 be with their own estate What was waa once the pm P ground round hv has d ul ready mady become bet lne the dIe li lie of or a Crow row ro Tillage the tte hiving been dismantled and nd the Ih having been appropriated by the thrifty In III Indian dian for building purposes purr The once ome rather pi pretentious ux of ot the of the I he pout post U us HO now 0 the he domMIe of 0 old Karth on the who hiss ban turned the grand I reception room which h ha h has been bron th tilt the of fertilities Ifill 11 Into fat areas v 9 many army I In a r stable fur for hi his n p 1 H o II ny It 11 In III ii H x i I remarkable r M nt that hut this spot pot wrested willed from rr this Kiln hand band I I Iut of ut Indians more mor than thun fam atra IM ago affo Io now be bl t i i their safe Nile safekeeping keeping k The These e returned riles area are 1 1 g their top tepees M on the Ih stunt where they stool tood when hen ouster Cunter and III hi his I gallant troops troop I weir sett I red After Hitting lull Hull ull ami aad his hili 1010 rOiO OO war ar aloes hall hail CuMer Custer and nd his liU hi hard blind oT of NO teo regulars the government determined to 0 H u In the Indian country which would overawe we wethe the exultant savages With this In III IIII view I an expedition WH was Bent ent Into the heart of the hostile to t ta a taxation location for far the tho nw new fort le lethan less Iu than two to years year after CuMer death a fort bearing him his name nIM steal tOOt at the lie of Ilea Big hum Horn I fn anti and lItI lag Horn rivers and anil nel Ih th Indians Indian wore driven from the region with scant ceremony In a short hort time II lh the fort lx IH IHm tame came m the h renter center of Hf all 11 military OTH In the he IIII It H wits HM 1111 the h flit Alting I uc out post poet for many expedition Ixl boats tion and Inti till the te of or nil RII the en entert enterprises 1 ter rl a carried on oa by hy white pioneer Out But the lie fort forI forts J prosperity rop rity van 11 short Mort 11 lived veil The fhe Indians forsook their xav eav v Me Kg a and began tn to cultivate the tail mill When tine live war with HI III broke b It out th the M at al Kort ort Cutter Custer were sent cent to Cubs U tt Mid and the 1 o t WM was pine rac abandoned A lima small m ll II guard re remained re fe remained there UI for fur a awhile hll huh hill In tune time that wk was withdrawn and the th vile site and UK its 11 Improvements reverted to 10 the Die Crow CroWl wh WI h were Near the m actual owners owner Colonel ColonelS S M n iI Reynolds Reynold the Indian agent took charge of or the t material remaining from thin the ih dismantled tru anal NIK divided them among those of ff his hili wards ward who woe rebuilding their tel their nun quarter tier of or n a century of repression the Crows Crow m are Afe today todAr among monr the j of ot the Ih count country i y and nd their I C dally dlly There are arenow arenow now flow only I Sit I In the th Crow Cro Na Nation lion tion and they Ih are a the owners of nf about It a aura re not n t to II reckon Hie the money y they th will 11 r fro for the iho i of or their reservation ltd 1 tn to the HIP govern gourn P Th i i 1 V I f jt l o fiS I 1 f j I N lil I i A Aa t a Tt if I I I f lie l il f t til jj r T N 11 J l I 0 L 1 7 j 11 t tr it l i i t 1 J r 1 r r IX 6 1 t fl 9 t el L ti t I at t d s I d JI l c i a 1 I 1 r 1 J I I v M Ii I 1 t r t mm ito r 4 J J J 11 1 1 fr r p r ii t t ri t p v vM t 1 n t 7 a J t th I M t 1 ti r H 4 r h f ti r 1 1 I J H f f 1 i 1 1 m II I t 1 i y I I I War It I tH t c 1 I 8 1 i I 12 0 f Ir t A w t I J Jt Ji f 11 1 it t j 0 i r l t i t I I 0 vt t tT rP T 0 1 1 1 Gi y 0 0 0 I I l k HANDSOME ELK A CROW INDIAN went ment and aud their greet great herd henna of live rive stock They The are already engaged P In agriculture having ted for their own 0 u use lit e an n ditch winch l acres arrea Rr The Tta bead head Bite sa sar art r this ditch Uh entirely 1 by b the Crows Crow IK is the bt heat but t work of nf tit the Kind In Inthe Inthe inthe the States Stale AH 11 Clack prow growers ro era the Cross Iron elO love have tau been bean preeminently pre A Is 11 breeders of horses hore and they 1 have haV added considerably ly to lu their Ih lr wealth Some Sane time ago 1110 the of the Ih senate on Oil Indian affairs re rEo that thaI each mm surviving ring Crow rowman man I women woman and 11 at al le least j t two o horses the Iio r I um these there thrifty Indiana old sold thou Ihu ende not II of 01 their lima small m ll II hut huh hardy ponies to I the tho agents of lie Ilir I and u nd obtain l g good nd 1 1111 for limo The Th They v were 1 re taken to In ii South Af At Afrim I rim Mid and 1 Neve 11 found lound to I It the Ule tr trying Ing climate admirably Tin The TI dual but to 1 le he opened o ed was K 1 the lit rte In southwestern IIo Colorado tn to u II since Mince then IMn tb t the gov gw government nt ha hM has un of reservations under n a 1 o II hh I is a s species of 01 but huh rivet gives all AU an e equal chance chancel K l ii budy who Ah ho desires to tu take late a chance hah l I is required d to 10 one of the tho n In I won x I till ti I nude Ip In the ili Ih iane rase of r I veter n f t th I he 11 or Sr r war 11 who ho air nor All ill tv l lo to tf by b provy All 11 names of or regi 11 llred are arc put In a It huge hl o box lox which IN is haken up UI until un II the slips III of f iM ller r rate ate are well mixed mind Then a draws draw out cut uti th the numbers number Tho The Thore re who hue hui the tint flat number of court 00 seta gets JI I first PIli t choice of ot the Ih land kind and nd so o on until all the a avail available 1111 ll able homestead sites lie have hate be been n given Riven en away It II I Is estimated that thal the first choice on Oil any n one nun I of 01 the reservations to 10 be bo thus year tIr will I IH he worth tiny where from fm to ROIl anil Kny an of the Ihl In the th Aret nt few ft hun nun hunI darts I nII 11 be worth north nearly ax as much This ex lin in the hI great ru rush h to Ii I be on 0 Ih the nt nl tin till fill fall f the flag 11 U The lottery la b under of et f seven gernt went mEnt In order to ke kalt tee f tb of or pec gloc peculation illation out of there thew affair the he gov hat has matt made It a law Ia that th no transfers of numbers number shall tall be le made The are divided Into Inlo tracts of ID 40 M St or HO t ac are according 1 cording cooling to their location for tor Irrigation purpose irrigated Jrr hand requires such car are ea that not net no an as much muck of or It II urn tan be farmed fanned as a land that Hint la I watered waln d by It IttU nature tU In return however a welt well II Ir Irrigated Ir Irrigated tract of or forty tort acres will yield Iehl far fr more than a farm of If four our times limo that area In the th ruin rain belt bell roll and there will be bf absolutely no chance halK for crop rol failure tAllu The rule odes are II practically the th same came a as those which have dare always applied to preempting homesteads The Tile net realer tier can prove up on hU hta claim ill I Ave years year thus Belting hU hay hi ranch for noth noih nothing ing Ina la If he Ite ha hall has math made lilt his hI residence there for that t length If th of time or he hI can ran canoe om mute mule or r buy the at al the end of fourteen months month residence e for U it an acre The mortem hll U 11 l a thing living pro Iro prot test lent t the h common commonly a att t l theory that th II Indian a a 1 M u so o un unwillingly and so o 0 awkwardly that the Ih proc pr err rrt intuit lII I be the if r f generation t of ot rIt 0 r t and then Ihn po Ibl y re result III hd not nothing Inn hi ra III but r f The Crown ro rows have mace m mae 01 IB toward in nn th the list decade titan Ihn dl did l the Ih am ancient lent albs of r Britain In half hall a cen tn tuy It l I is also al 0 o M II mistake to 10 look upon up n nIhl the Ihl aboriginal Am M an practically extinct gUt IS de delare lire lare that th their th H are re about as many Indiana at a II the Ih pr p prevent tnt yent moment n II th there r were ere hn Columbus Columbu nan sang hi hiTe hirr de Te Tv cn on San Salt Salvador 1 J |
