Show that same old story tho reese river reveille licie ilk contains an all article which so faithfully rapi the usual style in whize our government ment deals with indians and indian fighters and tho the unhappy results that flow from it that we wc cannot resist tho temptation to print the whole of it tile tho comments made by the reveille upon tho the mode of treating honest and faithful indian superintendents and faithful and determined indian fighters figh teri are not only just juat but they have a peculiar application to cases familiar to all our readers governor ballard is the first superintendent of indian affairs fur for idaho into whose hands an appropriation came who did not steal boic than he applied to legitimate purposes the attacks made upon him by the democracy and the spies of the administration aro are well known the treatment he be has buhei ed at the hands bands of the indian bureau and department of state is no less shameful thou though b it is notorious it is but the same old story which the Ie leveille tells repeated over again present indications is that general crook is about to come in for his share of the same sort of treatment we feel much inclined disinclined dis to find fault with the military move ments of this district or department but when we hear bear that gen crooks cavalry is all ol 01 ordered dered from the field in tile healt of the indian country with indians to fight all around him we cannot I 1 the fear that somebody has blundered to say the least after chasing all the important bands of indians into their strongest holds and making nicking many su successful battles with them learning their haunts and getting acquainted with the country so as to be able to operate against them to advantage 0 his most useful arm three companies of cavalry are arc ordered to fort vane vancouver 0 to fight uncle sams grub and cuttlers lers whisky it is no wonder that general crook and the soldiers under him express themselves res as dig disgusted guister with the lie way things a aro 1 ro going we forbear any fui fin ther comment U upon poll this last oi older der until we leai aleain n exactly what it means idaho statesman nov ad |