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Show Trading Post for Three Tribes of Idaho Indians POCATBLLO, Idaho, July 11 Fort Hall within ten miles of Pocatello, is the trading post lor three tribes of Indians, Bannocks, Eembis and Sho- I shones. There are 2800 of the three' tribes on the tract, which embraces1 many thousands or acres, not all cul-l Uvated. Some live along the bottoms,! I in wickiups and modern tents, and ! follow up the old x system of the ("blanket " Indians Others cultivate. K ery Saturday they appear at tlie historic tradinc post where they are jciven their allotment under the super Vision of Major H. H. Miller, superintendent superin-tendent of the post. In earl davs Captain Bonneville stopped at thc ?iie for several day.-, and Generals Custer and Fremont went throuch this way. Today a different condition exists, land while some of the older tribes ' men live in the primitive way the I major portion furnish supplies along .the more active line, are active stockmen stock-men and farmers, and some are wealthy. weal-thy. One of the braves who died re centlj left his heirs $50,000. He bad residence properly close to Blackfoot owned larm land, and knew the tj tails of a bank account He was a Bannock Indian. One of the "braves;' an educated and prosperous fanner, drives one of the highest powered cars In Idaho, and takes keen dclipht in clipping seventy miles an hour off the state road that wa.s built through the sand of the res-servation. res-servation. rw |