Show INDIAN depredation CLAIMS lne transactions lonely to come to light before lone nob slay 17 the trip of senator kyle sub chairman of the senate commit leo on indian depredations to alie indian reservations in south dakota for the purpose of invest rating claims the government la likely to result in some spicy revelations aad indirectly affect certain prominent of alio government covern ment for some time past the senate committee on indian depredations lias and its attention attracted to suspicious claims filed against the and rapidly were they adjudicated in alie court of claims thai at the present time they amount to over half a million dollars dol fars alie chances are that not one hulf of them will ba provided for in alie senate appropriations an inquiry is likely to be raised how could be obtained on ex parte evidence indeed thil ex evidence could scarcely have received except through alio collusion and connivance of certain government covern ment officials amone other things the testimony of some of the witnesses taken before senator kyle that prominent claim lawyers have visited the reservations and have manufactured claims government which have not the shadow of a foundation i |