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Show will use their influence in its favor, and thus protect, so far as law can do it, our new fellow-r.itizeus from the serious perils thatthreaten them from the liquor traffic. NEW PORK WDIBNS. The act of Congress approved March 2,1895, making appropriations for the current tisoal year, provides: 'Phat rhn Secretary of rho lnteriur 11% ibnd i3 hrmhy, :~nrhorizedt o uegotinte \virli tho Ogden Land Conrpany for tltu 1rur~ha.rmo f 1130 :utare~rB H I c~o rnpduy may po8- ausqi i any, ill the Ci$rlrl.aupt>sa nd .\IIegal8y Indian rcssrvieriuna iu rhe Jtatr of .N.". .~,.,'.,.-.I, " .-. Ilo ia also aathorired 10 nngotiste with rhe nnid lnllinn~n udaraucl~rulns~nrdrg u-larions na ho ralar pr~ecribos a tu rbe terms npou which 11," ieid Indi~nqw ill rooennr lo t1.n Vni ed Jtnlaa ~nrchilsinrrt ho intare3r of asid c o tnn; tn~i o anid mservnttotts. ii such intoreat is found to exist,-and the Secretary of the Igterior shall mmalru a f"ll report to Congreaa of his proosedillgs under this provision. To conduct the negotiation thus authorized, the Secretary appointed Mr. Garrett, of our Board, and he had hoped to enter upon it early last summer, but certain legal questions having been raised it was thought best to refer the claim to the Department of Justice for investigation and report. There it still remains, and the long-standing difflculties and hindrance to the progress of these Indians continue unsettled. JACKSONS HOLE. The details of the troubles at Jacksons Hole, Wyoming, are so fully set forth in tbe reports of the Commissioner and Secretary and in the public press that we need not dwell upon them at length. It is now well understood that the alanni~lgre ports spread abroad of threatened massacres by the Bannock Indians were false; that no white persons were injured or in danger, and that the only viotuns of the disturbance were Indians, one of whom was cruelly murdered in cold blood, and, as the district attorney affirms, "in pursuanceof a scheme and conspiracy to prevent the Indians from exercising a right and privilege which is very clearly guaranteed to themby treaty." This right to hunt has been sustained by the United States district court, which, in a test case, decided and "held the lams of Wyoming invalid against the Indians' treaty." It is also gratifying to know that the Depart,ment of Justice has taken under consideration the question of prosecuting the whites who committed the outrages upon the Indians, and has iustructed the United States attorney to indict the parties and prosecute the case with vigor. We are sure that all upright citizens agree with us in com-mending the earnest and vigorous efforts of the Interior Department to vindicate the rights of the Indians and to justly punish the perpetra-tors of the outrage. INDIAN SERVIOE XKPROVIND. In the administration of Indian affairs during the last year we see much to commend. We note with special gratification the important and growing influence of the civil-service regulations to secure efficiency in the school service and permanence in tenure of office. Great care has been exercised in the selection of teachers, matrons, and physi-cians, and we have gladly given such assistance as we could in iuvesti-gating the character and ability of applicants for these positions. We hope to see the system still further extended until all the employees in the Indian service are brought under civil-service rules. We cordially |
