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Show '.heir own; but the "3lanmith his eav to the gromld" begs to remind those who clamor so lourllv for the alienation of this i,ronorty that it is the fact of the existence of certain ieaaes, so dexterously wordGI & togive the bulk of this mseltk to white man st tlle expeuse of the Poynllups, that ia tho chief obstacle in the may of the opening of the raser\.:rtion. SELLING LIQUOR TO SOUND INDIANS. India11 agetrts call tell many a story about prosecuting liquor-sell-ers- of packed j~~riesmhaof,t erpositive proof, will declsre the oEenders not gniltr; of having Indian witnesses bought or frightened, so they mould not testify in court who sold them liquor, although i~reviously giving direct testimony; of judges (Christian men) (?) so allowing their sympathies to be enlisted for the lial or-seller as to strain the law and let lhn go; and of white men mho >c:venge thenifielves by burning the houses of tlie Indians. A saloon. is on the beach so high it is easv to go under it. A small hole is in the floor, under the cougter. A h&id cokes up with money in it, and after dark a bottle goes down, and some Indians are drunk, but nobody can prove anything wrong. An Indian takes a basket of clams into a saloon and asks the bartender if he wants them. "I will see what 111.v \viri. snys," is llrr reply 81s the Onskrt is carried into the b:~ck room. JOOtIhIe h ~ r t ~ l ~C( lO~I I: Irb~ a~c k alld s a p : ..T:llie your 0111 (~lalns; TltPv ilrc rotteu." ' k e I I I ~ It~a kIaI t hcm. :an11 IIV surl 1 , $~1 t olunnllv of 1nd"ians is $'gloriously drunk." These ark some of the"mtys thacare (lark. A bottle mas concealed under the clams. THE NEAH BAY AGENCY. The NeahBavreservatiou nresents somematters of a*~a rticular interest. It* loe;lrio~i~s ftrca~linr.O I I tilu ])hint of Inn11 t11;lr a:o~~sritnreCsa pe 1:l:tt-tcr!.. the rell~otestn t~rrl~a-elsar) rtiol~o f rllc I T ~ ~ iSrtr:l~rels 3'111 11111yi s it tvirl~int he I.:IItee of t111, r i l i~~v .~r i isse(o:t~iv~l ~b. ut 31.0 ~ 1ti'l e ~OP So f the Olympic rauie and of the $acifio Ooean. of the 23,000 acres-that make up the Makah lieservatiou, ,not more than 2,000 acres are open laud, and even that is largely sllbject to overflow fromhigh ocean tides and mouutain streams. The humidity of the climate is unparalleled, no other part of even the Puget Sontld region equaling it; and proba-blv not a bushel of 11ard gram ever matured here. Even notatoes are 1 Amonnt ' Bigbeat / Lowest 3bnth. 1 of t s u l p e ~; temper-rainfall. ' prhtre. nture. .Jn,,*ary ............................................................... ' Fllbnlary.. ............................................................. Maroh.. ................................................................ April.. ................................................................. May ................ -.- ............................... June .................................................................... Jxily .................................................................... a,,guat.. ............................................................... beptembrr.. ............................................................ October.. i ............................................................... Nl,reillber .............................................................. Dooclrber .......... .. .... .... ...................................... I Totill.. ........................................................... |