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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONEE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 75 the Department of Justice could assist in obtaining redress for the Indians who had paid their fines, "or in punishing. civilly or crim-inally, the persons who have done them injury, even the murderers." August 30, 1895, the Acting Attorney-General stated that he mas informed by the United States attorney for the district of Wyoming August 23,1895, that he had been unable to learn that any Indians were then under confinement for alleged violation of Wyoming game laws, and that the Bmnock Indians who had beeu imprisoned had been allowed to escape by the authorities at Marysvale. In regard to a report concerning the outrages on the Indians made to him by one of the Government employees in Wyoming, whom he regarded as capable, observant, and trustworthy, the district attorney said: From the statements made by him, and fram other sources of information, I have no doubt whatever that the killin-g of the IndianTs ne ga on, an or about the 13th of July, was an etrocious, outrageous, and cold-hloodsdmurder, and that it was a mur-der perpetrated ontho part of the constable, Manning, andhis deputies in pursumce of a-scheme 8nd o o n s ~ i r a con~ their nart to Drevent the Indians fram exercising s A . right and privilege whiohis, in my opinion, very clearly guaranteed to them by the treaty before mentioned. The Acting Attorney-General, in closing, said: <'There is, however, nufortunately no statute of the United States under which this Depart-ment call afford any assistance." He inclosed a copy of the report in the case forwarded by the United States district attorney, which reads as follows : A careful investiestion of the whole sffair will. I am certain, result in showinx the rormrtness ui tlw fullowing htafamerlts. wllicll are made after prrmo!aally inrerriew-i n r rr uulubcr of the lesdtn>gp artieipi~nrsin the truublc, botlt k111011prhe Intliuna nlld the Jaaksons Hole settlers. and by noting- the exaot condition of affairs in the reg.io n relative to tho habits of the Indians, the settlers, etc. First. I dcaira to state that the reports made by settlers ohargingthe Indians with wholes~les laughter of -g ame for wantonness or for the purpoae of seouri~lgth e hides ~ ~ of tl~oaniwalrlc ilird hnvn bem v e r j muvh cxsugcrnted. IJuringmy slay in.lacksons Holo I viaitcd ntsrly portion* of rho district aud anw no e~ideneoro. f such slaughter. I . i~~~t r a ; lGurnar d~trrI. 'nrkrr, and . I . i ck~oiu#i, tllc Xinth Ilnifrd Yrafes C'ar~l.r. s w, ho conducted soot~tingp arties of troops through all portions of Jscksons Hole, a100 found this to he tho cssa. ho carcasses or remaim of elk were found in quantities to jnatify such aharges. On August 12 I visited a camp of Bannock Indians who had been an a hunt,ing trip in Jacksous Hole llntil ordered by the troops to return to their reservation. I found tho Indian women of the party prepa~iug the meat of seven or eight elk for winter U80, drying and L'jerking" it. Every particle of flesh had been taken from thebones, even tho tough pportionsaf the neck being preserved. The sinews and sntGails were saved, the former for making threads for makinggloves and olothing, andthe latter for casings. The hides were being prepared for tanning; the brains had been eaten; some of the bones hadheenbrokenand thomarrow taken out and others were being kept to make whip handlea snd paok-saddle crosstracs. In fact evhry part of the animal wa8 being utilized either for future food supply or possible source of profit. Second. In connection with the troubles between the Indians and the whites, I spent Borne time inquiring into tho causes for the unoonce~ledh ostility of the Jaak-sons Hole people agoinst the Indians. I found little or no eampl%int among the settlers of offensive manners on the part of the Indians. Except in rare instances |