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Show of the whites in the late Jacksons Bole affair. You should &o let them know that thieCovernment fully appreoiates theircase,sympathihi.es with themin theirtroubles, and is determined to do everything possible to right their wrong&. It might be well to call their attention also to the faot that this office and the honorable Seoro-tary of the Interior willingly granted them increased rations, in order that they might not he compelled to suffer for went of food during the coming winter, end to save them the necessity of going into the Jacksons IIole country for t,he purpose of hunting, which the Department did not want them to do just st that time, in view of tho excited atate of the whites in this region. Forther, it might be well for you to add in your talk with them that they mnat be entirely williug and oontented to let the matter of the punishment of the whites who liilled one of their people and seriously wounded another rest in the hallds of thia Government, and that if they do not and ~~n d e r t s ktoa seek revenge they will certainly lose the good will and support of this Government and their friends throughout the country. While at the aganey yon should, far the informatloo of this office, aeoertainthe feeling that now exists among the Indiana in regard to this affair, whether or not they appear to he sullen and disoontentsd, eta., as recently reported. You shoald also take note, so far as may he convenient, of the attitude of the offioialls of the Stnte of Wyoming, end also of the settlers concerning thia whole matter. If yon think best, and I am inolined to believe it would be, you may viait the United States district e,ttorney for Wyoming and confer with him in regard to the proposed oonferenae with Governor Riohardq and ask him to go with yon to the gov-ernor. From the strong position taken by the said distriot attorney as to tho rights of the Indians, and his vigorous denanciatition of the conduct of the whitea in their treatment of them, together with his manifest zeal in the investigation made by him under direction of the Department of Jostioa, I feel sure %hat hia naaistanoe, oounsel, and advice would be of very material aid to you in tho matter, and that he will willingly cooperate with you in every proper way. October 6,1895, Inspector McCormick reported the result of his con-conference with the governor of Wyoming, as follows: In company with the United Statee distriot attorney of Wyoming, General Cop-pinger, end several of the United Stetas Army officers, the prearranged interview with G~ v e ~ uRoiro hards took place in hi8 office (September 29), with the results as shown By the oorrespondenoe forwarded from Cheyenne to the Department. Gav-ernor Richazds in this conference wna unwilline-. to oonoede the Indians suv" riehta - under their treaty to hunt in Wyo~ning, claiming that said treaty rights were abro-gated by tho lsws. After considerable preliminary discussion he readily aaopted the orooosition tu make a test enae. strict17 in twoordance with mvinstmrtions, save thattwo Indians, instead of one, should h i mreatod. I readily accepted the stliges-tion after a consultation with the dietriot attorney, Governor Riohartls, as shown by the oorrespondenoe. plsdaine bimself to abide the decision of the aourts sod use hia . .A - &ate msohineryto enforoesame. This part of n~ymissionb eing successfully aocom-plished I prooeeded on the following morning, September 30, to Port Hnll, arriviuy stmidui-e it. Uoon the fallowine da"i .. O atoh& 1. after consultation with ~ -n e n t ~ e t c r ; we made arrangements to seaurs two Indiane, who filled the requiremontv for the test osse. These two Indiana, in charge of the agent with sn interpreter, left ,the agency on October 2, arriving in Evenston, Wyo., Ootober 3, where they now nre. In filrther compliance with my instructions, I eslled a councilof the Bannooks and Shoshones on Saturday, October 4 this being rntion day ant1 most convenient to them. I pnrsued in this council a course as outlined in my instroctions; I urged upon them to rely implicitly upon the Department for a redress of all their wrongs * and griev.mcas, pledging them that no effort would he spared to restore to them guaranteed right6 and also the punishment of their murderers. After s talk lasting over an hour and then listening to their wrongs, I aveked the head men ind'ividuillly |
