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Show REPORT OF THE COMM'IBSIONER OE' INDIAN AFFAIRS. 59 if they intended to heed my sdvioa and leave this whole matter to the Depsrtrnent. With one accord they all agreed. I think I can safely say thet I have discovered no diapoaition on the part of a single Indian to undertake for himaalf any re\.enge, hut that he is relying implioitly upon the Government to right him in thin matter. There seems to he nous of the soreness or snllenness that onewonldordinsrily expect to sae after the perpetration of such a rlastardly, cowardly, preconcerted, outrageons crime as vas inflicted opon these defenseless peraons by the so-called law officers of Wyoming. My instruotions state thet I shall make a report of the action taken by me on this mission and the results thereof, etc. I haregiven, as conoisely as I could, my aotion and thercsults. Ordinarily I would stop here, but there is too much involvecl. I may be trespassing upon forhidden ground to make soy reoomrnendatiana as to the future settlement of this question, bnt being here upon tho ground and foreseeing, as I believe, what will be tho result, I can not refrain from making s, suggestion, which sooner or later will be taken. When this test owe ia decided, and the courts uphold (oa I suppose they will) the treaty rights as guaranteed to these Indians, one point mill be gained, a principle will be established, nnd that is all; bnt oastablishing the right of these Indiana to hunt on pnblia or ~~nocoupieldan d# does not protect them in tha t right. * " * Therefore, I wot~ld respeotfully suggest that mean6 or atepa be taken to treat with these India118 for the relinquishment of their treaty rights to hunt upon unoccupied land. Following out the above instructions given to the inspector, Agent Teter telegraphed this office October 7, L895, as follows: Indians are in custody here for purpose of teat cme. Must have habeas corpus proceeding8 tried at once to avoid trouble by keeping them in custody. Please iuvtruct Unitetl States attorney for Wyoming to proceed without delep. Answer at this point. This telegram was submitted for Department consideration October 7,1896, vith recommendation that a copy of the same be transmitted to the Attorney-General, with request that the United States attorney for Wyoming be telegraphed to institute habeas corpus proccedings at once for the release of the Indians. October 7,1895, the Attorney- General replied that he had telegraphed the United States attorney at Cheyenne "forthwith to issue writs of habeas corpus for the two Ind ans arrested for the test case." The case was tried in the United States circuit court before Judge Riner, who, Nove~uber 21, 1895, decided that the laws of Wyoming are invalid against the treaty rights of the Indians, and affirmed their right to hunt game on the unoccupied public lands of Wyoming in and out of season, and discharged Race Horse from custody. The case, however, was at once appealed by the attorney-general of Wyoming to the United States Supreme Court. October 12,1895, Agent Teter telegraphed this office: "1 mill request the withdrawal of troops from the Fort Hall Resermtion, and (as) the Indians are quiet and peaceable." This telegram mas communicated to the War Department, and November 1 the Secretary of War replied to the Department, as follows: I have the honor to acknowledge the reoeipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo, - transmitting, far such action as may he deemed proper, a copy of o, earnmunioation froa~t he Commissioner of Indisn Affairs, who states thst, as the Indians of the Fort |