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Show -6-* duce them to give up holding the Sun-dance at this season. This ia extremely unfortunate inasmuch as it is the season at which the crops need particular attention. As is usual with these Indians when the head men determine upon any particular course they affirm that authorities in Washing-ton told them,upon their former visits to the Capitol,that they were to do this thing. A council was held at which I plead with them to defer the dance until fair time. and the head men informed tie that the"Sun-dance Grounds ".which i3 a part of the Indian grazing ground, had been set aside with the knowledge and assent of the Indian Office in Washington, for Sun-dance purposes, and that upon the occasion of their last visit to Washington, the continued m_e of the grounds had been authorized by the officials for that purpose. Simply because I know that their statement t is erroneous, it doesnot follow that the rank and file #of tha tribe can be easily convinced that it is so. I have. therefore, dona what seemed to me wisest in the matter and most likely to be productive of ultimate good results. Respectfully, yJc^ort^6t <:F //f^/'7(w^ JIM-VOM -^y Supervisor in Charge. |
