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Newspaper
The Indian Guide
Location
Shoshoni, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
2
The Indian Guide at Fort Washakie Wyoming announces a 20 cent yearly subscription with post office single matter status. A farmer, away tending a sick grandchild, lost his stone house fire, grain and farming gear, plows saved, sacks of wheat and nuts seed saved, and Captain Wilson promised to cover losses in spring amid communal support.
Press dispatches report Hon. F. W. Mondell has won approval to waive a spring treaty with the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians for selling Big Horn Hot Springs. They would receive 11,000 dollars in six annual installments of ten dollars, folded into the annual Appropriation Bill. Also included is authorization for a bridge across the Big Wind River, a long-awaited project to replace a treacherous crossing.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Speater Jones of Minnesota and a Chippewa boy from Wharth Minn being named as one of seven gazers of the hone and references Topeka Kansas in Congress.
A scrambled North Fork note references Col Olek and planned additions during the first week. It mentions an official, Tehnitt 89, and towers at Dien Fontaine Se cont, with future work on a fence and space for writing. The text is fragmented and lacks clear details.
Last Monday Alber o Quintaro a Mexican man met Bishop near the Agency and offered whiskey. He handed two bottles to the bishop who alerted Policeman Novoce. Deputy U S Marshal Baldwin transported the liquor merchant to jail in Lander. His examination will come soon and his prospects for prison in Laramie seem favorable. Bishop is praised for stopping the liquor trade.
Capt Wilson Colonel Clark and farmer Van Toensen toured Little Wind River to show Mexican Joe and John Jesus the corner boundaries for fencing. They propose a new ditch next spring tapping the river a quarter mile above Poor Flesh field and running to Sharn None's ranch to provide ample water for Poor Flesh Weasel Bear George Snakespere Mexican Joe and other Indians who plan to farm next summer.
A visitor describes St Stephen's Catholic Mission five miles below the agency, noting brick buildings, cottages, barns, and hay stacks. The Sisters and Father Fusie are praised for their care of children including thirty recovering from measles, with cheerful greetings and humane routines shaping a serene, spiritual atmosphere on the mission grounds.
Fragmentary OCR text references winter conditions, enlarged power or capacity, and plans for a still driver indicated by Piozette, with a note of a good crop list year and a strategic shift.
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