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A government inquiry uncovers how a syndicate of white men seized control of vast swathes of tribal land, prompting new, restrictive leasing rules.
“At present one white man controls 8,000 acres, of reservation land. This practice must be stopped.”
A young man is killed during a reservation arrest, sparking threats of a riot among his friends.
“The friends of Abraham are in a state of riot, and threaten to annihilate both court and sheriff.”
A federal agent arrives in North Yakima to break up the Yakima Indian reservation under the Dawes Act.
“Mr. Rankin says he will use his utmost endeavor to keep out renegades and Indians not entitled to lands.”
An Indian reservation sheriff is in hiding after killing a fugitive in a fatal dispute over a court-ordered fine.
“Brandishing his knife in the air he made his way out of the court-room, mounted his cayuse and... took flight toward the mountains.”
A notorious murderer escapes custody in Yakima, leaving the community on edge.
“If he is caught, the Indians will lynch him to prevent him again finding bail.”
A Washington Territory prospecting party lost one man to an accidental gunshot and two others to drowning, and found only a disappointing show of gold.
“They found gold, but not in large quantities.”
A political power struggle between the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a suspended agent descends into a physical fight involving guns and local partisans.
“A clerk of Dr. Lansdale came up and the Dr. directed him to get his pistol and 'shoot him.'”
An old account resurfaces regarding the 1856 murder of Indian Agent A.J. Bolan, highlighting the volatile tensions of the frontier era.
“Bolan reiterated Wright’s ponderous threats of vengeance and extermination. Then, and not till then, was Bolan's death decided upon.”
A report on an orderly, celebratory Fourth of July gathering of Indian families and local white residents at Fort Simcoe.
“There was not a fight or a drunken man to be seen.”
Superintendent Kendall's decision to fire staff at the Simcoe Agency sparks a furious debate over the separation of church and state in Indian affairs.
“It seems to me this is verily being required to make bricks without straw.”
Authorities fear coyotes are spreading disease, urging residents to secure pets.
“Dispatches in Oregon papers recently have carried stories that coyotes in that state had the rabies and it is feared these animals have brought the disease into Washington.”
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