"How I do wish people would mind their own business," and there is Lish Bowers says he won't stand it either, and we didn't intend running the new district nearer than one-fourth of a mile of his schoolhouse. I was up in 36 today and they are awful mad about the new district, and talk of remonstrating against it. Pepper says he has got up a remonstrance against it, but if Story is all right, he will do the fair thing with us.
But never mind if Story is a Democrat, he will set us off if we don't get but few signers. They say they want a school, and of course we don't believe in schools, so they object to the new district. We have got the petition signed by nearly half of the citizens of said new district, and don't you think Guthrie, Pepper, and McGinnis refused to sign, although our boundary lines will take them into the new district. I wish we had cut the district in two long ago and got out of trouble. They are all the time wanting to vote bonds for a schoolhouse and have schools. We Democrats have been misused by the colored people and the low Republicans of this district. We are cutting off a mile wide from 96 and one mile from the Bland district, also a piece from 36. We are having a lively time just now, a wedding and a new school district this week. I thought I would drop you a few lines and let you know how we are getting along in Bolton. The Pawnees being accused of trespassing, as they generally do, caring little for the rights of others and being a terror on the plains. The disturbance was caused by trespassing on one another's hunting grounds. A Pawnee Indian came in last week and reported that they had a fight on the buffalo range on the south side of Red River, with the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, in which thirty Cheyennes and twelve Pawnees were killed. A cross between the Texas and short horn gives hardy, thrifty, and very desirable beef cattle. Dean's herd and urged stock men to adopt this plan of improving stock. for $3.30 per 100 pounds, and two half breed cows, three years old, at $3.40. Albert Dean, who has a ranch in the Indian Territory, sold here 13 half breed steers, two years old, which averaged 975 lbs. A case in point, during the week, was made plain at the Stock Yards. The advantages to be derived from improving stock are so great that they hardly need to be dwelt upon. Sam made a very readable paper, that was always welcomed to our table. Jarvis, and he ceased his endeavors while the paper has been issued but nine weeks of the second year of its publication. The Blade published at Cedar Vale, closed its doors last week and quit. This report is confirmed from other sources, and it is stated the Indians are burning the prairie south of Bear Paw, and Sitting Bull is on Miles' battleground and has been joined by Lone Deer's band of seventy-five lodges.
A man named Valentino is supposed to be killed. The Chicago Times' Helena, Montana, special says: Father Ginin arrived at Malas River Sunday, and reported to Fort Benton by messenger, that Sitting Bull had crossed the line and camped at Bear Paw mountains with a large force of Sioux and Nez Perces. Fifteen dead bodies were found on the ground, with evidences that more had been killed. Five days later they struck them in old Mexico, surprised the ranchero of thirty- four Wickiups, destroyed the camp, captured sixteen horses, fifty saddles, and a lot of stuff which the renegades had taken from the train. They struck the party that killed the mail rider December the 14th, east of Stein's peak range, and killed one. Rucker and Tony, of the Sixth cavalry, have returned. "General Kautz has just received the following dispatch from camp Bowie, Arizona, dated the 24th: Lieuts. The following dispatch has been forwarded to Washington by Gen. It will now be in order for the British Government to send a commission to interview him. SITTING BULL, having tired of his allegiance to the "Great Mother," is reported again within the boundaries of the United States in quest of scalps and plunder.
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