"Agent reported failure of government contractor T.C. Power to deliver flour, "I cannot allow the Indians to suffer for want of food and in my anxiety on this score may have written harsh things which I hope you will overlook. My anxiety and duty are to see that my Indians do not suffer." Two Piegan boys taken by Father Imoda are the only boarding pupils at Fort Shaw, 20 Cree children attended during day. No white or half-breed children. Crees attack near to Agency and steal 60-70 horses belonging to Piegans. 2,339 camped near Agency. In July, 1881 Agent Young reported, "No Indian tribes who have had as little intercourse with the whites as Blackfeet-out of the way location, no major roads through it, and reputation of the tribe "for possession of all the bad qualities of the Indian." Isolated position lost to Indians civilizing influences, but saved them from vice and degradation which usually increased the death rate and points to extermination. Events of twelve years ago have made them docile in accepting white man."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.30
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