We broke that gang up some what, but it made us
feel pretty bad to think that our Agent is secretly prosecuting us, when in
reality he ought to be our protector, instead of exploiting us. Still another
feature of the Program was the Government money paid through this Office for
educating Indian children in the public school at Browning, children that had
been dead and gone or married for the last twenty-one years. The discovery was
made two years ago. But I will not go into this as I am sure some one else will
take up this matter with your Office. I just mentioned it because it was a part
of the Program. Another part of the Program was the encouraging us to sell what
few head of horses we had at canners prices, to clear the range for more sheep.
Most of us have no more horses, but what few is left is chased from pillar to
post by sheep herders. One herder chased my six head out of the valley shooting
at them with a high powered rifle and it cost me lots of time and trouble to
get them back. Another herder of the same company cut my garden fence and
allowed his flock to eat up my vegetables and grain hay that I planned to carry
me through the winter. This company never returned; the bank got it. Why do we
not sue these trespassing sheep companies in the civil courts? Because we are
broke and cannot pay the price against an organized racket.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.152
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