settlements, extended under the authority and sanetion of our Government." Witl marvellous self-restraint, the superintend ents do not enforce their appeals by a referenco to the fact that, if the treaties had been fulfilled in the outset, all the hostilities of the last four years might probably have been avoided.

The reservation secured to the Nez Percés was a fine tract of country, watered, timbered, and of great natural resources. Indians had begun to practice irrigation in their fields; had large herds of lhorses, and were improving the breed. Some of them could read and write one hundred miles long and sixty in width-well Already the beginiug to give attention to language, and many of them professed Christianity, their own and were exemplary in their conduct-a most remarkable fact, proving the depth of the impression the missionary teachings minst have made. The majority of them wore the American costume, and showed "their progress in civilization by attach ing little valuc to the gowgaws and trinkets which so generally eaptivate the savage."

In less than two yoars the peaee of this noble tribe was again invaded; this time by a deadly foe-the greed of gold. Iu 1861 there were said to be no less than ten thousand miners in the Nez Percé country prospecting for gold the question, What will the GoveInment do Will it protect the rights of the Tudiaus or not?

"To attempt to rostrain miners would he like attempting to restrain the whirlwind," writes the superintendent of Washing- ton Territory; and he confésses that, "secing the utter impossi bility of preventiug miners from going to the mines," he has refraincd from taking any steps which, by saccess, would tend to weakeu the force of the law

For the next few years the Nez Pereés saw with dismay the steady strcam of settlers pouring into their country they did not resist it by force is marvellous, and can only be explained by the power of a truly Christian spirit. Now arosc a certain want of That