CHAPTER X.

DANGEROUS PLACE FOR SINNERS.

Warm Spring Agency——Indians in Treaty Council——Intimidated by Government Troops——Pledges Unfulfilled——John Mission and Billy Chinook——They become Converts to Christianity——Treachery of the Government——Why? because the Indians are Peaceable—— Journey to the Agency Continued——Crossing the Stream——Fire and Brimstone——A Perilous Descent——The Author’s Report——This Agency a Fraud——Climate of Warm Springs——Character of the Indians Here——The Two Treaties——The Indians Declare they were Deceived——A Great Injustice——Unfitness of the Warm Spring Agency——Captain John Smith——His Character——His Communication—— A Careful Perusal Urged 150