verance in the faith, their happiness and welfare, as likewise of the Pend d'Oreilles, the Coeur d'Alenes, Kootenais, etc. I have seen all the calumnies against the Flatheads in the newspapers and I knew them to be a pack of lies. It is the rule the whites follow when their interests are at stake. The Indians are everywhere their victims. I have full confidence that their good Fathers will not abandon them.