The memorial is as follows: [Senate joint memorial concerning the Crow Indian treaty.] To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates in Congress assembled: Your memorialists. the senate and house of representatives composing the Second Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana. respectfully represent to your honorable bodies that the treaty lately concluded with the tribe of Crov Indians for the sale of the west end of their reserve. a bill for the ratification of which is now pending in each of your honorable bodies. Is a fair and just one for both the Indians and the Government of the United States. and which provides for the opening of a large area of lands valuable for agricultural. mining. and grazing purposes. and which. If ratified by Congress. will bring to Montana a large immigration of industrious and enterprising persons seeking homes on the public domain. that the early opening of the portion of said reservation embraced in said treaty would be of incalculable value to all the interests of the great and growing new State and especially to the eastern portion thereof. and that all good citizens of the State are earnestly desirous of the immediate ratification of said treaty by your honorable bodies. and confident that any opposition to such speedy ratification thereof comes from certain designing persons who are moved by personal considerations only. and not in the interests of the Indians or the State. Wherefore your memorialists urgently and sincerely pray that your honorable bodies will ratify the said treaty before the close of the present session of Congress. And your memorialists. as in duty bound. will ever pray.
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