New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-15
A Chippewa Indian HssG-Thc indians rsse
and deus nded the Northumberland
to tsrn cut and XIII the W hitss AZ The Falls
The Prospect Of Farther Tresbie.

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| You published an account recently Of the hang
ing OF Al Indian. q; the Falls OF Chippewa, with
out Judge or Jury. for an assault and battery. with
intent 10 kill. This account vss pablished hrs, at
this place, and 70 said % be Substantially correct
But the tegsEztHg 81 the sequel 10 row % be told.
The Indians are too well informed 40 10 the
white mans mode OF dealing with criminals. %
scqaiesce with the Lynch Law. They, ,hereore.
about l0O strong srnes 70 the teeth, came 70 tho
FAls and demanded the murdercrs, 70 be dealt
With by them accoroing 10 their Avs. This vas
refused, when the red men ArSdfesef % burs tie
piGcs and XII fAe rkI'cs. The latter could muster
probably 80 or 100 men. II they had time and no
t'ce, but nos more than = dozen or twenty were
IN nom the woods, and not 40 many old shot guns
and rires could be gathered up Tor use and esrng
the Consequence OF resistance. the whites agreed
10 send the four rho hung the Indian u this place
Tor trial aud proposed tor the chief With one
two OF his braves and an interpreter. u guard
them.
To ghis the Indians agreed. and the chief two
braves and sn interpreter started In q boat With
the tour prisoners. and descended the Cnippewa
River u It's mouth, az the loot OF Lake Pepin. At
that Polutthe interpreter took sics-reA sfeisned
and q steamboat happening 10 be there, the IN
terpreter induced the lndisns TO put the prisoners
OF BOARD, IN charge OF the Captain, who, he said.
would deliver them % the authorities here, wblch
would do just as well IS Il they come down them
se1Nes 10 uhs the Indians acceded and returned
home.
The Csptai, Of course had no authority 10 de-
tam the murterers and on arriving a. this place.
they went where they pleased; bat have given the
hrego'ns account OF their escape from the aven.
gers OF blood. They dare not return to the Chm.
pews, but intend 10 60 up Back River which 10
only two days march from she Chippewa aud tho
probability 10. that az soon the lndi aus become
acquainted with the hoax played upon them in
this matter that they will become exaspersted.
and either pursue and hill the murderers or kill
and burn out the whites at the Fails. o
Tho people of Chippewa County are In q remote
and secluded part OF the State. 1t is said they
have no law or law officers smorg them They
nave held but one election Tor county purposes
since their county was organized and 10 save the
payment OF taxes have concluded to hold no more
elections and therefore have mag strstes 70
enforce the law. Had they, instead of hanging
the Indian as they dd. arrested him ard brought
him before MAJ istrate. and had him committed
IN due form OF lsw. the Indians Of the nelghbor-
hood would have scquiesced In the measure. and
probably this would have been the mode OF pro.
ceeding # a Justice bal been at hand But re-
iuslDg 10 elect any Cficers. they OF course are
without any and their present hazardous situstion
grows out OF this neglect, aud may cost more lives
and property than 10 have supported county
government tor halt century TO come.
But the Nh0le truth should be told. The people
OF Chippewa have an excuse which they urge
with more force than poetry. They say-and thus
ore OF them wrote to this place As their excuse
that II 10 OF no use 10 send criminal 10 this coun
ty Tor trial, because none such have ever been con
vlcted And 10 avoid the expense and trouble,
and 30 prevent the savage from running at large
and perhaps killing others they deemed II neces
sary % take the law into their own hands.