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Our 1t. Paul Correspond nc..

Our 81. Paul Correspondence.
81. PAUL, Minnesota, August g. 1887
me Probable Settlement Of the Indian Tosbles-YAe Id
Mr and their Comprehensive Leading Politicians or
M,rg,eso,a The Constitutional C0nuexGio~.
The Indian troubles of the Territory, which have for
sometime been growing and more threatening, are
now likely to be settled without further bloodshed As
whole difficulty has arisen from cul Fable msmaaaee-
men, upon the part or the government When the Arsa
ortoreAk-the Spirit Lake massacr-eoccurred promA
action upon the part OF the government In Furnishing the
murdesers would have prevented al further trouble.
But nothing DONE The troops remained idle auhor-
ty to call out volunteers refused and the petty
of fourteen Indians who could easily have been exter
mated by single company OF troops, suffered 10 20
unpuni,hed and urmolested They scattered over tn
country and succeeded In euspg in their favor the pow
erfu and wariike band Of Ysnktons numbering in ~
more than one thousand persons The friendly Indians.
believing the whites afraid began 70 grow bold and
the instructions from tho department at Washington q
Withhold their annuies until they Ahoud bring In d.
liver UP Ink du las party, confirmed them in this b.
lief ana increased their insoenoe AT fret they required
q company OF troops to accompany them, which Maor
Paen refused, and then, when afterwards company 0
troops was ordered TO accompany then, the offer ~
sco-nrally rejected and Little Grow, with company q
ono hundred and twenty-five Indian warriors, started ~
the expedition.
In the meantime tie coedac o. Che Indians remansgn
The nsshborhood OF the agency had become hostile In
Its character tia, the whites In the region bad
fed for safety, and the utmos caution was necessary
10 prevent open When the party under Major Fian
surprised and killed one Of Ink pa dutas mon they
we're me. By five hundred warriors, who demanded ~
nyant surrender OF squsw, which had been taken and
would have instantly oommenced hosstes If she had ma
been delivered up. soldier was stabbed by an Indian
and Affairs assumed q most formidable aspect.
Gov Medary, who had just returned from Washingtoa.
elegraphed back for authority TO raise volunteers, nd
the volunteer companies OF st. Paul held In rcadins
TO mar Oh at q moments warning The NJ ho-ity WA
rused Aedary himself repaired TO the agency -
asst Superintendent Caller in preserving order. Tho
suit Of Little Crows expedition has yet transpred bal
Il reported tina, the Ysnkions had determined on his
turn they had killed Ink du as party, 20 6ghi and
II they had not killed the party and the anni!
rad to nghi By this time the government at Washing
ton began slowly to open their eyes, and ordered 90 troops
from Forts hcenry, Inder endenoe, Hamilton Mlckenaw
ana Sioux St. Mays But they were still incredulous
They didn beleve the statements Of the Superintendent
o. Indian Affairs who WAS al the scene Of action aud NE
pilgrimage to washington, for the express purpose Of
posting them up, but sent on ca messenger 10 asoer
tain u anything really the N stter.
The troops nave already arrived from Forts McHen-y
and Independence and more are expected daily. These
sumo the danger Of Indian over, although win
require stme dina to settle he difficulties The creators
obstacle here 10 the management OF the Indians sur
pu,age OF government officials Several years ago, when
Il required weeks 90 from Fort Smelling to t,e borders
of civilization, Sd when instructions from Washington
reached heretSo three months after being givea
q large discretion WAS pa :ed In the mintry officers 4
the different forts The troops always acted prompey
and efficiently wherever there occasion for their
ton, and he Indians we're kept in awe But now Tie
troops to the agent the agent Is controlled
by the suptrn enden the superintendent must consuh the
governor thegovernor must get !rom the auAo
rifles oil Warrington the authorities at Washington have
something else to attend to- and 20 nothing Is done
the appointment Of Joseph r. Bro IN, E.q., alias Joe
Brown Sioux Indian Agent, vice O. Flandrau, pro-
hs1s Hs has
thirty Indian character thoroughly, ~
Is man Of cool sn.swa sound jaSSme1t he ms"
barring the difference Of party complexion, hoh sbo1
the relation to the politics OF Minnesota th fhurow
in 1919 - o drummer and having served bis country
eight years without promotion quit the military In diagaa
and took TO politics. He was several times member q
the Territorial Legislature OF wisconsin, until the foruA
ton OF State government len him outside the boundary.
since that time be has been member Of the Minnesota u
gaure every except from the organxsoa II
the Territory he science OF wire pulling -
hs eeI ana DIS oss nnu n .dC ,s
trying circumstance, has made him one OF the most osle
brated characters here
gress In making constitutions for the future State OF Mime
soA. Both bodies are hard at work and expect 70 be
efforts are be being made by the rival politicians g the
better OF each other before tho people Moetpgs are BE-
held all over the territory 10 tAxe into consoereooo
the extraordinary conduct Of the constitutional delegates In
a. Paul Members are daily leaving both bodies 70 ID
dress meetings, ana the number present who are
actually aiming the nstru ment which are 10 be submit
ted for the ratification OF tho people, really not more
than one third the entire Convention in either body.
Another very slight obstacle OF embarrassment In ne
patriotic abors which beng prosecuted 70 make Min
nesoA either democratic or republican State By The
Minnesota statesmen assembled oil the capital 70 tho
condition OF the finances The Legislature a Its Ase
son. made appropriate Of $50 900 TO defay the exps
OF the Convention but there money IN the es
suy and they neither took scps TO raise
the Convention any authority 10 raise II for itself Tho d.
vision OF the Convention OF increased the dculy
The entire expenses viii perhaps reach 500 600 and NE
Only of payment for the preseat by orders o.
the treasury and the precise figure which the orders of
disputed authorities upon bankrupt treasury win be held
10 The Market leave for wall street TO determine be
uevo however the Auditor OF the Territorial Treasury hes
consented resosnxc tho democratic orders which agAAs
gives the democracy The advantage But still, without any
money In the treasury and without knowing who will have
the control when The money gets there the thing quite
o..fs.