The sun., 1873-09-29

An Act Of the Forty second Congress which
Covers tiiganIic steuI-Indiaus swim
died Out OF Their II iomts.

Correspondence Of The sun
Sr. PAUL. sept. -. Few people outside
the parties Interested are aware that in 1872 the
following act of Congress was passed and duly
approved
be sd,,,a D. BE- waan ani H.a,er R,p,e.Snt,. M
bt That the secretary Of the Interior be and he Is
% my bounty lana variant S0 q P saeS Snds as may
nave oten located win claims arising under ne seven
ISL al such price per acre as the sccrcay Of ts In.
S pGs nH one ds of anG 1qs e%i e'f per-
aud that owners and holders Of such claims IN good
faith be- also perm tied to complete their entries, and
to perfect their 1tle- und.r such claims, upon com
h"t Il shall be sSosn 10 thc sstsfaction Of the secrc.
tary of the Interior that said clas arc held y nnu
under such ciins have been made in sood faith a6l
BY innocent holders Of the same.
Approve ed. june N,l-t2
one thing suspicious about thi. act IL that
there Il no exrlnnetl N relative to the treaty Of
sept ~. ls4. Even the word Indian il eXclud 'd
and there IL no hint Of the gigantic steal which
II now being consummnted under the act The
clause In tho treaty of lsi}. confirmed In lStt,
which Is referred to, l. as follows
seventh Each head of family or snrle person oyer
twcnyqne Year, of acc, az the present tune ot We
p ror .nsi he c1iiI'5to e';hy 'ercs Of land to ie
scleccdhv thcn al i"r The drertoL of the Preside
usual form.
This scrip. IL will he noticed, can he locate !
on uny Governncnt land In the country. IL Will
alsn be noticed that Il was only due 20 mixed
hoods who were tweuty-onc years Of are at the
time the treaty. was madc-nemly twenty years
ago. Some Ave or ak years ago "A gang uf speru-
lntors In Minnesota and Wisconsin began secur-
ING this scrip. II ww purchased from th.se
graVeAt misrepres, ntntion. Much of the scrip
obtained was never paid for promise being
m de ~ 81 TO so for the eighty acres
Ring Included Henry r. welles. Franklin steele,
ut Fort smelling uut"ricty l-atr van Etten' ana
other vpll-kuown Grant politicians Of the North.
west. Inc fraud became 80 puhlic ana notoriul-
that In ls,l the secretary Of the Interior was
Obliged. for the sake of appearances. o. appoint
\ com mission o. t-O Vrtaiu what scrip WA fraud
ulent and what genuine The commission re-
ported that n very large portion Of tho scrip " -
adding. "Ms do NOT fcei caieu ut'ou 10 express
m opinion further than - suggest that the III
t-rest " all true Government. both 81 tts honor
an Justice IN coming time, seem to require that
such uagrant wrouga M perjury, suhornaiton of
PERJURY, forgery, and cmbelSlement should not
Boz permitted 10 escape condemnation and pun
ishmcnt and especially do We hold It import ant
that an officer of the Government made a
permitted to enjoy with impunity the fruits
gained hy such crimes At the expense OF his
No stors were taken 10 punish the men who
had dcfraudcd the Indians, and In defiance of
the reuurt 0f hi- commission the ltng procured
and Delano permitted the massage b. Congrt IS
of the act above quoted Delano's son has been
I'm ~. Paul all summer hObnohhinc with mcm-
hers of the Ring, who are making themselves
T. TO locate the scrip nj si2i an acre on the land'
Of the Mile Lac Indians which comprise the
most valuable pine IN the state. To consum'
mate the fraud an effort Il also being made tt
drive out the Mile Lac band. These Indians
ccdcd their reservation "a the Government some
years ago. with the provisO that they shall moi
Toe compelled To remove SO long as they do not
interfere with or molest IN any way the property
+ of the whites. The conspirators are trying 9,
make the Mile Laos violate that treaty that
pretcnce may be given for their expulsion IRON
the country. First the Chippewas are swndled
out Of their scrip. and a large amount of fraudu
lent scrip issued besides. and then the scrip h.
used to drive other Indians from the land 50
apart t. them by treaty.