, 1875-12-04
INDIAN FRAUDS.


70 tbs Editor of 3hs Lhtedeo Tribune:
TOPEKA, Kap., Nov. N.-There hre liInly to be
some ugly facts brought to light oouceroiug
tito MANOR in which tho funds nnd lands OF tho
PottaEstomis Indians hayo been manipulated,
Tho remnant Of this historic aud ouco-poworful
tribe has for many years. past occupied resorra-
tlon, II mics square. near the Town Of g..
MsEy's, = short distance west Of Topeka.
They emo here, SOU know. from ILL.
nois, whe1e they woro once "mon-
arohs OF all they surveyed" It Was
they, you remember who beEoagursa aud an
nah.late1 the Illinois tribe al Starved Nock; lu0
thoy uBod to mako their troaties aud receive
their anuu!tios at Chicago. They wero 30n0
River, forty Ycars ago. About the time Of ths a.
lotment OF lands to tI1on in Kansas, portion OF
tho tribe aeoeded from their brethren, aud
went Boutti, whence, Ia COURSE OF time.
.hhsy hsy a ''d of INTO ..ssa ss'eo rosaa.oe sna ss.
Mcanwh'io 1t was Giron out ,n Kansas
that those sccoters were dead; and tlereupon
certain white men conuecssd with the tribe "sro
appointed to admsnissor up7n thor estates.
Each adult male was adtudged 10 bo tho owner
Of lG0 acres OF land. aud each other .porson ~
acres, in addition to pro rata Rhsl % in tho an-
ilultY funls and proceeds Of tribal lhnda rnr-
chased BY tho Government, The administrators
promptly !" gobbed" tas landa, II see:ns, aud
regularly collected tho money act apart for theso
dead Indians.
And now comes tho stasomont, from responsl-
bio authority, that tho Me1lcan pottawato-
la been. G dead. 'G Int NO ao living s | IL tho In In.
diau Torrltory. They were discovered down
there last spring, II appears; aud efforts wore
al once Hst on foot by cartain Of their friends to
fecovor for them tho money collected aud m,s-
tors. TheB0 efforts wore 10 far HucoessfuI that
tho Commissioner Of Indian AIa'ra Haa moved to
direct Euoeh uoag. Indian superintendent Of
This district. to call upon tho admtn,Btrators AID
demand paymout OF tho money; and, In the
event OF thoir refusal, to causa aults to DO III.
stltutsd bsainst them. For aone roaaou, Fnend
Hoag choss to put the matter inso tue hands Of
tho probste JudEe Of this county, sud there tho
proceedings suddenly stopped. ..,..
Mr. J. 4. Osrdy, we'll known In this 1oca1ity,
and now connected with tho postawatosniss IL
the Indian Territory, comes forward. aud ovos
t,ls own ramo recltsa those faots aud CHARGES |:
~ that It eau be shown saat not only Was fraud
peFpetsAted In SECURING the alonDy aud withhold
Ing it from the indians, but also that forgery
Was Addpl to tho Other violations Of law; (3)
that there WAS colluslon, and pr,hab!e sharing
tion and the Government ott1ee.s; and
(3) that tho prosecution Of the gull
~ pArtles Is beiug purpossly detaved By tho
Iudlan suthorities iu Kansas Until the statute OF
limitations shall apply to the onenses, Mr..
CIardy ia responsible, and has bad e1se.ent fl.
ciIttioa for getting 1T tho facts n she cAse aud
ho declares Lis Willingness to sppeaE 1t any
tlme With fntl eubstanttation Of Ill lls cli2rgca
BY tho beat OF Witnesses. The amount OF monsy
Bio!eu from the Intlans hg this sudacious de-
vlce ha estimatoa u about ~, ,0QJ not lnclud-
Ing the lands vet apa1t to the abscut 1udlaus IL
BsverAlty.
these changes come in anch emphatic aud OK
plcIt shapa thkt thoir investigation IL clearly q
Thing not to be neglected. And, when once
tho probe sball be applied to this postauatom,e
bnsinesa,, you ueed not hs surprised to lsAin
that Tue fraud which Sir. Ci4sdy refers 10 IL only
one OF 4 sor!es OF rasc.!iles by which this
tribe has beeu systematically robbed ever stnco il
came to Kaugas. 1t WAS oncs very wealthy tribe,
and has received $l 001, ,0uo in cash from tlmo TO
si.us das!ay the laat twelve or Astcsa
years but II IL now 10 poor snAt, II it uore 10
DO ;sxtingushed to-mosrow, ita effects would
not pay funolAl ezponsss::, A nest o. white
have dons business tor.yesss on what they have
baeu Abts to llch teom these iguoFAns aud hood
winked wssds OF tha Go,eTumens; ard IL u
sureIy about tno for = thorough oserhautpg Of
their trspsaos1ous. II will os found, think,
that certain gentlemen Who are now, or have
heretofore beon. high in official position. have
received very handsome dividends ons Of the
PottaMatonio steAla, X.