Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-21
Council ,cith the Governor.

About half past p. m. Sheriff Tibbetts
and delegation again called at the gov
ernors Office, this time finding him
in, he having arrived from his
New Ulm trip about an hour
previous. Besides Sheriff Tibbetts,
the delegation consisted of his son Frank
and James Thompson, deputy sheriffs,
and J. B. Blanchard, of Clay county, in
the employ of the U. s. marshaPs Office
in ferreting out and bringing to punish
ment violaters of law in their dealings
with the Indians, and the three Indian
representatives of the Mill Laos tribe,
who accompanied the sheriff here
to see for themselves what was
done with the prisoners, viz:
Cha 5osh-kong, one of the Oldest and
most respected chiefs of the tribe, and
brother of the chief so wantonly killed:
Bun -da- ka-shik, (come in to the day. and
Wa-soc cum, Indians home), two of the
leading braves of the tribe, with Alder
man Joseph Robert of this city, known
through long years to the tribe, as their
true friend, as interpreter.
The delegation seated Sheriff Tibbetts,
cumstances of the murder, and the oc-
currences since, as detailed above, when
at signal from Alderman Robert, Chief
Cha bosh-kong, who had been an indiffer-
ent spectator, left his seat and advancing
to Immediately in front of the governors
position, proceeded to present the case
from the Indian stand point. Cha-Bosh-
Kong, is apparently about 65 or 70 years
of age. He is about feet 111a inches
in height and sparely built. His eye IS
keen and his oratory earnest if not elo-
quent He wore blanket and the usual
Indian dress, leggins, moccasins, ETC.,
but was devoid of the usual head dress
due to one of his rank His address was
in the Chippewa vernacular, Alderman
Robert translating it as he proceeded,
and was in substance as follows:
| have never met you before, but am
pleased to see you now, though the oc-
casion of my visl at this time is not
pleasant one. L come to see you now
from what has been said to me of what
you would do about the killing of nv
brother, and to bear to my people the
news of your decision. When three days
ago | heard that my brother, who had
gone out from hisspeople on visit to the
white settlement, had been killed, l would
not believe it, but when l came to the
spot where it was done, and | saw his
blood upon the ground, knew he was
dead. l have always tried to do what
was fright, what was good, with the
whites. So with my brother. My brother
had done nothing wrong to the bad men
who had killed him. He had not been
drinking, or doing anything to create dis
turbance or bad feeling AS my brother
had always been good, do want his kill
ing to rest where it is. told the officer
here pointing to Sheriff Tibbetts) and
others before we left Aitkin, the bad men
who killed my brother must be punished.
The young braves wanted revenge. But
we have always behaved and kept peace
with the whites as we promised the
Great White Father at Washington, we
would.
We want you to understand we do not
feel bad toward the whites, only against
the two who killed my brother. We
have always worked for peace between
the white and the red man. When
Hole-in- the Day tried to get us to make
war upon the whites we told him no.
So we feel to-day. We only ask the same
Justice we mete out. When an Indian
killed half breed at Little Rock lake
we held council and decided the muir
derer must die, and we carried out our
sentence. This is what we want you to
do with the men who killed my brother.
To-day we meet together for the first
time. can see you and hear what you
have to say. We call this country Min
nesota. and you, its first man, its Great
Father, and I beg froma you, and repeat
edly beg from you, that the man who
took the life of my brother shall be pun
ished in the severest manner allowed by
your laws. ALI our braves demand this,
and will not be satisfied with anything
else. We place the punishment of these
men in your hands, and we must
know from you they will be punished, SO
can go back to my tribe, and tell them
you will do it. My heart yesterday was
full of revenge for the punishment of the
men who killed my brother, but now 1
leave them to you upon your promise
they shall be punished as the white man
is punished for such an act. The men