Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-07


stressin fans 10 ii alsc them .r,ay
machine debts. will not Il, tempt sta
erl'iillefate HE the iarges that have, been
made against him, but u lowing tliats one
tenth part is true; he is tie small esssspec-
linen Ile afaIrn Al That has eyer been Indian
agent in This pari of the county sAndaI
am not surprised 70 learn Tint he has no
friends even III Ills home Al White Earth,
except llass gers $ol, Ale, are more OF less
dtrpcl,dent upon him for government
pa'rsnags and jjobs 4 bout the agency
But the actiono Rev. j, a. Gil6lia,.,
aa1ratlter innocsnt, l.arlnless and in0f,
fensIVe looking litsla Episcopal preacher
who Is ey,deatly shor,.sigInrd as he
wears spectaciet Is somewhat peculiar.
This littl,. nan claims 10 have been en-.
gased as a missionary among The Chip
pewa Indians sor the last Ten years Al
q whether he has in all these years sue.
cecded in making single Indian dis
card the long cherished belief in the
.happy hunting ground aud accept in
stead his dogmas about Il future state, |
am no, advised. ! ! alA certain, however,
THAT il Ire should 60 out among the Mile
Laos lnaians at This time, and preach 10
them the doctrine Of total dapravi,y, they
would believe it Was true, if applied to
himself and Major Luse; but would
hardly. believe that it would very strong
" apply to Gov. Hubbard, who, being
informed Of their Hesitate condition.
went to Washington and saw their Great
Father and got him to pay lheta their
'annui'ies a, once and all IN money. Il
think they would be 10Th 20 believe tina,
doctrine sl>uld be applied to Joseph
Robert and Senator Simmons, who first
made their destitute condition known to
the governor; besides they would think
many of their old friends and standbcs
should be counted ont, and they would
hardly think after standing nobly by. the
white people when they were threatened
with destruction in 1869, such sort of.
language should be applied to them
selves. But when the question should
arise as to whether the doctrine of total
depravity would rightfully apply to Bob
Dunn, editor Of the Princeton Union,
who skaiiks old Sha- Bosh- Kung himself
in raising the price of bad whisky, and
yet when he hears Of their extreme pow
erty calls them in his paper miserable
drunken Indians who are not entitled to
either sympathy or help, it is hard essay
what they think Of his. case.
1t appears to me that likely on The
start Gilfillah was inadvertently led into
doing what he has done without probab.
y knowing Luse's scheme, He accom-
panied him to Mile Laos and after
getting back to White Earth Luse likely
quietly drew up the false report and Gil
fiI'an might have signed it without due
c ,nsideraioh, and when once he got
Mr.. GiItillau's signature attached to a
st ,tenlent that his report was true, he,
Luse, falls back on his dignity, and when
the storm of indignation came upon them
from an outraged people and from Off
Gals high in authority, he says to the
little. preacher. Il must be white washed
and you are the man who must do it,"
So, as there was at this stage Of The game
II" chance to back out the little Man Of
God puts on his >pectacles and goes to
work, in earnest to white wash the
major, using in SO doing a compound
composed mainly Of lies and sophisry.
The result Shaved Gilfllan to be as un-
skilled in the art Of white washing as in
the art of preaching, no one Appearing to
lie deceived thereby. So his two col,
umm letter in the Pioneer Press was to
him worse than loves labor lost. If he
eyer had accomplished any good as a
missionary among the aborigines, which
he probably had not, this one short sight
ed act swept If all away, leaving ten
years blank IN a preachers fife l for
one am willing 10 cohceie that this is
probably poor dog Tray case, where
naturally good man, by getting into bad
company, has been led astray, and has
been victimiZed by crafty schemer. I
have heard that he has = rich uncle
somewhere who has offered to support
him If he would leaye the Indian alone
in bis glory 10 worship the Great Spirit
as the Great Spirit MAY guide him, IF
that is so, should advise friend Gil
t1llan TO go and see his uncle. But if he
doesn't @O,.and wants 10 make a little
raise either for himself or for some char
liable purpose, he and the major can be
accom- modated if they wish to put I'D
small stake IF one or two thousand dol
lars against like amount which odhose
parties who Mr.. Gilfillan charges with
making false affidavis propose to put up
with those or either Of those gentlemen,
the money to go to Gilfillan or Luse if
they can prove that there is one false
statement in any Of the affidavits made,
and further if they fail TO prove any false
statements ia said aflidavits and also fail
to substantiate their own statements, or
such OF them as they easily could if true,
then the money should 60 to Or be dis
pestd of.hy the parties putting up the
finds against Gildllan and Luse, or
either of them. ,g|@s.> ,r..
Now, gentleman, this, I think, is a
fair proposition by which you can vim
dicate your words if trae and make
money by doing SO, but if you think the
proposition not fair ors, please submit
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