St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-07
PAUL NEWS.
LEIGH LAKE INDIANS.
Their Memorial to Gov. Hubbard Pre-
scented by the Spokesman of
the Chief, Kay-Kwa-
Che-Way-Bin-
ING.
M1NNrApoL1s, March 4. 1884.

AA1N ~ 49,
In our business I have caused my words to
be written on paper by one who understands
them in my own language and in whom l
trust to be true to us.
My people call me Kay-Kuu-Che- Way-Bin-
ing Zone who ThrowS or Flings,) of the Pill
lager band Of Chippewa Indians at Leech
Lake. / came as the spokesman of the chiefs
and head men of my tribe to give you our
friendly shake of the hand, and to address
you upon matters of great Importance to my
people and to ask your assistance in bring
ing about the satisfactory adjustment of
these matters as soon as possible.
The destitute condition in which we are
now suffering, and have been during all the
fall. and winter has caused our Chief Ne
ga~n-e-bin-ace Flatmouth) to call all the
chiefs and headmen of my people at Leech
Lake and assembled in council ten days
ago, md after talking over about our des-
titute condition and the injustice done to US
by our agent, and his overseer Major King
at, Leech Lake, pretending to act, as they
do, on behalf of and by the authority of our
great father at Washington and the govern
ment, and after further talking about all
matters in general, both actions and con-
duct of our overseer King, which We believe
our great father at Washington is not aware
of the. facts of the inwardness of things.
1De Culel anu ueduLltu VI IudG COuuCll
there assembled have prepared a statement
of all the facts and complaints, and selected
and appointed me to come and address them
TO you and to ask you to aid US in
bringing the same before our great
father at Washington and to assist us in
bringing about the remedy as soon as posi-
bic. First we desire to call your attention to
one great fact and one Of the most import
ant facts that several contracts by treaties
have been made by our grandfather's chiefs
of our people with the great chief of the
white man, our great father at Washington,
and his commissioners appointed for that
purpose since the time the white man ap-
peared among US (the red mem on the south
ern port of this land and either peaceably, by
force or otherwise, always have been COM
PEELED to yield to the demands of the white
man by being driven northward and give to
them the possession of our lands.
In all of these contracts or treaties we
have been promised with great many things
which have been written and printed and now
preserved in the white mans great law book.
That none of these promises and treaty
stipulations were ever fulfilled according to
agreements and we have received very little
or no benefit from them, but has been q
great benefit to the white men appointed by
our great father at Washington and sent
among us to pay us aud fulfill all the condi-
tions of the great. promises and agreements
in those treaties. That all these white men
through whom our annuity goods, moneys
and other effects have passed have become
rich men, by their plumbers Of the Indian
funds and have always been permitted to 90
and take away all his wealth with him with
out being punished.
These things have been permitted to be
aorrial nm hr Ihnea oora-{o o-l oil nfhnr
white men connected with it since the en-
actment of the first treaties, and more es-
pecially during the last twenty years and now
is being carried on without restraint to
the detriments of our people to such an ex-
tent that, unless a change of management of
our affairs is soon made, may result into
serious consequences. We have been COM
PEELED to submit to all sorts Of i'll treatments
and insults by our present agent and his EN-
ployes during all the time of his administra-
ton without measure of redress, notwith-
standing our repeated appeals by letters to
-;eur.great father at Washington for an oppor-
tunity to 90 and see him and there to sub
NIT to him the facts and cause of our troubles
and Of the mis-management of our business
affairs on the agency, as well as the personal
ungentlenanly conduct of our present over
seer, Major King, whose words or statements
dSdlusb uS SCG1lo W NC DClICNNQ Nv AS'IU
Luce and by our great father at Washington
as being true, and our statements to the
contrary, untrue, we therefore appeal that
through you, that an investigation of all mat
tiers be made and that we may be given an
opportunity to see our great father 1T Wash
ington, to see that everything has been pro-
perly reported and to further answer and to
fully state in detail such part or portion of
Dur troubles that may not be properly report
ID and for the friendly adjustment of our
49, business affairs under the treaties and other
wise.
We have never yet received any bene-
fetal results from any pretended investiga-
ton heretofore made and we do not believe
that the true facts of things investigated ever
reached our great father at Washington, and
therefore appeal through you that our prayer
may be granted.
Second. We present the following charges
which will warrant sufficient ground for the
immediate action of our great father in
Washington upon the matter.
Third. We charge our present agent,
Major Luce, as being a dishonest and des-
potic man, u~nfriendly to the Indians. We
charge him with wrongfully and ~unlawfully
OBTAINING a great number of shares of the
annuity goods, from wife, widows and chill
dren of absent or deceased Indians who were
enrolled as head of family or former pay
ments, and which goods and money were
not paid on account Of the absence Of such
person at that payment.
Fourth. We charge our agent with Great
ing dissention and discord between and
among the Indians by reason of his persecu-
cution and punishment by fine and impris-
onment Of those that find faults with his
management of our business and the liberal
b. nccis%onaa o-l 4roo4-oo, { ~ l4,a -lo I'LL
approve him.
Fifth. We charge Major King, our present
overBeer at Leech Lake. az being a bad man,
morally and otherwise. We charge him, on
two specific different times. having attempted
TO debauch our women, and to have paid the
= woman a consideration in part for not tell
ing or-exposing him..
Sixth. We charge Major King with wrong
fully and %unlawfully taking and CARRYING
away from the agency warehouse several
blankets, shirts, stockings and other articles
from the lot of the annuity goods at about
8 O'Clock, after midnight of the day, being a
day or two before the payment of those goods
were made to the Indians last fall of 1888,
and to have concealed these goods, and a
short time thereafter to have, during the
night time, sent these goods by Mrs. King,
his wife, who was then going to some parts
in the state Of Michigan.
Seventh. We charge our agent,
Luce, Of %wrongfully and knowingly
permitting such a bad man as Major King to
g.. remain upon the reservation notwithstand-
ing all 1.-the charges that are being repeatedly
made to him against that man Major King.
Eighth. We charge Major King with having
permitted alcohol or spirituous liquors to be
taken into the agency at Leech Lake by
white men and permitting them to keep the
same and to have released them from under
arrest by the indians police and permitted