Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-01

sion that the jor q, his rn varentl
cn,n panion did Ispt sea.
.sonlng from h spiiriit NIL POINT
Stllsir Diet erllliuat ION and niusipn
naigl. he tenaf,|e From .a't III MI
peil,t We are taught tlIakl,,ll are.
ppssih IN ace the hui, l,..1r
ME Il raising the W.tte ma ddstrl il,s
their wild rice, they may De sup Isd
with mamma; and Oh t.es,ii 1t Of THEFT;
being unable to ST hlank Gets ths Winds
OF autumn and Hinte 5 ii srn.
Minnesota may he ~, tie d pared az TO
warm and not freeze an iiIfelad paa
/ poose. But then, the question as to.
how There 4 indians came to be III pos
session of any considerable All otarsttssof
money. is what puzzles me the most.
The Major withheld from them their
payment, and they, have nothing to
sell to set money, and the chances 81
their being fI,rnishedin supernatllr-
al way are some what meaRer. i1filess
it so be that each fish they take hasa
piece OF, silver in his mouth, which
# true might not be readily believed,
asst would lack the Ingredient Of age
necessary to the belief of sslch statti--
*ments without any suspicion being
raised as to their truthfulness. u. ),
+: / should be pleased to. have some
one "ho thinks he can do SO, exp'ain
and show up the justice of compelling
the Mile Laos Indians to take one-half
Of their payment in supplies, and par
Ing the White Earth Indians all ia
money. When it is RENE bered that.
in 1862. at the time of the Sioux OUT
break and massacre along the western
border Of the State, that the principal
part Of the Indians now at White
Earth, who got an all cash payment
last fall were marshaled under Hole
in-the-Day, eager to slaughter the de-
fenseless white settlers of Northern
Minnesota, and only. deferred from
doing SO by the prompt action and
fearless stand taken against them by
these Mile Laos Indians, who then
said to Hole-in-the- ebay and his blood
thirsty boards, when you make war
upon the white settlers, you make war
upon Us; and if you fight them, you
Will have to fight us;' and when we
look back over the lapse Of twenty lone
Years. passed since those trying days
and see how the government has uni
forllnly discriminated against the Mile
Laos Indians. and in favor Of those Of
White Earth, annually expanding
large sums Of money for their special
benefit in addition to their annuities,
and petted th9m in every conceivable
way, while the Mile Laos indians have
think never had q dollar expended
for them in their home. al Mile Laos,
but have continually, been harrassed
in various waya, principally BY the pine
land sharks who have eoatrived all
sorts ofschemes to steal from them the
little pine on their reservation which
they at least rightfully own, it. is not
strange: that these Mile Lacs Indians
begin to thint, that there Is but little
virtue in fotbearance, and that the
path Of g. good Indian in these United
States ISL hard one to travel. Now
! when tt cir Father, the agent, who
was s',nt by their Great Father Al
Was' 4ington to visit them in their pow
ert'f and distress, refused>to talk with
th en-, and falsely reported them to the
fereat Father to be rich wher they are
very poor, they think it is the 'sImos
i unklnd cut of ALL" 4 Il. = -.
! The Old settlers Of this country
most Of whom believe. that. theyEars
I probably indebted to the Mile Lac
| Indians for their, existence, will no
see them starve rs long as they have
morseio bread to divide With them.
| In a short communication like thi,
details. cannot be. gone into but to-
I very limited extent, just enough e
give the resdera general idea. { vii
therefore, close by saying that I TO
one cannot stand by and see the Milk
Laos Indians abused aud msltreatell 4
the manner they have recently been
without entering q protest. against II
and + think | speak the sentiments O
allthe old settlers of North ern Minnie
sota.' : .Very:truly yours, ~
- "s' ill.,, N. RICHARDSON.
/ r.. Little Falls, Mimi, Feb. /,
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