St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-18
Land Grabbers and Timber
Spectators Goading Indi-
ans to Desperation.
Trouble Will Occur Sooner o.
Later on Mile Lacs Res
epvatiOn.
L0 Is Loaded With Liquor ane
Tempted to Massacre
Settlers.
Gen. Ruger's Boys in Blue Re-
turn From the Campaign
on Kanabec.

Capt. Stouch, Third Infantry, u. 8. A..
and his three companies, who have been
in the Mile Lacs country investigating
the alleged Indian outbreak, returned
to Fort Smelling last evening, after fouf
days of curious campaigning. When
Mora was left at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon everything was quiet on tho
part of the Indians, and no more trouble
is anticipated from them-if they ars
left alone. That they will be left alone
is very doubtful. The amount of stand.
ing pine on the reservation and the fins
quality of the soil are keen temptations
to the INSCRIPTIONS pine spectators
who are literally swarming over tho
country. There are some good reasons
for believing that the late eruption was
due to plan conceived by these ad.
venturers to hasten the opening OF
the reservation and the ousting
of the Indians. 1t is said thai
the drunk of the Indian Wadena was
caused by man from Aitkin, who,
after filling the buck with benzine, told
him that Magnnssen (the man who was
shot was unfriendIy to the Indians.
Wadena, loaded with liquor, gathered
crowd of bucks about him and made an
assault upon the Swede. Then, as part
of the programme, the sensational dis
patches were at once sent out to tho
newspapers and military authorities,
That the alleged outbreak was thus
planned for the benefit of land specu-
lators the United States army offieera
who investigated the affair do not seem
to doubt. Capt. Hannay's investiga<
tion at Mile LacS lake was most thors
ough, beginning with the squatters and
ending with the Indians; and
no other conclusion than the above
could be reached. The whites ars
bound to have the land-IHdians or No
Indians-and the agitation is directed
to the expected extra session of con-
gress in October. To show how anx.
iOus these spectators are to get at this
dians, it is only necessary t0 state that
on Sunday Capt. Cole was stated as say.
ing that he paid $500 that day to get q
ride on an Eastern Minnesota engine to
Mora, in order to get filings on certain
lands in this section. The Indians on
the reserve must go-there seems
to be no question as to that
But as to whether they shalt
go with honorable or dishonorable treat.
ment can only be answered by saying
dishonOrable. The tribe at Mile Laes
consists of fne-looking bucks and
orators of no mean ability. Mr.. Todd
and other settlers, who have known
them for twenty years, stated to the
not piled with whisky. The bona fide
settlers of that section also corroborats
this teStimOny-that freed from
THE STRTJ ETIES OF WHISKY
the Chippewas had proven themselves
to be an extremely quiet race. But
towns like Mora, Aitkin, Princeton and
Hinckley have certain men in them
who are now. and have been, flooding
the Indian reserve with alcohol. AS
long as this continues land no one
seems to care to prevent IT. there will
be trouble. The Indians have this adj
vantage-that, by the nature of the
cOvntry surrounding Mile Laos lake,
they can, if they ever realize their adj
vantage. or seek for revenge, mas.
sacre every squatter there, and
for an indefinite length of time. If an
actual outbreak were to occur infantry
could not reach the scene of the trouble
without loss of life. Nature has favored
poor LO in this, and if the anticipated
trouble ever occurs the Mile Lacs CAM
paign will not alone be bloody, but
lengthy. The detail of troops sent to
Mora by Gen. Ruger, while too large
for practical work, performed their
duties admirably. Capt. Stouch is q
thorough gentleman and a veteran.
Capt. Hannay conducted the fearful
journey through the pine woods to Mile
Lacs lake with expedition and skill.
His course towards the Indians was
well calculated to temper their fury
and appeal to their reason. The staff
French, Avery. Bell,
Dean, Freeland and Capt. Mearns. as
SiStant surgeon-belong to class of
army officers well calculated to raise
the standard of the service and make
civilian appreciate what it is to be
true gentleman and good soldier.
Every courtesy was shown the newspa-
per correspondents, and in many in.
stances they were saved severe laborS
by the generosity of the sol.
diers, from officers down to prI-
Yates. On Saturday night the citi-
zens of Mora gave pleasant reception
to the officers who were not at the lake,
and the freedom of the town was exc
tended to all. Gen. Ruger ordered the
recall OF the troops at floon yesterday,
and they arrived in st. Paul at last
night. The Manitoba road moved them
with remarkable dispatch. the run from
Mora to st. Paul being made at rate Of
over forty-two miles an hour.