Telegram-herald., 1889-06-15
On THE War PATH.
lx UPRISING OF THE CHlpPEWaS.
IL hs SAID fhes Have Aided N0.4bes -
fsspls @aa sersxs Maa, aea.ss
AisAs Atlis l-.ss l.kx-
1f0ssss Forwarded.
sLAxs AZ 1xn1ASs

sen roas lDto Nora 81 I O'Clock Thursday
aftefnean aL.a EepeEteo sAss Ll.s Cap
l.ess Indians sooAtsd along the south
err b0roer - Aaiss l@es 4aAv LGs
begap tie laaesAofs "a the Whites
he said L4at taad " mrs tscleUs
had descended up0l the hoIaos "a Tie
setIieTs al I1laniEht sna Had sci frs D. tlas
hsases Rnc nTed uPo1 sAe nssiag residents
geAs Aas snses hsEs laleeT, Ess@T nssasss.
snd foaf olAols we're shot dead "a Iaes lea.
a dozen w.fe wounded, aud Il is believed
StAeFs NeIe Allied
Aicheis0l isst the piaas before getting
nlucA iIfoI IGAsJEoH IL order l. ave ths
alarm From Mora hs telsg spllea scs-
srnor Merriam here, lut the lattsE
~as 81 Mlnaom attending meeting
OF tAs GRAND army 81 uhs hepabtie
Irsate SECRETARY hlGou opened TIE
dispatch and for~ al dee u D. TIE SSVerner
The latter wired Colonel bend ef tae first
Regiment u place companies ADa q
under arms IL readiness 10 move II the
Indians are on the reservation they ara
unoer the Jurisdiction NJ the United states
aud the fes alars Will have - sIteno -
them
Al y. N General hugsT issaed orders ~
Tie officers st Port Smelling q send three
companies They vii leave ~ Paul
al a. an The Ohippews Indians
number 2,3to aud are located aT0snd
The shores II Mile Laos laAe ia
Mile Laos County They have taken part
In many upIiSings against Tie whites.
and constantly manifest kostiie attitude,
AID their action causes no surprise II
they are not checked at once u il certain
many lives Viii be lost
The reds have bee gathering al Lonamis
for ten days, and held the annual war
dance there Tuesdsy evening They Tad
secured q large quantity of liquor some
where. aud were ugly and threatened 10
get even with the wbitos Tor tsnoied IL
juries The settlers are constantly en-
cToaching ON their domain 30 they claim,
occupying their best lands, picking their
berries, aud incumberiag them by TIE
building Of fences anc dams
Reports from Miiaoa Junction sno Artkia
cav the settlers have lett their homes ga
masse and are nering southwark com
pany OF home rangers WAS organized at
Mora during the afternoon, ana they VII
leave for Mile Laos on horseback Al once.
armed with rifles and shot-guns
special train bearing three companies
of United states troops and half . Cozsn
reporters representing 81 Paul aud Min
neapolis papers left Port Smelling ~ l2.s5
a IN for Milaca Junction whence they VIII
march across country forty mics 10 tls
scene OF the massacre
The Chippewa Commission il here pre-
pairing To leave Tor Mile Lace IN fce days
Bishop Marty one Of the members said
This affair is terrible one. and from WhAt
know OF Indian nature fear that many
lives viii be lost The trouble cas- not have
resulted from any widespread conspiracy
cation Ia cause the fuAssacl
Or. Whittier. another member, said tho
commission had heard of discomfort aud un-
rest among the Cmppewas They bad been
much wrought up sevefHi timcs during tbs
vcsr owing 10 encroaChneute bY tie bites
aud lac thought they had become 80 EN-
ragged at their dance aud po~-wow
that they lad planned their awful micnlght
massacre.
II Nj Rice. Of st Paul. the other member
OF the commission and one OF The best
posted men In the Northwest GA the affairs
aud history OF Minnesota Indians had heard
but vague rumors az the massacre ''Jhe
situation between the Government and
the Mile Lacs Indians be ssic. has been
critical one for years and tue al
fairs OF the Indians have been in an
unsettled state Difficulties have repeat
tween the Government aud the Indians re-
garding their night 10 the ownership Of The
land which they occupy They are IA
wretched condition and much demoraliHed
Whisky IL 10 be had al around them and 10
| accessible a many points Oh the border of
the reservation
II this Information 10 correct the trouble
| Is no doubt directly attributable 70 a
| drunken spree The Mile Laos have not
| been a bad people. During the Sioux out
| break in ~ some of the ChippeWaf from
| the Upper Mississippi. with Hole -in-the-
| Day at their head were anxious 80 join
| the Sioux and make war on
the whites They sent messages 60 tho
| Mile Lacs and asked them 10 60 with them
| and Join the sioux tribes They were true
| 60 tie Government however shunniug their
own brethren and rendering their services
O. the state 10 defend the whites They
were 20 LOYAL al that time that the state and
Government could not have been too CRATE
ful IN their expressions ~ tlarEulness
| Some Of tie Mile Lace young men siso
enlisted IN the war OF the rebellion. but FOR
the last ten oT fifteen years through fear -
| losing their property they have been IN
settled and badly dernor.lized The valu-
| able pine Isnds have been too tempting and
the whites have been constantly eDcr0aob-
ing upon their domain.
| Mr. Pice states tnat tbs Mile Lacs re-er
walton embracing 81 .geo acrcs Nss st the
time of the last census occupied by 80
| Indians men. women and children They
| sre under the agent a. White Farth which
f. over lOe miles from the reservation
Wacn TIE lndians in $50 ceoes To-
| land n the Government he said tbeF 70
| served the right 10 Tsmuin on - - jons -
| thsvwsre 81 pese. with TIE vhii~s me
| indians claim that II "a their re.effstl"n
and that they should not be de
| possessed White men have ben
| orovdine 10 upon them on eli SIDES
| trvfng u Is-ewrt rainstis pi'is
| iauds and their sncr0schmfuis are uft
| ooubiedlv 81 . measure rssponsihis Tor th'
| outbreak the Indians fearing that sii u'eh
| re=ervaf8on viii be taken 10 pine isHHi
sions tue Bun gfrsT are particularly vniu
ale
vnf yi.ft tlle suitsn-