St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-18
THINKS 1T A SCHEME.
White Settlers Want the Indians
Moved Off the Reservation.


Moved Off the Reservation.
Deputy United States Marshal Gus
Beauleau, a quarter blood Chippewa, and
a man who knows nearly every Indian
in the Mile Lac reservation personally,
spoke as follows last night with regard
to the petition and reports from Mile
Lac, IN conversation with a GLOBE re-
porter: "The reports that come from
Mile Lac reservation that the Indians
are threatening the white settlers in the
vicinity of and upon that reservation |
believe to be untrue. [ base my belief
upon my knowledge of the character of
those Indians. | have been intimately
acquainted with the chiefs of the band
since | was a boy. and know that their
friendship towards the whites cannot
be questioned. They have given
ample evidenc of this. In 1862. during
the Sioux massacre, the celebrated
Chippewa chief. HOle-in-the-day, en-
deaYOred to incite the Chippewas of
this state to take up arms and join the
Sioux in their war against the whites.
The reply of the Mile Laos Indians to
HOle-in-the-day' messages was that if
he took up arms against the whites
the former would joi Il the United States
troops and fight their own people. if
necessary. On account of the firm
stand that the Mile Laos took in oppO-
sitiOn to HOle-in-the-day's plans. the
latter abandoned his intention of NOV
ing against the whites. The following
wear treaty was made with the Chip
peWas of this state, and on account of
the friendiness that the Mile Laos had
displayed on the occasion referred to,
a stipulation of the treaty allowed them
to remain upon their reservation during
good behavior.
The Last Treaty Made
by the Chippewa commission also gives
them the right to select allOtments upon
the reservations occupied by them at
present. If this clause had not existed
in the so-called Nelson bill under which
the treaty was made, the consent Of the
ChippewaS to ceSsion OF any OF their
reservations could not have been OBJ
tanned.
The Mile Laos have Just cause for
complaining of their treatment by the
representatives Of the government. who
| in the past have negotiated with them.
| In 1868 they were deceived regarding
| the provisions of the treaty made that
| wear, and it is only within half dozen
wears that they could be convinced that
| their funds had been included in the
cession of 1868. The provisions of the
| last treaty was also mIscOnstrued by the
! Chippewa commission that negotiated
the so-called Nelson bill.
a clause in that bill,
inserted evidently for the relief of
| settlers who have taken claims on the
| Mile Laos reservation when 1T was
| thrown open to settlement by a deci-
sion Of the secretary of the interior fif-
| teen or twenty years ago, provides that
| ''any SubSiSting or valid homeSteadS or
| prescriptions made upon any reserya-
ton shall be valid under existing rules
| and regulations at the time of their al
lOwance.
The Mile Laos were advised that if
they accepted the provision of the Nell
son bill they legalized all entries made
upon their reservation, and the commits
sion that negotiated the treaty denied
this. Last winter Secretary Mobiles de-
cided that these entries were valid.
Notwithstanding all this the Mile Lac
ChippeWaS will not creaIe any trouble,
and if proper, and not harsh means are
used, within five years there will be no
such band as the Mile Laos Indians, but
they will all be at White Earth, and
will be moved there with their own
consent.
The Settlers at Mile Laos
know of the existence of the treaty
stipulation of 1868, which allows the
Indians TO relh-Hin at Mile Laos during
good behavior only, and reports come
from them periodically regarding the
threatening attitude of the Mile Laos
Indians. | will venture to say that
upon investigation the report from
Mile Laos will be absurd as the one