Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-12-08
IFETITION.


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Uncle Sam IS Keep
His Prornise
They Want IS Stay 4 Mills
Lacs, and Have the White
settlers Depart. IS
Following Ii a copy 81 a petition
and Il win explain Itself fully.
10 THE HONORABLE SENATE AM
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. TIL
UNITED STATES or AMERICA:
We, the undersigned, chiefs and
braves Of the Mile Lac bands O
Chippewa Indians, residing upon til.
Mile Lac Indian reservation in ths
State of:Minnesota having been duly
authorized and delegated by on
several bands to proceed to Little
Falls IL this state for the purpose
of invoking the aid Of white brethren
in that.city to assist us In fornnlat:
ing q petition for our nine hundred
Indians against the passage Of the
senate resolutions, numbered eigh.
teen, entitled an act for the relief 81
the set tiers upon the Mile Lac Ieser.
walton. The purpose and design ii
the said resolution being to extin.
guish our legal right to the reserya.
tlon, and rob us Of our homes. After
due deliberatinn with our friends.
who have advised that the spirit ii
peace and friendship shall prevail in
the settlement OF the difficulties
which surround the questions in
yolved in the Mile Lac reservation,
we do hereby earnestly and strongly
protest against the passage of the
said resolution and we urge for your
consideration and as reasons why
you should not pass said resolution,
the following facts, to-wit: .ss
FIRST. That we, Chippewa In
dians Of Mile Lac, have always been
friendly towards the whites and by
our firm position taken in 1862
against the uprising OF other Chip
pewa Indians of the State Of Mime
tota, preventative fearful massacre
Of the whites in northern Minnesota
at that time.
Sec. That on account of our firm
and constant devotion to the cause
,ifathe whites and offering our SER
vices to the Government in case any
portion Of the Chippewas OF Mime
sofa should join the Sioux in their
war Of that year against the whites.
the Mile Lac Indians were guaran-
teed the right, by treaty stipulation,
in 1868, to occupy the Mile Laos res
ervation for an unlimited length of
time. Z
THIRD. That the Chippewa com
mission which negotiated with us,
the Mile Lac Indians. under the acts
of January 1. 1889, entitled an actor
the relief and civilization Of the Chip
pewa Indians in the state of Mime
sofa. They agreed to establish a
sub-agency at Mile Lac, establish a
school and give them allotments OF
land that would include all of the
farm lands of the reservation. (See
the Chippewa Commission report,
approved March 4. 1890, by the presi.
dent, :zEs> = -.
+. FOURTH. 1t was: distinctly under.
stood that the Mile Lac Indians
would receive annuitiess under the
provisions of the act of Jan. Il, 1889,
on the Mile Lac reservation, where
they now reside. " X. =
:. FIFTH. The Mile Lac Indians in
sist that the act of Jan. Ia, 1889, shall
be fulfilled as interpreted to them by
the Chippewa. commission. which
negotiated 1t for them.
SIXTH: The Hon. HIM. Rice and
Dr.J. B.. Whiting, members of the
commission referred to, at the in
stance of chief Wah-nawaw-cO-ig
and with uplifted hands, invoked the
great Spirit to bear witness to the
truth of their statements that al
that they promised should be full
filed by the government. ....--.
The annulties due to us Mile Lac
Indians under the act OF Jan. IA
1889, have been withheld from Ut
with view to coerce us in removing
to White Earth. On account of oul
being too poor, not having received
the annuities due, we are unable tt
send representatives to Washington
to protest against the great wrOni
which the so-called Washburn reso
luton would inflict upon us, if i
should become a law. In view Q
the foregoing facts. we, the under
signed representa- tives of, and know
ing that we express tile wishes of al
of the Chippewa Indians residing
upon or belonging upon the Mill
Lac reservation, hereby petitioner
lgress to take such action as will II
sure complete and impartial invet
tigation of all matters connecte
with the Mile Lac reservation, an
to the end that our legal rights ma
be protected. We ask that we ma
be allowed to have counsel and tina
such council may be selected by ou1
selves. .-e.fs
CHIEF WAH-wE-wAY-CONIG
CHIEF MO-Zo-MAN-AY, !.
CHIEF NAY-GwoN-AY-BE, No. i.
CHIEF NAY-GwAN-AY-BE No, 2.
BRAVE GAY-4wAY-Do-sAY,
BRAVE A1N-DUs-O-KEsHEG,
BRAVE SHA-GO-BAY, Is. J.
BRAKE Go-KEE.
WITNESS:
AMAZON CLARK, /.
: LEON HoUDE.
GIysT II. REAuLIEII.