Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-29
AN "A INDIAN OUTBREAK
TROUBLE MAY OCCUR ONA MINNIE.
sofa RESERVATION.

rhe Chtppewns Are In u Very Savage
Mood and There 10 Possibility
OF an Outbreak-They Threaten to
Cause Trouble. l441
Minneapolis, March 24.--According to
lnformationr eceived late last night there
is probability of an outbreak among
the Indians on the Mile Laos reserva-
ton. The Indians are Chippewas, and
up to this time have always been very.
peaceable, but they are now in veX.,
savage mood, and it may he that thdyt
will take things into their own hands, us
theyh ave threatened to do, and cause
serious trouble. There are no Indian po-
lice on the reservation and no troops
nearer than Fort Smelling, and should
these Chippewas decide on an outbreak
there might be considerable bloodshed
and some two OF three months might
elapse beforet hey could be brought to
terms.
The cause of the present trouble is of
minor Importance, but the real trouble
dates back some three or four years.
During the Indian outbreak of 1862 these
Indians Were among the few red men
who proved faithful to the settlers, and
this was remembered by the government.
When in 1880 treaty was made with
all the Chippewas in the state securing
tot he government the right to NIL the
lands which the Chippewas up to that
time had held, the lands of the other
Chippewas was secured Internationally,
but to these Indians who had offered
their services to the United States in
1862 the right of occupancy of their
fo1merl ands was granted on condition
of continued good behavior, and it is the
apparent failure of the United States to
keep this clause in the treaty which is
at the bottom of the threatened outbreak.
Aftert he passing of this act in 1889 the
Indians were told that they could take
allotments of lands separately and in
severalty ont he Mile Laos reservation,
and that they might do this Secretary of
the Interior Noble withdrew the land
from entry from settlement. After, how
ever, many of the Indians had taken land
end built houses, Secretary Noble re-
versed his decision and the land was
thrown open to white settlement and q
large number of whites rushed in and
secured. possession of large quantities of
the land which had been settled by the
Indians. The Indians at this were great
ly enraged that the faith with them
should be broken in such manner, but
friends advised them to keep quiet and
seek redress by peaceable means. A
short time ago they decided to go to
some sugar-bushes formerly owned by
them, but now on settlers land, and es-
tablish sugar camp, and this they did
with the result that they were driven off
the land, their troughs and some of their
utensils destroyed, and some of their
numbera rrested. This destruction of
their property and arrest Of one Of them
had up to the time word was received
from the reservation almost brought OH
an outbreak. Word of the trouble was
first brought to Minneapolis yesterday by
United States Deputy Marshal H. s..
Tellman of Mora, Kanabec county, and
later u letter was received by Deputy
Marshal Gus III. Beaulieu confirming the
news as it had been brought by Deputy
Tellman. The letter to Mr.. Beaulieu was
from one of thee hief men of the Chip
pewas, and said that the Indians would
take things into their own hands. Trouble
nay occur at any moment.