Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-12
REDS ROUNDED UP.
AGENT FULLERTON CATCHES IN
DAMS KILLING GAME.
several Hundred Pounds OF venison
u seisel--After Much Mancuvcr-
81 inE the Redskins Make Their
Eacape, as Mr., Fallerton De.lred
deputy Wnrlcps Arc After n
Mig Bnnd of Gan.e slaughtcrcrs.

st. Paul, Dec. S.-Agent Fullerton.
OF the state game and tish commission,
arrived iii st. Paul to-day from Park
Game Warden Stevens OF Detroit, he
was successful in breaking up the
alleged killing of deer by the Lcech
Lac reservation Indians.
Agent Fullerton arrested four OF the
Indians and seized 300 pounds OF yeni-
son and three saddles of moose meat.
The cache was found by the game
wardens In q heavy thicket near Lake
George in Hubbard county, just east
of ltasca Park. TO get to the locality,
the game Wardens were compelled to
cut Il road eight miles through the
underbrush, being assisted in this
work by q dozen settlers, who We're
anxious to see the poachers punished.
The Indians, Mr.. Fullerton learned,
had contracted to sell the venison at
five cents pound for shipment East.
The venison was found hanging on
trees and was frozen hard. The In
dians arrested had been left to watch
the cacEe by the main body of hunt
ers, who number dozen or more
braves. They were surprised and cap
tured at the point of Winchesters in
the hands of Fullerton, his assistant,
Warden Stevens and the settlers. The
Indians We're armed with heavy re-
peating rifles. but made no attempt
to use their guns, which We're confis-
Gated by Agent Fullerton
Permitted to Escape.
AS Mr.. Fullerton could gain nothing
in the way of fines from the Indians
and their punishment by keeping
them in Jail would cost Hubbard coun-
ty considerable sum, he decided to
allow them to escape. This feature
of the adventure, Mr. Fullerton SAYS,
was very amusing.
The Indians We're loaded into a
wagon along with the contiscated
venison. and the procession started
for the nearest settlement On the
way the Indians, who had already
planned an escape. informed Mr.. Full
lerton that they We're cold and wanted
to walk to get warm. Mr.. Fullerton
understood that they We're employing
this plea as a means of ecape, but,
not appearing to see through the plan.
he allowed the four braves to alight
and walk. They trudged along be-
hind the wagon for q short distance
and finally Mr.. Fullerton observed one
of them falling to the rear. He APP
peared to pay no attention to the man
euvers Of the red men and maintained
a discreet silence when the tagging
red-skin suddenly shot out of the road
into the thicket.
Soon another brave dropped out of
the procession, and at a turn in the
road the two remaining Indians made
plunge into the brush. Mr.. Fuller
ton, to scare them fired q couple shots
from his Winchester over the tops Of
the trees, whereat, he says, the In
dlans increased their speed crashing
through the thicket like wounded
deers in full fight from the hounds.
and he says if they hadn't reached
the reservation they are running vet.
so badly did they appear to be fright
ened.
The lesson. Mr.. Fullerton believes.
Will be a good one for the Indians.
who, it seems, have annually made
q raid on deer, elk and moose of the
northern counties, slaughtering the
game unfortunately and selling the
meat and hides. Deputy Warden
Stevens is still in the districtI,ftcr the
main hunting party and expects to
make another large seizure of meat
and probably more arrests in the
course of two or three days.