The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-12-12
REPS ROUNDED UP.
AGENT FULLERTON CATCHES IN
DAMS KILLING GAVE.
Several Hundred Pounds of VcnisOn
Is seiyed-After Much
ing the Redskins Make Their
Escape, as Mr.. Fullerton Desired
Deputy Wardens Are After q
Big Band of Game Slaughtcrcrs.

st. Eau Dec. S.-ASent EullertOI.
Of the state game and fish commission,
arrived in st. Paul to-day from Park
Rapids, where, assisted 10y Deputy
Game Warden Stevens of Detroit, he
was successful in breaking up the
alleged killing Of deer by the Leech
Lac reservation Indians.
Agent Fullerton arrested four OF the
Indians and seized 800 pounds of venl-
son and three saddles of moose meat.
The cache was found by the game
wardens in a 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 a road eight miles through the
undcrbTuSh, being assisted in this
work by a dozen settlers, who were
anxious to see the pOaCherS punished.
The Indians, Mr.. Fullerton learned,
had contracted to sell the veniSOn at
five cents a pound for shipment East.
The V~cniSOn was found hanging on
trees and was frozen hard. The In
dams arrested had been left to watch
the cache by the main body of hunt
erS. who number a dozen or more
braves. They were surprised and cap
turcd at the point of Winchesters in
the hands of Fullerton, his assistant.
Warden Stevens and The settlers. The
Indians were armed with heavy re-
peating rifles, but made no attempt
to use their guns. which were cOnliS-
Gated by Agent Fullerton.
Permitted to Escape.
As Mr.. Fullerton could gain nothing
in Ia" way Of fines from the Indians
a,l tlnir tttnighn#ant NV Ennninr
them in jail would cost Hubbard cOun-
ty a considerable sum, he decided to
allow them TO escape. This feature
of the adventure, Mr.. Fullerton says,
was very amusing.
The Indians were loaded into n
wagon along with the confScated
yenison, 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 were cold and wanted
to walk to get warm. Mr.. Fullerton
understood that they were employing
this plea as Il means of cCapc, 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 n short distance
and finally Mr.. Fullerton observed one
Of them falling to the rear. He ap,
pearCd 10 pay no attention to the man,
euNcrS OF the red men and maintained
n discreet silence when the tagging
red-Skin suddenly shot out of the road
into he thicket.
Soon another brave dropped out OF
the procession. ard at a turn in the
read the two remaining Indians made
a plunge into the brush. Mr.. Fuller
ton, to scare them fired a couple shots
from his Winchester over the tops Of
the trees, whCrcat. he says. the In.
dams increased their speed crashing
through the thicket like wounded
dcPrS in fun night from the hounds
ard he says if thpy hadn't reached
the reservation they are running yet
50 badly did they appear to be fright
cnCd.
The lesson. MFR. Fullerton believes
VIII hp a good one for the Indians
who. it seems. have annually mace
a raid on deer. elk and moose of the
northern counties. Slaughtering the
gan" indiScriminatcly and selling The
meat and hides. Deputy Warder
Stevens is still in the district after the
main hunting party and expects t.
make another large seizure Of mea
and probably more arrests in the
course Of two or three days.