St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-05

tnOI1tleS at w dSllnStOn OIL the COIul-
ton of affairs here as stated above.
He will remain here with his posse
awaiting instructions.
ANOTHER RETREAT.
available to the Indians, and in which
they would be practically i'm
pregnable, is in the timber on this
side of the line and in the Turtle
mountains, within mile of the viii
Iage on the west. Here the Indians
would be perfectly at home, as they
are familiar with every foot of the
ground, and the deputies and whites
would be at their mercy if they VEN
tured to capture them. The position
of the village at present is practical
ly safe if we'll guarded, as it is sur
rounded with thousands of cords of
wood piled in long solid rows on al
most every side, the only unpro-
tected place being towards the open
country With the deputies away,
however, and the stores of ammuni-
ton in the village depleted by the
raids of the breeds, the whites would
be at the latter's mercy.
The piles of cordwood, While afford
ing possibilities of defense, represent,
in a large measure, the primary
cause Of the present difficulty. The
breeds who are under Indictment and
resisting arrest are charged with cut
ting wood without permit. Their eX-
cuse lies in the claim advanced by
their leaders that the land is their
own, as the government has not made
final settlement for their claim now
pending against the Indians on the
reservation. AS far as they are con-
cerned the government recognizes the
validity of that claim.
The reservation Indians, however,
who are under treaty with the gov
ernment, are
MAKING NO TROUBLE,
with the exception of a very few.
The trouble arises from the Canadian
breeds, who make their claim under
cover of Little Shells recognition OF
them as his children. Little Shell,
who is hereditary chief of the reser-
stubborn chief, and refuses to recog-
niZe the validity or significance or
the international boundary line. He
claims that his rights to this whole
Northwestern country have never
been relinquished, and that until his
claims are settled no division within
his domain can be established. The
10 lfpoy1
breeds by the United States govern
ment is the privilege granted to any
alien to become a citizen by taking
out naturalization papers and then
to make filings and secure lands on
the terms open to any citizen. Those
of their number VINO have done this
have become a burden to ROllette
county, all of them refusing to pay
taxes, preferring to make loans on
mortgages and let the land go when
just past redemption. The county is
now short large sums of money due
as taxes in this manner. The ma
iority of the breeds have not become
citizens. These squat on the land,
and by intimidation and the destruc-
ton of property drive off bona fide
settlers.
even after the latter have made final
proofs of claims. This practice has
been carried on for years, the breeds
repeatedly asserting their claim as
prior to that of the government. A
commission of United States agents
three years ago spent three months on
the Turtle Mountain reservation, in
vestigating the rights of each appli-
cant for treaty privileges, inquiring
as to place of birth, and life residence
of each. They made then an enroll
ment of those entitled to participate
in the receipts from any claims due
the tribe or its members from this en-
rollment. Nearly all of those now op-
posing the United States authorities
were excluded, and they are there
fore aliens on American soil, defying
American law and jeopardizing the
lives and disputing the property
rights of settlers who hold land patents
from the United States government.
A breed who was present at this
mornings conference between Maj.
Hall and Red Thunder reports that the
breeds in Langan's camp refused to
yield the indicted men to the marshal
because they believe that the latter
is without the authority of the federal
government. They say they will act
only in obedience to federal troops or
to messages from Attorney General
Olney. They are in frequent commun-
ication with ]. B. Bottineau, their at
torney at Washington, who is half
breed and recognized as a member of
their tribe. He wired them yesterday
that reply to their messages through
him to Olney would be found forth
coming very soon.
The deputies here, however, believe
that such advices only mislead the
breeds, and will result in delay with
out accomplishing any settlement The
attitude of the breeds toward the mar
shals is parallel to their treatment of
local or county authority, to whom
they seldom yield themselves under
process of law, and who can collect no
taxes or judgment against them.
The Turtle mountains are almost i'm
penetrable thickets and badly broken
ground. The Indians figure on being
able to retreat there, in which case a
regiment could not round them up in
month. Game is plenty, and berries
will soon be ripe. Citizens wonder
that Gov. Allin has not taken action.
when a couple of hundred armed men
are intrenched within two miles of
town, and stores are raided by armed
bodies and guns and flour taken and
settlers houses burned.
Wants n Light Sentence.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, May 4.-Ex-
City Treasurer Greene is still trying to
raise money to reimburse the city. All
that young McMaster expects is to