The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-23
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IT'S A VERY FUNNY BILL
Such Is The Opinion Of Some MiSSOHla
People.
NAMES THE WRONG MEN
In the Matter of the Reward for the
Capture OF Pierre Paul and
La-La-See. the Indian
Outlaws.
NAMES THE WRONG MEN

MIssoULA. Feb. - There is n bill be-
fore the legislature which has escaped
general notice but which is, nevertheless,
of considerable local interest. In
substance il appropriates $1,000 for re-
ward for tho capture of the Indian OUT
laws, Pierre Paul and La-La-See, who
were hung in Missoula under Sheriff
Houston's administration for murder.
The persons named in the bill as the bene-
ficiaries of the appropriation are well
known residents OF the Flathead country.
who took an active part in the pursuit of
the outlawed Indians, but who had no
part in their capture. The history of the
seizure of these deperate Indians is a
familiar one to Missoula people aud it Is
a matter OF surprise here that the men
named in the bill an question should claim
the honor of the capture.
La-La-See was brought to Missoula and
turned over to Sheriff Houston by Duncan
Mcdonald, the well known halfbreed
merchant and ranchman of the reserva-
ton. The Indian renegade came TO Nc
Donald's place voluntarily and suTren-
dercd himself. lie said: II am tired of
being pursued. / have hidden from my
people and from the white men. ] have
been hunted like a rat. Take me-" Nc
Donald brought him to Missoula alone
and on horseback and without pomp or
ceremony gave HIM INTO the custody of
Sheriff Houston. That was all there was
to tho capture of La-La-Sec. McDon-
AIDS is whatever honor attached to 1t.
Nobody else had any hand in il and but
few knew that he had been taken until he
had been placed in the county Jail.
Pierre Pau's capture was different
matter. He eluded the officers for a long
time, but was at length discovered by two
Indians, Chief of Indian Police Pierre
Catullayeuh and Anto ne Morrijcau, who
came upon HIM III n secluded spot OH the
reservation and d .sarmed and bound him
at the muzzle of a Winchester. After
they had taken him prisoner he was
turned over to the posse from the upper
Flathead, among whom were some of the
men named in the bill as entitled to tae
reward offered. lilo was brought to Mis-
soula by these men, but the honor of his
capture belongs to the Indian chief of po-
lice and his companion.
The renegades had many friends among
the Indians, and the men who captured
them have been very unpopular ever
since. For that reason they have never
claimed the reward which was offered at
that time, as their people would look upon
IL as DlOOu IuOut1 anu NOulu Dc tllIdpcu
at their acceptance of ii.
Duncan Mcdonald is now in the city
and an attempt has been made by rep
resentative of the would-be recipients of
the reward TO induce him to sign certain
afildavits regarding the capture of the
outlaws. To-day Mcdonald refused to
sign these papers and he says that he will
not at any time do so. There is a very
bitter feeling in the reservation against
some of the men named in the bill in
question, as the Indians claim that these
men shot and killed a defenseless old In
dian during the pursuit of tho renegades,
mistaking him for La-La-See.
1t is not known here what strength the
bill has in the legislature, but it seems
unjust and unreasonable that tho reward
should go to men who are in no way ell
titled TO it. The above account of the
capture of Pierre Paul and La-La-See was
given 10 a STANDARD reporter by a man
who is familiar with the occurrence and
who vouches for its truth.