Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15
SPEECH OF AN INDIAN
Made 10 Behalf Of BlackhaEk Before
The State Board Of PaTdOns.
WAS nor AFTER MS MILEAGE.
DID Noi Relish itp a',d Atm 'anr' Oh
ihi NOIrl Meetings al1 Wanted
Immediate Action Taken.

The board Of parions met this morn.
ing 10 ognsider paiitions Tor amnesty In
cases Of persous incatosrated In the
Slate prison. No action was taken In
any OF the cases, all Of them going
over ill tho next meeting. Appllea.
iioas !or pardon were up Tor conaidorl.
Tod as toll1wt.
George W. Nilson, assault with In.
ten! 10 CONT rapS; William Z. Llnd !,
turglaryi Jamss A. e ed, assault with
Intent to commit murder; Edward
DALEY, nouaoOfsasing; Elizabeth Metz,
for being a pfocuScss; ALDER. Kern, rob.
berry; Thomas strngham, grand lar.
couJ; Maurice a. Provost, burglary;
Goldle Brown, burglary.
AZ INDIAN ATTORSuy.
a second application for pardon In
hohali Of BhcEhawE. who In 1894
killed hie grandmother ON the Uintah
rcssfviti0n while no was under tbs Ia.
il1unce OF liquor wss received and
illed for re.advcrlising anu 10 come up
Tor consideration at thu next meet.
ing.
Andrew Hunkup, an lndiaa who Ia
able to talk fair Engllsh, Biackhnwk'I
brother aud his two uephows, wrrc
present at the meeting oi the bosrI
anu were iuigfmoi oi tbs action OF the
mto.ing, ana hunkup was told 10 come
arAiu Ia live wori,s.
Chitf yusucu Zane was delegated 10
iuiotm Huukur, VINO pleaded Black.
hawks uaar, that no was 90 return ia
the spccinUI tins gud 10 come alone
aud "not bring" % the governor Put
%, "iho whole tflbn wlih hlm.N Judge
HAnu performed his task wonderfully
well hut the Indian "nltDruoy" was
not sntiehrt Beginning ~ shout tu-
key Oi J. ia, minor lultup Ccm.
tnrnctd an uitqurnt appeal i0f the im
priu5nud BlackuaWk. His speech diu
Iui vary "a siNtrrhth o. tone, 10 lac
no iniouatiuu was concerned, anu
puuciult.Ou was out Of the question.
Said Andrew Huugnp when Informed
OF tbs uoatis actioti
"Um.m.m.m.m.m what's the
matter couIu here every month every
wtekt1 ibis Bait Like CITY and /
nothing get / want g. take my
broiher Blackhawk away with me nud
] must COME agAln 1 cprni seventy.
Z i've dollars uf Gc3fgb Warrington
money and MAKE petition 10 MCbt
governor ana l got nJthing an1 Trotly
coon new governor cUmB q young
BOY aud no viii give me my brother
BlacAhawk 10 take away 1 want 10
now 10 take him home 1 live u long
way from here Two hundred miles ten
conto mile anu come again aud you
toll mo 10 c0nin again anu | get moth.
Ing from this Salt Lake CITY / want ~
tako him back now thu man ditL't do
u whiskCy kill the tquaw not the
man"
Huukup'a reference 10 "jen cents a
mlle' provoked "A tmiiU aud indicated
TINT tho lulian's political education
had been under tbs tut0tship VI the
modern uilcp holder, IL was not until
HHairs bad Teen further explained auu
Governor VOLS p,omiJUi 20 consider
tho matter at the next meeting that
Huukup was satisfied; but ho lett
promising 20 some again and alone,
amer counting on his fingers aud a,k.
ing hia uXcelieucy for 81 with which
~ ray raiifogl fare auu Tor tho return
Of that $40 "Ge1ige Washington
money" Ihe governor tgid him to
seek ms change where ho hal lett II,
ana the red men departed,
The next meeting OF the board Will
be- held On the third Saturday In Sep.
tomber. There were Present today
Governor Wells, Chiei Justice Zane,
Attorney General Bishop ami his
clerk, &. $. Hills. Judge Miner was
absent, having gone 10 California.