Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-15
SPEECH OF AN INDIAN
Made 10 Behalf Of Blackjack Before
ths State Board Of PaTdOns.
WAS nor AFTER MS MILEAGE.
nd voi Relish ltp a'ed Attn 'auc, on
ihi 9oirl Meetings ai1 Wanted
Immediate Action Taken.


The board OF parious met this morn.
ing 10 consider psiitions for amnesty In
cases Of persons incarcerated In the
Slate prison. No action was taken IN
any Of the cases, nil Of them going
over ill the mex, meeting. Appllea.
ticns iot pardon were up for oonsideri.
tod as follows;
George W. Nilson, assault with In.
tent u oomit RAPE; william p. Llnd,
burglary, James a. Reed, assault with
Intent to commit murder; Edward
DALEY, houiebreaking; Elizabeth Metz,
for being prooufess; Albert Kern, rob.
berry; Thomas Stfinghsm, grand lar
ccnJ; Maurice a. Provost, burglary;
Goluio Brown, burglary.
AZ INDIAN ATTORNEY.
A second application for pardon In
hohsli OF Blaokhawk, who In 1894
killed HE grandmother on the Ulntah
reservation while he was under thu Ia.
iluonce Of liquor, was received and
died for fe.advurlising and 70 come up
for consideration at the next meet.
ing.
Andrew Hunkup, an Indian who IL
able to talk fair English, Blaekhawk'J
brother aud his two nephewt, were
present Of the meeting Of the board
anu were informed VI the action OF the
mto,ing, and hunkup was told 10 come
again Ia i've woets.
Chief ygstlco Zane was delegated 10
iuiofm Hunhup, who pleaded Black
hawks CASE, that no was TO return Ia
tho apeeltu1 tins nnd TO come alone
and "not bring" ~ the governor Put
10, "iho whole tfibu wish him." Judge
Zane performed his task wonderfully
well but the Indian "aiturney" was
not satisfied Beginning IN about thr
key Of T. Hat minor Hunkup cem.
muncrd an uitqurnt appeal Tor tho in.
priasnud Blackuawk. His speech did
loi vary "a sixteenth OF "a tone, 20 fac
20 iuiouati0u wHe concerned, nuu
punctuation was out Of the question.
Said a ndrew Huuhup when Informed
Of tbs uoafd's actiot;
"Um.tu.m.m.ui.m, whnps the
matter comu here every month every
week 10 this Bait Lake City aud 1
nothing get want % take my
tr0iher BlAckhawt away with me aud
must come agAln 1 rpUni seventy.
i've dollars ul George Waehipgion
money ana MAKE petition 20 MeAt
governor aud / get nJthing anu Iretly
soon a new governor cemB young
boy aud ho viii give me my brother
BlackhawE 10 take away 1 want 1t
now 70 take him homs | live long
way from here two hundred miles ten
cents mile and come again aud you
tell mo 10 cone ngain And | get moth.
Ing from this Salt Lake CITY want 10
tako him back now tha man didu't do
II whiskUy kill the squaw not the
man"
Hunkup'a reference 10 "len cents n
mile' provoked tmile and indicated
that toe Indians political education
had been under tbs tutofship Of the
modern oiilre holder. IL was not until
gtairs had Ueen luther explained auu
Governor Wells piomifei 10 consider
tho matter at the mex, meeting that
Huukup was satisfied; but he lett
promising 70 come again and alone,
afler counting on his rngcls aud ask.
ing hts uxeellency for ST. with which
" ray railroad fare aud tor the return
Of that SO "GeDige Washington
money" Inc governor told him to
seek lhe change where ho hal lett II,
anu the red men departed.
The next meeting oil tho board will
be held on the third Saturday In Sep
TENDER. There were present today
Governor Wells, Chiei Justice Zane,
Attorney General Bishop ami his
clerk, e. $. Hills. Judge Miner was
absent, having gone 10 California.