The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-09
THE INDIAN TROUBLE.

When we, white men, have been COM
PEELED to start new party-the Peo-
pies Farty-to protect ourselves from
the rapacity of our fellow white men, is
it to be- wondered at that, like sharks,
they devour the poor, ignorant red man.
Special to The Journal
WALKER, Mimi, Oct. 13-The following
is Chief Gay-Me- Won-Aush's speech in the
council with Father Aloysius and Beaulieu
in the reply to their pleas that the Indians
submit to the authority of the government
and obey it's laws:
My Friends: Troubles regarding war
rants that are now in the hands of the
marshals are not the only reasons that
have caused the Pillagers to take up arms,
but we are fighting to protect our tribal
as well as individual rights. said at the
council with the Indian agent during the
payment recently made, that our pine lands
were being cleared of timber without any
benefit accruing to us. We appealed in
vain to the government to correct existing
evils MayDwa-W Mind has been to
Washington representative four
times to try and get our matters straight
ened, and l have been there twice for the
same purpose, but we have accomplished
nothing.
"It was because there was nothing but
darkness before our eyes that we have
caused our names to be black 1 am sorry
that our hands bloody. The whites
and some Of the half-breeds are doing our
children great III justice. They are taking
from them their pine lands without paying
any money for them. Black Gown (priesD,
[ should be glad If words you have spoken
tonight would come true, and that you
will fulfill your promises to help US in our
troubles. Unfulf!led promises are the caus,
of all our troubles, for if the whites had
told the truth, there would have been no
chance for this trouble to happen
May-Dwa-W eNiind spoke as follows:
1.-THE Pillager Chippewas told their agent
in council during the payment last month
that they were opposed to the numbering
operations of some halfbreeds from other
reservations. In that council, we said that
we would confiScate the log outfits of any
one who attempted to cut our pine timber
next winter, and if he got angry we would
also get angry. You addressing Beaulieu)
acted as interpreter at the council and you
probably remember what was said to the
agent. Not one word was said about fight
ing the whites but I said on behalf of the
Pilagers that we intended to ignore treaties
with the government, because 1t did not
fulfill them and that we would consider
the Rice lake treaty void. I also said that
hereafter we would ignore the United S ates
laws The reason I said this, was because
some Of our young men had been killed
by the whites in the past, and the MUIR
derers were not even prosecuted for their
crime For that reason we did not intend
to obey the laws
"The reason blood has been spilled was
for trifling matter; I mean whisky
troubles that have been stirred I'D ry
United States deputy marshals in order to
make little money. We want the great
father to investigate these men. If this is
done we will lay down our arms. Bug-Ah-
Ma-Ge-Shig is an old man and his name and
mine should be scratched from the war
rants. William BOnga and Nay-Tow-A
KeShig were the first ones who talked about
war and brought the soldiers here Ed
Warren is the principal man who has
caused the trouble. He arrests us and
takes from our reservation upon the
most trivial reports. We do not want to see
Warren on this reservation again, for it
will cause more trouble
A volume as big as the Congress
sional Record would not contain a full
report of the robberies of pine practiced
by white men on the people of Min
nesota
Steal! Why, if they could find a pock-
ct big enough to hold it they would
walk off with the continent.
Steal! Why these marauderers have
all descended from the Williams who
followed William of Normandy into
England, and who have desolated every
region of country they ever occupied.
Ireland, India, Egypt and America-have
taken possession of our frontiers and
robbed the Indians of everything Of
value they possessed.
Thanks to Indian Commissioner Jones
for his manly course. Id.