The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
A. F. Morton

palgn without delay. Cold weather is
coming and it is hoped that the whole
matter can be completed before winter
reaches Its extreme severity. That.
! however, is only a detail The one
point which has been decided upon Is
that the Indians are to be thrashed.
and so thoroughly so that the mistaken
IDEA that they are a match for the gen
eral government will never again enter
their heads. The Twelfth and Four
teenth Minnesota are to come here to
do the job, and they are expected 10
stay until it is accomplished.
The center of immediate interest was
today transferred from Walker 70 the
agency. AS the bell tolled for the fu-
neral of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -Tung. the
Indian policeman shot by the soldiers
at Bear island on Wednesday, at II 80
o'clock this morning. and the sound
was waited from the church steeple,
200 troops disembarked from the trans
ports at Leech Lake Indian reservation.
The troops were in command Of Col.
Harbach and have rations for eighteen
days.
Gen. Bacon preceded the detachment
by half an hour and Indian Agent
sutherland was that length ahead Of
the commander Of the expedition
Agent Sutherland was met at the
wharf by Father Aloysius and a small
crowd of Indians. Mr.. Sutherland sent
letter by Gay-Gway-Ch -Bing-WinE
to Falmouth, the head chief OF the
Chippewas, requesting the chief to at
tend conference TO be held this after
noon.
Father Aloyosius, who has been a
missionary at White Earth. Cass and
Leech Lake reservations thirty years.
Is OF the opinion that quite a large
number of Bear Island Indians will go
on the war path and fight the soldiers
or any one else. They will, he thinks.
be Joined by dissatisfied bucks from
other tribes.
INDIANS ARRIVING.
Twenty-seven canoes. bringing 1Sn
men, women and children from Rear
Island, arrived at the agensy this morn
Ing, and the Indians are now camped
six miles east. These are the peace
party from the Bear Island tribe. The
hostile members of the tribe, estimated
at from so to 10O with headquarters on
Bear Island, are about one mile from
the scene OF Wednesdays fight.
Marshal O'Connor and Deputies
George Henry and Ed Warren accom-
panied the troops to the reservation.
AS announced in these dispatches yes
terday, four Of the Indians wanted by
the marshal were to surrender. but
none OF the quartette had given them
selves up at o'clock. One of the most
In q Ant Ind 49,
that the troops would have no trouble
as long as they remained on the agency
grounds. AS soon as they leave the
district, he asserts, fighting will be re-
sumed, as the Bear Island band claims
to have whipped the troops once and
believe they can do it again.
The funeral OF the Indian policeman
today was attended by four soldiers
with an escort. Services were held by
Rev. Charles Wright, son of Chief
White Cloud, now ordained as an Epis-
cCpal minister. The coffin was draped
with American flags. The pallbearers
were the Indian chief Of police, Martin,
and five other Indian policemen.
Gen. Bacon will have headquarters
at Walker. and fifty flour men of Com
pany e are detailed to remain here as
a guard for the town. The soldiers are
camped on a strip OF land to the east
of the depot, in tents.
w. S. Fields, of the Indian bureau at
Washington. telegraphed to Gus Beau
ieau today that he Is on his way, and
a conference will be held Tuesday be-
tween the commissioner from the IN
dian bureau and the leaders OF the