The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-16
DEPUTIES DENY.

IAO41 VI d pIly SlCIdu.
DEPUTIES DENY.
At the last two councils held by the
Indians, statements were made as to
the actions Of Deputy Marshals Fair
banks and Warren, and they were CIV
en- credit for having caused all the
trouble.
Deputy Marshal B. L. Fairbanks.
seen today, made the following state
ment:
Il have spent my whole life on the
Leech Lake reservation and have been
in business there for twenty years.
Previous to that my father traded with
those Indians for twenty-five years. 1
never knew that I had an enemy among
the Ptllagers or any other Minnesota
indians, and [ feel that some one Is
working among the Pillac ers to hurt me
in some way. What their object is is a
mystery to me. I have helped the
Pinager Indians for years, and when
they were hungry l fed them. My
books will show some $4,000 due me
from those Indians. Why any one
should go among them and say any,
thing against me is more than I can
tell had done everything in my pow
er to get along peacefully with them
and think l have succeeded
Il am an Indian myself, and know
the Indian character. 1 also know that
some one is giving them bad advice"
Deputy Marshal Ed Warren said:
I've lived on the White Earth res
erVation for twenty-eight years. ever
since [ was boy. I'm a member of
the White Earth Mississippi band of
Indians and half-breed I have been
in the government as deputy marshal
for twelve years. I always did nv
duty as an official in that CAPACITY
among the Indians and white men. and
always treated them fairly in my deal
ings with them.
II never knew till this late trouble
in making the arrest of Bug-E-May-
Shig that / had any enemies among the
Chippewa Indians I will venture to
say that, If the matter was fully in
vestigated, that there would not be
an Indian in this state who would
state that he ever was misused by me.
DEAD AND DOWN TIMBER.
with reference to the cutting of
dead and down timber, which has been
talked of so much of late, I will state
that one Gus H. Beaulieu half
breed, who is representing himself as
a friend to the Indians, is the whole
cause of the stand that the Ileech lake
Indians have taken in this matter
against me, as an official of the gov
eminent and q member Of the Chippe-
wa tribe Of Indians Of the state Of
Minnesota.
1T can be readily seen from the
speeches made by the Indians in coun-
Gil at Leech lake during the present
trouble here, that they have been
prompted by Gus H. Beaulieu, through
a friend Of his, member of the Bear
island band Of Indians, to make such
statements as he thought would injure
me.
HE has often made charges against
me during the logging operation Of the
winter of 1898 in the different depart
ments at Washington. He stated that
L was tresDassing on the Indian reser-
vations and cutting timber illegally,
and of late he has also preferred
charges against me to the department
OF Justice as an official.
1T is easy to see from the statements
made by different Indians at the coun-
Gil at Leech Lake that they were
prompted by him against me in every
particular. 1t can be seen that these
are the facts, as the complaints are
entirely against me.
In the statements made by the In
dams at their councils. B. L. Fair
banks, my business partner, and my
self are the only ones mentioned with
reference to the cutting of the reser-
walton timber. The other forty or fifty
contractors, who are operating on the
reservation in the same capacity, have
never been mentioned.
II need not mention or state to. the
people of the state of Minnesota, who
have known Beaulieu for years, his
standing as a reliable man. He is
known by everybody who ever had any
business connection with finn"