The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
INDIANSS'TAND OUT
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wanted put on paper. The priest trans
lated it for them and wrote 1t in Eng
lish: tlf
We will from this time lay down our arms
and will fight no more, but We beg you to
settle the difficulties which are depressing
us. We ask you to meet us at this point so
that We may lay before you, unmolested, all
our grievances personally. 1t will be a great
pleasure for us to meet you and have your
assistance in taking a heavy load from us.
Not one Of them signed because they
said 1t came from all OF them.
This meager document, without any
signature of chief or head brave, Is all
that has been accomplished toward
peace, nor was this small accomplish
ment easy 1t is no secret that the rebels
feel they have won victory over the
troops. They killed six men and wound
ed eleven, and now it seems probable
that they tell the truth when they say
they never lost man. They are much
stronger now, and in this frame of
mind they were not easily approached
by the peace commissioner.
1t was night when the little steamer
came abreast of Black Duck point. All
the shore was black in the shadow of
the pines. The whistle of the boat
was the signal of the peace commits
sioners. The Indians answered by
sending up a rocket. The stream of
fire rose above the trees, but no In
dian came in sight. The water is shall
low along the shore there, and the
steamboat could not approach.
Father Aloysius and Gay-Gway-Che-
-Bin-Nung went ashore in birch
bark canoe
An Indian sentinel met them on the
shore. They told him of their mission,
and he called Gay-She-Gwon-Ay-
Yoush, who is next in command to Bog
Ah-May Ge-Shig. When he had assured
himself who they were he sent men
in canoes to bring Beauleau and the
food gifts from the boat. He then con-
Quoted them through the forest a dis
lance Of a mile. Along the way they
met other armed sentries, and at last
came to the campfire.
About fifty braves, some In buck
skin and some in store clothes, but all
In war paint, were sitting about the
FIRE
The first thing Father Aloysius did
was to break open the box of bareback
then he gave them the bacon, and a
feast was made Of 1t. It was 10 o'clock
when the talking began, and 1t was
O'Clock this morning when 1t ended
For three hours the pow-wow was kept
up, and much talking was done. No
Interpreter was needed, for Father
Aloysius talks Chippewa like a tribes
man.
Gus Beauleau, who witnessed the
scene, is an educated man and a half
breed Chippewa who has been at many
a poW-WOW. He says this was the
most weird and impressive view that
ever came before his eyes. The slender
priest in his long, black robes, was a
striking picture, standing in the white
glare of the fire in the circular OPEN
ing IN the depths of the black forest The
priest was talking, and around him
the warriors sat silently listening with
respect.
When he had finished Gay-She-
GWon-Ay-YOush, massive and majestic
in beads and buckskin and the eagle
feather of a head brave in his glinting
black hair, arose to answer him.
1--WE can fight" he said, "but we
want peace. We have defeated the SOL
diers once and we still have our guns
But We want peace. AS much as we
want peace, however, we want justice
more. When the white men take away
our wrongs we will gladly welcome
peace, but not till then, for we know
how to fight and how to de-
Again the priest sought to soften the
anger in the breasts of the painted
braves and he talked again.
May-Dwa-W e-Nind, another great
warrior, answered him this time.
The priest was eloquent in the Ian
guage Of his adopted people, but these
Bear island braves were eloquent also
and they never drifted from the points
for which they contended. They said
they want no more stealing of their
timber and no more dragging of inno-
cent men to district courts on the pre-
text of being witnesses in petty whisky
selling cases.
Father AlOysius told themrte could
not right their wrongs, but If they
would talk to Commissioner Jones he
would obtain Justice for. them. I'VE
will talk to him." said Gay-She- Gwon-
Ay-Yoush. "Alnd we will tell him all
our wrongs" But then this untutered
savage said: "All the white people reaa
the papers and we want the. newspA-
per men here to write down ali we say
so the white people may know our
wrongs, and then take them off u.s."
Bog All Nay &c Sink, Gay-She-
Gwon-Ay-Y oUsh, May-Dwa-W e-Nind
and the other Bear island savages
waited IN vain today for the men who
would tell the world Of their grievances.
1t was a queer request for a savage