The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-17
CAUSE OF OUTBREAK
NOT DUE TO LOGGING
COMPLAINTS OF THE RED MEM
ARE SAID TO BE NOT WELL
FOUNDED ON FACTS
NO EVIDENCE FOUND
OF UNFAIR TREATMENTt

Chippewas Reported as n TrouhI.i
some Lot, barring the Full.
Bloods Who Have Accepted Civ
HizatiOn-FOremen I'm tba Tt
Der Country Complain OF the In
efficiency of the Indian WOrE<men.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Special
Agents Parke and Schwartze. Of tba
general land Office. who have been In
Vestigating the logging of the dead and
down timber on the ceded lands of the
Chlppewa reservation, IN Minnesota
nave made their report to Commission.
er Hermann.
1hey say the charge that the logcine.
operations on the Leech Lake reserv.-
tlon were largely the cause OF the In
dian outbreaks fails of confirmation.
ana that the cause of the war orieinat-
ed FULLY forty years ago. 1t is weu
known, they say, that the war was
used by influential lumbermen. disar-
pointed applicants for logging permits
ana half-breed disturbers, to befoe the
situation and say the real trouble u.as
uh1ulhlIed promises, violated treaties
and mismanagement
Inc Indians are complaining of the
expense Of estimating timber and Of
The conduct Of mixed blood dep,tv
Ilarshals In making arrests for minor
oHenses, taking Indians to distant
points for hearing, and on acou;ttaI
leaving them to get home as best thav
can' but the conclusion is reached that
no system can be adopted that y,u
satisfy all.
WORK FOR BRAVES.
Inc agents found no instance of I'M
dams being unfairly treated or ref,,sec.
work, that 80 per cent of the loegaree
were Indians, they receiving 81 n dov
WhlIe the whites got only SIS a month";
that at the last settlement 81 ner cer+
OF their labor bill was paid and more
VIII be. and that the $500 and nm.
wards earned by these Indian laborersi
last winter IS worth more to them. the
tribe and the government, than the
value Of all the logs out,
Inc foremen complain that the In-
olan labor Is unsatisfactory.
The agents report that in rnany cases
the Indians receive reward for the use
or their names to secure logging per-
mits, suggest that this leaves the door
open for fraud, and Recommend plao4
ing a government Inspector to controtl
the labor and supply charges and prop.
er rules.
The report says that the full-bloods
who have adopted civilized ways
and are practically half-breeds
are satisfied with the present timber,
system, and, If not interferred with.
four-f1fths Of the Indians are stated to
favor logging this season, which the
agents recommend.
The agents, however, say that many
full-bloods, emboldened by the result
of the recent outbreak, say there will
be no logging. At Leech lake Chief
Red Blood threatens to remove all out
fits from the reservation and, if the
loggers commence operations, the IN
dians will follow suit.
At the White Earth reservation
Chief Bay-ke-no- wash is making SINH
lar threats concerning that reserve.
He claims there is compact between
the White Earth, Leech lake, Cass
lake and Red lake Indians to prevent
logging.
Two Indians came to notify the
agents that logging operations on the
Red lake reserve will be stopped if
attempted this winter. They are like
ly to cause trouble, according to the
agents, if they are not made to realize
that the close of the recent war with
them was not brought about through
any fears Of the government