The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-28
A FRANCHISE CONTEST
Bitter Rivalry Between the Chip
peways and Crees.
THE CITY DUMP AT STAKE
1t Can Afford Support for One Tribe
only-Chippeways Kick Against the
Presence of the Crees-A Com
plant Filed.

Their Is a franchise contest between
the Chippeway and the Cree tribes OF
Indians both of which are camped on
the fiat south of Butte, n both of
which claim the exclusive right 90
whatever graft Butte may afford and
to the use of the Butte city dump. IL
seems that the dump, while afordinS
one tribe a %prccarious existence, is Ut
terly insufficient To support tive tribes.
The Crees have been camped down by
the timbered Butte for a year or tive
and seem to consider that they have an
exclusive franchise for the use of the
dump with all privileges and perquis-
ties appertaining thereto. The Chipp'-
ways. however. who havc Butte down
on their regular round Of travel. canc
here r~ecently and found the Crees M
possession If their graft. II Is posi-
BILE for a limited camp of Indians to get
quite a good Twins i'm Butte and vicin-
ity. but there is not enough for two
camps. The Chippeways object to IN"
presence of the Crees ON the ground
that they are un-Amcrican, that they
belong in Canada. were born there anE
know nothing about American ways.
customs and usages. The Crees, hey
claim. are foreigners who are here only
for h they can pick up. They have
no interest i'm America, American in
stitutions or American dumps, except
what they can get out of them. The
Chippeways are intensely American,
and believe that American dumps he
long to American Indians. They want
the Crees to go back To Canada and live
on Canadian dumps. They claim that
the Crees gained their foothold on
Butte's dump during the recent cana
dian administration in Butte. but that
now that there is a change they should
depart and make way Tor good Amefl-
can Indians.
All the braves of the Chippeway
tribes and some of the %pappooscs came
to town yesterday and entered then
complaint to the authorities, asking
that their words be taken to the great
father at Washington, that the 'rees
be forced back to Canada and they h'
given the exclusive privilege OF oper't'
ing i'm this section. Through an inter
prefer one of the braves said to a
Standard reporter:
we are all native born Indians
Chippeways. There are no
among us. We want the authorities e
AXE these Crees back to Canada. ri
they interfere with our living. The,
steal and beg. but we try To get IA
honest living. We sell horns an
I ElNlN ~ III lfAAl'hH - - 80
n living i'm these tim,s. nut we min
American Indians should have the iirS
chance. America for TIA" Americans
How can we obey the laws Of Americ'
If foreigners arr To come IN ana TAN
everything from as? They have n
right over here. We want this hrousi1
to public attention So the governor "a
help US. We are afraid Of the Gre"
and want the great Lord To protect us
We want the great Lord TO keep IN
foreigners off our grounds. We wan
to know. too. If we can get a living d
shooting wild beasts to eat. We WI
not sell them. We just want To 81
for our own eating.
The ChippewaNs are big, slaI"dl
braves, such finer looking men tina
the Crcps. but they are not 50 M
ous i'm this section. There have be"
several spats between the Crees an
Chippeways and open hostilitles A.
threatened.