Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-16
From the Pioneer Press. VI
SETTLERS ON MILE Laos
Com. Hall Thinks the Resorva-
1a ton viii Be Opened ~
!. !'%a4, This Fall. ...a .r -. =. e

Oar Hall, Chippewa Indian COM
missioner. came In yesterday from
the White Earth reservation to rub
up agaiEst civilizat ion bit and to
keep iu touch with the palefaces and
their doings. b.. -s,... 4.
Com missioner Halt pitched his
tepee q the Merchants and invited a
Pioneer Press reporter to enjoy the
hospitality Of his lodge t,re and tn
smoke the pipe of peace the while he
rela ted what good Indians his Indi,
ans are becoming .i5a... Z. .,..t.,.
"The Chippewas are turning more
to farming every year." said Mr..
Hall, s"and there Is not an Indian
this year but has a nice patch of
vegetables gro wing. so that between
the vegetables and the annuitlea
this fall even the poorest Indian will
be pretty we'll fixed for the coming
OF winter. The Chippewa Indians
on the White Earth reservation have
some Of the finest crops; this year
that are to be seen In any part al
the state. They are learning to
farm and to farm well. The govern
ment will spend about $4,000 this
year on the Indians in annuities and
in building them houses and supply
ing farming implements. Every In.
dian that 80 desires may demand a
house and farming implements soi
the government, and the young In.
dams especially are taking quite
kindly to the idea OF supporting
themselves by turning agriculturists.
We are having much better success
with the repoval Of the Mile Laos
band to the White Earth reservation
than we expected. About twenty
families have left Mile Laos and we
expect to remove several more iami.
lilies before cold weather. We have
furnished for all these families nice
allotments of Oh oice farming land and
will build them substantial homes.
We started them by taking mum.
Der visiting to White Earth. They
met their relatives there and were 90
impressed with the much better and
happier condition Of their brothers
that it was not nearly SO difficult to
get them to remove. No Chief Wah
We Yea Cumig has not yet cOnsented
to leave Mile Laos. He was gather
ing blueberries for market when
left and still insists that his people
ought to remain at Mile Laos.
In all probability the reservation
will be opened to settlement THU
fall. The sale OF government pines
on the reeerva ton has been i8dver
stised for Aug. l6. The land cannot
be settled until the pine is sold. The
land goes with the pine. The tim
Der is in splendid condition and I ex
pect that it will bring 50 to 81
thousand as it stands, II not more
1t will run 100000 feet to eighty
acre tracts and more In some in
stances. look for a rush of settlers
into that country ae soon al thu
pine ia sold. In the majority Of cos
es the purchasers Of the pine will
not want tho land and 1t will b.
sold cheap and ON time to people
that want to settle and open up thu
country.
II believe Mile Laos will have &
glorious future. With the advent q
railroad facilities look for it to be
come one OF the most famous O
Minnesota's summer resorts, and
expect to see quite a city grow up al
some point along the shores OF thu
lake where the railroad may strike
it''