Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-24
'lAhA PEOPLE AMUSED.
Yellow Stories in Chicago Papers
Relative to Indian Uprising
Were Fakes.
Only q Portion Of the Redskins
Rebellious- No Trouble is
Anticipated.
scandinavians of Story Unanimous
In Support Of Roe For Labor
Commissioner.
Ipecial to Times-Republican.

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Toledo. Nov. 24.-The adage "go away
from home to get the news" Is exempli-
fed to large degree today in this vi
entity. The thrilling and sensational
articles Of the Omaha and Chicago
newspapers of yesterday was the first
intimation that the war with the Phil
ippines was to be lost sight of and a
dreadful conflict was at hand with our
Tama county Indians (the Sac and
Fox). -Four hundred and fifty on the
war path with guns and tomahawks'
were to lay waste the beautiful cities
OF Tama and Toledo. A review of the
conditions and relations of the Indians
now existing, as attested by w. G. Ma
lin, u. S. Indian agent, will perhaps
best show the fallacy and absurdity of
these articles referred to. The last en-
rollment of the tribe is total of 800.
OF this number 101 males are over Is
years of age; of this number forty are
willing to submit to and fall in with the
plan OF education and Improvement as
outlined and provided for by the gen
eral government. OF the remaining six
ty-one, about twelve are old men, three
of them being entirely blind. So much
for the "450' warriors out of possible
fifty. That large number of the tribe
are in rebellion against constituted au-
thority is greatly to be deplored. 1t be-
gan when the county laid a road
through their lands and built a steel
bridge over the river. While their rights
in the matter of the highway as to re-
monstrance and damages was fully re-.
spected and met in the payment OF es-
timated damages, yet they have never
become reconciled to the supposed tres
pass. Your readers will remember that
the Indians appealed to the governor OF
Iowa. who, after reviewing the matter,
decided that they had no just cause for
complaint. Next came the plan and
building of the Toledo Indian Industrial
school, which has met with determined
opposition from this class of the tribe
that place themselves in the way of all
things that are good and helpful to
their people, and insist that the medi-
cine men shall control rather than the
kschool teacher, the wickeup rather than
the house: that vice must hold sway IN
stead of morals; that the blanket ana
breech clout are more to be desired
than the habiliments of civilization.
They also show their aversion to the
good father. as in their better nature
they call the president, by refusing TO
accept the government annuity for
about three years. OF these there are
about 100, including the ages from SIX
days old up. The amount each Indian
receives is about $42 per annum. what
they gain by this obstinacy no one
seems to know except to show that they
are mad 1t has been very hard to get
| this portion of the tribe to feel that
| they must assist in the onward march
of civilization, and what makes matters
worse, a few white men have under
taken to encourage them in their efforts
to be devilish; to help them plan to be
obstinate. AS to Mr.. E. 1.lWilcox OF
| Montour having saved Toledo and
Tama from attack it is the veries'
"bish and twaddle." 1t is believed that
the hearing before Judge SRiras VII
| help adjust matters so that insurrec-
ton will not be possible.