The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-03

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Pine River Lumber Company. The COM
pany had a contract Is cut 5000 600 1 more NOR,
or. less. Nearly &c, OO,00O feet was cut
and In the suit the supreme court held
that 10000, 600 feet exceeded the bounds
of the contract and Judgment of sew
eral hundred Thousand dollars was en-
tered against the ce4pany. The com
pany in Its defense claimed that the work
was superintendent by government
agent and that he permitted them to
cut that much timber. The court held
that the government agent had no au-
thoTity to permit them to cut more tim
Der than the contract called for. The
same will apply, l think, to the com
panies operating up here If they are
cutting green timherI with the permits
sion of the government superintendent.
they are liable to be held just the same
WHAT OTHERS ss SAY.
Henry Peaulieu, one Of the census TAX
| ers for the ratification. and one of the
White Earth Interpreters Of the treaty
said to The G o b 2, correspondent II
took the vote on the Nelson treaty in
1889, and I am ashamed of It, We were
| led to believe that twas for our best
interests, and not told that II the timber
was sold to the highest bidder that we
We're to loose our land, and make the
purchasers a present of all the hardwood
puIucu, uedQ OF uOWu IlmDer L say L
would undo the whole thing If I could
| as it is an outrage. The treaty could
have never passed If all the boys on the
reservation had not been polled. did
not Know that 1t was wrong at the time,
as l did Just what l was told to by the
agent.
John Lyons, an Interpreter living on
Winnebegoshish reservation stated that
every boy of the age of eighteen was
ia 1ylCr "a t1ao
ten years ago. Not an Indian on the list
knew that if the land department ever
decided to sell the timber that they
would loose their lands and homes at the
same time.
The statement was made The g 0 b g
by responsible party in Walker that
all the government .estimators were
sore because the reservation had not
been opened and sold for reasons best
known to themselves
George McCree, representative of the
E. w. Backus Lumber company, was seen
and said that he personally favored
change Of the present system of selling
dead-and-down to a bank scale, and Mr..
Backus shared the same sentiments
A business man of Walker said to The
G o e that the Indians spent all their
money in Walker and vicinity, and as a
business proposition they did not propose
to see the Indians robbed by non-resi-
dents and mixed bloods from White
Earth
DR.. Hart has ben in st. Paul for several
days, but his position is we'll known. He
has protested vigorously from time to
time against the system and believes that
the Indians have been treated In a shame
full manner. One of the strongest points
made by him in his communications with
the interior department is tha> the esti-
majors and superintendent draw large
per diem and they give the Indians no
service, and the drain on the Indian funds
is severe one and should be stopped
Sherman Bush, a foreman for Cook
Bros, stated, when in the city Monday,
that he saw several government esti-
majors in camp for two weeks near
Leech lake, and they, did not move out of
the camp once, but laid around and en-
joyed themselves.
1t is common talk around Walker that
loggers are cutting timber from Indian
allotments, contrary to law. One man
made the statement that he rad bought
4,000,00O on an allotment and only paid
for 100000. 1t is stated that. other log
gers are cutting from allotments
Editor b. e. Bernard. of the Walker
Pliot, said: I have favored the cutting
Oh dead-and-down pine on the reserva-
ton, as | believe 1t for the best interests
OF the Indians. II the timber, had not
been cut It would have gone to the pur-!
chasers of the reservation pine when.
placed on the market. and the Indians
would have received no returns for 1t.
H. however, the numerous reports which
we hear are true. no one will be more
ernest than myself In putting a stop to
further operation on the reservation"
WILLIAM MARTINS AFFIDAVIT. 3.
State of Minnesota, County of Case
William Martin deposessand saws that he
Is captain of police Of the Leech Lake
i N reservation ati and that on the 2srd
DR.: Hart. acting Indian agent, to inyesti-
gate charges which had been made re-
gardine the cutting of green timber by
loggerS on the reservation
l.. Deponent further .deposing, saws that
ne HTst VISITED the camps of Warren and
Fairbanks on Steamboat lake and that
they found that green timber had been.
and was being cut at these camps. The,
logs he saw were both at the landing and
IN the woods. At the landing almost ali
1 1ne oGgs were gre n!, : He then visited
We're cutting lots Of green timber. He saw
the green logs on the sleds and also IN
ne n. . woods He then visited the camp Of
OF CasS lake. That here he found most
OF the logs being cut were green. Some
OF the trees had been marked dead by the
marker and some had not been marked at
ALL. oo az
William (his x mark Martin.
49,, me above was was, read and interpreted to
MN subscribed and sworn to before me.
this 9th day of March, 1899 '
<s wv. Mccarthy,
NSeai'} ~ Notary Public.
WHAT LUCIA SAW.
Gass-Edwin Lucia, being duly sworn
opposes and says, that he is a resident of
e a1s V ma of Walker, Cass county, MINI,
ana that he has been employed, working
- - the pineries for several years, and
thoroughly understands the difference be-
tween dead and green timber Deponant
5d IT, Lne deposing says that on March
70, 1889, he accompanied Gray w. Rich
ardson, of st. Paul: Peter Bungo, a Chin
pewa Indian, of Leech Lake Reservation
ana one OF the Indian police. from the
agency. on tour Of inspection of the
landings of the. different logging com
panies engaged in cutting the dead and
down timber on the reservation
.Deponent further deposing saws that at
inc landing of George Andrews, fully so
per. cent of the logs there were green
timber
At thel anding belonging toAkeley Lum-
Sucker bay. fully go per cent of the logs
there were green timber.
At the landing of Warren and Fair
1anks. near the mouth of Sucker brook,
fully 30 per cent Of the logs were green
timber.
ED LUCIA.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of March, 1899.
j. w McGary.
FEW DEAD LOGS.
Sta State of Minnesota County of Cass-.
Gray W. Richardson, being sworn, de-
poses and says that he is a resident of
the city Of st. Paul, and that on the 26th
day OF March he visited the log landings
OF George Andrews, situated on the west
side of Sucker bay, on sLeech Lake; the
A III ci% tod h.