Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-27
MUST OBEY
Commissioner Jones Takes Up
Complaints Of Sacs and
Foxes In Iowa.
Finds Them Baseless and In
spired by Meddlers With III
terror Motives.
Agent Malin at Toledo Upheld
In His Management Of
Reservation.


Reservation.
Special to Times Republican.
Toledo, March 27.-W. G. Malin, Unit
cd States Indian agent for the Sac and
Fox reservation here, has received an
important letter from Indian Commis-
sioner' Jones at Washington. The letter
relates to the recent visit Of a delega-
ton of Indians from the Sac and Fox
reservation in Iowa, together with E. I.
Wilcox, to the national capital, and the
many false rumors growing out Of their
trip. The letter is a stinging rebuke to
Wilcox and others who NEEDLE with and
stir up discomfort and INSTRUMENTATION
among the Indians on this reservation.
Agent Malin is authorized to give pub
licity to this letter, lest the people who
are In hearty sympathy with the gov.
eminent plan for the education and civ
lilzation of these people may have some
misconceptions of the attitude assumed
by the Interior department in its admin
istrati ton of the office Of Indian affairs.
This letter is couched in no uncertain
terms and clearly defines the govern
ment position in its business relations
with these people. Agent Malin is au-
thorized to inform the delegation that
visited Washington with Wilcox that
the claims presented will receive no fur
Their consideration and that the govern
ment will no longer submit to open de-
fiance OF the rules and regulations Of
the agency. The letter in full Is as fol-
flows:
Department of the Interior. Office of
Indian Affairs, Washington, March 10,
l901.-The U. S. Indian Agent Sac and
Fox Agency. Iowa: This office has re-
ceived from the Sac and Fox delegation,
of Iowa. recently on a visit to this city,
large number of claims for back un-
paid annuities due members Of that
delegation and other Indians of that
tribe, mostly for the years 1899 and
1901, and they request that the same be
paid them by check. The names of the
Idelegates signing the letter of trans
initial. which is dated at Washington
the Sth inst, are: Jim Peters Wy-to-
a-see, kishaqua, Pi-osh and George
Morgan.
During the early part of the year
1899 a number of claims were filed in
this office, 1t is believed for these same
Indians, and the manner in which they
We're prepared gave: endless trouble and
annoyance, to say nothing of the time
consumed In trying to decipher poor
| writing and mispel!ed names, etc. Be.
fore they We're finally settled the fact
WAS disclosed by letters from you tha
l3parties In no Way connected with you
agency were making up these claim.
/ and melting the Indians to disobedience
sof the regulations made for their GOOD
4 and also to ignore your authority as
/ their authorized agent and the repre-
sentative of the United States. The
lsparty or parties in question desired Il
obtain possession of the checks and fo
4 that purpose had blanks prepared which
directed that each check was TO be sen
to Mortour, Iowa. This scheme wa.
frustrated by having all the checks sen
to you and in notifying you of this fac
you We're advised by letter of Jan. 19
I, 1900, that thereafter the Indians may d:
we'll understand, once for all, that the.
must take their money thru you or no
at all. II is presumed that this piec
4 of information was conveyed to then
when you delivered their checks.
seems. however. that 1t has been for
i gotten or disregarded and the result i
they have attempted again, not onl.
4 to ignore you as their agent, but hav
4 applied to the same party or parties I
4 prepare their applications for their un
paid back annuities. They are on sim
liar blanks az those in 1899 and shoy
4 all postoffice addresses as Montour, Ia
= They have evidently been duped int
believing that this Office did not mea
to- carry out its purpose. and the flims
cations by the Indians composed of tn
delegation, and not by the party wh
prepared them, is not worthy considera
ton but goes to show how easily thes
Indians have been nodded into acts &
insubordlnation.
You will therefore inform this dele
Z cation that the claims presented VT
], receive no further consideration; the
{ when they will go to you and conaer
Ito receive their money in the name
the others have been paid. that is b
Your official check, then and not unit
. then will the money be once more ser
III you to pay them. That 225 out of a te
|;tal of 400 Indians shall openly defy thl
Isofiice in its administration of affair
Thru duly appointed agents, can not b
Icondoned or tolerated, and they mus
submit to that which is known to b
flfer their best interests. Very respect
fully.
(signed) wv. A. JONES,
I