New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-09

times the traders got all their money. I
do not say that the traders always cheat
ed and lied about these accounts. know
many of them were honest men and kind
and accommod dating, but since I have
been citizen I know that many white
men, when they go to pay their accounts,
often think them too large and refuse to
pay them, and they 60 to Law about them
and there is much bad feeling. The In.
dians could not go to law, but there was
always trouble over their credits. Under
the treaty Of Traverse des Sioux the In
dians had to pay . very large sum Of
money to the traders for old debts, some
of which ran back fifteen years, and many
of those who had got the goods were dead
and others were not present, and the
traders books had to be received as to
the amounts and the money was taken
from the tribe to pay them. OF course
the traders often we're of great service to
the Indians in letting them have goods
on credit, but the Indians seemed to think
the traders oughtnot to be too hard on
them about the payment, but do as the
Indians did among one another, and put
of the payment until they were better
able make to it. q "
Then many of the white men sften
abused the Indians and treated them un-
kindly. Perhaps they bad excuse, but
the Indians did not think SO. Many of
the whites always seemed to say by their
manner when they saw an Indian. II am
much better than you," and tke Indians
did not like this. There was excuse for
this, but the Daketas did not believe
thsre@ were better men in the world than
they. Then some of the white men
abused the Indian women in certain
way and disgraced them, and surly there
was no excuse for that. 5...,S H.. II; t. z n
POLITICAL D1seENsIoNs.
All these things made many Indians
dislike the whites. Then little while
before the outbreak there was trouble
among the Indians themselves. Some of
the Indians took sensible course and
began to live like white men. The
government built them houses, furnished
them tools, seed, ETC., and taught them
to farm. At the two agencies, Yellow
Medicine and Red wood, there were
several hundred acres of land in cultiva.
ton chat summer. Others stayed III their
tepees. There was white mans party
and an Indian party. We had politics
among US and there was much feeling. A
new chief speaker for the tribe was to be
elected. There were three candidates
Little Crow, myself ahd Wa,sui-hi-ya-ye
dan c'Traveling Halp'). After an excit.
ing contest Travelling Hall was elected
Little Grow felt sore over his defeat
Many of our tribe believed him respon.
sible for the sale of the north ten.mile
strip, and I think this was why he was
defeated. I did not care much about 1t
Many whites think that Little Crow was
the principal chief of the Dakotas at this
time, but he was not. Wabasha was the
principal chief, and he was Of the white
mans party. So was I. So was ole
Shakopee, whose band was very large
Many think if old sShakopee had lived
there would have been no war, for be
was for the white men and had great in.
fuence. But he died that summer, and
was succeeded by his son, whose real
name was Ea: to-ka ("Another Language
but when he became chief he took his
fathers name, and was afterwards called
Little shakopee," or "Little Six" fol
in the Sioux language 'sshakopee" meant
six. This Shakopee was against the
white men. He took part in the out
break, numbering women and children
but never saw him in battle, and b,
was caught in Manitoba and hanged il
1864. My brother, Medicine Bottle, wa
hanged with him. >,-@.
| As the summer advanced, there va
great trouble among the sioux-trouble
among themselves, troubles with tn
whites, and one thing and another. Tn
war with the South was going on ther
and a great many men had left the stat
and gone down there to fight. A fe,
4 weeks before the outbreak the presider
called for many more men, and gres
many of the white men of Minnesot
toul eoro a half hroo1a. nnl;ntn1s % :, 4 49,.