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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27
FOR SAKE
BY MARTIN


At heart, Charlie Lincoln was not a
bad man, only a weak one. When he
married Ethel Jamison, he fully in
tended to be true to her. For two
short years all went well. and to him
his beautiful home was the most at.
tractive spot on earth.
One evil day the bright eyes OF Sy.
bill Gregory attracted him. and on
many succeeding days he found leis.
ure time to tarry by her desk coDvers-
ing on matters other than relating 10
the business OF Lincoln & Son. As is
usual In such cases, the irfatuation
OF the Junior member of the firm for
the pretty stenographer was the COS.
sip Of the town long before 1t reached
the ears Of Mrs. Lincoln.
When the first rumor rejecting on
her husbands honor reached Mrs.
Lincoln. she Indignantly silenced her
informant, but succeeding rumors be.
came too persistent to be lightly ig.
nOred. and combined with a noticeable
change in Charlie, the conviction that
his heart was no longer wholly hers
WdS lOECcu upOu UeT.
She resolved to give him a chance
to vindicate himself, so one evening
she asked him suddenly: Charlie,
has your love been stolen from me?"
why, Ethel, who put such a silly
notion into your head?" he said, flush
ing.
Il hope and pray IL is only a silly
notion, but SO many hints and stories
OF your attentions to Miss Gregory
have come to me, l think 1t only fair
to tell you. that you may deny them"
IAN idle gossip, Ethel. started un-
doubleday, by some designing person.
who seeks to tarnish Miss Gregory's
name: pay nc attention to it,"
Another thing, Charlie; you do not
to care to spend your evenings
with me. as you used to: | cannot help
seeing that. In a whole month you
have not been home more than three
evenings"
20! nonsense" he replied irritably,
"a fellow cannot keep up honeymoon
manners all his life. The boys expect
me at the club occasionally; besides
there are lodge meetings, and some
times business meetings In the Office
which require my attendance. real
ly looked for better sense from you,
Ethel"
With this, the subject was dropped,
leaving Ethel far from satisfied. Still,
in her secret soul, she cherished hope
hat the advent Of a little stranger
would be the of bringing back
the wandering heart to its own.
When his tiny son a placed in
his arms, Charlie Lincoln felt an
earnest desire to be a better man. He
had the grace to feel some remorse
for his past behavior, and formed
many good resolutions for the future.
He would atone to Ethel for his neg.
lect. by being even more kind and con
siderate than when they were first
married.
Short lived were his good purposes,
but a few weeks had PASSED before he
gradually drifted back to his old hab-
its. Not only his evenings were spent
away from home, but now no was too
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27

her laugh was not to be understood
Algcrnon himself attempted to look
wise when a friend told him, but It
was a dismal failure. He was rich.
fair looking. descended OF a family
content to spell its name Smith" and
of average character; therefore, 1t Is
not strange that the rumor was cur.
rently credited.
Il was during a call that Algernon
made on her when the heavens fell
for him. He. poor fool. unconscionsly
knocked out the props himself.
That day he had come upon an ex.
PLANTATION Of James behavior the night
on the street. IL savOred enough of
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27
Smoking ~Competltion.

At a smoking club" in ThaiiGngen
(South Germany a competition was
held. the object OF which was to smoke
a cigar as long az possible without let.
ting It go out. The prize winner
smoked his cigar TAN minutes, while
IOne of the other competitors records
was over one hour.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27

her parents home, without a word Of
explanation to her husband.
After many weeks of careful con-
~sideration, she made a sudden resolve.
She would stake all on one move, and
either win back the devotion which
vas r%ightfully hers, or forever aban.
don all claim to IT.. Her baby was her
only confidant, and into his little ear
she poured her plans.
Baby, we have a great battle to
fight tonight" she said, as she busted
herself ~arraying her treasure in his
daintiest robes, and we must look
our best"
Baby being dressed, she proceeded
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27

call. He saw how II was, and made
every effort to gain admittance to her
presence; but he was denied. Then
Leila left the city and was gone for
months. James continued the dreary
routine OF his life, and strove to for
get that all the light and gladness of
IL was no more.
When she returned James CHANGED
to pass her on the street. She was
with A%lgernon, and he spoke to them,
but they cut him dead. A great rage
and sorrow filled his heart, 80 he
passed on without further ado.
Meantime the gOssips of Lelia's set
had It that she aud Algernon were to
be married in the spring. She
laughed when II came to her ears, but
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27
Golden Sands.

In twelve months Yarmouth. Eng,
derived a evenue of about G2,859
from its beach. The sale of sand and
shingle produced G50f. and payments
for the right to place stalls on tho
beach G700.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27
Compulsory Vaccination.

Three vaccinations are now compul
sorry In France. The first must be
made during the first year Of Infancy.
the second In the eleventh year, and
the third In the twenty-irst year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-27
Take WARNING.

People grow old by thinking them
selves old. As surely ~ they thinA
this II will come true, for thought 10
creative.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
TAwS BlxBY'S DENIAL.

Tams Bjxby, chairman of fl,e Dawes'
Commission, who has been charged
with improper speculations in Indian
lands in the Indian Territory. denies
that he or any of the companies IN
which he is interested, have eyef
bought an acre of Indian lands. In
this connection he says: 81 cannot
see how there can be any basis for the
charge that lands are sold at improper
figures. Every parcel is sold under
public bids. the deeds are passed upon
by the interior department under the
secretary's supervision and the depart
naent is represented by inspectors in
the field" He also says that he would
cheeffallly face the strEtest investlgas
ton.
Mr.. Bixby's suggestion should be
followed, and a general investigation
had, not necessarily because OF alleged
impOprieties, but to devise some
method of selling Indian lands which
will be to the best interests 81 al
copceAsed
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many decisions which have been
reported and which Mr., Rabbit
intimates do not exist.
Mr.. Babbit further admits that
tribal Indian cannot acquire a
residence outside of his reserva-
ton at will, and thus he also admits
Mrs. Lydipk's contention that her
absences from her reservation
were only temporary.
If the position taken by the ops
position to Mrs. Ltydick's applicas
ton for an allotment on the Mis-
sissippi Reservation is correct. a
very few of the Indians who have
received allotments Their are en-
titled to them, for the status Of
the majority Of them is the same
as that of Mrs. Lydick's, and
furthermore, the promises of the
negotiating Chippewa Commission
that the White Oak Point Indians
could all take allotments on the
Mississippi Reservation must be
void. These promises, and the
general understanding OF the In
dams relative to the aet of 1889,
will undoubtedly be taken into
4ecount when decision is being
reached, and we hope that the de-
lartment will not jeopardize the
Interest of a majority OF the White
Oak Point Chippewas BY ruling.
against the Lydicls's. and thus
establishing a precedent which
might open up innumerable con-
ests against the Indian atlottees
on the Mississippi Reservation,
who would be less able to defend
their interests than the Lydicks
have been.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
. THE 0J!IBWAs,
Their Customs and Traditions.
Is HANDED DOWN FOB CENTURIES
FROM FATHER TO SON,
WAy-hAH-BozHo.
Ills Origin, Birth and Life.

Way-nah-bozho then took up the
bug-ay-say O-nah-gun and said:
Nin-sah-se-kis (my Elder / will
use nay own bug-ay-sah-nug I'm
dian dice) which are owl eyes. If
the pupils Of these eyes fail to fall
upwards oftener than your bug
ay-sah-nug did, ! will lose and
forfeit my life, otherwise your
life will belong to me-" The per-
feet self possession Of Way-nah-
bozho nunplussed the great gam
bier and magician, and he furtive-
ly watched the former from the
corners of his eyes in a vain en-
deavor to read his thoughts, but
Way-nall-bozllo. after he had dis
covered that the gambler could
read his thoughts had secretly
drawn forth his medi-wah-yan
medicine SACK and destroyed the
latter's magic. Instead of owl
eyes Way-nah- bozho drew forth
four pieces of be-matig (woodvine)
which had the appearance Of owl
eyes, and no matter which way
they would fall this clever imita-
ton would always show turned
upwards what were. apparently.
the pupils of owls eyes The
spell which Wsy-nah-bozho cast
over the gambler prevented the
latter from discovering the deoep-
ton. Way-nah-bozho then began
to make the throws, with his bug
ay.sah-nag to which he was en-
titled, and, ofcourse, could not
lose He made three throws, and
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
The T0MAHANk,
Gus. II. BEAULIEU- Publisher.
White Earth Agency, MINI.

~ A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de-
voted to the interests Of the
White Earth Reservation and gems
eral Northwestern News. Publish
ed and managed by members of
the Reservation.
Subscription rates: $1.5O per
annum. For the convenience of
those who may feel unable to pay
for the paper yearly or who wish
to take it on trial, subscription
may be sent us for six and three
months at the yearly rates. All
sums sent to us should be forward
ed by registered letter to insure
safety. Address all communica-
tons to.
THE ToMAHAwK
WHITE EARTH, MINI.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20

tory in connection with Indian
lands It is possible that these pules
were formulated by the subordin-
ates of the i n g p i or depart
ment for the very purp ose
for which they are being used
in the Territory.
Congress evidently Intended to
give the heirs Of Indian allottees
the unrestricted privilege Of sell
ing the lands they had or would
inherit, and the proviso which
made these sales subject to the APP
proyal of the secretary was no
doubt for the porpose of furnish
ing the evidence Of the existence
Of the allotments, and not tor the
purpose of giving him unlimited
authority to prescribe rules.
There is only one way in which
the Indians will be satisfied in re-
gard to the disposal of their I'M
herited lands, and this is to permit
them to sell it without pestriti0ns
the same as any other citizen sells
his lands. There is no doubt that
they would lp the end be more
benefited than under the present
system of selling these lands.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
RABBITS ADMISSION.

Attorney Rabbit of Washington,
D. c., who made the argument be.
fore the secretary OF the interior
in opposition to granting the Ly-
dick application for an allotment
on the Mississippi Chippewa Res
ervation, the full text of which
was published in the Cass Lake
Times of the sth, has practically
admitted all Mrs. Lydick's claims
regarding her rights to an allot-
ment, and says:
'It is satisfactorily established that
Mrs. Lydick was born member OF the
White Oak Point band of Chippewa
Indians Of Minnesota,a at place which
became embraced within the bonnda-
ries Of the Chippewa Reservation by
Executive order of October %, 1873:
that she is a Chippewa Indian and
that her children are entitled to the
rights and privileges conferred by Tie
Act of June I, 1897 go Stat, g. Mi:
that she resided upon said reservation
continuously until her marriage to
George A. Lydick Ia white man anda
citizen of the United States), June 2S.
1885,"
Mr.. Rabbit insists, however, that
Mrs. Lydick has no right to an al
lotment on the Mississippi Chip
pewa Reservation on the grounds
that she was absent from there at
the time the removal provided for
by the act of 1889, was being ef~
fected, and under which she sell
ected her allotment.
AS matter of fact. the duties
of the Chippewa Commission in
respect to alloting the lands to the
Chippewas and removing them to
this reservation have not been con-
cluded, although the secretary of
the interior has arbitrarily slls-
pended this portion of the act by
fadolishing the commission.
We believe the commission did
report that it had closed the al
loting of lands to the Chippewas
on the Mississippi Reservation re-
CARELESS of the fact that nearly
one hundred Indians, who are en-
titled to alOtnents there, have
not yet received these allotments.
But before the commission was
abolished Mrs. Lydick made an
application for the land which she
is now trying to have allotted to
her.
The Lydicks, it seems, are con-
tending that, inasmuch as they
hare always maintained their tribal
relations, been enrolled with the
White Oak Point NJ S s.
sippi Chippewas which were oc-
cupying and belonged to the Miss
issippi Chippewa Reservation, they
should be deemed residents of
that reservation notwithstanding
their temporary absence at diff
ferent times.
In support of this contention,
we will venture to say that their
attorney ia not ignorant of the
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20

continue to exist as long as there
is any earth, you will have to come
own from your resting place and
make a wager with me, and il
yon win you will secure food for
your people for all time, but if YOU
lose they are doomed to disappear
from the earth. Although Way
nah bozho was very weak from his
long fast he contrived to come to
the ground, and the warrior again
spoke and said: "Well, my friend,
we must test each others strength"
Way-nah-bozhe demnred to this
and said: ''My brother, ! am very
weak from fasting; you are well
fed and strong Bat the warrior
insisted that this test must be made
and that it would be by wrestl-
ing so be it, said Way-nah-
bozho, and when the mango let
forth one long wall, he caught
hold of the warrior by the waist,
and the struggle commenced. At
ter wrestling a long time, Way
nah-bozho threw his adversary to
the ground. At this moment .
war-whoop sounded from the lake,
and the Shing-e-bis said: "A
lucky trip my brother The
warrior good natHredly got up and
said; II will meet ypn again to-
morrow And fQr two days
more he met Way-nah-bozho, who
defeated him each day at their
wrestling match.
Before separating from Ways
nah bozho on the third day, the
warrior said ''Way.nah-bozho you
have not only strong beart hut
have strong body. Tomorrow
will be the last trial Of our
strength, also the last day Of your
fnst, and if you defeat me again
you will be the conqueror, and |
want you to bury my body where
it will he kept wet by rams, and
where the sun will shine on my
grave. l also ask you to watch
over my grave and let not--that
mischieyious thief, Aup-day, dis
tnrb my body. ara the givcr OF
strength and my name is Mun-dah
min. "(corn) On the following day
Nokomis arrived with food for
Way.nah-bozho. but he refused 70
partake of it, and the formeF
went away firmly believing that
her grapdcbild Intended to staryo
himself. Shortly after Nokopis
had departed, Mun-dah-min ar
rived and as usual wrestled with
Way-nah-bozlo and was again de,
featcd. Instead of arising as usu-
al, Man,dah-min remained on the
ground and when Way-nah-bozh0
examined him he SAW that he was
dead. Way-nah. bozho immediate,
~ set about making preparations
for Man.dah-min's funeral which
was completed according to the
directions which the latter hnd
given. In the course ct few
weeks green feathers began to
come out of the ground over Man
dah-min's grave, and this proved
to be corn of which there is such
an abundance at the present day.
and which has kept life not only
to the Indians but many of theiF
white brothers, ia the past.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
The Indian; Right and Wrong.

~ 1--WE hold these truths to be self
evident; that ALL MEN are created
equal: that; they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable
rights; that among these, are LIFE,
Liberty, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAP
PINEss" Declaration of Independence
July 4th, l776.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
OUR SUSPICIOUS.

We have, in the past, repeatedly
criticised the rules under which the
inherited Indian lands are being
sold, and the more these rules come
under our observation the more
convinced are we that they are, in
the main. entirely wrong, unfair
| to the heirs of dead allottees and
conducive to the organization OF
combinations.
Under the rules, the powers of
Indian agents are unlimited; an
Indian agent can reject any or all
bids for inherited Indian lands on
his bare statement that these bids
do not come UP to his appraised
value Of the lands, and this state
ment must be accepted, for the de
partment has forbidden the Indian
agent here at least from giving
out any information regarding the
appraisals of any land even after
the bids for the appraised tracts
have been opened. Therefore, all
an Indian agent has to say when
he has some motive for refusing a
bid is that it does not come up to
his appraisal. II the agent favors
any interests or persons, he can
easily arrange the appraisals to the
satisfaction Of these interests or
persons, and give such information
as may enable then, to file such
bids as will secure the land. II
there is any uncertainty regarding
the amount of any competing bids,
there is nothing to prevent an
agent from opening the bids and
securing the desired information
for the interests or persons he
favors, and this,could not be easily
detected since there is, usually, no
hour fixed for the opening of the
bids, for it is discretionary with
h i nj at what hour he may
open them.
An Indian agent should not he.
permitted TO appraise the value OF
inherited Indian lands, or else these
appraisals should be made public.
when the lands are listed, and on
this account no advantage could be
obtained by any of b d d + S.
Almost all the evil in connection
with the sale of inherited lands on
this reservation, comes from the
secrecy which surround the APP.
praisals.
Neither should any agent
be permitted to open any Of
the bids in the privacy of his Office.
but committee of at least one
chief and another disinterested
person selected by the parties in
l'terested in the sales, should be
pres when bids are
opened, and they should not be
opened under any pretence unless
this committee is present.
We have had recent experince
in regard to inherited land sales,
and we share the suspicion which
is freely discussed on this reserva-
ton, that everything is not as it
should be in relation to the sale of
these lands.
| We. as we'll as number of other
members of this reservation, are
DESTROYS of purchasing some of the
inherited Indian lands that are for
sale, and in doing this we are not
seeking any unfair advantages or
| aiming to destroy legitimate COM
petition. The members of this
reservation, who are DESTROYS of
purchasing lands are, not trying to
secure any special privileges for
themselves in connection with land
sales, and all they ask is a fair and
equal chance with any bidder no
matter who lac may he.
Ii the secretary Of the interior
had in view the organization of
combinations and cellusions with
government e&eials he could not
| I III e
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20
RESERVATION LANDS
TO LEASE

100000 acres of first class farm
lands on White Earth Reservation, in
tracts Of 80 acres and more, by
ALLOTTEEs.
The Tomahawk., 1903-08-20

each time the eyes showed with
the pupils UPWARDS. There re-
manned only one more throw to
decide the game in Way-nah-bo-
zho's favor, and the gambler, who
began to show uneasipess, said:
Verify! Way-nah-bozha you are
a great gambler, but you cannot
possibly win the last throw, for l
have invoked the Great Lake
Spirit to destroy your luck. But
Way-nah- bozho also won the last
throw, and Immediately took up
the club with which so many of
his relatives had been killed, and
with one blow, killed the great
gambler and magician and thus
saved his people, the Indians, from
one of their greatest earthly en-
emies.
He then took the gambler by
his long black braided hair and
pulled him out OF the wee=ge-wam,
and when he got him outside, be-
hold he had killed, instead of u
man, large raccoon. But Way
nah-bozho lsnew this was merely
8 Wagician's trick of the gambler
in order that he might resurreet
himself, SO he carefully cut the
coon into small pieces, and from
each piece created a fur bearing
animal. and in this way scattered
the life Of the great gambler so
that the latter could not again put
it together, and at the same time
created the animals that were des-
tined to become SO useful to the
Indians.
After this adventure. Way-nah-
bozho returned to his gran d.
mother and informed her Of his
victory over the enemy of his an
cestors, and assured her that no
more of his relatives would ever
be destroyed his or have cause to
fear the great gambler,
WAY-NAH-BOzHO FAsTs.
One day, several moons after
his adventure with the gambler,
Way-nal-bozho informed II j >
grandmother that be had been in
strYetch in Il dream that, by fast
ing, he would be able to learn the
principal events Of his future life.
which would be d $ G osed in
dreams during the period of fast
ing. After instructjng his grand
mother where she could find him
in the event that he did not re-
turn soon, he started for Git-chc-
gah-me large lake or ocean, and
in one of the largest pine trees on
it's shores, built a nest of branches
upon which he could sleep while
fasting, lie sat in the nest all
day. and all night. and he bad
many visions in which he saw that
the Indians would be made to suf-
fer many hardships. and even die,
on account of the lack of food: he
forcsaw that all kinds Of game
from which the Indians derived
their food. and especially meats.
would become extinct, and he
| said: My Father, the lives OF my
people must he spared; how can
they live when the animals that |
see around me now cease to ex-
list!
On the following day he saw
| many fish sporting around the
| shores of the lake: the wild rice
from the rice beds n0dding to him,
| and the sweet fragrance OF wild
berries reached him, yet he resist
ed the temptation of coming down
from his perch and satisfying his
hunger, and said; my father
| must we depend on these to sus-
tain life in the future". For
four days Way-nah-bozho tasted,
| and each day lac repeated the same
question,
On the fourth day he saw a
/ Young warrior approaching him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01

You simply sat back and watched me make q fool of myseH."
 You express 1t very we'll"
 Silas squirmed on his chair. sYou did all you could to humor my mistake" he declared
 T certainly did" said Mrs. Claiborne, very seriously. 'T had good reason to believe that your treatment of my sister was not what it should have been."
 Good Lord! she wouldn't let me treat her well. Why, we hadn't been married three months before she took e dislike to me, and she never got over it. The truth Is, she couldn't bear the sight of me. did what any other young man would have done. packed up my things and came back home. told Darlington about 1t when came back and he said the trou- ble was form of mysteries that finally develops into insanity"
 "Yes, that was what happened to my poor sister," said Mrs. Claiborne, land I never knew the facts until a few months ago. Our aunt, you know, always con- tended that you were the cause of 1t all. But Judge Vardeman, quite by accident, met the physician who had charge of the case and have letter from him which clearly explains the whole matter"
 Silas Tomlin sat silent for a long time, his gaze fixed on the floor. At length he stood up. stretched his arms above his head and drew a long breath. T thank you for laying my ghost, and I'll bid you good night"