The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22

AS often as l lived at their camps,
year after year, l always carried with
me lot of merchandise to trade with
powder and lead, and cloth and
beads and knives-eVerything. in fact
that an Indian wanted. It was like
taking part of Wanamaker's best
goods out to a country village. These
things I'd keep in a trunk or box, but
the trunk was never locked. 1t was
often open. The goods lay around a
corner of the tepee that had been as
signed to me. Every one passed in
and out of the tepee. The papooses
played all over the place, and during
the day l would be off hunting with
the men. But never lost one dollars
en- were as fond Of flnery as their
white sisters, but kleptomania' wasn't
fashionable at Kaposia.
Not Subject to kleptomania.
The Indians weren't saints, but if
they hadn't been robbed and illtreated
from the time the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth in 1920, there would have
been very few Indian outrages, per
haps no massacres. The Minnesota
massacre of 1852 was a direct result
of the Indians being deprived of their
annultles and supplies in violation of
treaties. So long as the Indian agents
were controlled by the war department
we never had trouble with the red men.
But after the department of the in
terror got control of Indian affairs and
the agencies became the reward of
broken-down politicians the Indians
were Systematically robbed and mall
treated
Here's a case of the Indians regard
for his word: Some years after
came here boy found a dead Winnie
bago lying out on the edge Of town.
Sheriff Lull and the coroner discov-
cred that the man had been stabbed.
The sheriff hunted up some other
Winnebagos and spoke to She -en-u-
zhee-kaw, or Standing Lodge. He
said at once, killed him. The dead
man had done something or other-I
don't know what-contrary to the In
dian code or law, and Standing Lodge
was selected to kill the offender.
Kept His Word.
Lodge was placed under arrest but
was not imprisoned. The Jail hadn't
been finished. He made no effort to
get away. AS the grand jury wouldn't
meet for month Lodge was told that
he could go, but he must come back in
a certain number Of days. He cut that
many notches on stick, went off and
came back in time. He waited around
and complained because he wasn't
tried promptly. An Indictment was
found against him, but. the trial was
continued. Standing Lodge showed
up voluntarily at a second term Of
court, but the case was finally dis
missed. Standing Lodge shook hands
with everybody, folded his blanket
around him, and walked off,
"Of course, the Indians had their
unpleasant side, especially in warfare
Ten years after came to st. Paul /
saw an Indian raid take place a few
rods from my store and just across
Third street from the log cabin called
the st. Paul House, afterwards re-
placed by the present Merchants hotel.
The Chippewas, or Ojibways, had
killed a Sioux near Shakopee. Then
the Sioux braves went over to St.
Croix Falls and killed a Chippewa, but
lost two brothers Of the future chief
Little Crow. In revenge young Chip
pewa chief called A-luc-en-zis led
party of eighteen warriors over from
ST. Croix to St. Paul to waylay some
of the Kaposia Sioux as they were
about to land here at the foot of
Jackson street.
''The Indians secuted along the edge
Of the bank where Sixth street runs