The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-02-09
FAITHFUL INDIAN BRAVES.

Seven Chippewas Who Saved Whites From
Slaughter in '6e Living at Mile Laos
Lake. f..
Simon Michelet, Indian agent at
White Earth, and his party arrived in
the City on the North Coast Limited
lateA Sunday, and started Monday
morning for Lawrence, on the south
shore Of Mile Laos, to distribute
S3,6W among the Indians who are to
meetahim there. .--- -
lnsaddition to the agent the mem
berss of the party were: J. T. Van
meter, clerk; Don McDougall, fnan-
cialHclerk; Joseph Louzon, chief of
Indian police at White Earth, inter-
prefer; Joseph Perrault, assistant in
terpreter; Wa-we-yay~cum-ig, head
chiei of the Mile Laos tribe.
/ TIP party expects to complete the
payment in time to return to Little
Falls Thursday.
TIE work of removing the Mile
Lacers to White Earth still continues,
and progresses about as fast as the
promised accommodations can be pro-
vldeq at their new homes. About 200
have moved from Mile Laos to White
Earth in the past few years. The
funds available are not sufficient to
build houses for them all, and they
are going about as fast as they can
be taken care of. The Mile Laos tribe
included many Indians who lived some
distance from the lake, and they went
to White Earth some time ago, so that
lhs1 rs nearly 6oQ members Of that
tribe at the big reserv alton.
g We-we-yay-cum-ig, the head chief of
the tribe, moved to White Earth some
time ago, and is we'll pleased with his
surroundings.
He is very intelligent Indian, and
is somewhat familiar with events Of
interest to Little Falls. He was boy
OF about fifteen years in 1862 when the
Indian trouble occurred in Minnesota.
He was heir to the chieftancy at that
time. His father, chief Wadena, died
in 1860, and, on account of the sons
age, Sho-bosh-kong, Wadena's head
brave, became acting chief until Wah-
we-yay-cum-ig arrived at sufficient
age, when he took the place of head
chief, which he has since held.
He recalls the visit of Hole-in-the-
day and his braves to IilleLacs early
in 1862 to induce the Mile Lacers to
join in an uprising against the whites.
The Mile Lacers declined Hole. in-the-
days invitation, and advised that
chief to remain friendly to the whites.
Then a large body Of Mile Laos
braves went to the commander of the
United States troops at Fort Ripley,
and pledged their friendship to the
whites. This attitude of the Mile
Laos braves put an end to any chance
of Hole-in-the-day's uniting the Chip
pewas against the whites, and saved
this part of the State from an Indian
war.
Wah-we-yay-cum-ig says there are
still FIVE of those old braves living
all at Mile Laos and that their names
are: Sha-go-pay, Ah-zhaw, Pah-
dub-e-ge-shig, Nay-gwon-nay-bee, No.
l, Nay-gwon-nay-bee, No. 2 or Ko-
acknowledgements.
They are all old men now, and
nearly helpless. They and their COM
panions of over forty years ago were
OF the greatest assistance to the white
settlers of this district.
They are deserving of gratitude and
of some more substantial reward.
Little Falls Transcript.
Yngve is Appointed Capitol Custodian.
A. P. Yngve. an old-time Pop and
Democrat of Isanti county. has re-
ceived an appointment at the hands of
Governor Johnson, who has named
Yngve one of the custodians of the
capitol building, though the report
does not state which caDitOl building.