The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-17
ID to the places as readily as the white

& ted to the places as readily as the white
8 men.
The saloon men have construed the
land act tS mean that e. the ,; bali
Ecan be sold to him without danger. The
/ 5ful lbloods, however, do not come under
4 Shis act, yet they seem to have no difh-
Guilty in getting all the Liquor they
need. This is undoubtedly furnished Ito
4 the fullbloods by the mixed bloc Ids. and
q as far as enjoying life is concerned,
Il blood makes no difference.
II In this park the mixed bloods meet
I smen with money to talk Of land deals.
The Indians may have no money when
he first comes to town, but in some
4 way he drinks with the others and man
q who has already encountered his land.
Al The next day will probably see him at
3 the courthouse, and the following. eve
4 ming he is buying liquor and shining
junk like a prince,
In the land deals themselves there
is nothing peculiar, nor is there any IN
I who are obtaining hold on the valua-
BILE Indian lands can be called to &C
count. Whatever moral law may be
ii violated, the spectators are simply sat
isfying the Red Mans desires for
money, The Indians know nothing OF
81 the value of money, but they are cit
If it is as binding as tho made by an az
torney. They think nothing of the
time when the mortgage must be cleared
II and the spectators do not feel IN duty
y bound to impress them with the serl-
business, of the case. The mortgagor IS
the money by certain time. This
little part Of the deal is not talked
i about, and the Indian is Just as sure. OF
q losing his land as he is of buying
liquor with the mortgage money. "
I'll More Grants to Be Made.
5S Every Indian on the reservation has
another S0-acre tract of land coming 20
him when the STEVENSON act goes INTO
effect. The intention Of this act was
to enable the Indians to go into farm
q ing thoroly in case they sold their hrst
allotments for a good pr1ce.. Inc az
which recently went into effect Would
under ordinary circumstances be of adj
vantage to the Indian. He could save
the money gained by the sale OF the
first allotment and then invest 1t IN ma
&{schinery and other farm equipment Wnen
he received the grant under the Steen-
d crson act.
AS it appears now, however, the In
dians will be entirely pennlless when
they receive the second allotment, and
1t will 90 as the first grants are going
to the Spectators who will know how
to handle it. ,,~
At present there is no one to help
no longer stands behind them and the
white men, instead of encouraging the
III S1hippeWa to keep his money and be-
come q respected citizen, places tempta-
lions in his way which will cause the
money to flow from his pockets.
as Sell it to 10.
.4 HIf you have anything you don It
want, sell it to an Indian" This Is
q common saying in Detroit, and with
In the last few days there have been
Il several instances Of the application OF
the rule.
One Of the most respected men in
Detroit, q minister, decided to sell nj! Is
horse and carriage. He announced, IT. t.
10 an Indian as he could get three
times as much as he would by selling it
so dealer. The minister g conscience,
however, baked at this proposal. and
he refused to have any hand III such
deals. Instead. he sold the horse % e. ana =
not to an Indian, but to a regular deal
er. The dealer in turn sold the outfit to
an Indian and the townspeople are
& guessing the amount of profit In the
second sale.
One team of broken-down ponies was
TsiS0lO TO ali luQlhu lUI pow WACh eAC.J
would not have brought $50 In any mar
ket in the country.
a Another instance Of the Indian s use
fulnessf occurred last Saturday when an
old blind warrior who stalks about on
one leg asked man on the street fol-
a IS bill in exchange for silver money
The Indian paid over the silver money
# knowing the difference he paid the bill
to q travelling man for some articles he
wanted and the salesman failed tC
notice the deception until later. HI
then started the search, found the blinc
cripple, and received good money IL
exchange for his goods. The bill wa!
finally traced to the original owner ant
the matter was squared up without
$rouble.
Thousands of dollars have been spen
By the Indians for articles they. ca1
never use, and 50 far there has beer
40 move to stop the great working
gystem. Some of the business men o:
proval but the law gives them no RICH
to interfere and unless something j
done speedily the White Earth mixet
" bloods will soon become paupers ant
the men who have obtained their land
and money will have to support them
stores and liquor dealers have adopted
IN carrying on their trade has prove,
especially disastrous to the red mer
The stores in purchasing goods fron
IL farmers pay in negotiable trade check
instead of cash. This /" tin money"
good for it's face value, but only a
the store that issues it. The none
may pass from one person to another
but 1t is always good at the store.
Many Of the Indians have been per
Esuaded to mortgage their farms 70
this tin money, which can be redeeme
only In goods. The Indians at frs
thought the tin money would be &C
eepted at its face value at the banks
but they found to their sorrow tina
5R} they could only get goods from tn
stores or liquor houses. The iquo
money satisfied them completely, but a
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