Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-16
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in 1904 as an agent Of the American
Fur company. Bazille Beaulieu mar
ried a Chippewa woman, Og-gen-ge-
shig-o-quay, in 1908, their children in
GLIDING Clement Beaulieu, father Of
Gus, being born in the Lac Du Flam-
beau company and the investigators are
to look at the birth records in churches
in the Wisconsin reservation territory.
John Fairbanks, forefather Of the
White Earth Fairbanks, was also an
employee Of the fur company and the
records will be examined for Informal
tion concerning his family.
The White Earth fullbloods base
their demand for publication Of the
tribual roll on the provisions of the
government treaty Of 1854. By this
treaty the lands Of the Chippewas in
Wisconsin and Minnesota were divided
and line was drawn separating the
lands Of the Mississippi or Minnesota
band and the lines Of the Superior
or Wisconsin band. The line ran east
of Mile Laos lake and north to Yer
million river and Rainy lake. Generally
speaking, the land on the west went to
the Mississippi band, on the east to the
Superior band.
In 1867 the White Earth Indian res
ervation was created. This was a year
before the death Of Hole-in- the-day and
the reservation was set aside for the
Mississippi Indians largely through his
influence. During the period between
1854 and 1867 a number Of mixed
bloods had gone from Wisconsin to
Minnesota and settled in the Indian
country. Among these men was Clement
H.Beaulieu. These men claimed the
right to settle on the White Earth res.
ervation. Hole-in-the-day opposed the
plan, declaring they were not Missis-
sippi Indians. He planned to go to
Washington and present his opposition,
but was shot down from ambush near
Crow Wing in August, 1868, shortly be-
fore the date set for his departure.
It is in connection with this shooting
that the most interesting part Of the
Testimony at the present inquiry was
given.
To White Earth last week, to testify
before the government commissioner,
came aged Indians from all parts Of
the Minnesota Indian country. Few
Of them could speak English and most
of them testified through interpreters.
Kah-ke- gay-aush, IS years old, Of Big
Bend testified that in 1868 he and three
other Indians had been called before
Clement H. Beaulieu, Robert Fairbanks,
Bill Macarthur, John George Morrison,
Kah- Do-Kim and Peter Roy and had
been told that they would be paid
$1,000 apiece, given teams of horses
and made chiefs if they would kill
Hole-in-the-day. "They said Hole-in-
the-day was like a big log in the road,
too hi h to get over, too big to go
around, - said the witness. ''~,~.. ~-
May.tway gah.no:11ind, who lives at
Leach lake, told Of hearing four In
dians,> May-dway-we-nind, Way-zow-
e-koh=nog-ay, Num-ay-we-me-nee and
Kay-bay- be-sin-dung, plotting to kill
Hole-in-the-daY.r" He said the Indians
had noticed that he was overhearing
them and had invited him to Join in
the conference, that they said the rea-
son they were going to kill the chief
was that he would not allow mixed
bloods to 60 on the reservation. He
testified that he had asked who was
back of the plot to kill the chief and
had been told that Clement Beaulieu,
ST., h-Do-Kim, also known as Ruffee.
who was afterward Indian agent at
Crow Wing, and Begun Eesh were in
the plot. He said that the Indians had
told him that Ruffee was to be Indian
agent, that the men who did the kill
ing were to be given $1,000 apiece and
a team of horses. F'Six days later
Hole-in-the-day was killed. said the
aged Indian.
Details of the killing were given by
old An-nah- me-ay -gah-bow: He said
that he had lived on Leech lake and
that one day in August, 1868, members
OF his tribe had proposed to visit the
Sioux at Wahpeton, N. D. He said he
had started out with six Indians and
ne named these Indians as the men in
the party who had murdered Hole-in.
the-day. The Indians, he said, were
May.dway-we-nind, Way-zow-e-kon- noq-
ay, O-dish-gway-ge-shig, Day-dah-cum-
ah-je-wabe, Kah -zhuck-aince or Nah.
zhe-be-tung, O-dh-e gum and Be-Wansh.
-"We started from Leach Lake for
Wahpeton," he said. 4 was told it
was to be little visit. When we got
near the Crow Wing settlement there
was big field along the road. We
sat down near here. May-dwav-we-nind
loaded his gun. He said this is
the day Hole-in-the-day will die L
asked why: He did not answer. Way:
zow-e.kon-nog-ay said FHole-in -the-day
must be killed. was surprised. Then
ne said someone is hired to kill the
chief. He is to get $1,000 and a nice
house, I asked who came and he
answered Kah-do-kin and Glenn Beau
lieu and Peter Roy. He said the chief
would be killed because he was going
to remove the Indians to White Earth
and wouldn't let the mixed bloods 90.
L we all sat down. Then we rose
to 60 and saw two persons in a buggy
coming. One was Hole-in-the-day.
stood still. May-dway-we-nind stood a
little way from me in the road. Hole !
turned. May-dway-we-nind ;
the gun at him. and fred. Hole.
n-the, DAY dropped from the buggy. =; I !,
saw o'dlsh-gway-ge-shig run by. When ,