The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-28
Controversy Is Aroused.

controversy is aroused.
A bitter controversy was aroused by
the dedication. When the date for it
was announced, survivors of the Sioux
massacre of 1862 and persons familiar
with the early history of Minnesota
sought to discredit it's historical ac-
curacy. They asserted that the white
settlers along the frontier received
no assistance from the Chippewas,
and added that Mou-zoo-maun-nee
was a Sioux Indian rather than
Chippewa chief. Several of the speak
ers at the exercises sought to justify
the action of the legislature in voting
the monument appropriation by show
ing that Mou-Zoo-maun-nee was instru-
mental in influencing the Chippewas
to reject offers which had been made
them by the Sioux to join In the
massacre.
Accepts for State.
Nearly all of the state officials had
accepted invitations to attend the un-
yelling, but the only ones to put in
an appearance were George F. Au-
thier, private secretary to Governor
Eberhart; State Auditor S. G. Tverson
and Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith. The first named accepted the
monument on behalf of the state, and
the shaft was unveiled by little Pat
ricia Bella Daley, great-granddaugh-
ter of Chief Mou-Zoo-maun-nee.
Pnnpocontotiva Erapk IOnlyipc Of
Fairfax acted as master of ceremon-
les, and the first speaker was State
Senator H. n. Benson of St. Peter,
who was one of the authors of the
monument bill. w. F. Lee of Long
Prairie, Republican gubernatorial
nominee, told of an intimate acquaint-
ance with the Mile Laos bank of the
Chippewas. He upheld the action of
the legislature, and said: II want to
go on record as vouching for the
fidelity, the honesty and the peaceable
intentions of the Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota"
Defends Action of Legislature.
Oar S. Hall of Olivia. former COM
missioner to the Chippewas, defended
the action of the legislature. The
Sioux endeavored to induce the Chip.
pewas to join in the revolt, he said.
Chief Mou-zoo-maun-nee of the Mile
Laos band was one of the principal
advocates of peace, and 1t was due in
a large measure to him that the Chip
pewas did not go on the warpath.
Theo. H. Beaulieu of White Earth,
speaking as a representative of the
Chippewas, confirmed Mr.. Halls
statements, and produced evidence to
show that Mou-zoo-maun-nee was a
Chippewa.
Attired in their savage finery, four
Chippewa chiefs, Andrew Daley, AIN.
dus-o-ge-shig, son, of Mou-zoo-maun-
nee; Chief Little Wolf, Mah-eeng-
gaunce; Chief Peter Parker, Pau-pe-
waub, and Chief Joseph Chariot,
Wain-ge-ma-dub, took part in the pro-
gram. They spoke in the Chippewa
tongue, and their addresses were
translated by William Daley of White
Earth, grandson of Mou-zoo-maun-nee
Chief Andrew Daley said: Il was
IL years old when the outbreak took
place, and remember that tobacco was
sent to our tribe by Little Crow to in
duce us to take up arms against the
whites. Mou-Zoo-maun-nee, my father,
and others stood firm and did not &C.
cept, because they were friendly to
the whites, as they had been before
and were ever after. l am trying to
follow in my fathers footsteps"
Chief Joseph Chariot, who is IS
years of age, served three years in
the civil war as a member of Com
pany G, Ninth Minnesota Volunteer
infantry