Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-12-05

of the Indians, and even the chief
began to relax. Yet he had still an
other query:
Did the Longknife say he would
stop the issue to the tribe of all gov
eminent goods and that he would take
away from the tribe all their lands
and give them to the white men%
At last the real cause of the failure
of the council was disclosed. Either
Intentionally or through stupid blum
dering. Redbear had made the chiefs
furious by a twisted Interpretation
that had given the exact reverse of
what had been intended. With the
key to the situation in his hands,
Hardy at once began to make clear
what he had tried to tell at the coun-
Gil. He explained why the issues of
goods would cease the following
spring, and what was meant by an al
lotting of tribal land in severalty. He
added that if there was gold on any
| of the reservation land it would be
well for the tribe to sell that part of
what they owned; otherwise bad
white men would, sooner or later,
come in and steal it.
More than half convinced of Har-
| dy's sincerity, though with still lin
gering suspicion, T-owa-konza ex-
planned in turn that the tribe was not
| only willing to allot the farming land
| of the reservation and sell the min
| eral land, but a treaty to that effect
had been agreed upon by the tribe, the
previous year. All that remained to
| be done was for the white chiefs at
Washington to agree on the price to
| be paid for the mineral land and for
delegation of tribal chiefs to go to
| Washington and put their marks on
the treaty paper.
A question or two from Hardy
brought out the angry complaint that
| when Nogen began to dig stones he
| told the chiefs there would be no
| treaty, and that the tribe must dig
the stones for him, or they would re-
ceive no more issue goods. Chief Van
and plymouth DupOnt) had tried to
get Nogen to give trade goods to the
young men and women who had dug
| holes. But NOgen would not allow it.
| Then a bad Indian had shot NOgen,
| and Van had shot the killer. The tribe
did not blame Chief Van. But they
had felt bad toward Nogen and they
| had felt bad toward the new agent be-
cause they thought he would do as No,
gen had done. Now they would like
| the new agent. No Indian would wish
to kill him when it became known
what he intended to 10 for the tribe.
After the old chief finished this ex-
| PLANTATION, Hardy found himself a well
come and honOred guest in the camp
At his suggestion Ti-owa-konza readily
agreed to send out runners in the
morning to call a council at the mine
| the day after. Hardy, in turn, prom.
| ised to draw up papers to make smooth
the way of the delegation of chiefs in
Washington.
/ At a sign from her grandfather, DIN.
ma now brought food to the guest
While he ate he talked with her about
her experience in the camp. She told
him jOyOusly that her mothers father
and all his family and band had been
very kind to her and had been hospit;
able, though not so kind, to her broth.
| er.
But when Hardy casually inquired
| whether Redbear had left the camp al
the same time as Vandervyn, the girls
| flow of conversation came to an abrupt
stop. She blushed and stammered and
became so painfully shy and confused
that Hardy considerably feigned
| drOwsineSS.