The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-22
AGED INDIAN
WOMAN SECURES
AN ALLOTMENT
Senator Peterson Receives
Notice of The Court
Decision
SEVERAL INDIAN
TRIBES INVOLVED
Woman Has Fought TWEEN
ty-seven Years for Her
Birthright

After being driven from pillar tc
post Tor twenty-seven years, Isabel
vezlna, Chippewa half-breed, mas
peen given title to her allotment on
sne White Earth Indian reservation
py the United States circuit court OF
appeals at st. Louis.
rms case reads like fiction, and
several indian tribes are involved in
us history: Over 100 years ago, Ba-
ziIle David came up from Wisconsin
anu anu married an Indian girl of the
Fond Du Lac band of Chippewas. He
ana mis- squaw travelled by canoe ana
portage from the head of Lake Su-
perlor, near where Duluth now is,
nnnaLy reaching the Red river. They
noated down the river to what was
then Fort Garry, and Bazille helped
10 build the wallis of the fort located
Where winnipeg has since been built
Born mt Fort Garry.
WINE living at Fort Garry, a
case, was born to Bazille and his In
dian wife. Leaving Fort Garry, they
came up the Red river and stopped
for time with the Pembfnas, VINO
were not Chippewas Later the fam
lily made the long trip by the old Red
river oxcarts to Fort Smelling. Here
Bazille was again employed in helm
ing to erect fort, the records show
ing that he worked ON the walls OF
the original round fort at that post.
walls of the fort and for some time
after, the family resided at Mendoza,
on the other side of the Minnesota
river. Here they mingled with the
Sioux and members of other bands of
Chippewas. Isabel married and was
treaty with the Chipepwas was nego-
ttated. Under. this treaty the Fond
Du Lac band gave up their lands
along the st. Louis river and were
transferred to the White Earth res
Allotment Made in 1889.
= Claiming her rights as a member
OF the Fond Du Lac band, Isabel
sought an allotment on the White
Earth reservation, but Paul Beaulieu,
at that time the head chief, opposed
her claim on the ground that she was
a Pembina. This was in 1889, and
finally an allotment was made by
Chippewa Commissioner Flint. This
was for a quarter section OF land in
the northeastern part of the White
Earth reservation near Lengthy. Isa--
pei located on her allotment, made
improvements and has lived there
ever since. The allotment was made
after Chief White Cloud, then head
chief of the Chippewas, had her en-
rolled as a member of the tribe. Later
her name was stricken from the roll
and her allotment was given to a
Chippewa named Pahdub, and a pat--
emit was issued to him. He sold the
land to s. K. Mooers, of Detroit, MINI.
Suit was begun In the district court
OF Mahnomen- county to eject Isabel
from her allotment She engaged
Sen. T. II. Peterson to conduct ner
end of the case and he had the suit
removed to the United States district
court, at the same time bringing an
action against Mooers and the gov
eminent to have the Pahdub patent
Cancelled and Isabel declared the own
er of the allotment. In the meantime,
all proceedings were stayed by order
OF Judge Page Morris, of the United
states district court. The case was
tried before Judge Morris at Fergus
Falls in September, 1915, and deciued
adversely to Isabel
In Court Many Times.
Last December, the case was argued
States circuit court by Senator Peter
son and no bond was required. The
circuit court permitted a typewriter
record to be used instead of the
printed book required under the rules.
Last December, the casew as argued
at st. Louis and Judge C. r. Amidon,
Fargo, was one of the sitting judges
This morning Senator Peterson re-
ceived notice from the clerk of the
circuit court that Judge Smith had
hled deeisoin reversing the lower
court and restoring the land to the
Indian woman. She is SO years old,
for over sixty years has lived in civ
iliaztion, and for the past twenty
seven years has been fighting for her
birthright that is now secured to her.