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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28

bership received. The installation of ths newly elected officers Is 10 take place on Wednesday evening. January ittN aLs all elective officers are expected 10 attend. The work of installation is to be done ty Deputy ". II. Brown of wasAingtoa Councl;, Noznk.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28

The carrying of a biHbook in his in- side pocket gives a man more or less prestige even if there isn't anything In it
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28
D. 8. COMMISSIONER MCGUIRE
 TENDERS REsIGNATIo-

United States Commissioner Frank L. McGuiFe of New London has resigned. He lendeFed his resignation to Judge Edwin 5. Thomas of the United States district court a few days ago and 1t has been accepted. No successor has been ap- pointed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-28
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The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23

have become charge upon the
tribe. They are without public
schools or any form of public i'm
provement or civilizing influences
The timber has been practically all
cut. REPRESENTATION is impossible.
There is no forest reserve. A vast
domain of valuable land is being
held idle, Of no benefit to any one,
and a positive injury to the Indians
and whites alike. The Indians are
demanding the adjustment of the
reserve and the sale of the land in
conformity with the agreement of
1889. The white population in the
two counties in which the reserve
is situated is demanding the abol-
ishment of the reserve as 1t ex
cludes development and is a burden
upon the tax payers of the counties.
(6) No, Settlement Has
Been Made For the Lands
Taken Under the Free
Homestead Act.
By the Act of May II, 1900 (31
Stat, 179), known as the free
homestead act, the settlers on the
agricultural lands were relieved of
the payment of $1.25 per acre for
the lands entered. The United
States was to pay for these lands.
No settlement has been made with
the Indians. although % years
have passed, and the money when
placed in their trust fund was to
draw S per cent interest. If this
money had been paid in when it
should have been, the interest
would have amounted to more than
the principal.
Cd The Coded Lands In
cluded in State Drainage
Districts.
Under the Act approved May
%. 1908, (35 Stat 1857, large areas
of the coded lands were taken and
included in drainage districts, with
primary benefits to the drainage
districts of Minnesota and incident
al. benefits TO- the Indians -in~-viola~
ton Of the agreement Of 1889.
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23
(S) The Trust Funds Are
Being Annually Used For
Administrative Expenses,

Since 1911 the trust fund arising
under section 7 of tie act of 1889
has been annually encroached upon
to the extent of from $4,000 to
$175, 900 for agency expenses. The
Indians have annually protested
against the use of their funds, in
sisting that it was violation of
the terms of the trust. The agen-
cies were in existence long prior to
1889. No provision is found in the
agreement of 1889 for the pay
ment of the agency expenses. All
the expenses authorized to be paid
out Of the fund are enumerated in
the first portion of section 7 of the
act of 1889, and no mention is
therein contained OF agency ex-
penses.. If it had been the intention
of the Indians or the United States
to defray agency expenses out of
the. fund, those expenses would
have been enumerated, The fact
that the United States for % years
after the agreement of 1889 was
entered into continued to pay the
agency expenses out of the public
money is the best exposition of the
understanding of the United States.
The authority to. use these funds
in defraying agency expenses is
claimed by the Department under
the proviso to section Of the act
of 1889 H. X. Elk. Doc. No. 247,
51st Cong 1st Ses r. SO, contains
the explanation of this pr'viso as
made to the Indians by the Com
Continued on 4th page.
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23

upon the members of the Red
Lake Band the exclusive ownership
Of the entire reservation. 256, 600
acre # that reservation have been
sold and the entire proceeds paid
to the members of the Red Lake
Band.
(4) The Unauthorized Dis.
position of the Cut Over
Pine Lands.
By tile Act of May %, 1908,
section 4 Us Stat, 1851, all of the
cut over "pine lands" we're au-
.thorized to be disposed of at $1.25
per acre under The homestead laws.
BY sections 4 land 5 Of the Act of
january II, 1889, as agreed to by
the Indians, this land was to be
sold at not less than its appraised
value, at the highest price obtain
able. Some of this land would
bring in the open market $50 per
acre, and all Of it could be sold at
a price in excess Of SIS per acre.
(5) The Minnesota Nation
al Forest. =.
By the Acts of June 81, 1902 (32
Stat, 402 3 and May %, 1908 (35
Stat, 268), the Minnesota National
Forest Reserve was established
Under these acts the Indians we're
to receive compensation for the
timber as cut, five and ten Ter cent
to be left standing, for which the
Indians were to be paid at its esti-
mated value, and the land was to
be paid for at $l.25 perscre. Not
dollar has been paid the Indians
for the timber left standing, and
the ST. 25 per acre to be paid for
the land, which has not been paid,
represents only fractional part of
the market value of the land to
which the indians are entitled un
der sections 5 and 6 of the Act of
January IA, 1889, as agreed t. by
the Indians and under which the
land was coded to the United States
in trust. Within this reservation
approximately 600 Indians we're
allotted. Their allotments have
been rendered valueless by the
forest reserve. The Indians are
Isolated from civilization. They
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh ID q local disease. greatly in
fuenced by constitutional conditions. and
in order to cure it you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians
posed Of some OF the best tonics known.
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination Of
the ingredients In Halls Catarrh Medi.
results In catarrhal conditions Send for
r. !. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists. tic. ..,...
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23

We believed, and still believe,
President Harding to be the enemy
of war and the advocate of peace.
We have believed and still believe
him to be an upright man who
fearlessly says what he means and
means what he says. Less than a
syear. ago ne electrified the world BY
calling a conference of the repre-
sentatives of the great powers to
meet in Warrington, the Capital of
our Nation, to there consider dis.
passiona:ely vexed problems that
threatened discord and possibly
war. The greatpowers of the world
responded with alacrity. The con-
ference was held and five treaties,
embodying the understanding ar
rived at were duly executed By the
representatives of the contracting
powers. We are told that these
treaties are solemn obligations as
sumed, to be honestly and faithful
Nly fulfilled by all the contracting
parties including the United States,
and that their honest fultillment in
saures the peace and happiness of
the world. q RI: ~
Doubtless President Harding,
when he issued the call for that
conference and when those five
treaties we're being negotiated and
signed, was unaware of the fact
that officers of his administration
were at that time ignoring, re-
pudiating and treating as scrap
of:paper solemn agreement made
il 1889 by the United States with
the Chippewa Indians of Minneso-
Ia. We cannot believe that Presi :
dent Harding would countenance
such reputation even though the
Chippewa Indian people are i'm
potent and powerless to force, by
resort to arms, the Government of
the United States to respect that
agreement. Much less do we be-
lieve that the President would sane
ton such reputation by the Unit
ed States if he knew chat it entailed
untoled loss and misery to the
Chippewa people. We cannot be-
liev that President Harding is in
sincere in his prostestatiopA of good
faith in governmental obligations.
We therefore conclude that he is
ignorant of the acts of his subor''
dinate officers who have and are
now every day committing acts Of
repodiation and dishonor in their
administration of the Chippewa
estate. .-> - 49,:
From bis home at Marion, Ohio,
during the Presidential! campaign
Of 1920, President Harding gave
the American Indians, which in
cluded The Cbippewas, the follow
;nc d s,,1 rance. " :-.
II think we will agree about
one basic principle, and that is that
the American Indian is just as much
entitled to a square deal as any one
else in the Republic, and if we are
called to responsibility be will get
it.
II believe in the policy of pro-
noting and bestowlng and eIeva-
ting and encouraging and establish
ing the ideals of democracy IN
America first, and the American
Indian is just as much entitled to
that which righteously comes to
him as any other citizen of the Re
public.
You take that message to your
fellow Americans from me, and
whether l am elected to the Fresi-
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23

ing They are Worth Respecting.
dency or not, l will still be amem-
| Der of the Senate a. little while,
and l will be happy to join with
my voice in asking justice to the
American Indian"
We propose to see to it that
President Harding does know Of
toe reputation Of the. Chippewa
agreement by his subordinates act
ing and speaking not only in the
name of his administration but in
the name of the United States We
will then have an opportunity to
learn whether our treaty is to be
regarded by President Harding's
Administration as mere scrap of
paper, or whether he will, as we
confidently believe, put an end to
a condition that hts become a Ma
tional disgrace, and give US. as he
promised, a square deal.
The Act of 1889.
BY the Act of January IA, 1889
Us Stat, 642), the President of the
United States was authorized to
appoint commission to negotiate
with the Chippewa Indians for i'm:
mediate alloImentss id severalty. to
al. the then members of the tribe
and for the conveyance Of all the
remaining property to the United
, States under specific trust to- be
sold and disposed of in conformity
with the terms of the trust and the
net proceeds, after the payment OF
certain expenses, we're to be placed
in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit of "all the
Chippewa Indians in the State of
Minnesota" The money placed in
the Treasury of the United States,
together with the interest as it
accumulated, was to be paid to the
Indians in the manner expressly
stipulated in the trust.
The Negotiations Under
| The Act of 1889.
The commission was appointed
and undertook to negotiate with the
Indians. For nearly a hundred
years heretofore the Chippewa
Indians bad been negotiating trea
ties with the United States, not a
one of which had ever been res
pected by the officers of the United
States. In the light of their pre-.
vious experience the Chippewa. H.
dams at first refused to negotiate
with the officers of the United
States They looked upon this as
another attempt to secure valuable
cessions of property from them
upon promises to be repudiated by
the United States as soon as the
property was obtained. The United
States had appointed on the com
mission Bishop Marty of the Gath
clic church. A majority of the
Chippewa Indians we're Catholics.
Bishop Marty appealed to the In
dams to negotiate with the repre-
sentatives. of the United States.
He gave them his personal assur-
ance that any agreement negotiated
by him would be faithfully lived
up to by the United States. Not
withstanding his high position in
the church of which a majority of
the Indians were members, the In
dams we're unwilling to accept his
promise. They exacted of Bishop
Marty and the other members of
the Commission that they take an
oath to carry out in good faith any
agreement with them. The com.
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23

Ihls appears IN the record or the
negotiations printed in H. r. Elk.
Doc. No. 247, 51st Cong, 1st Ses.,'
PIP. 1884, in these words:
1--WE call upon the bishop. He
is an apostle of Almighty God, and
would Of course not say otherwise
than as God told him. I will ask
these commissioners to raise up
their hands and say that they will
fulfill the arrangements made II
they are serious with U.S.. A.
mo Din Quah I'm. l insist up.
on the raising of hands AS to whas
l told the bishop. (The three COM
missioners then rose and raised
their hands in affirmation of the
promises maze, the chairman say
ing: We promise to do all in our
power to carry out the understand
inR.') l.
''Kay Ke Now Aus Akung
latter telling the Indians that the
commissioners had given the
strongest possible test) The reason
we take so much pains in this mat
ter is that the Government has
never fully kept its promises to us
in the past, and cannot be blamed
for doing so when l am acting for
my own benefit and for my owD
interest and the benefit and interest
of my children. - \
The Agreement of 1889. !
Upon this assurance the Indians
negotiated in 1889 an agreement
with the representatives of the
United States in conformity with
the provisions of the Act of Janu.
ary IA, 1889. T.,
President Harrison in: transmit
ting the agreement. to Congress-
III. R. Elk. Doc. No. PAT, 5lst
Cong, LIST. Ses. p. y made this
observation:
THE commissioners did not
escape the embarrassment which
unfortunately too often attends our
negotiations with the Indians, viz:
An indisposition to treat with the
Government for further cQnces-
siions while it's obligations incurred
under former agreements are un'
kept"
No sooner had the agreement
been signed than the United States
commenced to repudiate its pro-
visions. The Reputation. has gone
on until the greater portion of the
estate will be lost to the Indians
unless prompt action is taken to
conserve the remaining property
and to recover back that which has
been disposed of in violation of the
terms of the agreement and for
which the Indians have received
little or nothing.
The SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS OF
The Agreement.
We here set out some of the
more fragrant violations of our
agreement by the officers and
agents of the United States: =
Q) The Swamp Land
Scandal.
More than 100000 acres IF our
lands, much of which was heavily
timbered, coded by US to the United
States in trust to be sold and dis
posed Of, the timber lands at the
highest price obtainable, and the
agricultural land at $1.25 per acre,
has been conveyed to the State of
Minnesota without a dollar of con.
sideration TO the Indians. The In.
dams have lost by this transaction
between Sc, 900, 900 and SIP, 900, 900
The Tomahawk., 1922-03-23
AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT HARDING FOR THE
FuLf|lLMENT Of A SOLEMN AGREEMENT EN-
Tered INTO WITH THE UNITED STATES.
How the Agreements With the Chippewa indians Have Been
And are now Being Treated as Scrap Of Paper

HOW THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN AND ARE NOW BEING
DESPOILED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
PROPERTY: HOW THEY ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES OF LIFE SECURED TO THEM BY AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Children Spread News.

Now said the captain Just to give
you an idea how quickly news spreads in
the islands, I'll tell one of these young
sters to pass the word around about our
party
He did, and within five minutes the
whole gang had assembled, seventy three
of them, as we found later by actual count,
and this included only those from about
IA years down. They had not waited to
dress up, and their mothers came running
after them with bits of clothing of all
sorts.
One little chap of about years, his
mother lassoed with an old sleeveless un-
dershirt of his father, and he came streak
ing on to the rendezvous, with the tail of
it dragging out behind him like a train.
Another, who had no clothes perhaps, was
clad eXtempore in TWO hibiscus leaves
strung on a piece of bark tied around his
waist, one before and one behind These
formalities having been arranged, We lined
them up in two files. beginning with the
little ones, the boys in one and the girls
in the other. Then we began the distri-
button of presents at the first Christmas
pa 49, "hiNh' III IiiC captain . opInlOn Hdu
been held on the island since the dawn of
creation. At any rate it was the first one
which had been held in September.
The children were surprisingly well be-
haved. 1 have seen less orderly children's
parties in more civilized places. There
was no crowding. no grabbing and, most
astonishing of all. every one seemed de-
lighted with what he or she received II
was interesting to watch their faces when
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
A Concert of Gratitude.

Five and ten cent stores are not accus-
toned to packing confectons for tropical
export, so the chocolate and peanut candy
was in something of a mess but. judging
by what happened, it was still thoroughly
eatable.
The tumult and the shouting ceased at
last, and the horn and whistle blowing as
well. The crowd dispersed and the captain
and l prepared to retire to our mats on
the chiefs veranda. He was chuckling
over some of the events of the evening.
We had spent nearly an hour over one Of
our demonstrations. jigsaw puzzle which
represented when put together the picture
of Washington crossing the Delaware. We
had to explain who Washington was, where
he was going and why; and an old man
who was looking on said, "Eaha terra mau
mea ?"-What are those things pointing
to the Jumps of ice which the soldiers were
pushing away from the boats. This wasn't
so easy to explain, for the islanders have
no more conception of ice than the
Esquimaux have of land of perpetual
summer
Well" said the captain sit was fine
party. 1 don't know when have enjoyed
myself so much. AS for these lIids-if you
come back here twenty-five years from
now you will find plenty of 'em who will
still remember this day"
Suddenly he raised himself on one elbow.
Hello. 1t isn't over yet. What's up now
1 wonder?"
The children were coming back in groups
of four or five. They sat down on the
lawn about twenty yards from the veranda,
no one making a sound We didn't stir,
pretending that we were asleep. When
they had all assembled they began to sing,
in full chorus, and for the next hour they
gave US a concert which was worth going
twice five thousand miles to hear.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
A South Seas Children's Paradise

the gifts were passed out. They were not
long in discovering the use of horns and
whistles, but they had no more idea than
their parents what some of the things
were for
We had to demonstrate the mechanical
toys, jumping jacks and the monkeys
which climbed a string. These made a
wonderful hit, and the elders crowded
around as eagerly as the children TO watch
the performances. But the most appro-
PIRATE gifts of all, it seemed to me. were
the bathroom toys. the celluoid animals.
There was only one bathtub on the island,
and that was the lagoon which surrounded
it, and as soon as the children learned that
the animals were aquatic like themselves
they had them in their native element.
water, and ii was as pretty a sight as l
have seen in many a day TO watch those
children diving far down with their ailiga-
tors and elephants and ducks and giraffes,
then letting them go and watching them
rise TO the surface. Some of the little girls
who had received dolls We're disappointed
at first because they wouldn't float; but as
they would sink they removed the clothing
from their newly acquired babies tossed
them into deep water and then dove after
them.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
By JAMES NORMAN HALL,
Author of "Kitchener's Mob" High Adventure, &c.

preciate the no school feature of it as 1
would have some years earlier.
The chief of the settlement was a great
friend of the captain, and sent word out
by one of his boys that he wanted us to
spend the night at his house 1t was about
in the afternoon when he went ashore,
but as meals come at any hour in the
islands we were not surprised to find sup
per all ready for us. A table had been
laid out of doors back of the chiefs house.
Seven of us sat down to the meal, the
chief, his brother, his three eldest sons, the
captain and myself. The chiefs wife and
daughters waited on us, according to is
land custom.
1t was a typical Polynesian banquet, with
raw fish to begin with. These are really
delicious when dipped in a sauce of cocoa
nut milk favored with lime juice. Then
came fish, freshly caught. baked and
broiled, with Holsters, and fresh water
nanas and other fruit and cocoanut water
of the green nuts to drink. When we had
finished we took our chairs out in front of
the house, where there was a very pretty
lawn cut short and even by those natural
lawn mowers, goats, of which the island
had plentiful supply, both wild and do
mesicated. But the children, as the cap
tain had said, were even more plentiful.
They were playing about everywhere in
the trees, on the beach, in and under the
water
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
A Practical
Dictionary Needed

T IKE many books called classics which
4. we speak of reverently and never
look at, the dictionary of our Ian
guage seems to be falling into disuse: we
seldom consult it. If a strange word
"swims into our ken" we regard it as an
mpertlnence or we use it as kind of
game; we argue about it, discuss it. guess,
bet, and perhaps write to the newspapers
for a definition, but we don't consult the
dictionary.
Perhaps the reason for our neglect is
that the unabridged dictionary is too cum
bersome and it gives too many meanings.
though thin papers cut the ordinary bulk
Simple words therein are found to be both
noun and verb (speled alike), and some
times they have more than dozen distinct
meanings. This is disconcertng. There
may be room for a dictionary with the
obsolete and archaic words left out true
twentieth century dictionary that shall be
fool proof
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

I put in sometimes. l hadn't expected to
make it this voyage. 1t will be about one
hundred miles off my course, but no mat
ter. Time doesn't count for much in this
part of the world. Well go to Hetia any
way, for there are more children on that
island than wild goats, and if we're to
play Santa Claus We couldn't strike a
better place no matter how far we travelled.
Just wait! If we don't have some fun
there I'll miss my guess"