The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-12-02
the woods and chop down the best

~AC NoVNn anu envy uVWh Tvs
trees. The Big Father will LEI
whites get dead and down timber
out of Indian woods, he said. Bu1
not let whites cut any. SO we say
yes, and though full bloods are very
mad when we cut down big trees
we do II. For many Moons we dc
1t and In winter, white man haul
1t TO sawmIlls.
Every little while, Levine comes
up there and we have a council and
tell him everything that happens.
All about things Marshall and 9th
er whites do. And he pays US al
ways. Then he tells US that the
Big Father VIII let mixed bloods
sell their pine lands but not full
bloods. So then we agree when he
wants any full-blood land TO swear
that any full blood IS mixed. And
we have done this now, perhaps
twenty times"
The mixed blood and Charlie
paused. Mr.. Smith took up a pa
per. 81 have here, Mr. Levine, a
statement of your dealings with the
Lake City Lumber company. You
have had sawed by them during
the past six or eight years millions
of feet of pine lumber. find that
you are holding Indian lands in the
name of Lydia Dudley and her
father, Amos Dudley, these lands
legally belonging TO full bloods.
Amos Dudley is also the purchaser
of land from full bloods. as is VII
liam Norton, Sr., through YOU
Levine rose quickly. Gentle
men," he exclaimed, surely you
can find enough counts against me
without including Miss Dudley, who
has never heard of the matter you
mention"
Commissioner James spoke for
the first time. Suppose we go on
the witnesses before we open
any discussion with Mr.. Levine
Jackson. what have these squaws
to telI?"
Charlie called old Susie. And old
Susie told of the death of her
daughter from starvation and cold,
this same daughter having sold her
pines to Levine for a 1ve-dollar
bill and a dollar watch. She held
put the watch toward Levine In one
old hand.
81 find this I'm dress. when she
lead. She strong. 1t take her
many days to die. | old. / pray
Great Spirit take me. No! IL
| freeze! | no can die.
She young. She have little baby.
She die"
Suddenly, she flung the watch at
.evine's feet and sank trembling
nto her chair.
There was silence for a moment.
n at the open window came the
Of a street car. Levine
feared his throat.
".AIl This is dramatic, of course,
'ut doesn't make me the murderer
f the squaw."
mol but you killed my father J"
hOuted Charlie Jackson. And ris-
ng. he hurled forth the story he had
old Lydia. years before. Lydia sat
nth her hands clasped tightly in
er lap, her eyes fastened in hor-
or on Charles face. 1t seemed
0 Lydia that the loose was fas-
closer round Johns neck
18th every word that was uttered.
Suddenly she sprang to her feet.
Stop, Charlie! Stop" she \
you shan't say any )
lore"
Senator Elway raped on the
able. You're out of order, Miss
dudley" he exclaimed, sharply.
Lydia had forgotten to be en- n
a~rrassed. II can help it If l am" 4
ne insisted. ~ won't have Char I
e Jackson %picturing Mr.. Levine as y
iend, while I have a tongue to !
peak with. Mr.. Levine's not a
Iurderer. He couldn't be. He's /
cen as much to me as my own I
lther ever since my mother died 9
hen | was a little girl. He's I'M !
arstood me as only my W moth \
: could.
you think he could murder when
2 could hold a little girl on his
ices and comfort her for the
cath Of her little sister, when he
Iught her how to find God, when !.
], | know he's robbed the Indians /
so has my own father, 1t seems. j
nd so has Pa Norton, and sc has 7
ent, and all of them are dear peo- :.
e. They've all been wrong. But
ink Of the temptation, Mr.. Com |
issionerl Surprising you were '
)or and the wonderful pines lay
} there, so easy TO take" ,
You're covering a good deal of .
'ound and getting away from the )
,ecifc case, Miss Dudley" said
NTH. "Of course, what you say
,esn't exonerate Nj. Levine. What =
III say of his character is inter r
ting but there remains the fact
at he has been proceeding fraud
for years in his relations 0
the Indian lands. You yourself o
mt pretend to Justify your acts, d
you, Mr.. Levine?"
Lydia sat down and Levine slow 5
rose and looked thoughtfully out Z
the window. 1.-THE legality or [
egality of the matter has moth [
q to do with the broader ethics k
the case, though ! think you will o
ID. gentlemen, that my acts are o
detected by law" he said. THE n
rgin land lies there. inhabited by il
degenerate race. whose n hope
salvation lay in amalgamatlon Il
It'll the white race. An ignorant G.
vernment. when land was plenty A
d the tribe was larger. placed s.
rtain restrictions on the reserva- Q