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Hfe"* y~r ^^k*v5i-,lj^* Q*y-yuek.!o-chee-s idi VOL, II, 3 Prtnting =S5J 1BIT6* A.*^ MAWAOM. .L- sK*" AN INDKPErfDCNqiNT NEWBA,RR, Published In tha lntr.a.t of \h WMta Earth Reservation *n* t*\* tyartjwaat aa,arally* An Cxpon*nt of a, H,'.h.T Olvjll*aHn FoarlftM nV Zaa^a AdvocaU *hanvar BJsbt nd JusUca rtw W ^t"*' #Q Fraud and Oppraasloi) a.ftUaafefs.Foa. Correspondence bearing op. the In* dlan questte*~pxalem or on general ifceiest, soJU4e4 Tevm*,ejK,QQ A Yatas, I *4vm*e*. TH E PROGRES S JOB WORK ~*AXB. Establishment. All kinds of Job Printing, *ch as Bill: Heads, Lette* Read*, Bl**ai Car^s, Tag* ete., solicited Mb** Warranted and [Satisfaction Guaranteed. IT it* Tin*XtegMltPStfewOrgMt. ty I* T* coutktttlng- o* Urea, 4 Mta Q( y^ada. to stops, S knaaawaK*. Stool and Book fraa for onto SS3.0O. Withri.tUan.jiaX oaplar. "Wananla* tat ft it la Mii nMfaqrtISaB3 itfaraaeaa mm to. your *a possibility romaa taak* r, fwaiMtM, merchant r *ant.aa&taaOrgan will bavhlppadpramBUrsn natUaraiaawaatai*A I! lm B-laatt4 Mayoa April*, iaS, by a tara*. majarity. H* W ALLEGXR, WssfcJngttn, tWatrtnOmaty,: Vtv Jsneft VatvsfevaxsarAMSRIA. AOBM'rs.tsirAM'risn. (Only $a.rs. EARTHSEA1SKY or MarreU of the VJnlT*rf B. cujhi dMcttfitienof aartUqstratton* A 0EUaSraeKR3D!l PERPECT Co*** and bHias-tttaavan*: Uwiw now Ut mr soxW:jrraM Coffae and eb biased wiULanr ColIr Tea Pti*, 8aaal-wil&1> fsrrtuAaUMakiji.Clafitoaati.ft, AWh'u" 'U^K:' Pgr ^owt $et l^eat? While any of ou.r neighbor* in the surrounding town*, and some of our more fortunate residents, are busy harrowing and seeding^ the seed grain,, which was to have heen. furnished pur people for their Spring*s seeding, has not yet been eeoured,, And, learn, thai in stead of the 8,900 bushels which wea to have been purchased, an per previous estimate, and which sum was little enough, has- been cut down to about 2,800 bushels. The penunouaness of this allow ance of seed grain to the- helpless wards of the Government, is beat illustrated by a comparison of the amount of bushels with which' it- is proposed to furnish our people and the amount of land to he seeded thi$ Spring, According to the the statistical (farmers) report for 1888, 286 persons cultivated ZJTi acres of wheat, the most of which was destroyed by frost* and IS other individuals having an acreage of 307 acres were com. pelled, from went of seed, to al low their farms to grow up in foul weeds* Out of a total of 5,T$ acres of tillable land fit for actual culti vation the preent Spring, 4$4 acres make np the grain fields of the reservation and the source from which its people look to for the chief factor of their subsist* ence* And to add to the gravity of the situation, the last season's wheat crop having been destroyed by the frosty there is nor, on this reservation today, a bushel of wheat fit for seed purposes! While the indigent circumstances of our farmers in general makes it next to impossible for them to purchase seed grain* Verily, the outlook for. the White Earth farmers and the people of the reservation, in general, is deplorable indeed. Coafo to New Castte* We understand that the suggest ion haa heen made that in the event individuals, Indians, should be, called to serve in subordinate capacities under the Commission, to, negotic4e with our people, be selected firenLsomfrof the Wiscon sin reservations. How-much truth there is in this report we notive say, but, we would respectfully suggest, that, should there be any appointments to be given to Indi ans or members of reservations, .to serve in subordinate positions pending the negotiation*, that that patronage should! he confined to the people of the reservations- there be foundl to meet the general demands reqaisite of sack posi tionsv Detmed to Disappeiatotwt, THE PROGRESS. -I TH0. M, iCAUtltU, wm ftwi*, Marc/? iW, rip,. A- vi. l'-""~ It could direetty interested, as we believe beeomvertedintoa itcreaUvr re* that sufficienti qualfied ability ean Published Every Saturday, ^4" DybaarlptHlK.: aiOOparvaarlAhana|,. Butarad 1 tltaPoat Ofllo*at WWU Bwrtlv as Baaona 01MS Matter. \w Oweing to the warm weather of the past week the ice on the lakes and ponds- has beeome honey combed and dangerous fox one to venture on. We learn- thai a vacancy will probably occur in the government blacksmith shop at this agency, at an early day.- Should this take place we would suggest that tome of our Indian bteeksmith* who are equally capable and worthy, and who, by law, have a right to preference, be employed. Why tat The idea^wowld seems consisteiat and in keeping with the pxogrese views manifested by hergener al Crovernment towards the Indi an* of this reservation if the old unoccupied, government school bonding, which standing idle and rapidly goittg* to decay, could be utilized^ and made to serve a good purpose and for the genetal .interest of the pubHe [SOtt^ Some of th* members ef this, and the: Bed. Lake R'eeervaisen, who are interested in the suits that have been pending En the. "if. S, Bist. court for four years, past regarding the down and fallen tim ber thai was cut by the Indians during? the laai. year of agent Luce's administration,, are again doomed to. disappeintment. It was generaKy nnciferstobi 6n this reservation, that, fikalliyr the eases would be brought to tr^aa at St. Pawl in. April,, but later advi ces stsise that these cases will, net be tried before next June,. and it is quite doubtful if they can beshafrif reached^van theiu M*ZMM *tf Aty*#r GivHitQtion THe Maintemne if law and Order,' WHITE EARTH AGENCY, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1889. SIsS To Subscriber* Neeessary material, for *pt makeup, having failed to reach us in time, we are obliged to fur nish our readers with only a half sheet of the Progress this week, Local and Personal, Signs of merry Spring, 4 $aejm, boom, the gallant pheas cock, at rosy sunset and early dawn, doth sound his reveille And the frisky frog,, from his mirey bed slowly creeps and once more pipes hia three, t~r-reee. Caw, Caw,, the dingy crow chimes, a welcome ring to the sun ny smiles of returning Spring. And the pesky flea, with hawk like beak, incessantly some tender spot doth seek. There is a hurrying np mani festly perceptible among sugar makers just now. Ben Fairbanks had several teams hauling lumber for him from Bice River this week. Miss Jennie Botftcey, one of Richwood*s charming" young la dies, was a guest of Mrs. W. T. Warren the early pari of this week. *r* a.plaee of amusement for tn MeiaI -athemg, or fitted up for tne agency ofitce- and thus vacate the Industrial and so cial hall building, MKWoccapied- as the agency office and beadqnar 'ters, and which was especially jereetei for the pnxposes of? ant In* dustrial hall and a place for recrea tive- amusements certainly seem* Hajust for th* authorities to inaat in the eeeupaney of" the ipeople^ only piece* of' gathering and amusement while other build ings^equally eoavenienA, are' per mitted to remain u&oce^ipied and beeome the prey of desuetude, nd whose locked:' d!orv etesed eien to the moat innoeent enjoyment, axe'sealed with the onerous mesh of reetapeis anxl so^alled de |j?ataieBitai orders, but more os tese|er t* those best ae^iuiinied, toprfjdbiKiiavfttiing malevolent influ ence*, We-w/oald* further suggest ther-oM seke^ building can ,nxthe utiliadt present auspices why not torn it over to some one of the religious denominations established here, and. for the purposes of eduoation. The proposed new mission school, the princely gift of benign philan thropists, to he erected here the coming summer, could conven iently he plaoed on the site of the former school boarding house, which wa destroyed by fire two years ago, and the present unoccu pied building could then readily be converted into a school roem. OF VITAL IMPORT. There has been much disoussion of late, on this reservation, rela tive io the "Nelson bill." There seems to be a unanimity of feeling against some of its provisions, viz: The insufficiency of land as proposed to he allotted to each in dividual, The "common fund" plan, The unreasonable restrictions as proposed regarding the allot ment of land to agricultural lands only, etc. We would suggest thai a meet ing, to discuss these questions, be called at an early day,, in order that a thorough understanding of the desires of the people living on thi* reservation may become known regarding these matters-, so that the representatives of the tribe may be better prepared to convey-, to the Commission ap pointed to negotiate with the Chippew/as, any modification of the bill as will best meet the ap proval of the tribe. AH UNEMM&IE RECORD. Fo^ty^ars ago, the first day of April next, T. J. Sheehan took: charge of the-White Earth agen cy as T7. S. IndiaK agentf conse quently hia. term of office expires the last day of this month". Taking eve* an impartial view of lis administration there- seem* nothing snflfcientlr ere&taWe or praiseworthy, progressively speak ing, to commend it to the pub lic service, much less the welfare of the Indians. On the other hand the gemeral tendency/ of his'course has-been one of aggression and arrogance a&d one which haa sub jected him to almost contmooua censure by the people under M charge The one ptedottiinatinsg featate^of hie administrative rec ord, as Indian agent,, and which has matt itself pitifully para moust, on any and afi occasions, has been has ridiculous- pedantry and avidity to impress upon' our people and thepnbtifc the lofty im portaaace of hia positionj and' this withV: a seetaiEflg indifference' te consequence* and the feelings of. others and worthy only arrant demagogueism. Hia hearing tow areis some of the membera ef thi*91 reservation has beem malevolent, vindicative and unjust 'and t& all he ha* been the anogant tyrant whenever the opportanitypresant ed itself.v He will leave thie sea etvatioa with the uaienviabhVrep utation of Being:the most- anpop- ular an utttruthfuE man that ever camwte White Earth in any ca pacity. Fee the purpose of ad vomeing his own interests' he has saerifieed friend aaid foe alike. We learn that he* ia endeaveeing ito) secure a, reappointment hut we sincerely iope thai his, efforts in this direction will prove futile for ne greater ealassity could be fall this reservation and the gen interest of civilization'- towards the Indian than? fou years more of his-rule. *m Mail Ordem Frt Prompt Attention. G. Boots & Shoes\ joyes1 ..InmiA. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba fW^MV{ A I L^W A ttKCSftkAT. DINItfG AND SLEEPING CAR LINE- -TO- '4fle tfAKOZXfmONTJlNA^ Gey-go Gway-tuns-aig. tind'JfferlngZcfioicejf Threel/totrtee'Jo the '$?' 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