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f4k: "^V^? A The TOMAHAWK. PUS. H. BEAULIEU Publisher. White Earth Agency, Minn. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de voted to the interests of the White Earth Reservation and gen eral Northwestern News. Publish ed and managed by members of the Reservation. Subscription rates: $1.50 per annum. For the convenience of those who may feel unable to pay for the paper yearly or who wish to take it on trial, subscription may be sent us for six and three months at the yearly rates. All sums sent to us should be forward ed by "legistered letter to insure safety. Address all communica tions to. THE TOMAHAWK WHITE EARTH, MINN. RESERVATION LANDS TO LEASE 100,000 acres of first class farm lands on White Eaith Reservation, in tracts of 80 acre* and raoie, by ALLOTTEES. INDIAN PROTECTIVE Association 200 Bond Building Washington D. C."What Pan'l B, Henderson, Att'y. Indian claims against the Unit* ed States a speciality. K, S, MURCHISON,' ATTORNEY AT LAW. LATE LAW CLERK, LAND DIVISION, INDIAN OFFICE. DEPARTMENT PRACTICE A SPECIALTY. LOAN AND TRUST BLD'G. WASHINGTON D. C. W^Hotel Leecy.^ White Earth, Minn. The Largest and Host Commodious Hotel on the Reservation, Table always bountifully supplied With everything that the market affords, including game and fish in season. A large and comfortable,Feed and Livery stable in connection with Hotel. JOHN LEECY Prop. Selam Fairbanks, Dealer in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE and Lumbermen Supplies. Market price paid for Ginsing Snake Root and Furs. Orders foT pure Maple-Syrup, and wild rice promptly attended to. BEAULJEU MINN. MB Tomaiiawk," tgf3ETRIAL Subscriptions. 8 months 40 Cents fflMBtfef f#Cwto LO! THE POOR LAWYER. At Halifax that quaint old city, There dwelt a lawyer whose lenown For crafty, subtle, foxlike cunning Spread far beyond his native town Like lawyers, everywhere, he oft Found clients who weie far more free To enter into sut of law Than pay their lawyei's well earned fee. An Indian, of the Miami, For service rendered long ago, Indebted was to him, and seemed Contented well to have it so. The lawyer waited long at last His patience boie no longei stiam, Withpiocess, judgement, execution, He thiedtened nox was it in vain. "PoorLo" got scared and paid the money, But lingeied aftei he had paid "Whay do you wait?" the lawyer asked. "Me want receipt," the Indian said. "Receipt!" the lum\ of law xejoined, "What know you how these things aie done? Tell me the use of a leceipt, And I'll be pleased to give you one." The red man stood a moment, then With meiry twinkle In his eye, He said, "S'pose now me sick, me die, Me go to Heben by an' bv "The 'Postle Peter dome an' ask, 'Ol Simon, what you want?'raesay. 'Want to get in' an' den he ask, 'You pay dat bill to lawye* J?'" then me do? Hab no receipt. Me must go to find you. Well Me fool hab beento find yo#*len Me must go hunt all over J. A. DKKISS. HIDE AND SEEK. ^SeveraHimes^ during the past two or three weeks, game warden Fullertonand some of his deputies and the Indian police, it is said, have been playing hide and seek. The game wardens were looking violators of game laws on this res ervation, and the Indian police were looking after the former. We would have liked to see the fun if Mr. Fullerton and his depu ties had been caught by the police and brought before Agent Miche let. The latter would not have done a thing to them but place them in the Agency calaboose,and the chances arc that they would have remained there until the courts had released them. But as the warden is somewhat of a fighter, he would no doubt, have fought it out to a finish in the courts. There is, evidently, war between the wardens and Agent Michelet, for P. O. Stevens, deputy game warden, arrived at the Agency last Monday and interviewed the agent, before the interview ended they came very near having a set to. The agent finally sent for an Indian policeman to arrest the warden but the latter* very dis creetly withdrew. But before leaving the reservation Mr. Stevens offered a reward of twenty-five dollars for sufficient evidence against Major Michelet to enable the wardens to proceed against him for the violations of game laws. Our Boarding School. Parents are invited to visit and in spect the White Earth Scliool since the buildings have all beeh repaired and put in order for the coming year. We are Sure that there area number of people living within the sound of our school bell who have very imper fect ideas of the facilities provided here for the instruction and care of their children. Come and see. We Will be pleased to show you through the buildings and departments of the school at any time.The Chippewa Ktltft Since the last issue of the HAWK, "Truth before Favor/' 't fu.i Li l. i W VOL.'l, WHITE EARTH, BECKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1903, NO, 22. TO BE LOGGING SUPERINTENDENT. Hon. Wm, O'Neil of Wisconsin, will be appointed superintendent of logging under the Morris Act, according to a Washington specal to the Pioneer-Press. Ed. L. Warren, superintendent of estima tors, was an applicant for the position but his application was not considered. Ed. would have made a better superintendent ot logging than a superintendent of estimators, for ho has had con siderable experience as a dead and down timber lumberman but knowns absolutely nothing about a compass, running lines and estimating timber. Mr. O'Neil'fe appointment will undoubtedly give satisfaction to the Indians on this reservation who know him favorably. The Indian Right and Wrong. gT"W hold these tiuths to be self eudent that ALL MEN aie created equal that they are endowed theii Creator with eeitam unalienable rights that among these, aie LIFE, LIBERTY, AND TUB PURSUIT OF HAP PINESS"Declaiation ot Independence July 4th, 1776. TOMAHAWK STANDS ENDORSED. TOMA we have had many caller* among the reservation people who have oongradulated us for the stand we took in regard to the methods now being used in tlie sale of Inherited Indian land^a^ terms of the Morris law. which we publised last week under the head of "Our Suspicions." Without exception, every one who has mentioned the matter to us have criticised the appraisals of the lands, and especially those who have listed lands which were not sold. These people who, in a majority of instances, are as cap able, if not more so,of judging the value of lands as those who have made the appraisals, see no moth in the prohibitive prices they can not see why the land should be kept out of the market by fixing their values so high that no reason able bid wilh reach it, Can it be true that ft company which, it has been said, had just completed an organization through a certain promoter who "will fix things" has had any influence in the matter? If such is the case it will stand the other persons in Band who wish to carry on a fair competition, to watch matters a little more closely than they have been doing of late. 08ath Claims Frank Brlsbois. i Frank Brisbois, upon whom doctors McKinnon and Smith per formed an operation for appendi citis last week at Fosston, died on Thursday last, and was burried here on Saturday. Young Brisbois has had several attacks of appendicitis, and as the disease was so far ad\ anced the operation was decided upon only a* a last resort, hence his death waa not a surprise to many. Frank was twenty one years of age, and a young man of excellent qualities. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brisbois of the Headquarters Hotel,and they have the heartfelt sympatliy of the com munity ia ttare bereavement. TOMAHAWK. AN INDIAN EDITOR. i 1 There has been launched at Eufaula, I, T., the first issue of tl^e first daily paper ever printed or published by an Indian. The editor of the paper, the Indian Journal, is Alex Posey, known as the "Creek Bard," a number of the Creek tribe of Indians, who already has achieved distinction in the newspaper field a editor, poet, and humorist, lie is one of the prominent men of qhe Creek nation, and took an ajctive part in the com ention, held at Eufaula recently, called for the purpose ot formulating an Indian plan for statehood. Although known as the "Creek Bard," Posey is only half Creek, as hife. fatheT was a Scotch trader, an early settler in the Indian country. He was born August '23, 1873, and was educated at Bacon University, Muscogee, I. T., graduating therefrom seven .'years ago. After leaving school he engaged in educational Work, and was successively superin tendent of public instruction for the Creek nation and superinten dent of the Eufaula Creek high school,[Advance. LUMBER BARONS ARE SORE. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 22. Local lumbermen have expressed much dissatisfaction at the dicision of Land Commissioner Richards, whereby it is ordered that the pine must be cut from the Cass Lake reservation within flve years, and it is thought possible that they may take another attack in the op position to the enforcement of the They assert that the time given in which to make the cut of 1,500,000,000 feet of pine in the district is much too short and they will bend every effort to secure an extension. The plan which was broached today and which secured much consideration from the timber barons, was that they should unite in refraining from making offers tor the 200,000,000 feet of pine which is to behold in December. They believe that in this way they will be able to prevent the sale, through the lack of bidders and that the government will then be compelled to come to terms. The possibitity of outside bide ders coming in, however, causes them to fear that any effort of this nature would come to naught. County Fair Will be a Hummer. The Noiman County Fair,to be held ut Ada, Oct. 1st, 2nd and 3id, promises to be a very good one this ear in the mattei of exhibits,and some very good attractions In the amusement line is a 1 s*o being provided for.Norman County Index. A Pleasant Birth-day Party. A pleasant party was had at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ledeboer last Friday in honor of the tenth birthday of their daugh ter Minnie. The afternoon was spent in help ing the children for a happy day, and in the evening the parents and also otheT invited guests joined in a dance until twelve when a deli cious luncheon was served. The merry makers continued their work until 2 o'clock A. M. when all returned home from a delight ful and pleasant gathering. We wish Miss Minnie many happy returns of the day, and it will be but a few more years when she too will join the ranks of those whobehe\e that childhood days are the faappieat days in, our Uvea. Son of Chief Hole-in-ttie-day Weds. iJi t-J-." mV.Lf MRS. J. IT. WooDiroiiY. Nee Miss Edith M. Smith, Tuscarora Stock. A wedding ot more than passing interest was that which took place at Fine ttidge Indian agency July 21, when J. H. Woodbury, issue clerk at the agency, and Miss Edith M. Smith, one of the touch ers at the Ogalala boarding school at the same place, wore married. Although holding a position at the Sioux agency, Mr. Woodbury is a Chippewain fact, is the he reditary chief of that tribe of In dians, being a son of Hole-in-tho Day, the fajnoua chief of the Chippewa*, who was assassinated many years ago. Mr. Woodbury is only htdf an Indian* and has always lived with the whites and passed as one of them. He is a graduate of Carlisle and other schools, and is highly educated. He served with the Fourteenth Minnesota during the Spanish American war, and is well known among the Indians of the north, HAWLEY VS. WHITE EARTH, The base ball game at Detroit last Tuesday was a surprised dis appointment for the "rooters" who had accompanied the team there. We all had hopes to see an evenly matched team, but be fore the game was barely half over with, White Earth had already won the game by their excellent batting and fielding. Hawley be ing outclassed in c^ cry department of the game. Part of our team arrived in time when the game was advertised while the balance was on the road, being late alxmt two hours. The crowd that had gathered in the grand stand paitiently waited for over an hour and had to return their tickets, thinking the full team would not be there. A ver$ small crowd was in attendance, the largest number would be about one hundred. The faw that saw the work of Emerson were highly elated and all spoke of him to be one of the best pitcher* in this part of the state. While his receiver Sam Smith is as good as they make them. Pitcher Norris worked very hard for Hawley and certainly did well after having faced the same team three times the past month. The White Earth team dis banded today and the boys ha\ made a record forthemsehes hav ing won every game they played. We are sorry St. Cloud could not find an open date to play us, but any time they wish for a game with us would be pleaded to hear from them. mSTORlCM- socve^: 4' Li I I Hereditary Head of the Gbippewas and Miss Edith Sulfa, Also of Indian Stock, United at the Pine Ridge Agency. .'^V "-'UjJ 5*S/ Mil, J, IT, WoopiiUBY. Hereditary Chief of the Chippewas, Now Government Issue Clerk at PJne Rjdge, 8, D, although he has never claimed hi* hereditary rights a* chief of the Chippowas. The bride is also of Indian stock) of the New York tribe of Tusca roras and is three-quarter white by blood, and as far as appear ances, manners, education, etc, ia concerned, is the equal of any young white girl in the country. She is highly educated, graduated from Carlisle and West Chester, Pa., and is a vocalist-and musician of ability and has been a teacher at the Ogalala boarding school at Pine Ridge for two years. At the school her ability as an instructor is regarded aa second to none. She has just refused a position aa in structor at the Carlisle, l&nna.,^ school, The young couple will continue their work among the Sioux at Pine Ridge, where they are great favorites.Minneapolis Journal, HOW! Notes ofthe Bane. Lufkins fanned out Smith stole two bases, Holstine and BeauJJau nra faat fielders, First basemen Gravelje answer* to the name of Mohawk, Carl is the best 3rd baseman White Earth ever had. What is the matter with the manager* "He's alright." Emerson is a south-paw, he wil have to go near the equator verj soon. We have played three game with Hawley this summer, th score in the first game was to 0 the second 3 to 1 and the Detroi game against them was 7 to 2. All the boys have pledged again make tip a team next yeai and some of the citizens liave pn raised to help along, and with ea ly training and practice the tew should make good. From Hawlty. The Tndfcms have one of the gentlemanly nines Hawley lias plaj witlu Stewart for Hawley and Weaver"" the Indians are certainly a swift of short stops. Bditor Rciersgord of Ulen wa__ rooter at the gamefor the India That's a feather in his eap.-g County HeraW, I 1