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JU .7 i 'JF**" those who -rywwv ^-.B^V -*H* maJ vt ifo-fl-- The TOMAHAWK. pU. H. BEAUL1EU Publisher. White Earth Agency, Minn. Entered at the Postofflce at White fjavth, Minn., as mail matter of the sepprtd class. ISP^A WEEKLY NEWSPAP ER de voted to the interests of the White Earth Reservation and gen eral Northwestern News. Publish ed and managed by members of feel INDIAN PROTECTIVE Association 200 Bond Building ry,^ j-- .y .L u. r. ,.r, ,^w.a-*.- unable, to pa,y months at the yearly rates. All sums sent to us should be forward ed by registered letter to insure safety. Address all communica tions to. THE TOMAHAWK muse w umy xvvi uuaui p, u^n u~ acres. And, t-h said land1 sb& be for the paper yearly or who wish to take it on trial, subscription may be sent us for six and three *fr WHITE EARTH, MINN. RESERVATION LANDS TO LEASE 100,000 acres of first class farm lands on White Earth Reservation, in fcraots of 80 acres and more, by ALLOTTEES. Washington D. C. Dan'1 B. Henderson. ^v^* Indian claims against the Unit- ed States a speciality. K. S. MURCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LATE LAW CLERK, DIVISION, INDIAN OFFICE. DEPARTMENT ftPEOIALTY. LAND PRACTICE A LOAN AND TRUST BLD'G. WASHINGTON P. C. W. F. CAMPBELL Attorney at Law, Department practice a specialty. White Earth, Minn. fcflKHotel Leecy White Earth, Minn. The Largest and Host Commodious Hotel on the Reservation. Table always bountifully supplied With everything that the market twenty thousand dollars, or affords, including game and fish In season. A large and comfortable, Feed and Livery stable in connection With Hotel. JOHN LEECY Prop. RED LAKE BILL. Introduced by eongtessflun Steenerson. Be it eftyqted by the Senate and House of Kepresentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled,that the Secretary of 1h Interior is hereby authoriz ed to sell, subject to the home stead laws of the United States, to the highest bidder, at publi?ce auc tion, in tractssi not to exceed one xt hudre the Reservation. Subscription rates: $1.5Q per i, Minnesota, approximating annum, For the convenience of _. _._, acre an individual, all that part of Ked Lake Reservation in the state of two hundred and fifty-six ithousand ,5 ha1 1 sold for notd less than four dollars ac an the following terms: One fifth of the price bid therefor to be made at the time the bid is made and the balance of the purchase price of said land to be paid in five equal annual installments due in one, two,three,four and five years from date of sale, respecth ely, payment to be made to the receiv er of the United State land office for the district in which said land may be situated. And in case any pur chaser fails to make such annual payments promptly when due, or within sixty da \s thereafter, all rights in and to the land covered by his or her purchase shall at once cease, and any payments made shall thereupon be forfeited, and the Secretary of the Interior shall thereupon declare such forfeiture by rcoftering said land for sale. And no patent shall issue to the purchaser until the purchaser shall have paid the purchase price and in all respects .complied with the terms and p*cMsioTisbf%het*a ^h drt&ryrf the Interior is stead laws of the United States: Provided, that such purchaser shall make his final proof com formable to the homestead laws within six years from the date oi sale that aliens who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States may become purchasers under this new act, but before making final proof and ac quiring title must take out their full naturalization papers and that persons who may have heretofore exhausted their rights under the homestead law may become pur chasers under this act Provided, that after such auetion sale shall be closed the lands remaining un sold shall be subject to sale and entry at the price of four dollars per acre by qualified purchasers subject to the same terms and con ditions as lands sold at said auc tion sale: Provided further, That all lands above described which shall remain unsold at the expira tion of seven years from the dated of the first sale hereunder shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for case at not less than four dollars, per acre, and lands remaining unsold after such sale shall be subject to pri vateentry and sale at said price without any conditions whatever, except the paj ment of the pur chase price. All the Indians residing upon the tract abo\ described shall re move therefrom to the deminished reservation within six months after the ratification of this act and there is hereby appropriated from proceec 0 SHjti sa the sum ofo much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to those thus removing in proportion to their respective improvement which they will abandon, and also for the removal to the deminished reservation of their dead from where they are now buried on the tract above des cribed. The proceeds of said lands as THE TOMAHAWK *'Truth before Favor." VOL, 1. WHITE EARTH, BECKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JAN. 15, 1904. NO. 42. realized from time to time shall be paid into the United States Trea sury to theJndians belonging on said reservation. Of the amount realized fronfthe sale of said lands a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars shall be paid in cash, per capita, sha" Mid share alike, to each man, woman, and child belonging on said Red Lake Indian Reservation within ninety days after the first sale herein pro vided for,and the remainder of the proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be paid in cash, per capita, in fifteen annual installments, the first installment to be paid in the month of Octtfben of the year fol lowing that in which the payment of the three hundred thousand dollars is made. In consideration of the Indians hereinafter referred lo ratifying this act, tlie said Indians shall possess their deminished reserva tion independent of ail other bands of Chippewa Indians and shall be entitled to allotments thereon of one hundred and sixty acres of either agricultural or pine land, the different classes of land to be appointed as equitabl.v as possible among the allottees. \nd nothing in this act or its accept ami* by said Indians shall be constructed to deprive the sajd Indians of an.v benefits to which they are entitled under existing treaties or agree ments not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. There is hereby appropriated, out of the moneys in the United States Treasury not otherwise ap propriated.the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to defray the expen ses of the agent negotiating the acceptance of this act hereby vested with full power and authority to make such rules and regulations as to the time of notice, manner of .sale, and other matters incident to the carrying out of the provisions of the' act as he maj deem necesary,and without ant he 7 ity to continue making sale of said lands until all of said lands shall be sold. This act shall take fleet and be in force from and after its ratifica tion by the Red Lake and Pembi na bands of Chippewa Indians be longing on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in the .state of Minn esot a^ majority of the male adults of said Indians assenting thereto, and the evidence thereof to be made by the proclamation of the President to the eftect that this act has been duly ratified. EX-COMMISSIONER RICE'S LETTER TO THE DEPART- MENT. In reply to your communication of March 28, ultimo., (Lands) I have to say that by the provisions of Article 7 of the treaty of March 10, 1867, (16 statutes 719) between the United States and the Chippe wa Indians, the Indians were to receive each, patents to 160 acres, upon certain conditions, which conditions, whether complied with or not, did not affect the United States neither did they the Indians, except so far as to allot 160 ACRES IX SEVERALTY, they holding, in their tribal relations, all that remained of the thirty-six township, which they received from the government in exchange for about 2,000,000 acres of far more value, acre for acre. Under this treaty some had already com plied with the conditions, and re ceived patents therefore but as the time for compl.\ ing with the conditions imposed was limitless, and no penalties attached, forfei- ture could not be anticipated or enforcedt The act of February 8, 1887, Sec. 1, authorizing allotments of 160, 80 and 40 acres, expressly says, '*That where the treaty or act of Congress setting apart such reservation provides for the al lotment of lands in severalty in quantities in excess of thosp here in provided, the President, in mak .ng allotments upon such reserva tion, shall allot the lands to each ndividual Indian belonging there Mi, in quantity as specified in such 'roaty or act which is cofirmatory of the position taken by the Chip pewa Commission, The Chippewas of the Missis sippi, at tlte time of the making of the treaty of 1867 understood that not only each individual WAS ENTITLE I) TO 160 ACR ES 1.N SEVERALTY, but relations to whatever might re foam of the thirty-six townships ne&otiations, contemplated by the j'loi January, lsW), except gi [ug permission to other Indians, ha\ing no interest heretofore in N.\id reservation, to settle thereon, During the negotiations the Commission had no doubts as to the correctness of the construction by them gi\en to the treaty of ls7 and the act of 1887 18rf9, and with the approval of the President the.) beliexed the case was closed. There was no doubts as to the payment of the 190,000, and as to the clause of the act of January i-r, 18S9, providing for vt the pay- coincided and the President ap proved, and as to the first, you executed the law as interpreted by the Commission. ment of the interest that may ac crue on the permanent fund.1' The Commission found it neces sary to give their construction as i imetit'tJfl^racfe- in-*whTe*r ^flrth( wrtwhaf the etfttbf ofttifc- the Hon. Secretary of the Interior lo the Presi- dent, by the act of January 14, 1880, was to be submitted the preceedings appertaining to tne negotiations,which were submitted through the Hon. Secretary of the Interior in full, with the report and recommendations of the Com mission, and after all had been irefulU examined aaid b.\ the Secretary indorsed,were approved l..\ the President, which, in the minds of the Indians, was conclu sive. The Acts of February 8, 1887 and January 14-, 1889, in no way curtailed the number of acres to the individual parties, (Missis sippi^) to the treaty of 1867, as the quantity of land owned by them was, beyond question, largely in access of their requirements but, if there remained not enough to give to those admitted to participate, by their acceptance of the act of Jan uary 14, 1889, viz: 160, 80 and 40 acres each, they were to receive pro-rata of what remained but in no e\ent were the original owners (Mississippi) to pro-rate with the participants. The promises made to the In dians were based upon the provi-. sionsof the treaty of 1887, upon the acts of February 8, 1887 and of January 14, 1889, and as the promises made and explanations given could not have escaped the attention of the President, after his approval I supposed the con struction given and promises made were binding, and now see no rea son to change the views then en tertained. The Commission intended the lndians should understand, by the representations made, exactly what they said, viz: that those party to the treaty of 1867 should have in severaHy 160 acres each that those admitted as partici pants in the remaining part of the reservation should have, under the act of 1887, 160-80 and 40 acres, provided there should be land enough, but if not, they should receive each his pro-rata share. Very respectfully, Henry M. Rice Late Chn. Chip.Com. TIME WILL TELL! In a rcent issue of his paper, Mr. Bernard, of the Cass Lake Voice, finds it necessary to come to the defence of the Morris Act again, and in doing this he pays his respect to us in this wise: ''Without desiring to waste more than passing thought on the tools of certain lumbermen, who tried by very questionable means to de feat the workings of the law, we would candidly ask them it they are now ashamed of the part they took in the disgraceful taction per formed by them r'or months. Per haps they are like any cheap, easily hired agent, satisfied with getting their pt.y and not earing for results, (Jus Beaulieu, who should ha\ been one of the strong est advocates of the measure, on account of its eminent fairness, in the. tribal turned out to be one of its subtlest enemies. Had he the best inter ests of the Indian at heart, had he desireu t, s( his nice receive the (iesm S( ,.,th IIU.,, MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. nl.t.,.l l. llw *hichthey had purchased from fullest vah tor ritage, he ALL KIN DS or BLACKSMITH Won* never would a N been found cThe treaty of 1807 and the act among those working to destroy a *ioo ~f, K,. ti-wi law that was for their par- 188 were not attecteti toy the 'passed tieolar protection. One does not have to doh very deep to dis cover the motives that actuated Mr, Beaulieu. This is not the first time he has been found on the wrong side of the question. On this occasion, however, his efforts for harm have pro\ en futile and now he will be again trying the gymnastic act in defending in some way the law he tried to de feat. For some time it has made no difference what position Mr. Beaulieu has assumed towards an.\ particular subject, liis course was looked upon with suspicion, hence hid no influence. After the failure of Mr. Beaulieu to subvert the best law ever passed for the bene fit of the Indian1-he may subside and learn to mind his "own busi- ness." Upon two propositions we will V()jc( a rUM j, ,F i |n *w.nntir. a llorfni mi never performef any "gymnasti acf whenever we have taken a stnulupon anj subject, and we have no intention or inclination to unmenee doing it at this late d.i.v, especially in relation to the Morris Act. Wo will leave these gymnastic pctormances for Mr. Bernard and some oi his support- er-' to do, for the.v aie noted ex perts in this Jine. We still think the Morris is one of the worst pieces of Indian legislation that was ever enacted, and time will tell whether we are light or not. Secondly, we still have the inter ests of the Indians, and therefore our interests,at heart, and in order to protect these interests from the grafting of a lot of sharks we will be "minding our own business" very mm h, something Bernard is not doing dipping into tribal matters which do not concern hint. The recent sales at Cass Lake show that the lumbermen, whom the Voice so ostentatiously abuses, are not looking out for the inter ests of the Indians, but sue hand in hand with the sharks ami hang ers on whose living depends on the continuance of the present provi sions of the Morris Act. We did not take much stock in the recent fight of these lumbermen against the act, and for this reason we have worked frmn the start inde pendently of them in our efforts to secure decent treatment for the Chippewas. Itisverj evident that the forestry people and the lum bermen (some of them at least) have reached an understanding, and that this understanding is not in the interest of the Indians either-. Regarding our iositio in In dian matters in the past, we may, as the editor of the Voice says, have been on the "wrong side of every question" that Ave have taken part in, according to his }iav CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE. Selam Fairbanks, Dealer in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE and Lumbermen Supplies, Market price paid for Ginsing Snake Root and Furs, Orders for pure Maple-Syrup, and wild rjee promptly attended to. BEAULIEU MINN. BLACKSMITH-SHOP DONE IN FIKHT CLAW SHAPH, HOKtillS-BllOKINa A SPOJALTY, SATISFACTION GUARANTIED, George Berry. Prop Hotel Headqurters, *v*m&et$ii&&%&' *w& Louis BrlsboJs Pro* Thoroughly renovated. Nio, lean rooms and good board, The tables are in their season, V* always provided with Fish, Game and Vegetable* Good Barn in Connection Board by the Day or Week, White Earth THE SOO. ROUTE. Take the SOO. ROUTE from ST.PAULa nd MIN- XEA POLIS for all pointe to Wisconsin and Michi gan, Lower Canada and the East generally. Through Trains Going East Leav MIIIIEAP81IS at 6:40 P..M. DaHy.