The Chippeway herald. [volume], May 01, 1902, Image 1

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VOL 1
TRAGEDY OF THE
WOODS.
An Indian recently brought in a pair
of elks, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis)
antlers to the agency. The antlers
were found in the water, near the edge
of a lake, about two miles from the
agency.
Three. H. Beaulieu, of the agency, in
a correspondence to the St. Paul Dis
patch says:
“The antlers, which are wonder
fully well preserved, were nearly
submerged in the water and rested on
a sandy and gravely bottom. They
are still firmly attatched to a portion
of the skull, and measure four feet
eight inches in length, and contain
seven prongs or spikes on the left and
six on the right antler, are three feet
•‘Edvicattion, Civilization and Citizenship.”
WHITE EARTH, MINN. MAY, 1902.
four inches spread in the center, and
weigh 48 pounds.
There is no doubt but that the ani
mal, whose species were very plentiful
throughout this region some thirty-five
or forty years ago, was the prey of a
pack of wolves. During seasons of the
year, when the winters were severe and
the fall of snow deep and heavy , the
wolves, which were numerous, became
extremly bold and ferocious, owing to
the scarcity of food, and would not hesi
tate to attact the largest denizen of the
woods, as well as man and they have
been known, not unfrequently, to fall
upon and kill and devour the old and
weak of their own kind.
“It was, perhaps during one of these
severe winters that the wolves scented
and trailed the track of the ill-fated elk.
With maddening eagerness and ferocity
whetted by the raging pangs of hunger,
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the snapping, snarling, currish pack
ceaselessly and relentlessly followed
the gradually lagging tracks of their
fleeing victim; by day and by night
the unequel chase kept on until finally
their hunted, tired and helpless victim
in a last desperate effort, slips and
totters down hill and on the frozen and
slippery surface of the lake. Then
the story is soon told. The struggle
is short. With glistening razor like
fang, shamstrings and throat cut
and torn, and in a short period of
time, flesh, blood, hide and hair have
disappeared, and only a few scattered
bones, the skull and antlers are left as
mute witnesses to another sad chapter
sn the bloody and merciless history of
iorest tragedy, which marks the pass
ing of the noble elk, and likewise, the
gradual extermination of game animals
from within the borders of Minnesota. ”
TasHBMLD is indebted to the cour
tesy of the St. Paul Dispatch for the
use of the above cut.
INDIANS AT WOKK.
Bismarck, N. I). —Agent Bingen
heimer of Standing Rock sends out an
announcement to the effect that there
are 534 able-bodied Indians on the
Standing Rock reservation who desire
to work as farm laborers or day labor
ers at anj’ kind of work, and contractors
are asked to give them employment and
state what wages will be paid. The
Indians are anxious to work and the
result of their efforts to compete with
white labor will be watched with inter
est.
There is an overproduction of pal
aces and hovels, and not enough homes.
There is an overproduction of million
aires and paupers, and not enough
manhood. There is an overproduc
tion of luxury and misery, and not en
ough comforts. There is an overpro
duction of political fools, and not en
ough thinking voters.
Yes: overproductton is the cause of
our misery.—Charity. .
CAL!
NO. 5.