INDIAN TRICES
CLAIM LAND IN
SOUTH DAKOTA
(Continued from rjre 1)
Out of the land opening upon which
this claim i. based arose the memora
ble Sioux war of lS7f. It wan the pre.
cursor of the massitcre of (Jen. (leorpe
A. Custer and hi troop in INTfi, on
the Little Ilijr Horn. Almost fifteen
vears later it resulted in the Wounded
Knee massacre.
Custer and his ent're command were
killed in July, IKTfi, and then (Jenerul
rry, with reinforcement stalled
campaign which wattcre.l the hg In
tlian army and mxulo ita members will
ing to live on reservations and accept
jrovernmont sustenance, which wa.s cut
. off by congress after the Custer mas
sacre. - It is the claim of the present Indian
delegation ami their counsel, that thr
ICxJh were forced to sin away then
rights to this land, which was ncvei
lawfully ceiled. The leijul process, i
is admitted by the ea: tern attorney:
will take four or five years, and prob
jibly reach the supremo court of thi.
Vnited States.
During the pold excitement in the
lilack Hills many white men en route
to the hills were murdered by the In
dians. It wai necessary for whites
lent toward Custer City, the then nie
tropois of the hills, to travel in laitfc
parties in order to enjoy any appreci
able measure of safety from savare
idauRhter. Alonj? the prairie trails
leading northward from Sidney, up
through the western part of Box llutte
county, nearly in sinht of Alliance, and
throuph Dawes county, passing near
Fort Robinson, lie the bones of many a
luckless adventurer who gave his life
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IMPERIAL
TON I(J 1 IT J U L Y 1
LOUISE LOVELY in
"WHILE THE
DEVIL LAUGHS"
"SON OF TARZAN"
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SATURDAY, JULY 2
PEAUL WHITE in
"TiGEirscuir
Comedies
"Mutt & Jeff" and "Vanity"
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SUNDAY, JULY 3
WANDA 1IAWLEY in
"HER B ELOVED
VILLAN"
Comedy and Pathe Review
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MONDAY, JULY 4
DOROTHY D ALTON in
"A ROMANTIC
ADVENTURESS"
. Comedy and Topics of Day
to the unbridled rage of the Indians.
II. M. Bullock, who died in Alliance
last year, was a pioneer freighter in
those days and often told interesting
stories of the freighting experiences.
At the time of his death he was en
gaged in compiling information to be
used in 8 history of this part of the
west.
If this suit should result in a ver
dict for the Indians in the full sum of
their claim, counter claims on behalf
of survivors of those whom they mur
dered during the great uprising, and
others that have transpired since,
might very easily absorb the judg
ment. I
This claim has never been lost sight .
-f by the Indians. Their great chiefs I
have constantly urged it. In IMS the!
'cople of Chitdron, then the frontier'
lomicile of the ubi(U;tinus Mayor Jim
Jahlman, of Mayor John Ci. Maher, of
Fred M. Iorrington and his soldiei
on A I, of "Hillie the Hear" and Allen
"J. Fisher, felt moved, to indulge in ti
Rild west celebrat'on of vhe Fourtr
)f July. They sought to add ti tourh
o the venerable Sioux chief Red
'loud to come down from I'inc Ridre
ipcncv, about thirty-five miles north
ward across the S.uth Dakota line, to
bring a bunch of his braves and help
celebrate. The Indians were alway
ready to parade. Red Cloud promised
to attend. The evening before the
glorious fourth the ieople of Chadron
were dismayed to observe that the
wilv chieftain had brought along be
tween 2,000 and 2,f00 Indians, bucks.
siiiaws, papooses, dogs, ponies and
tndred acessories. One of the condi
tions was that the people of Chadron
houM feed them. 1 hat was not as
serious a problem, however, as it
might seem, for the contents of a gar
bage barrel back of a grocery store
or the trimmings left in a slaughter
house after a kill constituted a royal
feast for the Indian.
During the night in some way some
of the Indians got hold of some liijuor,
and when they rode into town next
day with banners flying to illuminate
the parade some of them were pretty
well lit up. those who got luiuoi
seemed bent upon discussing unpleas
ant reminiscences, and Chadronites
yrew more and more uneasy. There
was speaking on the program and Red
Cloud was part of it. In the course
of his stimulated remarks he reminded
everybody, white and red. that all the
surrounding rich land had formerly
belonged to his people, that it had
been wrongfully taken away from
them and that his medicine men ad
vised him that it would belong to the
Indians again.
That s?eech filled the white popu
lation with an unrest akin to terror.
It would have occasioned no surprise
if the Indians had cut in right there
to right their wrongs. Hut Fomehow
the celebration passed without mis
hap. No people ever speeded a part
ing guest more heart fully than did the
people of Chadron when the following
day. the redskins left to return to Pine
Ridge.
Box Butte county this fall will have
its usual influx of Indians from the
South Dakota agencv. eager to spend
the hot fall days picking the plump,
brown rnd red potatoes from the sn;"
which their forefathers once called
their own. Last year they earned
from five to six dollars per day for
each' individual in the family, for they
i are willing workers and the sweaty,
, back-bending job of picking potatoes
1 seems to them the rond to opu'ene
Ferhaps some day, if the suit against
j the government shou'd be successful
these potential millionaires will scorn
; the humble ji b to which they now
aspire, a our potato growers well
know, and instead of rilling hi belly
with strinrs of jerked beef r.t the end
of a dav of hard work, the Indian will
fij feis""eoolinjr drinks while lolling
back in the deep cushions of high
priced autoa ami deign to take his
meals of planked steak and mush
rooms from the hand of the lowly
white man who had the temerity to
wrest fro J him the lands of western
Nebraska anil South Dakota.
TO THK VOTERS OF
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 37
A special meeting Is called in District
No. 37, on July 11, 1921 at 8 o'clock
p. m., for the purpose of voting on a
higher levy.
D. E. rURINTON,
Gl-64 Director.
Potato Acreage is
Twenty Per Cent
Larger This Year
According to reports to the state
department of agriculture from the
twenty-six field inspectors in the po
tato industry the acreage this year
will lc an increase of over twenty
per cent of that of last year.
With a normal yield, the crop ought
to pro luce 10,000,000 bushels, or equiv
alent to the banner years of 1917 and
1!HS. The yield last year was 8,-000,-000
bushels.
Acreage in the Kecrney district
where digging for early shipments will
soon begin, is ubout double that of last
year, according to reports. The con
dition is reported good.
Planting has just been completed in
the northwestern part of the state.
Nebraska ranks fifth in potato produc
tion, and early potatoes have attracted
attention in the south, where they are
used extensively for seed, says the de
partment statement.
The department of agriculture has
just ruled that potatoes shipped for
seed must grade No. 1, except as to
size. Inspectors must specify on the
cars whether the shipments are for
seed or not, and whether the potatoes
were grown on dry land or under irri
gation.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Morman are
expected to arrive home today from
their wedding trip through Colorado
and Nebraska.
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