Weekly Chemawa American., April 03, 1908, Page 9, Image 9

THE CHKMAWA AMERICAN
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Inspector James McLaughlin, having .
secured the consent of the' Standing
Rock Indians, is now at Cheyenne River
Agency in council with the Indians
there relating to disposal of unallotted
lands on their reservation. Weekly
Review
Roy D. Stabler, a? full blood Omaha
Indian, has purchased the Winnebego,
Chieftain, at Winnebego, Nebraska. Mr. ,
Stabler is one of leading men of his
tribe, was educated at Hampton, -Virginia,
and has a powerful influence among
the Indians at Omaha knd Winnebego
Agencies, We hope to see the Chieftain
succeed under its ; new Chief. -Weekly
Review. " ; "! - ' i:' ' :" "
A news item from ;Valdez, Alaska says:
Within a year at the most the. native
Indian population of Prince William
Sound will have.' disappeared. A year
ago the village of Tatitlek near Ellamar,
on that island, contained 150 Indians.
One hundred of them have since ! died
because of exposure after long debauches.
Tlie Indians will drink anything that
bites, and are the most liberal patrons
of the drug store whose supply -of St.r;
Jacob' Oil, Peruna and other strong stuff
they buy willingly. One man. drank a
large bottle of Worcestershire sauce and
it finished him also. The government re
ports show that in 1897 there were; f
about 900 Indians in this region. Now
only about 200 remain. Weekly Review. ,
One of the greatest necessities is .to
protect the natives in Alaska, as wel as
the game. In the southeastern part of
Alaska the natives are ' being rapidly
exterminated. , I found out on my ylast
visit last year that it was produced
largely by starvation. ' During the
winter time the natives of southeastern
Alaska are not able.to get sufficient food,
and one of the reasons is the game is be
ing .rapidly- exterminated. I went there
and saw this condition, and 1 came back
resolved to do everything possible to get
a bill through to protect not' only the
game but primarily to protect the
natives by protecting, Tthe .game. Con
gressman Humphrey in Congress M ar. 16.
Mr. Speaker, I want' to emphasize
what the gentleman from j Washington
(Mr. Humphrey) lias said regarding the
necessity for the enactment of ' some
l-i el at inn Aiw iti r.rnltirtfinn rvt iV,
in Alaska, and especially the . necessity
of amending existing law for the benefit
of the natives. The Indians of south
eastern Alaska have been self-supporting
ever since' the Government of the United
States purchased that district; but by
reason of legislation enacted by Congress
ujuuj ui iiJCJi uiupiuy men i nits ueeil
taken away from them,, and . . even, the
opportunity .f of supplying, themselves
with the necessaiies of life, in so far as
these necessaries are furnished bv the
game of Alaska, has been to a ' large
extent taken away : from them. The
conditions as described by the gentle
man from Washington have not been 1
overdrawn in the least, as I can state1
from my own personal knowledge. -Congressman
Tawney in Congress Mar. 10
W-r AVI VA III K. UI I (I U VjU UDVU tUJO
week by the announcement that Supt.
1. W. rotter of "this city school has
tendered his resignation' to the board of
education. Prof. Potter has been ; , a
tower of strength in his position lie . has
held for the past1 two years in this city
and greatly missed by the ! whole school
circle i n this ci ty . The reason ."for his
sudden desire to give up his school work
is due entirely to the press of 'business
which makes it impossible to continue
inthe School ,wcrk' ' without 'detriment
to his heavy invested interests Ion' the
tract. The aboard,. has. asked Mr, Potter
to fill out tlie rest, of the school : month
a n d he h as ? cOn se n tec in order to gi ve
them time " to fill the vacancy. Twin
Falls Times.