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THE HANITOWOG'DAIL.Y HECATO MAN VISITS INDIANS, SOME OF WHOM MADE HOME IN THIS COUNTY IN EARLY DAYS*HpIII-After attending this council of the rlilefs, Or, Herend borrowed the young chief Thunder's horse for « ride. Unfortunately hi lost the trnll and was obliged to spend almost two days together with the Intervening qinl detlri cdly frosty night In this wilderness of Marinette county. He Anally touched the I. W. Wi lls lumber camp in safety none the worse lor Ills exciting ex penlonceH. vThe Manitowoc nnd Sheboygan Indians and their descendants an* very poor, having received blit v-ry little from the government.Their complaint Is that they Hu- Wla cousin Pottawatomie, have mu beep paid tli'dr share or portion 01 money due tltem fwlion their chiefs signed the (red I.. Morse ullcges that tin Mnderi cession ot the I’nlted SIrIpk of the land on Hie west shore of Lake Michigan which they occupied and wlil.n ffiey claimed ownership. Their children a'-tend on school as there is muic and In most Instances the children, f.piaws and or course the old men Hpi-nk only the I'ottawaioitile or Cliipprw:' lang tinges which arc practically identical. Their ways and custonin are si III of a very pmiltlve order. They live In on* room log cabins and tlic graves of their dead are situated nout the call ins. O11 ten of each grave Is t..nsiniei-!ed 1.11 angular roof like structure of!Irs boards under which occasionally ar« n placed tobacco nnd fond Intended forI• r the dead.►*i *•kiHISome of these people seem to he In dire distress. Wild game i scarce Iill and the high cost of living uflc.-rs them111 ir1 lt;*»sn.c.ofcfn-u-mSrIISItsofI'd!nin-xln.oradocadlu-ia-»lt-le-to a very marked degree. Tuberculosis and many other diseases are very prevalent among them, especially! among the children.Ponce Kjshek. son of the late chief. (*lu»s. Klsltok, who visited Washing-ton thro.fi times to get aid lor Ids peo-jdc. died htst year, being the I not of ;ho chiefs fourteen children nil dying! of tuberculosis. Chief Charles Klsh-i ck also was born In Sheboygan county.These Indians obtain no medical at-1 lent ion. Several of 1 lie children seen wore totally blind Very lew children can be Refill but it Is a fact that! some of the old people attain the ripe age of one hundred years and beyondj that figure.1For these various reasons this band of the old I-ake Michigan Shore In-1 dlans Is rapidly diminishing In number and In a short space o( time will have; disappeared entirely.Some of these Indians exprestt a fond! hope that they may vet be able to acej i their former homes on the Manitowoc. Sheboygan and Mlshlcot rivers I and the I.ake Michigan shore but thej band has no money to defray traveling expenses and thus their desires probably will not be realized.
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Oct 25, 1917
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