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KILl.LD A WENDItiOiT«« ( %jmh# It«f* Hf Tr4e4 itW »t» tt * f»* g fur tri»i Their lt;Rat Portage, Oct 3#—H. O. Ob*m-b«rklD. of the ikiuiiniun police, Ottawa. and A B J Baunatyne, Indian agent at Uc Seul. are in town with three Indian** in tbeir custody. Two of tbe In i;An- are cnarged with shooting their chief last winter at Cat Lake, about ilJM* miles northeAf-t of Dmorwie. The atorv told hr the two pri*ouers it essentially an toilows: Tbe chief of j the Cat Lake Indiana called Abw ah* «u keb-ruig, becatne a wendigo, or in-] »an* . and ordered the prisoners to ahoot I him A council ot the tribe wa* called | and they discus** d the matter for two davs, when they arri»ed at the ccnclu-w g ’ ■■'4mI siou that the chief's order* would have to be obeyed. The wendigo y downj in hia wigwam and Indicated with hia I hand where they were to shoot him. After h** a-a* dead wood was heaped upon hia body And the fire kept going for two dar*, thereby, according to the belief of the Indian*, thoroughly de* troying the evil spirit of their chief.The matter was reported to Mr. lian-aatyne, but a* tbe Cat Lake tribe are non treaty Indiana, special legislation wa* passed laat July to cover the caw*. Constable Cnamterlatn went fo Lac Slt;*ui. where Mr Bmnatyne and two guides joined him, and they made tbe700 mile journey in twenty day*. The arreat ot tbe two Indiana was effected without trouble and when seen by » correspondent yesterday smoking their pipes at the Knssel house they appeared to rather enjoy their captivity. The thsrd Indian was brought along as a I witness. Two of them had never teea a raitioad or train before and only one |pof them had everiaeen horses or cows ► S They are magnificent sp»'cimens of theI red man and are above| tliei average • j their race in iuteitlige»ce.^p^^^p; 8 i j They wm being held here for anorder to tak*- them to Win. *peg for trial, as the oeaices are over here, iheII greatest wonder of the prisoners sinceI11tbur arrival htfe haa been bow the white man gets hia living | They sayi I everyone seems to be walking aboutdoing nothing. By doing something their idea ia hunting or fishing. ; Messrs. Banna'yne and Chamberlain aay they are under great obligations to J W Anderson and Kobt. Arnett, of | the Hndaon Bay poeta at I-ac Seul and i Oat Lake respectively, for aeaistauce on 1 the tnp
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Belmont Star
Belmont, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Nov 03, 1899
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