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ws.Kil l I I) \ WLNDItiO.I m n I mt | «k r ln*liaii« IW Tri#d tfll%butp«s fur Hnr rriNg Ikrftr *Lat Pertage O'* •*lt; —H. G. ChamL WH4T ^r]Jin c# Lk)q»jqioo police, Ottawa, and A K J L lunatyLe, Indian agent at Lac S-uo ar*- :n town with three Indian- in th*or custodT Two of «* the Indian- arc narg**d with -h oting ir their chief ia*r winter at Cat Lake.11# a boot UO miiw northeast c? Diuorwie.The story told bv rbe two prisoners is essentially aa !ollo«f; Tne chief ot itaation tbf Cat Iaike Indian* •'d.lai Abw ah* eator** ** keb-uiig. became a wendigo. or in*•e Boers **D«. and ordered the prisoner* to shoot ,od that him A council ot th*- tribe vr»« called be tele- *od they disra«*ed the matter for two sa rate. day*, when they arrived at the ccnclu* i trana- iOD that the chief's t r ier* would have e it is to be obeyed The wendigo lay down i hap- itJ his wigwam and indicated with hi*hand where they were to shoot him. , 1 t that After be wa- dead wood was heaped com* upon his body and th*- fire kept going 1 it Pre *or fwo davf. thereby acc- rdiog to the n* to belief of the Indian*, thoroughly des * qtnte troying the ^vil spirit of their chief, ital. Th* matter wj- remitted to Mr. Ban* I;n to oatyne. hut as the Cat Lake tribe are by a uon-tr atv Indians, special legislation 1 glt;«od pased last July to cover th*- case. !fered Constable Chain* crlaiu went to Lac b w*en where Mr Binnarvue and two (, the guides joined him. and they made th* | oubt ^0 mile journey in twenty days The * nent arrest of the two Indians was effected lt ion, without trouble and when seen by a n it correspondent yesterday smoking their lowe pipes at the Kns-el house they app*-ared ter. to rather enjov their captivity Tiie . is- ’ r -v jth-rd Indian was brought along us a ‘7fwit lies-. a wo of th*in h.sd never seen ^ ‘out a radnui or train !*fore ami only * ne I ” lt;t th* ui had ever -a-eii horses lt;»r cows she They ar* magnificent specimens * f the *th. r* * man and are above the average of 1 ‘»r their r »/*•• if*
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Hamiota Herald
Hamiota, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Nov 07, 1899
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