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TAMA INDIANS WANT AN OLD-TIME DEBT OF $30,000 ^jfiPAID THEM.INVESTIGATIONSTARTEDMeeting of Stalwart Bucks and thafjUHGovernor Proves to Be of « Considerable Interest. •d as co-t of theATEER IN HE INIs Moines, Iowa, April 22 ~(Special)—Fivs stalwart bucks from the Tama Indian trlbo called on Governor Cummins In an effort to get him to secure for them the $30, QW which they claim Is somewhere on deposit for them in Washington. IX C-. and with which they desire to purchase ©\000 more land and make 110,000 worth of Improvements thereon. ? . .Annually the Tama Indians have bean coming to I)e« Moines to see the governor of Iowa. They have kept this up for many years starring In long before Governor Cummins entered the office. J Annually. too, they have gone to Washington. In a vague sort of way It has been understood by the public that they had some hallucination about their land? inTama county. They have always spoken through an interpreter and the result has been some misunderstandings.Difficulties Cleared Up.SPITALi Itnoralng, -oner in die ty1th halfOn the trip to Des Moines thia week some of theso misunderstanding* havebeen straightened out and the Indians went back to their lands In Tama county fairly contented that everything is all It I right. In the mean time Attorney General H. W. Byers on directions of Governor Cummins is fixing up some papM} for them and Governor Cummins ha* started an investigation do^ n at Washington in an effort to find the -D0 00C which they claim is there. ,When the 'Tama Indians cam* to Iowa the consent of the Iowa legislature and of . I .. congress was necessary. They belonged luaiotoa I to the Sacs and Foxes that were on areservation somewhere down in .SgjHH having been taken there from Iowa whtefi was their original happy hunting greand** The crowd of them that cams «gc -* *• Iowa desired to settle down and adopt th; ways of civilisation and after son# negotiations were allowed to come back to If.wa and settle on land which was purchased for them out of money belonging to them but held by the government. At first both the state of Iowa and the government were guardians of the Indians. Rome of their land was in the name of the Governor of Iowa as trustee and some in the nnme of the secretary of the interior at Washington as trustee. This double n latlonship bothered the Indiana and finally bills were put through the Iowa le#-islature and through congress as *SHj|providing and authorizing the governor of Iowa to deed what was held in trust byhim to the secretary of the faiarfor so that it would all be held under one trusteeship. V ■ f *5 Ti*l is th«»that thevery un*ttention by the e alarm throughen dantatempted ysicians * speed. Foekler Inflict-on theof therdly be , as his om the a.ct con Is mind e in sopickedMuelleraroundad was , Judgedays inid was ncident ose be-tie jail, the cell d downByers Investigates.This was during the administration ot Governor Shaw but for some reason Governor Shaw did not see fit to make thetransfer and Governor Cummins did not hear of the matter till within the last twelve months. He had Attorney General Byers look the matter up and the matter was nearly completed when the delegation of Tama Indians - came CV pSS Moines Monday to see the Governor.The fly# Indians who called upon the governor were giants physically. | They displayed a considerable degree of intelligence but they did not know of these laws authorizing tho transfer of the governors trust to the secretary of the interior When the interpreter explained the matter to them at first they gathered the idea that this meant that they werefrom their Tama countyle man lands. This was finally satisfactorily *s-erately trying rn hisaround e over hat lieiirnself.It wasplained through the Interpreter and now the only thing remaining is the pMtil which they claim is on deposit somewhere in Washington. They claimed to the Governor that they have repeatedly endeavored to get the government agent who Is stationed with them to make an Investigation us to the HO,000 but that he i£|B| never shown any interest in the matterThe Tam as are fairly well civilised and desire mor** land to cultivate or hunt ra%* bits on or something and the 120,00® would1 awa.vj l»uy them a quarter section or more andch the (the 110.000 additional would make exten-Improvements. At any rate QqMM Cummins promised them he would make an investigation to ascertain whether of not they have the money nnd whether OT not it is available for their use. S:ot un?ht set 1 as a oon. It doctor nJd be deed. *1. He buqtte. publicEASTER EGG ROLLERS.One Thousand Des Moines Children InComical Contest. ' 'Ies Moines. Iowa. April 22.— lt;Special)— Des Moines ha* had its second annual gH rolling contest on the capital grounds inI
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald And Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 22, 1908
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