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ertlaheof*S,litU-!i-tieerc-Hi1-ly-•er-Joseph ; lesson, a ;Full Blooded . .. Indian Here From the • Tama Agency.• /CAME TO ATTEND FEDERAL COURT.■ • *. I it I.*,.1 tzJt-*»la the . Government; Interpretor of the Indian Agenoy-^His Storyof the Troubles at the • Agency: . ‘ '*Lelah-Pu-Kachoe's*' ca\e came before Judge Shlras Friday, bringing to the city Indian Agent m. j. Ma-Iln, Superintendent of the Indianschool,, both of the Indian agency near Toledo In Tuma county.. v.With thewvmon came an uborignee, Joseph Tesson, who is the oflieial. interpreter of the tribe. •. *A Herald man engaged Mr/Tesson In conversation and had Quite-an interesting. talk with him. -.The Indians at Toledo arc the Sacs and Foxes, whidi formerly lived here, .Mr, Tosson wgs born In the vicinity of Dubuque. He is now 50 years of age, so that he was born in IS40. He does not remember anything of this country, but says he hvui a .sinter-in-law, considerably older than himself, who remembers all about it. .Mr. * Tosson turned interrogator lilmr self and asked if there whs not the grave of a while man named Dubuqueburied here. He said that he.had often heard his sister-in-hnv and others of the older people talk of it. She remem-bercd Dubuque well, and In his younger days Tosson had heard others tell about him. • Tesson seemed: to reverence Dubuque's memory. He said the story is told in the tribe that Dubuque was -buried * on a hilt overlooking * the river. He said that the body was not buried, but was put In a tomb which had leaden doors. He asked if there wasj^ny trace of it left, and the reporter1 told him of the finding of bonessupposed to be Dubuqu's and of the monument erected there.Tesson asked if there was found only the skeleton of one; person. He said therft^were three • persons put In the tomb, 'First Dubuque’s body was put there.A short time after an old In-dian* cfifef, who had been Dubuque’s friend, was also entombed there. A short time after a grandchild of the chief died anlt;l its body was placed in the old chiefs arms.Tcsaon was not inclined to talk much about Dubuque’s grave. He asked if there was ever hoard a story that tho Indian’s removed Dubuque's bones. He said ho knew a little about it, only from what he had heard there should be the skeletons of two men and of . the child in the grave.Tosson talked quite/- interestingly about his tribe; Agent Malln says Tesson is one of the most prosperous and advanced of his people. . • He speaks English fluently and Is well dressed in American costume. His jot black coarse hair, the deep wrinkle In his forehead and his swarthy conmfov-lon are the only characteristics of. his race. :The Sues and Foxes at tho agency number -105 and they own .1,000 acres of lund there. The government pays each Indian, regardless of age nr sex, about annually, .hi semi-annual payments.The. Indians own- their land In common and parcel it out among themselves for cultivation. Some of theIndians are • progressive and thriftyand others art.* shiftless and lazy. It seems It Is the shlftles ones that are making the trouble. The Indian school was opened a year ago last October. The school building cost $20,000 and*1;, a large brick structure. In connection with it; there- is the laundry building; shops, poultry department, ice houses, root cellar and other buildings. At the present time there are forty-five in the school. The . boys are taught agriculture and trades, besides a common school education. The girls are taught cooking, sewing, laundry work, dairying, house work, poultry raising and other things a woman should learn. The teachers, with one exception are white people. ' The exception is a young lady Indian. n_ graduate of a western Indian school.• Supt. Nellis has been In the Indian service for many years ahd.wus transferred from the Sioux agency in South Dakota two years ago. ! He says he never saw Indians as progressive as those at the Tama agency. The trouble is there arc two factions in the u ibo. One Is ambitious to progress and lenrn the ways of civilization. The other wants to retain tlie Indian customs, and arc bitterly antagonistic to anything attempted to ' Improve their condition. * ,.....Here is where the present trouble arose. The government passed a law requiring all Indian children to attend school. Those Tndlunsihat want to progress are in accord with It, while the others oppose it. The Indian agent claims that white men; encourage the Indians to make trouble. The present case Is predicated in the'claim the girl, Lelar-Pu-Ka-Chce is married and her husband has mhdo application for a writ of habeas corpus to have her returned to him.• The Indian agent, has himself .appointed guardian .of the ch'ldrcnand was thus appointed guardian Ccr, this girl and ^ took her fropi her husband., The Indian agent says the.indlans have no marriage custom;, that all they do is to announce their marriage and it is done. .When they want to separate, they simply announce that fact. He saya they are very .loose moratcd and -very degenerate, as a class, and some .men and women not over twenty have ?had several marital experiences. Ho says this is the curse at the tribe, aricj that this is the kind oe ft marriageDetah-Pu- Ku-Chee had*.; United^ States Attorhey' McMilllan appeared for the Indian agent and Jacob. \V. Lamb for the Indians,. Judge SHiras lieahl their statements .of the case and asked botb to submitbriefs .to him. * The Indian agent.says .he Is hopeful that'the* ’case will have the result of prompting congress to take action * and adopt * stringent* laws.’ which will result ih* bettor morals, ,He says* that, the worst * ■feature ' of ' the* whole. trouble-is the white man, thatthey dead'the Indian girls astray* and rob-the Indian men.- / ••* ...He says that all the Indians are not degenerate. Joe Tesson is* an illustraT tipn-of the better class. He owns fifty acres outside of the reservation besides his share in the tribe's property. He hus a nice-frame house, barns, etc., and a well • cultivated farmr and is-making money. Tesson’s family consists of his wife and son; He says he has had six children, but only one survives. He is very proud of his child, a son, 13 years of age. He has the boy in the Indian ' school and proposes educating him. The boy’tname is Joe Tesson, Jr.. The father comes from the war chiefs and proudly told tho. reporter his son is also a warrior. His Indian name is ‘INo-Ko-La-Qua,” which .means a .storm cloud. The idea of the name being pent up energy—a great force coming, like a big storm brewing.Joe Tesson' thinks the Indian agent is all right and heartily approves the government’s attempt to civilize hio people. He says, they need,it. When they left the Mississippi river' a half century ago, they numbered nearly 80*, and he points to the faet that it has not Increased in number, proving there Is something, radically wrong.SlOO Reward, 9100,The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science hasbeen able to cure in all its stages and that Is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requfres a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous .surfaces of the system,' thereby de-, 3troyIng the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure,' Send for list'of testimonials. Address,, F. J. CHENEY A COV * -Toledo. O.WAS STRICKEN IN CHURCHMrs. Catherine Sands Stricken With Paralysis in St. Mary'sChurch,Mrs. Catharine Sands was stricken with paralysis while attending services In St. Mary's church Friday morning at 8 o’clock. ... *v. .4The ambulance was called and she was removed to her residence, 1331 Pine street, where Dr. Jackson attended her.Mrs..Sands is 65 years of age and the-widow of Philip Sands, who died several years ago. Her whole left side is paralyzed and it is feared she. will.'not recover. •: DRYING PREPARATIONS simply develop dry catarrh; they draw up the secretions which adhere to the membrane and decompose, causing far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying Inhalants, fumes, smokes and snufTs and use that which cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely’s Cream Balm is such a remedy and will cure catarrh or coldin the head easily and pleasantly. A trial size tylll be mailed for,. 10. cents. All .druggists sell the 50c size. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren street, New York.Tho Balm cures without pain, does net irritate or# cause sneezing. It spreads . itself over an irritated and angry surface, relieving immediately the painful iflnamution.With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever,AMUSEMENTS.'SOWING THE WIND. of the strongest companiesOne ut tne strongest companies ever seen in the famous drama Sowing the Wind,” will bring that play to the Grand Thursday evening, Dec. H. The drama, with Its great sex against sex” scene and its powerful problem and moral lesson,' has had throughout the country one of the most remarkable careers known to the modern stage.r
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Dubuque Daily Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sat, Dec 09, 1899
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