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INDIAN HlUiUinwTue senate s select committeeIpomtec to investigate U*e charge*kefraud made m iettuig of Umber con- utract* uu tue Chippewa reservation*. | cresumed tbeir duue* last . X). I aL M jLuv of tin* city, district fcim uher inspector, wat oii tbe atuuc j ulueedar anc teetilied that be pur i uchased last riuter at/out £$,001.UUtlee! of pine for parties on tbe FiamVaUsaii rjvnr. anc tbat tbe price puic oku* $4.(A* per thousand, wbicb I tiauiouut a a** twenty fiv* oeuit in I bexoee* uf tue nigbeet amount ever paid any Indian on tbe reservation; | Tbut on croe* examination it was • abrought out tbat Cbe iog* purchased t obv MoKuv were not on the reser\and tbat hi* luge were at leanttitlv uuieb lartnor Gown tbe riverIitnan tbe iog* sold by tue Indian at j u$4 .21 per thousand. and takinginto connideration tbe Indian* received more lor tbeir log* tbanXoJpwuple. William McKinnon of thi*testified tuat tnere wa*Irin tbe Flambeau reservation tbatuu*dt it u rule and tbeir buninee* to tfl»nut out ail but xbum w*ho war* intue ring. He said tbe timberttcbaeed bv tue »Sberiuau Lumber | rcompauv wa* worth I**, and someatbarium at a tnuusund■c1F. Weierbauser testified Frida}tbat be purchased Iroin tbe Fiauitbeau Guurt d'Gfeibe* reservation i *about I.O»*.OOU leet dunug tbe last )ear and attue price paid being from frT*30 w'mcb would be equivalent tobout l to $k stucupage to tbtiIndian* Tbe luge were never purI1onaaed direct from tbe Indian*alwavt Iroin tbe middle men. Tbethighest price paid tor lUjffc tiu* yearIlt;ieu. barley tbi* city wa* alelon tbe stand Friday andHe test tied tuat tbv averagepaid lor leg* wat- fcl’.ifc pelood lo^e banked on tbe Flambeauin l^k4. He La*hit brat grade lug* lor i'7. and second j }grade lor w'hiie flu* year be 1 jobtained $12 ault;2 $?. lor tbe recapecuvt grade* He Q.id not tbuik j ^tbat Agent Gregory showed an; ' laivorit ism in granting contract* V. anotie. a! ieatn, if au ;b was tue lt;ua*ejbe was unaware of it. oj* at*out*^e».*ure'i two contra.*U witb tnedian*. last season. aggregaUn^lt;OX leet, tbe pr*oe paid being ft.t'J ora guaranteed tftuxupage of £2.SO. A*-tbe i i v e*l g •. 11 vn p r o' ,i -ed.v. th e 1•*i* ap^^art^u! tbat tbe LuUiau* bavebeen net ter used tban older purUettbat nave bad k^gc vO sell, ani inCOvf inb v er ai pa ? ’tie*have bad dealings w.ui tbe Ix.dian* lor in* past ttue* yearc, weieain tbat tbe luiians Lave no reason to find fault witb Agent Gregor;tor be ba* protected tbein as w eLi a*iie or any otber person could
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Chippewa Falls County Independent
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Jul 16, 1888
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