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KILLED A WENDKiO. jjt J | j || ******ii.wmi iiis»gMWsi»iiss nn •? ! , ji |jTwo IM Ukr IntiUu* to K# Trlrd la iW imiMp** ff^r 'i Hi i-riai t heir €*%§•§♦ lt;_ Rat Portage. Oct 34» — R. G. Cbam-fcerlaia. of the Dominion police, Ottawa, and A. 6, J Baonatyue. Indian agent at Lac Seal, are in town with three Indian* in their custody. Two of j '* the In t an* are charged with shooting ! their chief lat winter at Cat Lake, I about mile* northeast of Dmoerwie, The story told by the two prisoner* i*essentially an Joilow*: The chief ofm the Cat Luke Indiana called Abw-ah-a | *a keh-ruig, became a wendigo. or in-r» aaue, and ordered the prisoners to shoot it him A oooncil ot tb** tribe was called *• and they discttsetd the matter for two a, days, when they am ted at the ccnclu-; ■-1 aiou that the chief's orders would have is to be obeyed The* wendigo lay down y- in his wigwam and indicated with his hand where they were to shoot him. it After be was dead wood was heaped j. upon bis body and the tire kept going 9- for two days, thereby, according to the » belief of the Indians, thoroughly des-te troy mg the evil spirit of their chief.The matter was reported to Mr, Ban- j to oatyne, but a* the Cat Lake tribe are a non treaty Indians, special legislation si was passed last July to cover the esse, d Constable Cnamterlain went to Lac u Seui, where Mr Binnatyne and two ie guides joined him, and they made the at 700 mile journey in twenty days. The it arrest of the two Indians was effected a, without trouble and when teen by aj it correspondent yesterday smoking their «e pipes at the Hnssel house they appeared r- to rather enjoy their captivity. The it third Indian was brought along as a s, witness. Two of them had never seen i it a railroad or train before and only one of them had ever seen horses or cows j ie They are magnificent specimens of the X red man and are above the average of r | their race in intelligence jto They an- being held her« for an... order to take them to Winnipeg for re trial, as the aasi/.es are over here. The is greatest wonder of the prisoners sinceie tbeir arrival here ha* been bow the white man gets bis living They say j d j everyone seems to be walking about id doing nothing. By doing something their idea is hunting or fishing. • r- Messrs. Banns'yne and Chamberlain r: j say they are under great obligations to d J. W. Anderson and Robt. Arnett, of ie the Hudson Bay posts at I am Seul and in Oat Lake respectively, for assistance on of the tnp
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Belmont Star
Belmont, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Nov 03, 1899
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