The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914: ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for JusticeMoorehead, Warren K. (Warren King)
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The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914: ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice
Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King)
Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1869-1934
In the testimony on file in case numbered 382, it appears that a certain
attorney and prominent man, had brought before him an Indian woman who
did not wish to sign papers, and the attorney said if she did not do so
he would have her arrested and put in jail. The proprietor of a lodging
house at Detroit, according to this sworn statement, gave these Indians
liquor.
[Illustration:
State of Minnesota )
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County of Becker )
On this 8th day of September, A.D. 1909, before me, E. B.
Linnen, U. S. Inspector, Dept. of Interior, personally came
Gah-bay-yah-nah-quod-doke, who being first duly sworn by me
according to law, deposes and says:
I am a full blood Indian of the Otter Tail Pillager band of Chippewa
Indians belonging to and residing upon the White Earth Indian
reservation in Minnesota; my father’s name was Be-wash and my
mother’s name was Mah-ge-moze-o-quay; the names of my grandfather
and grandmother on my father’s side were Con-duh-wah-we-zoo and
——————; the names of my grandfather and grandmother on my mother’s
side were Wah-be-gay-cake and Ah-go-mo; and each of said persons was
a full blood Indian.
Her mark.
Witness to mark. Gah-bay-yah-nah-quod-doke
We, the undersigned being first duly sworn according to law, each
for himself and not one for the other, all depose and say:
That we are Chippewa Indians belonging to and residing upon the
White Earth Indian reservation in Minnesota; that we are personally
acquainted with the above mentioned deponent and know her to be a
full blood Chippewa Indian; that the names of her parents and
grandparents are as set forth above, and that each of said persons
was a full blood Indian.
Witness His mark
May-zhuck-ke-ge-shig
Witness His mark
Gay-bay-yah-mah-ge-wabe
Witness His mark
Day-cah-me-ge-shig
Witness His mark
Ah-yah-baince
Witness His mark
Gay-me-wah-nah-na-quoit
Witness His mark
Bay-bah-dwung-way-aush
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of
September, A.D. 1909.
U. S. Inspector, Dept. of Interior.
Copy of Official Affidavit with thumb-print signatures, used by
Linnen-Moorehead Investigators
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