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Show BURNED AT STAKE T8 JIVE TROUBLE Horrible Barbarities of Manitoba Mani-toba Indians Revealed; Chief Will Be Executed. WINNIPEG. Man.. Oct. 17. That Indian In-dian tribes living within a few hundred miles of Winnipeg- have reverted to tho most brutal savagery was brought out at the trials of chieftains of the Sillteiix tribe, Just ended at the Hudson Bay company's com-pany's fort at Norway. Sick and helpless members of the tribe were strangled or burned at tho stalce for no other reason than to relieve their relatives of oaring for them. Chief Joseph Posoqunn was convicted of murder and sentenced to die. Chief Jack, of the Sucker band of the same tribe, strangled himself to death In Ills cell the night before the date set for his trial. Two brothers named Rac aro In Jail at Norway House, awaiting trial for several murders. Eyelids, a brave of lhr Crane Bang tribe, gave sensational testimony, specifically speci-fically describing five stntngiilmloiia and torturlngs In which ho participated. In one Instance, the strangulation was not complete and the victim was placed on a platform over a huge lire, where he was slowly roasted to death. After the execution ex-ecution of Chief Joseph, Eyelids will be sent back to tho North to tell his tribesmen tribes-men what happens to murderers. |