| Show INDIAN advancement brass band that escorted mckinley composed of indians new york may a meeting of the new york city indian it was decided to send a letter of protest to gov joseph K toole of montana asking the release of little whirlwind the young northern cheyenne indian who it 19 1 claimed Is unjustly en enduring darlage a life sentence tar for murder A letter elined by philip C garrett garrott president and herbert welsh corresponding secretary of the indian rights association read at the meeting contained COnt alMOd Q te hearsay of the story the letter concludes by saying when men the newly elected governor was installed in hia his office at the beginning ot of the present year application waa vms made to him on behalf of ibe indian rights association to ito pardon little whirlwind this thit appeal was reinforced in by a formal request of the secretary of the interior lie he havling been coll convinced vinced as the result of an in vevil gation made by one lot 0 the inspectors spec tors of little innocence innocente the governor courteously promised to look into the matter as ms soon as he could but thus far ar no action haa has been taken and little whirlwind with his health much impaired as a result of the confinement continues to suffer for the crime of another miss T M louise hoppock president of fhe the southern california OAM torola association so made an audreas on the indiana of southern a many of the indians Indian 3 of that section she said fire indignant because bemuse of recently published reports that they are starving meir me ir lr feeling la is by the n of an indian youth in one of the reservation schools who upon reading the statements said ald it Is a lie we are not starving and wo we wont bave have help miss spoke noke of tot the work of fhe perris chool the brass band of which esac ted president Preside ut mckinley AfeW nley from the station in It Redla edland md to the hzael on delsel lila recent visit there and furnished the only music in the celebration on o 0 that occasion she tead read an essay emay written by 17 one of the girls in the school JL i |
