Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1912 — INDIAN RIDES FAR TO PAY [ARTICLE]

INDIAN RIDES FAR TO PAY

Aged Red Man Had to Wait for Seven Years Before He Got Enough to Settle. Ellensburg, Wash. —Making a 50-mile trip on horseback to pay a debt of $5 contracted seven years ago, “Old John” Hamult, with his grandson, Indian Louis Sam, arrived from Wapato to settle his account with T. W. Farrell Although nearly eighty years of age,, “Old John” remembered every detail of the transaction seven years ago, and when he came into Farrell’s store he drew a leather pouch from his pocket, took out the $5 and said in Indian language: — “I came to pay you your money, $5; that all I owe you, my old friend.” Mr. Farrell, who had quite forgotten that the Indian was indebted to> him, recalled the incident and, taking down his books, found the entry 'ofl the loan. It* developed that “Old] John” had not come to Ellensbilrg for seven years because he did not have the (5 to pay his debt