Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1914 — BLACKFOOT INDIAN PARDONED BY PRESIDENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BLACKFOOT INDIAN PARDONED BY PRESIDENT

After a third of a century spent in the government hospital for the Insane near Washington for the killing of a white man in self-defense, Bpo Pee. a Blackfoot Indian, has Just been pardoned by President Wilson and will return to his tribe in Montana near the Glacier National park. His only living relative is his daughter, now Mrs. Take Gun, Who was only three years old when he saw her last For years Spo Pee has spoken no word, but endeavored to make himself understood by the use of the Indian sign language, which every Indian understands. This was one reason why he was .so long considered insane by the whites. About a year ago a party of Sioux visited the asylum and established the identity of Spo Pee. His case was brought to the attention of the authorities, and it was discovered that he was not insane. Indian Commissioner Cato Sells interested himself in the cake with the result that President Wilson pardoned the , old Indian, who is now on his way to Join his own people. The young lady with Spo Pee is Miss Evylyn Fitch, daughter of Pardon Attorney Fitch of the department Of justice.