Shooting breaks out near novitiate, Sign agreement

              Shooting Breaks Out Near Novitiate, Sign Agreement GRESHAM - Members of the Menominee Warriors Society have agreed to an offer made Sunday by the Alexian Brothers, but two hours of gunfire broke out Sunday night in the abbey area. Despite the shooting, said to be between those in the novitiate and vigilantes penetrating the National Guard perimeter, Guard Commander Col. Simonson said he hoped to achieve evacuation of the building today. Members of the Warriors agreed Sunday to an offer from the Alexian order that turns the abbey over to the Menominee tribe for ""$1 and other considerations."" The Indians had moved into the building New Year's Day, vowing to stay until the religious order gave them the building and land surrounding it. ""We're certainly striving to get them out today,"" Col. Hugh Simonson said. ""But we haven't set a definite hour."" He would give no details of the evacuation other than to say the Indians would be bused out. Actor Marlon Brando and the Rev. James Groppi, a Milwaukee priest who led civil rights protests in the l960s, joined the Indians inside during the weekend. No injuries were reported in the shooting Sunday night and it was not clear who fired the shots. A National Guard spokesman said no guardsmen fired any shots. He said a guard helicopter, which flew over the area with floodlights trained on the woods, was also fired upon, but later his superior said this report could not be verified. Simonson hinted today that the residents of the abbey would be turned over to local law enforcement officers when they are taken out and a spokesman for Gov. Patrick J. Lucey said no pardon was agreed to by the governor and none had been asked for. Simonson said Sheriff Robert Montour ""is prepared to take the people any time I take them to him."" He said he foresaw no problems that might void the agreement announced about six hours before the gunfire broke out. Bill White of the Menominee Peoples Committee, which helped in the negotiations, and Brother Maurice Wilson of the Alexians told about the pact which will see the order give the 64-room mansion to the Menominee tribe soon after its reservation status is restored. Wilson said it was understood that the Menominees would make a ""good faith effort"" to provide fair reimbursement to the Alexians for the facility. Wilson added that the state of Wisconsin, the National Council of Churches and other concerned groups and individuals ""will fulfill their commitments to improve the plight of the Menominee Indians and assist them in their fund raising efforts. The warrior society originally demanded they be given title to the property free and clear, and the Alexians originally asked for $750,000. Wilson did not specity whether the Indians were still expected to raise that amount. Dennis Banks, a national leader of the American Indian Movement, called the agreement a ""victory for Indians everywhere. When the warrior society seized the building they said they were willing to die to keep control of it. Banks said, ""This motto, 'deed or death' should be one that all tribes adopt."" He said the agreement was particularly suitable as the nation approaches its bicentennial because ""the next 200 years should not be like the past 200. We cannot tolerate the ripoffs, the injustices any longer."" A negotiator for the Alexians said Indian demands were met ""in an attempt to prevent further violence."" Wilson said the order wanted the property to be used for ""humanitarian purposed in the