, 1865-04-02
4 New Sensation.

iFfQHl LUZ 4UEkusEEs " 1s.l IsC2lAtGl.l
Of the venerable Joseph Ceel.:, Of Caledonia
in this county, who Is already known to fame
US the t. Oldest man In the World" THIS is
undoubtedly tue OF his case, but Caledonia
Is again IN The field Ginning the Oldest
Wuuan in the World,' and she may we'll dis
rutc honors with Monsieur Crele about their
Respective aEes. Let our RAIDERS who have
the third volume Of the Wisconsin Histor.-
cul Reports, turn to page 33SG nud they will
lind the following, from Grlsuon's Reco!lec-
tious:
Whom + spent my otst winter at Wisconsin
the u10st iu!acntsal ufthr Wiuncbagos. Chau. ga
rah, or TIE [adls, the son Ut French trailer,
married Pc haa-ry, aud the si.ter Of thc head
was at this time an old man, aud lied at the Por-
taEe aboa: 1so9 AID by his request was placed In
Fit1fne posture IN coffin, ant. tl,e coffin placed
greeted over It, and that surrounded with fence.
ne vas sueceeacd BY his eldest aon, kah
De.kaa.sy, or 7as hf1est D<-kaa-sy, who lived to
*This "grand old chiet'' whoec Indian name
wna seA. :n-!a, died on The Wiscon.in river,
April 7''A' 's' IN his 0'aet'e'h 1saGf; &. Diaper.
! scha-chip-ka-ka died at the arc Of 20, in
LEST, Mr.. Drarcr, the careful and reliable
| Corresponding Secretary Of the State Histo-
| rical Society, informs US in Ills foot notes to
! IL II .
until tue cscnt time. he would hive been
| l19 yeas Of age Now herr c ;mes the won
! deriul rast ot all this. Hc-naw-ka, who was
| the wi'c Of 'l,e famous Chief, Cnau-ga-rah
! tSpcoa or Iadle Dekorra) and no5ler OF
scna-ch:p-k a-ka, is still living In Caledonia,
. not lut shurt DISTANCE from where t6n sciur
.Crele lived. We learn this fact E;on John 7.
DeLaRtnde. who himself married the g.cat
| grand.duu1ht~r OF ue-naw- -ka,< and spcnks
positively of tic facts above stated. Nj. De
LuRoude is hinself quite an old man, aud re
latcs n,!ny Interesting incidents OF He.naw'
toine G1igns1, Of Trctnf-.a. L Eau, who alse
has dnugxer, Archanse, Is years Of age
So He-naW--ku, now living, is the mother Of
soD 1l9 years old it living, and abe is ths
great great gtea. grand mother Of Miss Ar
change g sguon, nuw IL years old Can ,ht
this? We doubt 1t.
It may be asked what evidence We hav'
that He.nnw-ka was the vile OF Chnu "a ral
We con only say that a!r. De Ia Ron.le, VII,
married hc1 great. granddaughter stairs posi-
lively that such is the iact. Again, 1t may b
asked what evidence there is that Egha-chir
ka:ka was 30 ycars Of age when he dic'
1SS6): We can only say that Mr.. Augusta
Gti"1lnn has LETT his records, written q mum
her Of ytars since, wherein the fact wa
s'ated. lie was himself nearly eighty.ay
ycals Of nEe when he died, and was perfect
| inla'atss1 TILL EtSAt tAsHS, uEiEHi nC NrOIE-
mole so, probably, than any other man tla
ever lived in Wisconsin. He was well ae
q1lainted with Scha-ehip-ka-kn, aul Is pre
kumrd to know the fact whereof he wrote
Perhaps MIR. Draper, the Secretary Of th
State Historical SQaicty, will he able to ttro,
additional light on this subject.
The gave of Chau.su ruh, mentioned /
Mr.. Gifgnon's Recol1cctfons as having bee
bnriyl in Portngr, is distinctly rempmocte
by The o:d settlers Of this city. It Was ia til
Third Ward, near Mrs. Alotgan's houst
1hcIpTfoo, were the graves OF other India
cittsk who will long live in history.
! there is IN old chief tDekor4a} hereaboutt
: Known 10 all Of cur citizens Us being q roo
Indian, who is himself old enough to di,
beng probably about 20 years old or mort
! He-nnw-ka, mentioned above, is bis grea1
grandmother!