The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22

thought differently and waited. After the
arrival OF Hole in-the Day the council was
formally opened. The commissioners stated
their business and requested reply from
| the Indians. Hole-in-the Dav was led nm m
the stand by two of his braves and said
Fathers-The country our great father sent
you to purchase belongs to me. 1t was once
my fathers. He took it from the Sioux
He by his bravery, made himself the head
chief offhe Chippewa nation. am a greater
man than my father was, for am ms brave
as ne was and on my mothers side am the
hereditary head chief of the nation. The
iand you want belongs to me- If saw sell.
or great father will have it. If saw not
sell, he will do without it. Those Indians
that you see behind me have nothing to say
about it.
To this speech all the Indians present gave
hearty and audible assent. The change in
the face of things at the appearance. of Hole
in-the-Day showed his bravery and command
ing influence. was also somewhat amusing.
Here was powerful chiefs of all the Chippewa
| tribes. some of them seventy or eighty years
old, who before his coming spoke sneeringlv
OF him as boy who could have no voice in
the council, saying there was no use in wait
ing for him, but when before him becamce
his most submissive and obedient subjects :;
and this in treaty by which million of acres
of land was ceded.
The terms of the treaty were concluded
between the commissioners and young Hole
in-the-Day alone. The latter. after this was
done, withdrew, and sent word to the chiefs
OF the Mississippi and Lake Superior bands
to sign it. After it had been duly signed
by the commissioners and chief head men
and warriors, andlwitnessed BY the interpret
ers and other persons present, Hole-in. the
Day, who had not been present at these
little f"rmalities," called upon the commits
sIoners with two of his attendant chiefs, and
had appended to the treaty the following
words;
- approve of this treaty and consent to
the same. August 3. 1S47. Fond du Lac.
PO-GO-NE-SHINK, or
lIOLE-IN-TIIE-DAY, his X mark"
lie inherited the traits of his father, who
was noble, generous ard brave, bat treach-
erous as well. His father once entertained
several chiefs. and the same night, while they
were sleeping in his lodge, murdered them.
Young Hole-in-the Day was jealous of a
young half-breed, a man of education. On o
certain occasion this half-breed called upon
H"le-in the Day and remarked about fine
pistol the latter possessed. The chief replied,
Would you like to see it?" and handed it
toward the half breed, when it went off and
killed him. 1t is believed that the shooting
was not purely accidental.
Hole-in-the-Day made treaty in 1854, in
which the Indian country was divided be-
tween the Chippewas of Lake Superior and
the Chippewas of Mississippi. Since then
his influence has been principally among the
the Chippewas of the Mississippi. He has
made many other treaties, and his influence
in Indian affairs was prominent.
He made his influence in Negotiations still
to his own personal advantage, d he man.
aged, 1t is said, TO exrort very considerable
sums as the price of his favor. He spent
with profusion, for he was as great prodigal
as he was warrior. Disdaining the hum
BILE bark wigwams of his tribe, he lived in a
good house near Crow Wing. and kept horses,
and surrounded himself, while his means
lasted, with Injuries. He kept posted in the
affairs of the nation by taking the St. Paul
Press, of which he was a regular subscriber,
and other papers, which he had read to him
by an interpreter on every day of their arriv-
al. He had the proverbial Indian coolness
On the occasion of his first ride in the cars
the train going at the rate of forty miles
an hour-he was asked what he thought ..of
He replied that they were about
as he expected, but that they did not go as
fast as he supposed.
Hole-in-the-Day was about forty years of
age. He was. like all the rest of bis tribe
who can afford the expensi.e luxury. po-
lygamist, and in the course of his life has
had several Indian wives successively and at
the same time His last wife, for whose sake
he abandoned his seraglio is a white woman.
whom he encountered and married a year or
two ago one of his frequent trips to Wash
ington. One of his daughters was educated
at the Catholic school in this city. He was
in t e city few weeks ago. and left with
friend a statement of the manner in which |
the Indians had been treated by the Govern.
ment agents-a sure sign that Hole-in-the-
Days treasure needed replenishing. We
might fill columns with narratives of the ex
ploits in which Hole-in-the-Day has figured
as the hero, hut we postpone this to another
Paul Minn.) Press, June 3Oth.