, 1877-08-20


that Il was urraenlr'l through Marquette by the
King OF Francc. White having no great merit,
II 's certainly quite old, uni doubtless has
t.'rIuns history; hut ri documentary evidence
tllrrc iE tIone whatever.
Dur lrtu Ia Ut'nna, tic reservations on Bad
River, consumed tue entire tay. ani was rcnlctc
With INTEREST," hut forhcat to dwell Upon It.
THERE ARE MANY cHIrrEWAs
To he seen IN and around Ashland. sIany. arc
employed In the large aaw-tnIIl there. 1Ialfaud
'Quarter huols pre'tosnlna!c annt'g tic younger
generation. flia Inixcl tfoHla, hryevrr, arc
mostly ii cSns,in'ut,n. ii little camp IN tlla
faKe.shorc, inst east Of Ashasid, VIC ray, one
afternoon, Little Incident Illustrative of Indian
tttasaster. We wcro lookl.lf at tl,e handsome
tim uf one for departure. 4 rect n'nttrcsss
was placed In tue bnttom; OH this was sprcaa
q blanket, will several pillows, or bars nE
feathers nt t!e end: rude ea!l Vas 81 siEgca @ ~
tank: First ralnc nj, old Chippewa, tfnaflea ama ny
Erfzx1ed; then yonng man Fo'1cwi,at oyer w
t''lt weak and ctiaciatc.l, who, n!dfng himself
win great difficulty; then lal Of =, ioltpTel
by twu Or three saunws silently weeping l,ail.
ado4cn Jnltans on The bunk above mutSly
watched the departure. The young man. ais.
aF eo's tSs taSs' +qsw. ss a"sa s.t Il s oas liz
tltl man, with ,a,llic IN hand, took the stcru
unl Tic iadtflfnmcd tho little sail tothc kindly.
favored breeze rhen, without word or gesture ,tas
shore. and glElel rapidly mid noisetcssly away.
Tt.cy wcre evidently n famIIy returning 70 tMc
reservation on Bad lltvcr: Whether @ iare~cl!s
h, been given 1oao on me gnnK nrrcoan anp'e' TN In
natural reserve, We could only eoh1ectHIc.
Certain it is, Tic voyage was sa. one, asla hc-
1n tc sse s Tefe ear s ay nefutc
ii n young Chippewa who l'ai bcci, brought 10
d plys{riati In Ashland. aud WAS by hin. pro-
n6,lnecd 4 consutnptivc without hope of rcrty.
erv. Doubtless y was ne whom We s1au lust
eccn. md [or him tho tears were streaming
INDIAN DANCES ,
were twice Efvcn IN Public hall IN Ashland, u
ltonor of tho rItitnrs There, a''u With tpctnt
s'tuawa sat around q small irarn, md beat i
| with monotohotis regularity, whsfe they fane IN
| light treble q woruless minot cnatt: tnat was
llliy accompanied ~ i'lo Erahts anu sfnoons
II the outer elfcIe Of dancing ofhsos.
Chiefs and cx.Chlcts were palntcd onft
md Impressive iaa'cs among tis asid!s1se
4 s4Icctcd tEi. Or t'at brave Tor special ausnlfa-
tiot'. notwithstanding, pefi'aps. tllo prtnsIpalss
In hts clothinE'trsn were Mra"efs a1l' sl'rt,-0f
:oTsc dcxtcrsly ei,eltsl'rii ins nc oreasson,
but confess y seemed not istle tame TO t;aya
~ warriors VIM nau mSSes segn "af.no.n' on,,t'
painted hi.tesnsy WY arae.store ai -.zo oeife,
Eoosc;; dancing war...anse they had lcattcl by
At lust VIC were almost really to ,noye south,
/ "HtAs NH"os> t'l t""ot's H"nSsi nas'
Just ula,lc to OUR urdcr u beautiful h'rcl. Our
original intention waa 70 r;ln nn tlle Montreal.
aud through tl'a'n ot 'aRt;s lnto Tic Innla.
hawk.a tributary q Tue Wisconsin. This We
lind to be very difficult trip. and nnc dcnau1-
Ing more time flan We cah SCARE. Worst VI all,
my co"ilnajnon dt fNtayc, ltc Inexperienced,
WIS Called hack suddenly on business.
We la,l then decided to take our
ratoc down Tho road to somo point
near the Rib River, Or the Eau rla'nc,, anil so
i into and down the Wisconsin as far a. Portage.
Whether he whom | l,mf iass Initiated into
mud fighting snosquftoa and no-scc-ur,s" Us
the Chippewa ca11 Il liminuttrc but aggryssiyc
knnt), Or wlIcthrr hc lla,l developed dlstrust
OF Wisconsin-fivcr rapids, Was II formidable
query until lie sent from below dcpusitson.
taken ucforo Notary Pnblir, showing bis re-
tltgn,eut tu bc unavoidable. no longer doubt
ct. but now. wI,at to dol
III br1Gf. took rauoc, tent, and baggage to
the Eat platne, and there found IL wou1h take
ME two weeks to run 1t nionc. on ACCOUNT Ut
t0ys a,id rapids. Again took cars Tor Stevens
| Point, and
| TtlEHE LAUNCHED str LIGHT CANOE,--