Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-20

home with + them, s and peace .reiigg;ned
throughout all the land for 9 time, Wa v
dehatgiyes the foil lowing .accountpf the
noted battle that was foughtjbetween the
Sioux and the Chippewas ear thesmouth
of Crow Wing river, which must have
taken abont12oyears ago. At that
time the two tribes iwered very hostile
toward each other, and very few " Indians
of either nation 5Fs1 lived Of stayed in this
part ofthe country, ,as this was interme-
idiste ground qund where VIE it was very danger,
GUS to tiyrto live 4 The Sioux organized
a war party; ofzabout 400, on! the .Missis-
sipm about the vicinity Of Mendoza and
St. PAM, and came up the Mississippi III
canoes to the mouth II Pine river, which
is above Brainerd:' . They went upthat
river, having to make but a marrow port
age to get into waters; that flowed into
;Leech Lake. They followed down q
stream to the lake; and through it down
to the mississippi, occasionally running
!across and and gfsing q few Ghippewas
until they reached Sandy Lake on, their
way down the Mississippi, where they
Unexpectedly came onto large number
of, women and children ,camped there
They killed but few. if any, Of them, but
captured allthe youngwomen and Went
on their way >homeward down river.
These women and children had been left
there by q war party of about eighty
Chippewa warriors, who had started
down, for a raid against the Sioux only a
short time before, the Sioux got down to
that place; not knowing that there were
| any Sioux ia the country. When the
Chippewa warriors had got down as far
as Grow Wing, they found out that party
of Sioux warriors were in the country be,
hind them, SO they camped and laid in
wait for them; and as the Sioux came
down in their canoes, loaded in part with
their captives, a'deadly fire was opened
upon them, Many were shot out. of
their boats, but enough were left that got
by to organize below and come back and
give battle to the Chippewas, the Sioux
having great advantage in numbers. But
the Chippewas having got. we'll In
trenched, and keeping their powder dry,
held them at bay for about two days,
when they drew off and left the Chippe.
was masters Of the field. At the first at
tack the squaws they had taken nearly
all escaped, and at the first fire the Sioux
chief was shot and fell in the river and
hoated down stream. "A short time after,
and before any Of the Sioux warriors got
home to tell their fate, the Sioux chiefs
wife went down to the river early in the
morning to get some water, and seeing
the body Of a man floating down the
river she went to getlt, and to her great
astonishment found it to be the body of
her dead husband. With regard to the
contemplated raid. that Hole-in-the-D Day
organized in 1862, Wadena says that he
and his brother n-law, Bad Boy, consulted
together in respect to what had better be
done, and it was agreed that Bad Boy
should steal away in the night and go
and; inform the whites Of Hole-in-the-
| Days intentions, which be did, and that
Wadcna Should remain in the camp, and
as soon as the Leech Lake Indians should
get down to join them, as Ho1e-in-the-
Day, had sent for them, Wadena, having
many friends and acquaintances among
them, would do all in his power to dis
suade. them from adhering to Hole -in-the-
Day in his contemplated raid on the white
people. He did as he intended, and
thinks he did good service in assisting to
avert the impending calamity, Like Bad
Boy, he had his annuitiesi cut off because
he would n2 emiggrlate to White Earth.
Wadena now resides principally at Lake
Alexander, in this county, and has made
1 that place his principalplace of residence
for several years past. H e has an exten-
siVe sugar bush on the south shore of the
lake: passed throughait a year ago last
fall, and seeing everything, flxedup in
good shape, several hundred nice birch
bark sap ytrougls well packed and Gov:
cred, 'ete, I thought that some white man
came out there to make sugar. He is a
desersedly noted chief: The county Of
Wadena and Its county seat, thriving
village Of the Same name; through which
the Northern Pacific railroad passes,
! were so named in honor of him. He is
still quite rugged; for a man of his age.
He came to Little Fal Falls at this time at
my request, to: give me- what informa-
he could aboutthe country in early days.
He asked nothing for his trouble, but
Imain1y through the exer rtions' ofhis old
friend, Peter Roy, he. goes back with a
large pack Of clothing, some of which,
though a little worn, will cause no small
amount Of ofrejoicing among his numerous
but thinly clad grandchildren when he
reaches his hunblehome. IfUncle Sam
has nothing to give this poor but.honest
Indian, I trust bis white neighbors will
ever keep in remembrance the fact that
he was a. friend to them when they. were
greatly in need ofa friend, and not allow
him to suffer for the necessities of life.
The Indian woman that now resides in
Little Pals, COUSIN Of the chief wadena
above named, known by tie name Of
Mrs. Sloan, is, claimed; to be only three
days younger than her, said cousin, and. is
quite intelligent, and on the whole has
lied, ,quitea remarkable life She has
spent d great share Of her life in Morri.
son county and fnlly coFroborates Wade:
/. ,na+ il tie statements be has made about
doings in the early days Of this county
In1somet respects she appears to be better
+ posted than he is As to.the noted battle
Ethat took place between the Sioux and
Ethe Chfppewas on. Crow, Wing river in
lTodd county, y she says tthatit took place
in about 1850, and that her father
took part in il Itwas. not. q fight exclu.
lsiyely by warriors on both sides, but q
large number Of Sioux came up there
with their families to hunt in the winter.
and camped On q small prairie by the
side Of the river The Chippewas, learn
ing that they were there, gathered a large
humber Of warriors together from about
the Leechs and Sandy Lake country, and
Event there and attacked them in the