Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-13

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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
= PUBLIsHED IN THE TRANSCRIPT IN THE
SAME YEAR. REVISED AND BROUGHT
DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Z. By NATHAN RICHARDSON. y. ,
CContinued from last weeks Transcript
After a delay Of about three weeks Mr.
Hole-in.the.Day disbanded his warriors,
greatly to the relief of the whole ada
cent country At a treaty made in the
month Of February, 1856, with the Mis-
sissippi Indians, he got, among other
things, one section Of land on the east
bank of the Mississippi river. taking in
large portion Of the town site of Crow
Wing, which was laid out by G. II.
Beauleau, and at that time was consid-
cred very valuable, but now Of little ac-
count. A great dispute arose in which
Hole-in- the-Day came out ahead At
that treaty he succeeded in changing the
provisions of an old treaty made in 1916,
by which he got $4,000 back pay, and an
annuity Of one thousand dollars year to
be paid to him and his heirs yearly for
forty years, which, since his death is
drawn by his children. With the six
thousand dollars he built a fine residence
on his section of land, and became a
farmer, put ferry across the Mississippi
river at his place, principally for his own
accommodation !; he drove fast horses and
lived fast life, supporting several wives,
until he made arrangements to 60 to war
against the whites in 1862. Simulta-
neously with the Sioux outbreak of that
year, information of his movements hay
ing been sent to the officers in command
at Fort Ripley, squad of about six SOL
diers was sent to capture him. He was
in the village of Crow Wing but man.
aged to evade the soldiers and escape.
He crossed the Mississippi at the ferry,
the soldiers arriving on the opposite bank
just as he got across. They fired several
shots at him as he escaped over the river
bank. He then went to rally his warriors,
and never returned to the farm. In a
few days his house was burned down in
the night by some unknown person. The
next year after peace was made, he went
on to Washington and got an appropria-
tion of six thousand dollars more on &C.
count of the burning of his house, and
another section of land at Gull Lake
He did not 60 tn ere to live, however, but
resided at the old Chippewa Agency,
about six miles west of the mouth of
Crow Wing river, and on that stream. I
think that this style Of treating bad In
dians furnishes some explanation of the
cause Of the troubles that our government
has had with the Indian tribes. 1t
shows, however, that Mr.. Hole-in-the-
Day was something ofa fnancier as we'll
as warrior. He again visited Wash
ington in 1865, for the purpose, I pre-
sumo, of improving his financial condi-
ton, but this time he was not quite as
successful in that respect as he had been
on former occasions. Buthe got what he
appeared to prize more than anything
else, unless it might have been Sioux
| scalp in bygone days; what he got was a
white wife. A waiter girl at hotel in
Washington succeeded in capturing his
highness. She was pretty and mod
est appearing lady. He brought her to
his home and treated her as his wife, and
discarded his squaw wives for the re-
mainder of his life. She had one child
| while living with him, and after his
death she tried to get his property, but
did not succeed, on account of not being
able to prove that he married her. Short
ly after his death she returned to Wash
ington, taking with her the little Hole-in-
the-Day from thefar off land of the Chip
pewas. Old Hole-in-the-Day came to his
end in the summer of 1868. While driv-
ing home from Crow Wing, some Leech
! Lake Indians lay in ambush not far from
his home; and as he drove past they shot
him in the back, killing him almost in
stantly. Having become member of
the Catholic church, he was buried in
the cemetery Of that church at Crow
] Wing. The menacing attitude of Hole
in-the-Day, when he gathered his war
riors together, created great alarm and
] CONSERVATION through this region of
country, and, as he was encamped near the
border Of Morrison county, it would no
doubt have been the first object of at
tack, after the town of Grow Wing. The
people had good cause for alarm, but
the question to be solved was, what
should be done. Nearly every one had a
programme of his own, which he thought
should be adopted, and many packed up
their household goods and departed, new
er to set foot upon the soil of Morrison
county again, It was finally agreed that
a barricade should be erected around the
court house, which was done after a
great deal of pickering and delay, con-
sidering the imminent danger that the
people were in. As the crops had not
been gathered, the farmers on Belle Prai-
rie and in Bellevue mostly: went home to
work at their crops during the day, re-
turning. every night to the court house
barracks Pickets were thrown out in
every direction during the night. This
programme was kept UP at least. three
weeks before the arrival of any soldiers
to relieve the people from their perilous
situation The first company that ar
rived was that of Capt. Tattersol, and
their appearance was the occasion of
much rejoicing, Very shortly after
wards they were lre-enforced by Capt.
Libhy's COMPANY, which contained, many
Of the men who had volunteered from
I this county. This company proceeded
directly to Crow Wing, and camped
there in close proximity to the hostile
Indians. At about this time the commits:
sioners of; Indian affairs, Mr.. Dole, ap-
peared for the purpose Tof treating with
Ethe,I Indians for peace, andsa, sort, OF trea-
II was finally agrea ID upon, which was by
no means. creditable to the government.
In taking retrospe pective view fthe situa.
tion Of things at that time, it is evident
that in case Of an attack BY the Indians, the
people Of Morrison and adjoining coun-
ties would have been much safer in the
| Fort than in the court house at Little