Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-23
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4IJsgf ss.E{-fts3sesly.EsEF -, ~
they may YET succeed s ~ Ioeppln ~ tne II
d'ans OF their most st valuable p1nes !ands
unless the parties engaged4 N lst u are sharp
lyswatched. sts7.Sssssss,1 e5S5d .afigai j
Since giylng a sketch *otathe noted In.
dian CHIEF, Bad Boy he ! has made Little w.
Fails a. visit. 20 see his Old TRENDS ana re-
celve from the good peopie sof THIS TINS place place
such goodsthlngs ssahey sshoulaa# see II
to besftoW upon, an Old oeneIactor. .':H q
and MS old squaW were maze happy :pyI
RECEIVING ,lN pountl1ul = donatlonss ,ols 5olo
ctothlng AN an apundan1 u suppiyosl plSo' nS'
Visions while me was mere .3e . ehl7
Draced the opportunity 1l % NERVE" M Y1 ~ hfn =
ana succeeueu IN d. ga.neriii sotue a'u
DIE 1niormatlon [l 1 from m Ibis nls ealance q
ana accordlngatos his oWha laes', sue Y ~
about seventy i've years ears: OF age, ana al1, hls
squaw is fully as old lie was was porn At AZ
Elbow Lake, IN Cass county. ~ )" hen he
was small, boy his parents went m and,
lived at Gull Lake, where the Indians
had a village vll; ase-sg4 While he was q young
man the ChlppeWasE learned sthereT
was large party OF Sioux lnotlanst
camped on the head waters OF Two Riy-s
ers, on small lake plxty-slx Chlppe,
wa warriors with himself Went vent up up ar and q,
attacked ! them at the usual hour: IN the
morning, about day break. They killed:
at least forty OF the Sioux without losings
man on their side. He fully corroborr-.
atcd all that has been said OF him. i .:s.,,
An Indian trading post was once es-
tablished at the south end ola Missis-
sippi river bottom, that is on the farm of
Peter McDougall, of Bellevue, formerly
owned by John Dearing. The only ac-s
count We are able to get Of it is from
Duncan McDouga]l, who formerly lived
in that town, bnt now resides at Rich.
Wood, in Becker county, this State, He;
says that he was at the place in the spring
Of l849. The logs Of the building were
then about half decayed, and it had the.
appearance OF having been built abouts
ten years. He says that the post had
oeeh run ny Augustus Bellangler and, nc
oaouste hoy Tor the late Hon. Allen
Morrlson, who was the M orrlson after
whom this county was named, as am
informed by the Hon. Henry NJ. Rice, OF
st. Paul, who is good authority On alt
questions connected with the early histo-s
ry OF this county. AS far as am able
10 learn' cannot ascertain that this man.
Morr1son, after Whom this county was
named, ever resided within its limits, al.
though ne furnished several persons with
soo0s 10 tr'oe "ithln IN 'he hmHs OF ne me
COUNTY. :hon. Alle'l MORRISON was oo.n
III canada, "a ano- was OF scotch descent:
ne came throuSh 70 the mead OF Lake
superior ana from 'hcnce across 10 the
MISSISSIPPI country "hen lie was quite
So"ns' p'ooaoiy NOT over elgh'eeh years
ol aye: HIS orother' mucA eioef ehan
A'lnsell' hao general Charge ol the ousl1
ness OF the Northwestern company,
winch lhen conlfoilcd the indian traoe
OF the Whole or the Lake Superior and
northern country, and engaged Allen to
work tor them as clerk, which bust
ness and book keeping he followed dur
lug his whole life at: various points and
for the IL. various companies that at differ
enF umes carried on trade with lhe In
o'a'ls. oi N of'herh minnesota. belng a
soo'' oook heeper ana re'laoie man, he
nau no e,l''icu''y III oo'aln'ng employ
inen'' liz 1l'a'i!e'' q nan oiee'l "oniah
"neii ao'l' Souns' an'' it'lsco d large
lahlfy o. ciili'reh' al o. "lilch are no"
oeao except TWO sons VINO i've at " hlte
Eart'i' 'ohh 0eofse anu Amen, lei ana TWO
oauglltcls, one d. oI' Olo.l0' the "l1e OF
'ohh H. oloah, aiu Que st lora1nera'
Known .n1 as as '1's: Vfanuelmeyer. IN IN 104o
heSaccateo at Cfo" W lng' ana was really
Ile louilt'ef " that1'lace, winch TOT ma
" years. ano Until Inc Northern racine
raliroao was was pu1l1, was the most import
am 5polhtltl 5ptll 1of lnolan trade IN Northern
Mlhhesota' :: = Wh1le at@ CroW;> Wlng'1n
to42 he "as eiecte.. 70 tne nrst lerrlto 2
le'1 go ~ n,, - sosA' "nion eon-
49,, ssS <,zs ~ az. 'e.slnoe' ~ 81 io4o,
e ~: ~: ,ott1son ionu'eu
,o ,,.i ~ - s, ~. '4 sa, son' ~ !" iii'o
t.'' - e'o "l'u ''''ie - 100 9 ''ie aye
-.oa.s,' u,. ~ v' :."lo' oo'nS "'sn'y 'e
4po.t.o ~ a. ~ "'.''n ~. - Nc J" as s.o,
qu.'ln'e,, ~ ''1a' Aolrison county WIN T.
ne'e' so'lei auy uisSrace Oh account VI
bearing ms name: -. Inc oieglsla'ive els-
'''o' w. Ia "ilic.i We were 'len 'ncl1oeo'
f'ite 7|"l'1on - y tn'iiAs'il III @afI repre-
senVe''' was aeSctloee' as II le Soat'k rap
lus ana l,;; CroW wing precincts OF ot
nfoiaaeo.'nty' ala at a:ss'.'ehen's wes1 OF
''fe M ississ'ppi anu hof'h OF the osakis 5
@ 1,ve!, ;'nu :, llne 'nence v': west 70 'pe
= 90 ,,'s'' ~, W ~
1ne na,''es o. 'le oaance OF 'he .1s mem n
oels :oi 'pe mouse at me htst session -
lo4' were K, 7ye'ehiah , "a husse,9h = "a Asbao @
cocA ''no lholnas y fiol1les, LOTT s s!|l.i lne e
members In the senate OF that session 1or
thls dlstrlct m s were Davld Oimstead tl and
William 3sturgis. $3.50 it. appears that
IN Morrison r Sol county was origins ally part OF
St. Croix 4counnt COUNTY, that portion at least 1eaas
! which lies east of the Mississippi river.
Since the first Legislature the names of
those who have represented Morrison
county ii the legislature, and are or have
been, residents of the county, are as, fol-