Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-30

stately edlhceS Of commerce, and
where the infuriated savages sought the
innocent lives of Guerin and his family,
can now be found silks and satins; and
where the forest trees intercepted travel,
can be seen street cars and the glare of
the electric light! ALI the old cabins are
gone! The occupants are gone! The
trees are gone. The Indians are gone!
But still civilization increases and the city
grows!
DEAD-BUT HoNoEED.
Ten years ago We used to see Mr.. Guerin
walking our streets; interested in our
growth; pleasant in speech, aiding every
public enterprise; really noble citizen.
And even later along in life, when his
property was stolen from him, and he be-
came poor, he still maintained his honor,
his manhood, his integrity. He died in
1870, aged ffty-eight years, and the com
mon council of st. Paul, for which city be
had dore so much in the shape of dona-
tons of real estate,ve properly and just
ly, erected q Monument to mis- memory, and
in the Catholic cemetery reposes all that
were once the material elements of Vetal
Guerin.
PIERRE PARRANT's NEW CLAIM.
Having been driven by the soldiers from
his location near Fountain cave, Parrant
took another claim, running back from
the river. and including the present prop
erty from Minnesota to Jackson streets.
He built cabin on the edge of the bluff,
near Robert street, where he sold whisky,
and finally disposed of this claim to Ben.
Gervais for ten dollars. This property is
a ILL.,
tainly not less than S3.000,GOO, AID
so goes the world! We can ell
see better behind than before, and even if
We see ahead we very often lack the fnan-
cial means necessary to secure good thing,
or even hold that which We have. OF
course if Parrant had drank barrel of
his OWE whisky, and gone to bed and slept
until the present time, and it hadn't killed
him, on waking up he would have found
himself rich man! But he didn't do il,
and he didn't hold his claim, and ne didn't
get rich! And what are you going to do
about it? Nothing! 1t is the old story!
Who has not told it and who has not heard
it over and orer again? If-snd if--and
i'll
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER.
Most, il not all the men we have al
ready mentioned, came to ST. Paul during
the year 1880; but in 1871 appeared Pierre
Bottlneau, who purchased tract of land
known now only in history, as Baptist hill,
because Baptist church had been erected
thereon, but of which no yestige at present
remains. Where the church stood can be
seen the imposing building of Wilder &
Merriam, on Sibley street, occupied by
Nichols, Dean & Co. Bottinsau's father
was French Canadian and his mother
q Chippewa woman, and with
the blood of these two flowing
in his veins, he was somewhat remark
able man. He was il the employ of Gen.
Sibiey as guide and interpreter in 1887,
and subseq uently became famous in con-
Quoting expeditions across the plains, as
he spoke all the Indian languages and had
Travelled over almost every foot of the
great northwest. On leaving St. Paul he
made claim at st. Anthony, and then
established settlement, at what is now
known as "Bottinsau's Prairie" He was
large man, physically, as We remember
him, with prominent face and head,
straight black hair and piercing eyes, and
q swarthy complexion. An odd contrast
to this appearance, was his exceeding
pleasant smile, which nearly always radi-
ated his face. He had the characteristics
of the bear and the gentIeness of the wo-
man, and, if alive, as We think he is, he
must be man seventy-three years old. He
is noble link of the past, as he combines
the French, the Indian and the American,
in all his elementary peculisritiss. One of
the best things which can be said of Bot
tinesu, is, he was always true to his trusts,
and that of itself is noble monument to
any man.
JOSEPH RoNDo.
Rondo was Canadian and
formerly in the employ of the Hudson
Bay company came to st. Paul along with
the Gervais brothers, and purchased the
claim from Phelan for $500. Rondo street
is named after, him; AID this rounds up our
account OF the very Oldest settlers of the
once Pigs Eye, but now the great, bust
ling, growing city of st. Paul.
sLAvERY!-DRED SCOTT.
Don't be startled, reader, but it is a ia ct
that slaves once trod the fres soil of Min
nesota, aud what is more remarkable still,
is the fact, that the famous Drsd Scott,
about whom Chief Justice TaEey made
such singular decision, viz:
that negroes had no rights which white
men were bound to respect" was once the
slave of Surgeon Emerson, stationed at
Fort Smelling, Minnesota. At that early
day nobody interfered with the slaves
owned by the officers, and yet they were
really slaves and were treated as such. A
young negro, by the name OF Thompson,
was owned by an officer at the fort and
was subsequently, sold to Mr.. Rrunson, for
| 1,20O, and he was afterwards used as an
interpreter of the Sioux language.
To the credit of Minnesota be it
said-while at the same time
it is disgrace-this was the only slave
ever sold within our borders, and yet it
| was a common thing for the officers at the
| fort to bring their slaves with them as per-
sonal property, as under the law they we're.
Mr.. Thompson now lives in ST. Paul, and
about whom we expect to have something
more to say in our next article. In the
meantime let Us bless Glod that slavery is
| dead
AWAY BACK IN THE PAST.
Among those who came to Minnesota,
but not TO reside permanently in st. Paul,
between 1880 and 1910, were Joseph R.
Brown, dead, in 1926, or So years ago;
Norman ". Kittson, living, in 1882, or 81
years ago; h. Il. Sibley, living, in 1884,
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