The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15


AZ the Fort. he with q strong force Of so'-
diers. drove several hundred Indians
into lie lake. drow ming AL Of them tn
revenge for this the Indians gsihere"
from ali quarters aud surrounded oniiv
and his men on tho top Of Suliy's NIL:
three miles from the tort. and nasssesfn
all Of them. The soldiers ran out o.
Ammunition and provisions. and when
they attempted 10 bresk through the In
dians they were all destroyed. Since
the Indians were drowned. MANY strange
stories are told Of the lake, and 20 this
day an Indian can't be prevailed upon
10 20 into the waaer OF the lake. nor ON
the water in soat- or AL the Indians
on the reservation only saw one who
owned boat and he only used u 70 get
ducks when he shot one They are rot
very choice about what they shoot or eat.
taking muskrats. mud-hens. . shiic-pcke.
or anvfhing else. and IL IL told that some
az the Indians have been known 10 eat
the flesh of dead horse after the meat
had become so sinking that white man
would have 20 hold his nose while near
IL
Whenever the government wsnts the
census cfthe indisns, the Indian agent
i--ue= call TO All the Indians and they
come into the post. near the ageni
house. aud encamp fora few days ~ their
tipis (,ents). and every wagon that comes
into the post has from one 10 four Tat
dogs. which are cooked and eaten Al the
medicine frs>i every day during the en-
csrnpnnent A local paper publishes. .the
ioiiowing:
.The enc~nipmeut At Fort Tntien
opened on tuesday and closed yester
dsy. The du-ky warrior aud tAwny
maiden. The aged and wrinkIed surviv-
ors of the Minnesota massacre. the you'.g
papoose moving on It's mothers back,
ii'wcre there. The reservation emptird
its aboriginal contents into the small
compass u lew hundred square ysrd-
aud the cen-us was taken by Major =
w. Cram-i-. Tue boat ran from DeSi!'
Lake every day, taking over qui'e
number of visitors"
Another peculiar sight on the rcserva
lion j. the grave of four Indians on
platform about ten feet high. IN rouE'
box ~. covered with red tlsnmei blankets
This Kind of burial has been prohibited
: b, ,hc agent. aud now when one die
they hurry them ~ whilf people q"
. When lniiians lose a rel~iiye iises ryi"c'
(. The dcspr-s -i-n~ " mourning They =
, 10 The grave in 'he Night a''d tear the.
fe,h. sone oi theW even eating llf'
: arms aud ciencising their Inxers lat
: their breasts. giving vent 10 some awfu
1 groan< aud sounds n il said soule q
!, inens prefer their original way ci di'
]. posing OF the dead, - il keeps thsi
: lnrnsnry fresh ia the minds of the livin.
= as v ith tiscm II -crns that -out Of -igis
u out ri mind
= This yiain;,y is dedicated 10 Ills 81
!. tamic Majr<fy. MS ulers'is the Devil
: Like. and t!,e c:ty OF Devils Like. al
1 Devils Heart. high oblong hill abos
= three mics fsDm Mission bay. the Deyil
2 tooth, peculiar large rocl, on the Fo'
4 Tuffen trail about mile from the for
! and the Devils backbone. v long ridge 4
4 hig.s hill.. and The Devils punch bowl.
i sort Of deep basin.
!. There are three steamers ca the LAKE
4 Beside these steamers there are nun
i her Of sailing vessels. OF various sizs
X and ~hapes. My brother deor1e an
\: ~, sell bad sail in one OF them som
y time ago, and came in contact with sue
z. sen aud weather that we were blew
y about Tor ten hours before we got
r shore. without an, thing 10 eat or drinl
n the iakp wsfer being too saliy 10 drinl
,O Even IN dead calm the lake is rev,
a quiet. but there is continual surgii
\. aud rolling IL the wafer. Some place
u il the bays. &c. the water i 30 shalio
n that Won can't make yonr way along in
!. skiff. while il the main lake numeroI
y Souniings have failed 10 find bottom
-. - .-~tII
n aud then the mails will be carried
cuiters. on sledges or On skates. as y
! : ce~-isy requires, until next May, vh'
,e when the ice breaks up.
nj About month ago went ont on n
\ ! raj road 20 the end OF the track. with
~ party OF contractors, and after lcavis
n The train we walked across the wi
~ prairie for over thirty miles without sc
z. ing tree. or single house, or sign oI
Y civilized being. Here We met wi
81 train after train OF halt-brceds and the
re- Red river or prairie carts, sort Of tw
~ wheeled cart, with wheels about Fl
iect il diameter, without tire. aud hi
~ rs thick a. logs, without any thimbIe
he the axle, and not much grease, whi
~ causes scrceching sound that can
IA heard tor miles away. They have gr.
~ heavy shafts 10 the carts and = scray
M Indian pony hitched in them. They
'utl,he second pony 10 the tail end
sm the first cart, and 50 on, one. leads !
N. other, and in this way You can see G
~ half breed driving from two TO dog
~ ponies and carts, the driver sitting
Il the first cart. and the rest OF the pom
"a aud carts hitched on behind. They
cr- The freiRbting for The railroad compa
* which has q q store out on the front
III ito furnish the contractors with pro
~ slsions. etc.
IN We were in the Mouse river val
~ when we saw these hsii.brceds and III
Iue carts. The Mouse river - about
IN miles from Grand Fofks. and Il the 4
rto stream of running water saw after Ic
,helimg Grand Foiks. and u not ~ large
al Patoks The maps show numsr
In streams, etc. but when you 60 10
~ them you find depression. such -
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