The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-20

previously they had labored among th,
Chippewa Indians a. missionaries undle
the American board, and removed 10 Wal
ilalia now, at the earnest recommends,
ton ofGov. Ramsey and Hon. N. w. XIII
son, Of st. Paul. They also obtsins,
through Gov. Ramsey IL grant ofS5Ol
from the government fund for the cree
ton of . school and boarding hou.e. TIL,
work Of building was Immediately enter
Cd upon. but before the houses were coin
pleted. Mrs. Barnard's health gave way
and it became necessary for her husband
to accompany her to the Selkirk settle
ment, near the;present city of Winnipeg
In the hope Of obtaining for her the med
ical aid required. But his hopes were
not to be realized; for soon size sank into
quick consumption and died Octobe,
10Th, as the result Of ten years of suffer.
ing and exposure for the good of tie In.
dams. She was buried in a corner of the
yard near tho house,. that her children
might often visit her grave. 1t was OH
the Srd day Of December. at the begin.
ming ola North Dakota winter, that the
bereaved husband aud his now mother.
less children, stood by the open grave
which was to conceal forever from their
sight the beloved form of this faithful
missionary wife and mother. Reverend
Spencer conducted the bricf and simple
service, while the tears of the sorrowing
family and friends fell silently upon tho
frozen clay. A small tombstone was
afterward obtained from the Sclkirk set.
tie mcnt; but before it could be set up in
the following spring, it was unfortunate.
~ broken. ard upon the occasion of Mr..
Barnard's last visit there. the two pieces
bearing their sacred inscriptions Of faith,
affection. we're reverently laid upon his
wife's grave. This, then, is the story in
outline of one of these unmarked graves.
The following summer (lS54) Mr.. Bar
nard went east to seek home for his
children, and on his return was met at
Galena. III. by the painful intelligenc.
that the wife Of his associate in tho work
had been murdered in her own home by
the Indians. Overwhelmed with grief
and with fears for the safety of the mis-.
sion. he hastened forward to the relief of
the bereaved family; and when nearly
midway between st. Paul aud Walhalla.
he met at the cabin Of a former friend
and associate in missionary labors, Mr..
Spencer and his three motherless child.
rem, pursuing their sad journey by OK.
cart to st. Paul, distance of four hun.
dred miles. Here. under the humble
roof of their friend, these brothers in Ia.
Dor and atfiiction were permitted TO meet.
and together talk and weep over the
sorrows Of their common lot. And hore
also the father so recently bere.vc.l, was
privileged 10 consecrate in baptism to
God his infant son, now an honorcd
minister in Illinois. Continuing Ills
journey alone, Mr.. Barnard arrived in
Walhalla after the winter had set in,
lie found the house empty and cold
and close beside the frozen grave of his
beloved wife another mound had beer,
recently reared. Here then, at last. two
silent mothcr-l.earts co-workers for tel,
long years among the benightcd heather
IN our land, had won the martyrs crown
and lay calmly sleeping side by side
But who remained to share through the
long succeeding winter, the burden Of
sorrow and care that now rested upor
the lone survivor Of the mission at Wal
i'alla? None but God.
Tho story of the second grave has
been written in blood. 1t was late
in the summer of 1854. The hostile
Sioux were infes,ing the country in the
vicinity Of Wallialla. Mrs. Spencer Wa,
up At night with her sick babe. sh.
heard voice at the window, and she
went to withdraw the curtain that she
might discover the cause. Three In,liant
stood there with guns loaded and read,
to Tire. Three balls took effect, one f,
her breast and two 10 her throat. She
neither cried out nor fell; but Keeling te
the bed with her infant child still i'm lie,
arms. she sank down and was discover
ed shortly after by her husband, wl,c
had gone to barrica.le the doors. She
fingered several hours before SHE died
and when the neighbors came i'm the
morning a most distressing scene appear.
gu. Mr.. Spencer sat as in dream, hold.
ing his dead vito in his arms. The two
other children terrified and weeping, and
the poor babe moaning in cradle nea,
by, its clothes saturated with its mothers
d.The friendly lalf.bree,ls came in
to help with the children, and to pre.
pare the dead mother for burial. A
halfbrecd dug the grave, and na,led to.
getl'er rude box for collin; and then
with broken voice and bleeding hear,
the poor man consigned to the friendly
earth the mortal remains of his beloved
wife. ''eo
This, in bret, is the story of the mar.
Yrs OF Walhalla. and this is the mystery
OF the two unmarked gravcs.-.Interior.
TT 8: LAND OFFICE. Grand Forks, Dakota,
~. December 18th, 1857. D"N'''
Notice is hereby given that the following. nam.
ca settler has filed notice Of his intention 10
make nnai proof in support Of his claim and thai
said proof with made before r. A. Armstrong
Judge and ex-offcio clerk Of the Probate cou.i 81
Pembina county. at the city Of Pembina, On Feb.
raa.y 4th isss, VIZ: Hugh Morrison for the north
west section 81, township les north, range 81
west. h' -
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his
said land, viz: n. A. Trndel, John Eymundson
Me;hnsalem Johnson. Thorvarder Einarso,, a
Of rembina, Dakota. vi
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