The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-05-04

about l,OUO souls, L was ABOUT 10
say, but they have associated with
the white man so much that l will
Just say there are 1000 head OF
them. Some of them at times fly
in the face of industry. The Indian
by nature seems to reluctantly
part with his perspiration.
Lucien Fontenelle, born in New
Orleans about the year 1900, went
to the west in 1924, where he soon
began to move in the best Omaha
Indian society circles. He was al
ways invited to attend the best
and most recherche scalp dances,
where he would trip the light fam
tastic toe till "the 'wee sma' hours
anent the twa," as / read in paper
once. 1t was not long then until
Mr.. Fontenelle won the heart of a
young Indian squaw. 1t was but
the work of Il moment to make her
his wife. She did not play on the
piano at all and so made him Il
good wife. She was remarkable
woman in many respects, and as
she walked through the spacious
halls of her home her footballs
sounded like game of beanbag at
Il quiet social.
She dressed plainly in an army
blanket, and, in addition to her
housework, used to catch muskrats
during the winter. She became
the mother of five halfbreed child
rem.
Her husband died in 1910 as re-
suit of his efforts to combine busi-
ness with delirium tremens.
Whisky at that time in Omaha
was often attended with fatal re-
suits. 1t would remove warts,
corns and bunions. Mr.. Fontenelle
used it frequently in order to afford
eXhilaration. Finally it began to
afford not only board and lodging,
but also spectacular entertain
ments, during one of which he sud.
denly expired, leaving one daught-
er and four sons. Logan was final
ly killed by the Sioux, after having
made II good many experiments
with the demon rum. Albert was
II blacksmith up to his death, since
which little is known of him. He
was thrown from mule in a ver-
tical direction, and when he struck
the town his soul had fled. The
mules injuries were slight. Te-
cumsah was killed by his brother
in-law in a drunken frolic. He was
Il lovely character, except when
drunk. When he was drunk he
frequently said things which he
afterward bitterly regretted.
Mrs. Fontenelle had the i'll for
tune to see one of her little sons
coming home from school with a
spear il serted in him one day,from
which he died. She found out that
the deed was done by an Iowa In
dian.
She concealed an AK under her
blanket and, telling him to look at
the beautiful sunlight which bath
ed the entire landscape and flooded
it with glory, she spat on her hands
and swinging the AK about with
great vigor, buried it in the center
of the low coarse brute. Wiping
the AK carefully with her pocket
she returned to her
home and wrote up the occurrence
for the local papers, laying the
blame mostly on the deceased for
the unfortunate affair.
Omaha is situated in the eastern
part of the state, her feet being
bathed by the waters of the Mis-
souri,. The Missouri carries quite
IL quantity of Nebraska down to
Louisiana every year, but replaces
the loss by leaving large deposits
of Dakota in the meantime. The
Missouri is quite wet stream,
h we ser, compared with the Platte.
In August street sprinklers haye
t. run up and down over the parch-
ed bosom of the Platte.
Nebraska was organized as Il
territory May %, 1854, and she fig
ured prominently in the great Kan
sas-N Nebraska bill introduced by
Stephen A. Douglas, the fight over
which was undoubtedly the skirm-
ish in the early gray of the morn
ing of that day, which at its close
found the negro of America II free
man but out Of job, citizen with
IL ballot but dull market for it, IL
sovereign with no possessions, a
prattling infant suddenly request
ed by the law to be full grown
man.
Slavery does not exist in the
state of Nebraska to-day and poll
tics Is said to be very pure. | gath