Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-09-26

she happy in his love and living in an
| atmosphere OF expectation, hoping when
| all is ended of the struggle before them.
| that they may take the vow that un1tes
ftwo lives. All old crone sits in The
corner swaying her horrid figure TO and
fro III harmony to the chant OF victory
she Is utteriug, living not in the time OF
today, but on the morrow when she sees
her tribe returning with garlands OF
victory All! little she thinks that this
! which she is chanting IS requiem.
Night has settled over the face Of the
| earth, preparations for speedy conflict now
| Begin Each side thinks to cross over
| the lake in their canoes and falling upon
the sleeping enemy apply torch, knife
and tomahawk in the fearful slaughter.
Soon they are ready to embark. The
wife with her children follows the hus-
band and father, to the waters edge. The
mother goes down with her stalwart son
and sees him embark. The maiG silent
ly and teartully wanders hither with
her lover, who clasping her to him
bids her good bye, while she, in the name
of the Great Spirit bids him 60. The
old crone comes and bestows a parting
hymn. The boats glide out from the
shore, the shadows are left behind, and
they ere on the waters. There! Wit
ness from the other side those dark OBJ
jects. Are they buifalOes? See! They
come higher. No! 1t cannot be. They
are heading for this shore. They are
canoes, and every one is laden with war
rlors. See The warriors on either side
recognize the other. and they prepare for
qnie,z action. On they go. There! See
flight of arrows mark the danger ground.
Nearer still and then we are speechless.
They meet on the waters in terrible hand
to hand conflict. They are pretty evenly
matched. See! yonder! A storm is COM
ing up. How quick it advances No
warning is given. White caps begin 10
run. Ihe storm advances. A cloud from
above stoops down to kiss the waters,
and thus engaged they advance, and be-
fore the combatants can separate il is
upon them. The waves ran high. The
wind is blowing fearful hurricane. The
waters seem to divide and the warriors
clasped together in fearful conflict, go
down into the maW thus opened, the
waters close over them, the storm SUBJ
sides, calm is on. and Sioux and Chip
pewa. thus fighting, find beneath the
waters Of MinnewaTkan Lake sarco-
phagus The mother and children watch
for husband and father The mother
looks IN vain for her gallant son. The
vow OF that dusky maid was never con-
sunated. The old crone sings on but 1t
is solemn mass for the departed. The
Indian, unable to account for the sud
den disappearance OF the fighters, SAID
that the Evil Spirit had come up out OF
the water and captured all, and so IN
compliance with this idea they named
the lake .sMlnnewaukan, which means
Esprit water and the earR pale face in
the crudeness of his thought thus pros
tituted that beautiful name and called it
FssDeviis Lake" 1t is said that today an
Indian cannot be induced to go upon
that water in boat. He will wade into
the water up to his arm-pits and fish all
day. while lying by his side on the water
may be a boat, and yet he will not enter
it. There are many strange things con-
nected with this body of water, all of
which seem to throw around it a mystic
rious air, yet there is fascination IN the
mystery It may sometime prove Nee
ca to that large class of people who de-
sire to study nature in all her. various
charms. A trip to this beautiful sheet OF
water will amply repay the wanderer.
" REV. J. D. DEETs.