Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-11-29
1 BIG CHIPPEWA CHIEF,
HE CUT A WIDE SWATH AROUND
 ST. oAUL IN EARLY DAYS.

] poiS-fn-Ine-Day anG Ills Career-A SpeCS
 men of His Magnificent Nerve Tn.
 Chiefs Isescendants-k Minnesota PiO-
 ueer's "Reminiscences.
 The reminiscent strain is quite gen. 5,aJ and generous one with Maj. T. Nj NewSon. Among the interesting and his ;orical stories in his fund of such is cps of the noted Chippewa chief, Hole-in- khe-Day, with whom he, in company with other early settlers of St. Paul, wss rc,Sonally well acquainted. The story. t. his owr. language, is as follows:
 While sitting in a small office in tlse old Fort Smelling house, St. Paul, Minn- n the year 1853, my attention was ar- re ted by the imposing presence of & lar ,e Indian chief, who, with his blanket about him, strode into the room with the dignity of a Roman senator. He was large man, with high cheek bones, 6 well poised head, brilliant black eyes and hair, and with a pleasant smile hs exclaimed while passing: @Booshu ne shee"-how to do, friend?-and took $ seat near me. There was a massive characteristic about the man which did not belong to the ordinary Indian, and yet he had all the Indian peculiarities.
 DIDN'T LESSEN HIS APPETITE.
 Dinner was soon announced, and he took a seat near ne at the table. He ate with ordinary deliberation and slowed sway an ordinary amount of food, but while so engaged one of the windows vas suddenly darkened, and on looking up l beheld many grimy faces and burn Ing eyes, with war paint ana feathers, the possessors of which belonged to the Sioux nation, and which nation had been for years and was then at war with the Chippewas. Cleaning knives and par hally covered tomahawks made my DO sition by the side of the Chippewa chief rather uncomfortable, so I moved; but he continued to eat, and then the door opened and some ten or twelve Sioux w0rriors filed along in front of the foe of their people, with clinched rifles and hearts glowing with revenge. Still calm, with not a muscle of his mobile face de l noting fear, the chief finished his dinner | COolly arose, drew his blanket about him and with a Iordly tread, compressed | lip and flashing eye, walked down in | front of these hostile Sioux, and lighting his pipe, deliberately puffed the smoke Into the very faces of his inveterate foes. That man was Hole-in-rhe-Day the chief of the ChiPg%wa nation, and the Sioux warriors were or his warpath, but they l feared the white mans troops at Fort Smelling would dart down upon them the moment blow had been given, so they restrained their wrath and let the grea. ..lief depart unmolested.
 Hole-in-the-Day was an Indian of re- markable sagacity and intelligence He | associated with the whites and compre hended their ideas of civilization. He was very willy and very brave, and greatly feared by his enemies. It is said of him that he would float down ths Mississippi river in his canoe to St. Paul paddle across the stream to the opposite shore, secrete his boat, lay in wait for the Sioux, who were in the habit of fol lowing the trail to Mendota, then pouncs down upon them, kill one or two, secure their scalps and make his way back to the east shore and thence home. He visited Washington several times, and became very we'll versed in the ways of r1cksters and politicians. Once, while on vist to the capital, he fell in love with white waiter girl in the National hotel, proposed to her, was accepted, an6 they were married. He came west, re paired his home near Fort Ripley, in stalled his wife in his tepee as the white Indian queen, and soon after he was as sassinated while riding home with his little son, probably growing out of the insane jealousy of his squaws.
 HIS TWO SONS
 This white widow of Hole-in-the- Pa, lives at present, or did live, in Minnear- oils, where her son held position in the postoffice, but I believe he is now in some official position on the White Earth reservation. Ignatius Hole-in in-the-Day. the eldest brother, and heir apparent tc the chieftainship, was drowned in the Illinois river in Chicago about one year ago. Of course he was full blood. His brother, or rather his half-brother, the son of the white wife, is fine, genteel well educated young man, and quite ss tractive in his appearance. The head men of the tribe have been anxious tc have him take the place of his father, bat in an interview with me he said, while he would like to do something fol his people, he could not go from civilizh- ton back into the habits of the Indians, as he would be obliged to do to hold any power over them.
 The chief, Hole-in-the-D Day, had mag nifcent physical organization. He was very straight, quite dignified, and yet very affable, and withal he was very generally liked by the whites. During the Sioux outbreak in Minnesota in 1869 he had overtures from Little Crow, the great Sioux chief, to join with him in Inassacreing the whites, but he declined the honor, although some of his people were anxious to have him do so. St. Paul, in early times, without Hole-in. the-Day, would be like the play of Hamlet" with Hamlet left out
 Cuuous rrpo.
 One of the most curious pipes in New York was made of wood cut from the Black Forest of Italy. Two shepherds spent their leisure during two yeaH in its production. Hunting scenes are elaborately carved on the bowl and stem, with life like figures of deer and dogs. It was brought over to this country and is now the property of Q business man whose office on Broadway is often crowded by friends anxious to look as tke wonder It is about as large as the famous brier pipe of Gen. Mcclellan, whose bowl, representing a zouave is fighting attitude, was known to about every man in tbs Army of the Potomac.-New Yors Letter.
 Depot Beer Garden.
 Now open for the season. A tirst-class