The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-03-15
HOW MINNEHAHA DIED.
A Minnesota Hunter Takes Exception
toLon gfelIow's Romantic Poem.

There they buried Minnehaha:
In the snow a grave they made her.
In the forest deep and darksome,
Underneath the moaning hemlocks;
Clothed her In her richest garmenis;
Wrapped her In her robes Of ermine;
Covered her with snow like ermine.
Thus they buried Minnehaha.
And there are many now residing
in Minneapolis to-day who assert that
the grave of Minnehaha, or Laugh
ing Waters" was made within fee. of
the famous M,nnehaha Falls. But u
few days since, by the courtesy of
newspaper man, was given a free
ride from the city To the falls, the
distance being five and one-tenth
miles over the motor line. If YOU
cannot secure "pass' your round
"trip will cost you twenty cents.
The trip is a good one and takes
you through Il beautiful portion of the
city, consuming about half an hour.
Arriving there, two minutes walk
brings YOU to the brink of the Falls,
easily seen from the little cottage de-
pot. You descend flight of stone
steps and stand facing the Falls about
midway from top to bottom.
Here grand view may be obtained
from wooden platform built out from
The cliff by an enterprisiDg photo
grapher. whn, IN the summer season,
lakes tie pielur" oi many b,ushing
bride an,l rcd-laced groom, using The
falls as "A background. Gong down
still lnAer, you are on level WITH
Tie creek below. which rushes through
a luriuou-, cky gully IN the open
country mites away. lnu may cross
the stream. u You choosc, on rustic
nade, Ia tie opposite si..rr. aud here
/ mauA / IL t'u VII, see III II me-
al #"pie res.at"g Ia every state II
IT, Uuiot1r ttea IL t.lc s''li willie ai'a
lea ,.ine>tuna 49,, piscs al winch
unN be crashed b,,Neen tie nhsris
a. casi as n lump 90 Hour. IL you
IKE ,4u may watk behind the water
a, it comes over the edge. as There Is
n saie, rocky pnlh the enilrr distance,
man iect wlde, made bN nature. he
w.tel iails ABOUT siNiy teet. lbe laIls
a.e Ia ll,e shppc al horseshue, Win
tie ends as IA bank of the taiis on
either side II the stream below.
Years ago 1t must hayc been u Wild
anu Romantic SPOT, but To-day II Is
"ciearcn up 81 ihat bu; few trees iln"
the banN,. Atpsesent QUE iooNins al
the ufa4n feds auoNe caun"t heip
laipklng thai haa Mtnne hata llvea
Gnll uaw LEI aver illawathp, 'on.d
have sutpsivG her WIN al Abundance
ul i,atu AID taus SAVED her ilom death
h, s,aisatlrn. and more especially y
Walking In . tew ieet IL would nave
encountered liist cidss country gro
Gerry stole with AN awning coVeftd
Restaurant attached.
The day that | visited the piaee "A
newly welded eonple were also there.
and Tie yronm held IN his hand Long
fellows poems containing the written
story at Mlnnehaha, Hawa,ha aud
old NokUmis. Seating themselves on
n stone he read the tale To her, Oe-
casionally stepping to ''express h's
sentiments on the same, every word
of which she drank in with open
mouth. In the midst ot schools in
an old settler with grizzled beard aud
shaggy hair, and dressed in suit OF
coon skin, with hat and shoes to match,
came up and became an attentive
listener.
As the reading continued the hump
in his back lfrom age) became more
"humpitied," and at the conclusion OF
the story he "spread his sentiments"
by first asking.
"Who writ that3"
"Longfellow, sir"
"Well, he don't know darned thing
bout il, and the gal didn't starve I"
dc'th, nuther. I've been round here
nigh onto fifty year, and my grand
father shot bears IN this county before
me, and | allow To know all bout II.
You see, this Hiawatha went a-huntin
and found the gal with the Dakota
Injuns. He stayed there all summer,
anu finally in the fall the two cn'em
topped. Just as they come to these
ere falls her Injun .dad and brother
cum up to 'em and WAS just going to
nah 'cm both when they run 10 the
.,d,,a and INN, y.od nvar tha fuIll and