Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-17

well pOlseu ne3u, utlui2As oAoNA e.0
AMI hair. and with . pleasant smile he
Exclaimed while passing: "Booshu ne
cbee"-how to do. friends--and took q
eat near ma There was . massive
characteristic about the man which did
not belong to the ordinary Indian, and
vet he had all the Indian peculiaritieA
DIDN'T LESSEN HIS APPETiTK
Dinner was soon announced. and he
.ook seat near me at the table. He ate
with ordinary deliberation and slowed
away an ordinary amount Of food, but
xhle 80 engaged one Of the Windows
vas suddenly darkened, and on looking
ip beheld many grimy faces and burn
ing eyes, with war paint and feathers,
the possessors Of which belonged 10 the
Sioux nation. and which nation had been
Tor years and was then at war with the
Chippewas. Cleaning knives and par
italy covered tomahawks made my po-
sition BY the side Of the Chippewa chief
rather uncomfortable, 90 ! moved; but
he continued TO eat, and then the door
opened and some ten or twelve Sioux
warriors filed along in front Of the foe
Of their people, with clinched rifles and
herr glowing with revenge. Still calm,
with not q muscle Of his mobile face de.
40. ing fear, the chief finished his dinner,
,oolly arose, drew his blanket about him,
and with = lordly tread, compressed
lip and a flashing eye, walked down in
front Of these hostile Sioux, and lighting
his pipe, deliberately pulled the smoke
into the very faces Of his inveterate foes.
That man was Hole-in-the- Day, the chief
# the Chippewa nation. and the Sioux
warriors we're on his warpath. but they
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 great
chief depart unmolested.
llole-in-the- Day was an Indian Of re-
.narkable 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. II is
,ai'l of him that he would float down the
Nj lsissippi 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 Mendoza. then pounc.
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 well veYsed in the ways OF
tricksters and politicians. Once. while
on visit to the capital. he fell in love
with white waiter girl in the National
hotel, proposed TO her, was accepted > and
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 Dav
ives at present, or did live, in Minneap-
ols, where her son held position in the
postoffice, but l believe he is now in
come official position on the White Earth
reservation. IgnAtius Hole in the Day.
the eldest brother, and heir apparent "
the chieftainshiF, 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 a fine. genteel.
well educated young man, and quite at
tractive in his appearance. The head
men Of the tribe have been anxious tc
have him take the place Of his father.
but in an interview with me he said,
while he would like to do something for
his people. he could not go from civiliza-
ton back into the habits Of the Indians
as he would be obliged to do to hold any
power over them. s.
The chief, Hole-in-the-Day, had a mag
nificent 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 1882
he had overtures from Little Crow. the
great Sioux chief, to join with him in
massacreing the whites, but he declined
the honor, although some Of his people
were anxious to have him do 70. ST.
Paul, in early times, ~ithout Hole-in-
the Day, would be like the play Of
Hamlet" with Hamlet left out
On the bank Of the upper Mississippi,
about Little Falls, in Minnesota, lies the
body Of the once great Chippewa chief
and that Of his father. Hole-in-the- Day.
another noted chief before him, both
bodies facing south, 50 they can watch
the movements Of their enemies the
Sioux. There 10 . depression between
tn. two hills upon which the bodies lie
and in the middle Of this depression
stands a lone tree, conveying the idea
from the roadside that . sentinel was
guarding the graves. But how changed
10 everything now! Gone are the In
dams and their chieftains but in their
places have come great cities, am; back
Of these roar the great wavss Of civilixa-
non - they roll onward in their wild
career to the Pacific ocean.-St. Paul
Globe
An An~ient Toy.
In the Sixteenth century Regiomanta,
mons made an iron fly which moved
through the atmosphere. and after~ard
an automatic eagle which. On the arrival
OF the Emperor Macmillan at Eurem-
burg. flew forth to meet him.
But one Of the most wonderful OF such