, 1890-02-19
A BIG CHIPPEWA CHIEF.
he CUT a WIDE swArH AROUND
ST. PAUL IN EARLY DAYS.
Enthusiastically and His C.reer-A spsci-
men of His Magnificent Nervs-Ths
Chiefs De~soendants-A Minnesota Pio-

Chiefs Desosndant.-A Minnesota Pio-
neers "Reminiscences
The reminiscent strain is quite a gen.
eral and generous one with Maj. T. N.
Newson. Among the interesting and his
torical stories in his fund Of such is one
Of the noted Chippewa chief, Hole-in-
the-Day, with whom he, In
with other early settlers Of st. Paul, was
personally well acquainted. Tbs story,
In his own language, il As follows:
While r'tting in . small Office in the
old Fort Smelling house, St. Paul, Mimi,
in the year 1883. my attention was ar
rested by the imposing presence of a
large Indian chief. who, with his blanket
about him. strobe into the room with
the dignity of a Roman senator. He was
a large man, with high cheek bones, a
well poised head, brilliant black eyes
and hair, and with a pleasant smile he
exclaimed while passing: 'Booshu ne
chee'-how to do, friend?-and took a
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 peculi4rities.
DIDN'T LESSEN HE PET
Dinner was soon announced. and he
took a seat near me at the table. He ate
with ordinary elaboration and slowed
away an ordinary amount of food, but
while so engaged one OF the windows
was suddenly d~arkened. and ON looking
up I beheld many grimy faces and burn
ing eyes. with war paint and feathers,
the possessors Of which belonged to the
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for years and was then at war with the
Chippewas. Cleaning knives and par
TALLY covered tomahawks made my DO
sition by the side Of the Chippewa chief
rather uncomfortable, 30 l 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
hearts glowing with revenge. Still calm,
with not a muscle of his mobile lace de-
noting fear. the chief finished his dinner,
coolly arose, drew his blanket about him,
and with a lordly tread, a 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.
aoa q oAC-A4-tlt-DdY Inc C0leI
of the Chippewa nation, and the Sioux
warriors were on his warpath, but they
feared the white mans troops at Fort
Smelling would dart down upon them the
moment a blow had been given, SO they
restrained their wrath and let the great
chief 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. 1t Is
said Of him that he would float down the
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 Mendoza, then pounce
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 versed in the ways of
tricksters and politicians. Once, while
on a visit to the capital, he fell in love
with a 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 tepeo as the white
Indian queen, and soon after he was as
fascinated while riding home with his
little son, probably growing out of the
insane jealousy of his squaws.
HIS W SONS.
This white widow of HoIe-in-the-Day
lives at present, or did live. in Minneap-
oils, where her son held a position in the
postofice, but l believe he is now in
some official position on the White Earth