Telegram-herald., 1890-02-13


ueer.s Sea iuiscsuces-
The reminiscent strata Is quite q gen
eIal ana generous ONE wlth Ma u g.
Ae~soa. Amang rhs interesting and hi4-
t1ucal stories in his fan0 of such 4 ONE
oi the nofei ch.ppeWa chief. Bole-in
thenav. with wh0m he in company
aith other esrly settlers ~ ~ Paul Wa-
personally veil acquainted The story.
Ia ms 0wn language, 10 - follow.
Nhile sIung IN a small olhce in the
old ioIt SaelAug house. 81. Paul Nlun
.a the year 1853. mv attention ~as ar-
rested lF tas imposlng presence 81
large Ind.al clief, sy ho. Niih las blanket
about han. strode into the room with
Tie dignity Of q Roman senator lie was
q large man. wiki high check bones.
N,is poised head, brilliant blo-k eaes
au iiair. and with a pleaszn. smile bee
exclaimed while passing. -Sooshu ne
chee7-h0w 20 do. friend,-%Nd took a
scat near me There was Z massive
characteristic about the man which did
not belong 70 tie ordinary Indian, and
+ yet he had all the Indian peculiarities.
DIDxr LESSEN HIS APPETITE
Dinner was soon anpouuced. and he
F took a seat near me AT the table. He ate
+ with ordinary dehberatiOn and slowed
away an ordinary amount Of food but
while So engaged one of the windows
was suddenly darkened, and ON looking
+ up beheld many gripy faces and burn
| fftfr f int ID.
/ the losscssors Of which belonged to the
Sioux nation, and which nation had been
I for wears and was then at war with the
I Chppewas. Cleaning knives and par
tally covered tomahawks made my Do
sition 10y the side OF the Chippewa chief
rather uncomfortable, SO | moved: bat
/ he continued 10 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 face de-
/ noting fear. the chief finished his dinner.
/ coolly arose, drew his blanket about him.
/ and with lordly tread a compressed
! lip and flashing eve, walked down in
/ front Of these hostile Sioux. and lighting
/ his pipe, deliberately puifed the smoke
into the very faces Of his inveterate foes.
/ That man was Hole-in-the-Day the chief
| 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 blow had been given, so they
restrained their wrath and let the great
/ chief depart unmolested
Hole-in-tbe-Day was an Indian Of re-
markable sagacity and intelligence He
associated with tho whites and compre-
/ hended their ideas of civilization. He
/ was very willy and very brave, and
I greatly feared by his enemies. II is
said Of him that he would float down the
/ Mississippi river in his canoe to 81. Paul
+ paddle across the stream 10 the opposite
/ shore, seCrete his boat, lay in wait for
i the Sioux, who were in the habit of fol
lowing tho trail to Mendoza, then pounct
/ 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 vcrsed ia the wavs Of
/ tricksters and politicians. Once. while
/ on visit 20 the capital. he fell in love
. with a white waiter girl in the National
/ hotel, proposed to her. was accepted, and
/ they v-re 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
sassinatcd 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
/ lives at present, or did live, in Minneap-
oils, where her son held a position in tho
/ Postoffice, but I believe he is now in
some official position on the White Earth
/ reservation. lgnatiUs Hole-in-thc- Day.
/ the eldest brother. and heir apparent 10
the chieftaiuship. was drowned in the
+ Illinois river in Chicago about one wear
/ ago. or course he was fun blood. lis
/ brother. or rather his balf-brother. tho
son of tho white wife. is fine. Centecl.
I well educated Young man. aud quite at.
/ tractive IN ms appearance. The head
men of tho tribe have been anxious 10
/ have him take the place Of ms father.
/ but in an interview with me he said.
/ while he would like 20 do something for
/ his people. he could not 60 from civiliza-
tion back into the habits Of the Indians.
I as he would ha obliged - DO to hold any
I power over them.
The chief Hole-in-the-Dav. had a mag
+ nifcent physical organization. Ho was
I very straight, quite dicnifed. and yct
very afabe. and withal he vas very
I generally liked by the whites DURING
/ the Sioux outbreak IN Minnesota in 1862
I he had overtures from Little crow. tho
/ great Sioux chief. 10 JOIN with him in
/ nsssacrcing tho whites, but be declined
the honor. although some of his people
/ were anxious 70 have him Do 50. ST.
I Paul. in early times. without Hole-in.
the-Day. would be like the play o.
/ Hamlet with Hamlet left out
On The bark II the upper Mississippi.
about Little Falls, in Minnesota. lies the
f body II the once great Chippewa chief
and that q his father. Hole-in4be-Dav
another noted chief before him. both
bodies facing south. 60 they can watch
4 the movements = their enemiss
{ Sioux There IS a depression between
F the two hills upon which the bodies be.
and i1 Tire middle II this depression
Ftands = Ione tree. conveying the idea
F from thu roadside that sentinel .~as
guarding the graves Prt how changed
ls sveTrrbfrg now Cfora are the In
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