The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-24

ing on the west side Of the clear
ing. The Indians believed the
land was theirs and ordered John
son off. The log cabin still stands
but johnson has not occupied it
for more than a year. Shaw-bosh-
kung's heirs have disposed Of the.
664 acres that the old chief re-
ceived from the government to the
Swedish Mission; but the heirs, so
we were informed, have received
little if any Of the proceeds. The
only gardens cultivated by the In
dams in the lake region arctic be
found in the clearing above re-
ferred to. There are about half
a dozen Of these So
called gardens, and from present
indications. a bushel basket will
hold the entire crop. As farmers
the Mile Laos Indians are not a
success. They scatter a few seeds
in the ground and expect nature
to do the rest. Coming up from
the lake shore we did discover an
aboriginal at work in his potato
patch-he was killing potato bugs
with a stone: But as there were
only 100 spindling vines and about
10000 bugs to each vine the pros
pect for taters in that patch we're
not very bright. The interior Of
the birch bark tepees as we'll as
their surroundings were extremely
filthy. Swapping, sneaking ours
and papooses of every shade
were exceedingly numerous.
Mr.. Robbins introduced the scribe
to little dried up Indian nick
named John Chinaman as ''big
oguma from Washington" John
darted into his wigwam and
brought out roll of papers which
he handed us for perusal; one OF
the documents was covered with
official seals and blue ribbon; it
proved to be the deed
from the government to
Chief Shaw-bosh-kung for 664
acres of land, was issued in 1857
and signed by President Andrew
johnson. John pointed to the
presidents signature, frowned
and glanced menacingly~ at
the settler Johnson's cabin q
few rods away, as much as to say,
S'here is my deed from the Great
Father for this land and why is
the d ID pale-face permitted tc
build his house here?" John was
informed that he must not modest
white mans wigwam. #*'',
Across about so rods from Shaw
bosh-kung Point is Robbins island.
where Mr.. Robbins resided for two
years after he had had two houses
on the mainland burned by Indians
Mr.. Robbins has claims for Indian
depredations to the amount O!
So, 900 now pending before the de-
, partment of the interior.
At $50 A. NJ. Monday we headed
} for South Harbor-Mr. Robbins
acting as pilot and driver and hiE
1 mule team furnished the motive
power. Before starting he tool
the precaution to cut a l0-foo
: hickory pole which he SAID was ;
l persuader. The outlet of the lax.
l and the source Of Rum River wa:
soon passed. 1t seemed as if thu
river was bigger at it's fountain
head than it was at Princeton 81
I miles away, Notwithstanding tn,
t fact that dozen OF more streams
, feed its. waters between the tw>
i points. Messrs. Collins and Tuck
e ell have comfortable ranches i'm
), mediately east of the outlet. Tn
g beach for several miles is sandy
S and occasional punches of rushe
It would lead one to believe that tn
e shore was Doggy. But there
: not half mile of marshy shor
/ around the entire lake. Capt. A
n K. Trask's summer residenc
I looked as if it had seen hard usage