St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-03

gion. We were invited to a repast,
which we honored with a good appe-
tite, as travellers on the prairie gen.
orally do. We We're scarcely out of
our hosts tepee, when a strong voice
was heard saying: "Shina Sapa,
nichopi' BLACK Gown, they call for
YOU. L asked Mr.. Ange the reason
why | was called for. His answer was
/ that it was another invitation to a
little feast, to another repast, and that,
in order to treat me we'll, and with dis
tinction, they had killed a dog, though
they had plenty of good venison. Not
willing to offend them, l accepted the
invitation, and found in our new hosts
tepee the principal men of the camp.
They presented to me a wooden dish.
containing three -or four pounds of
meat, which our host had cut in small
morsels, in order to spare me the
trouble of having to use the knife. I
took two or three of them, and no
| more. Friend" said our host to me.
why do you not eat?' 1 excused my
self by answering that 1 had already
| taken my dinner, and that it was not
possible for me to eat any more. He
| was surprised at my answer; and,
pointing out with his finger to a kettle
large enough to contain over 100
pounds of meat, he replied: -Four
| or five of us could eat all the meat
and drink all the broth that that
kettle would hold" The repast being
| over, I spoke myself to them and
| also through an interpreter, on the
| principal truths of our religion, which
| they listened to with great attention.
| That duty being performed. 1 eX-
pressed my thanks to Mr.. Ange and to
| the Indians for their kindness towards
| me, and we parted. Without mucn
difficulty we travelled as far as the
Des Moines river to a point which is
almost due east of Vermilion, and at a
distance of 14O or $50 miles from it, and
about fifty miles from the Iowa and
Minnesota boundary line, due north
We had some trouble in getting oul
cart up the bank of the opposite side
of the river. Our two horses, my com.
panion and myself worked in vain fol
half an hour, and without prospect al
success. Paul became discouraged, i'm.
patient and little excited. eve must
leave that cart in the bed of the river
and go on" said he to me. We'll
Paul, let us have a little patience, anC
let us try some other means; let us
take off the two Wheels" So we did
and in a few minutes we had the three
parts of the. cart on the bank of tbs
river, and five minutes more sufficeC
to see our cart again moving on the
prairie.
The day previous to the feast of the
holy cross, Sept. 70, my horse hurt one
of my feet, when | was helping him tc
cross swampy place, which famed ME
for three or four days. On the 14th
after having crossed one of the tribu-
taries of the Minnesota river, we had
before us hill so steep that we had to
leave our cart there. These two days
were for me days of disappointment
and distress; but L found, however, re-
lief and comfort when reading the di-
vine Office prescribed by the church
for the feast Of the Holy Cross, and
for the evening previous to it, and
| especially IN these words: 30 Crux
ave, spes unica,' etc, or, in English:
Hail, holy Cross! Hail, Mournful
tree
Our hope, with Christ, is nailed on
| thee;
Grant to the just increase of grace,
! And every sinners crime efface."
| Can a Christian ponder on these
words and be yet unwilling to carry
the cross, and to walk in the footsteps
of Jesus, who carried it on His Shout
ders to Mount Calvary, and died upon
it?
During two or three days we went
on, scarcely knowing what direction
to take. But when from the top of the
hills of Mankato we saw the Mime
sofa river valley, all our troubles were
| over From M1nlS9t0 m ManHntn
nothing happened worthy to be men.
toned. A. RAVOUX.