The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-27
OTTAwAs MAKE A RAID.
Reminder of the Early Days of the
Northwest.


SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Sept
PA genuine Indian raid took place
Wednesday morning at Potagranissing
on Drummond island. At daylight the
| slumbers of the inhabitants of Pot
agran1ssing were durely disturbed by a.
succession of Warhoops, punctuated by
the snap Of small arms On emerging
from their wigWams the eyes of the
ChippeWas were greeted by the sight
of large party of fifty Indian war
riors in the bay in birch bark canoes.
The invaders presented an appearance
hideous in the extreme. They were In
full undress, their faces and bodies
being grotesquely decorated with red,
black and green pigments. They were
armed with guns, revolvers, hatchets
and knives, and kept up an incessant
fusillade. In few minutes the in
vaders landed. The inhabitants took
to the woods, others into their barri-
caded houses, and by the time the
raiders touched the shores the peace
able Indians were under cover. The
strangers, still keeping up a running
fire, proceeded to accomplish what
destruction they could They banged
away at windows with their guns.
hurled big stones at the doors threw
down and set fire to wigwams, stole
everything they could carry away and
fault Of the bad Indians that great
bodily injury was not inflicted by them.
As it was, several had narrow escapes.
Finally four of the canoes were on
their way out of the bay with their
loads, and the last one was being filed.
All the remaining Indians were in it
except one, who was engaged in spolia-
ton some distance from the landing
In running towards his comrades he
passed near one Of the houses and he
| received charge of buckshot in his
abdomen, which inflicted terrible
wound, from which issued g. portion
| of his entrails. Grabbing himself
where wounded the injured red man
| succeeded in reaching the canoe, into
which he fell The canoes then headed
| for the Canadian shore.
The invaders belonged to the Ottawa
tribe, which Is scattered throughout
lower Canada. The party came from
the Georgian bay country. The coun-
try through which they travelled is an
uninhahited wilderness to the mouth
of the Potagranissing. In days gone by
considerable number of the Chippe-
was made the place their headquarters
The reason of the foray, which, from
appearance was more in the nature Of
recor noiter. was easy to determine
by the Chippewas. Bad blood has exist
ed between the two nations for many
years. Their object was revenge for
the old-time humiliation to which they
had been subjected. They were also in
search Of O-sha- us-co-da-way-qua
Chippewa medicine woman, whom they
allege cast spell upon the Ottawas
number of years ago, since which
| time many of their best braves have
met mysterious deaths. 1t was the ex-
| pressed intention of the invaders to
| Kill the Indian woman If they could
| find her. Her present abode is I'M
known. to them. though it is thought
she is somewhere on the south shore
| of Lake Superior. The Ottawas stated
| they would return next year with d
| larger party and exterminate all the
ChipDewas they could find. These say
they'll not be there next year.
| The occurrence was one passing
| strange. and will probably go down
in history as the last raid of the
| Ottawas.