St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-15

bones OF his right arm and the long
scalp lock that was once the pride Of
kaposia, now reposes in the rooms Of
the Minnesota State Historical society
at the capitol. 1t was received there
Tuesday, as the GIob predicted,
and accompanying it was the Following
letter:
City of La Crosse, Wis,
DR.. Frank Powell white Beaver), Mayor.
Warren UphamLDear Sir: l send here
with the skull of Little Crow as an addi-
ton to your collection of relics of that
famous chief. Attached hereto is an article
from the st. Paul D ally CT OBJ e, which
explains its whereabouts Esince, the daV Of
Little Crows death. The sunder jaw was
lost, and will probably never be recovered.
Mr.. Holbrook, the journalist Of this city is
the one man known to me who can give you
any and all information, relating to the death
OF the chief which is not incorporated in the
G o b e article. I am, dear sir. courteousIy
yours, DR. Frank Powell.
The article referred to by DIR. Powell
was that in the GIL b of Feb. 4, and
the facts therein contained are being
made by Secretary Upham the basis
of a search for other portions of Lit
tie Crows anatomy, as far as may
be possible. Up to the present the col
lection Of Little Crow mementos has
been quite incomplete, and it is yet
much less comprehensive than the
custodians would like
1uC oCdlp luck came tnanQ1iy, COM
paratively, for at the time that the
warrior was sent to the happy hunt
ing ground by a shot from Mr. Lamp
sons gun there was a bounty offered
for scalps of Indians, and Little Crow
provided certain cavalry coterie with
some pin money, much against his
will. His helpless right arm, or part
OF 1t at least, is also in the same cup
board with his scalp lock The two
broken bones of the forearm, never
set, have every appearance of being
genuine beyond a doubt and the third
bone is well authenticated It appears
to be the upper bone Of one of the
arms.
Now the skull is presented to the
society. This lacks the lower jaw, and
also has a disastrous indentation in
the top rear portion, but it's historical
value is none the less therefor. Such
are the remains of Little Crow as they
rest in the shelved labyrinth of the
capitol basement today. A sad con-
trast they make with the painting, in
brilliant oils, which hangs in an adj
joining room. There stands Little
Crow as he was in 1850, three years
before his death, in all the glories of
war paint and feathers just the type
to catch, as he did, the eye Of a paint
er no less renowned now than T. w,
Wood, whose portraits since then have
lliduS ulIii IluCIl lame. Ana yet Der
haps, no more unique subject ever
| posed for him, and none Of his paint
ings of more imposing proportions.
perhaps, will be preserved longer. A
little thing it is, scarcely larger than
the handsome cabinet photographs
possible to modern art, but it excels
the latter in it's vivid coloring, its real
istic complexion and markings, and
the artistic as well as natural drap-
Ing of the blankets In plain figures.
it bears not only the name of the ar
tist and the date, August, 1860, but
the name Ta-oyate-desta- So Mr..
Wood gives the chieftain's name, al
though authorities differ as to the
spelling.
Maj. I. ID. Heard. who was re-
corder of the court which tried 400 Of
the redskins after the uprising, gives
vivid description of Little Crows
death in his book, 1.-THE Sioux War
and Massacre" He spells 1T Tah-o-
ahta-doo-ta.
The incidents of his death are. in
the main, as narrated in the Glob e
recently, and there is equal indefinite
ness as to the present whereabouts
of other members of the dead CHIEFS
anatomy.