The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL WARS
CONTEMPORARIES 1.-THE GREAT
SWAMP FIGHT
WITH A MENU IN CHIPPEWA,
WHICH CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE
NARRAGANSETT DIALECT OF
TWO CENTURIES AGO.
SONS OF NEW ENGLAND s1REs
Do Honor to thesDay which Initial
ted the Decline Of the AbOrig-
Inc in America.

The Minnesota Society of Colonial
Wars banqueted at the Ryan last
evening, in commemoration Of the
Great Swamp fight, Sept. 10, 1875.
Prior to the banquet, a short business
meeting was held, at which new Of
! flee, that of surgeon, was created, by
an amendment to the constitution. No
election to that office will be made
until the next annual meeting.
The menu card and toasts were in
Chippewa, for it is singular fact that
the Chippewa tongue of today is al
most Identical with that of the Mar
ragansetts of two centuries ago. The
/ dining hall was handsomely decorated
with flags, and round the festive board
; upwards of sixty members of the So
ciety and invited guests were seated.
While the dinner was being served, an
orchestra played it's sweetest melo-
dies
After the menu-and it was an elab-
/ crate one-had been discussed, came
the more enjoyable part of the festiVi-
ties, which is we'll described in that
! stefeotyped expression: 1.-THE feast Of
reason and the flow of SOUL" Dr..
Jehiel Weston Chamberlain presided
as toastmaster-or, as he was intro
duced, the "interpreter'-and made a
few happy remarks, introducing the
first speaker of the evening" Gov. Hen
ry Pratt Upham.
Gov. Upham's toast was "Ahneen.'
which was interpreted as "How" He
/ spoke briefly of the Swamp fight, in
! which the Nara gansetts were defeat
ed, and the power of that famous In
dian chieftain, King Philip, was eff
fectually broken. He had also pre-
pared a list of the members of the
society, whose ancestors had partici-
pated in that battle
Jacob Stone, the historian of the So
ciety, read very interesting paper
on the Swamp fight. He told of the
| determination of King Philip to ex-
terminate tbs whites. Philip was
summoned before the colony council
ana accused of treason. Nothing could
De proved, and he was released but
Immediately set about raising the pre-
| JUDGES of the tribes, and depredatio
followed depredation; murder followed
| outrage. Finally, word was received
OF the uprising of the Narragansetts.
and Gov. Winslow ordered out / GOA
men to quell the instruction. After
marching through the snow and cold
they came upon the swamp. on an
lsianq IN Which the Indians had erect
ed FORT Crossing on the ice tn.
massachusetts, found an opening in
the fort, and, regardless of the death
dealing storm of lead they poured
through the enclosure AT the Same
time tn. Connecticut troops scaled
the enclosure On the other side. and
thus hemmed in the Indians fiea, bof-
~ pursued. This battle forever settled
the supremacy Of The English-speak-
! ing race in America.
Joseph Matthew Hawks, who was
doWn on the bills as 1.-The young brave. -
/ spoke at some length on the earlv his
tory and customs of the colonists. and
MADE the observation that Providence
was indeed kind when it fixed the dafe
OF the Swamp fight in December 50
tnat the troops could cross on the ice
else SO many descendants would not
now be gathered around the table.
George II enry Daggett, whom Sec
rotary Whipple heralded as ''the hand
some brave, delivered short but.
indeed eloquent peroration in
which he called attention to the fa RI
that, in these festive GATHERINGS. one
is apt to merely think of the victory
achieved by the troops and of the
glory of the survivors, and forget to
honor the fallen heroes.
Rukard Hurd, scheduled as cine
musical Chief was appropriately given
that title. In running fire of small
talk, humorous stories, quaint obser-
Vatons and unique limitations. he kent
Jrl11c
| winch belled his remark that he wa
just recovering from an attack of i'll
ness, feVer-a swamp feyer-a Great
| Swamp fever.
| Delas Abram Monfcrt,, 'the money
chief" was on the programme for an
ADDRESS, but was unable to be present.
and in his place Bishop Whipple was
called upon, and responded in his usual
happy vein. He spoke of the rugged
characters of the Puritans, a strength
which led them to shoulder their mus
kets and go out in defense of their
| homes.
William Gardner White, "the law
chief" said that it was the grand idea
in the celebration of these memorable
events is to discover the principles un-
! DERIVING those events and incuIcate
into the life of today the best of those
| principles. In history, things do no,
happen; they result. Abraham Lincoln
was the outgrowth of conditions of
colonial time. He was a natural Sc
quence of the landing the Mayfower
of the colonial wars, of Bunker hill It
is the duty of every loyal son of colon
ial sires, to speak out, when called
upon, in memory of their principles and
their deeds of honor. Their faith. their
constancy, their trust begat American
| liberty and in their children and chill
drens children were these principles
inculcated which enabled them to ap-
preciate and make the best use of
liberty That school of liberty is not
yet dismissed. We are scholars, learn
ing the lessons as taught to our fore
fathers. In this day the population of
America is made up largely of foreign
ers and it is the duty of native Ameri-
cans to see that they are brought into
this school Of liberty, so that they may
become patriotic,S American citizens.
Everton Judson Abbott, "the medi-
cine man." entertained his hearers with
a humorous recital of some of the Gus
toms of the Pilgrim Fathers It was
replete with witticism and not little
sarcasm, which made it all the more
| delightfully."- palatable.
Rev. Dudley Ward Rhodes, the
chaplain, in response to the toast
"mino tibik' or good night" paid a
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