The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-23
COUNTED EITHER CORRECT.
Answer to a Criticism of the Globe.
Puzzle Pictures.

Answer to a Criticism of the Globes
Puzzle Pictures.
To the Editor of the Globe.
AS one of the contestants for the o Q
Puzzle Picture prizes, l wish to protest
against such puzzles as No Il ~, containing I
stated in its prospectus of this contest, in the
first number of the paper in which it was
mentioned, that the events represented eGlol} 9y
in the history of the United States as any
one fairly well informed about American
history would know Of or could easily nnn;
Now, think, and all others that have talkeo
with think, that many of the puzzles are not
historical events of any prominence what
ever and that therefore they are not fair nor
in accordance with the promise OF the
G o b e, through some ones fault. Puzzle
No. q is especially unfair and Objectionable
1 am credibly informed that the answer 70
that picture expected by the b is that
the signatures are those of HownopoW1atalIn
and Otohtongoomlisheaw, two Indian cnleIs,
to a deed made to Capt. Jonathan carver,
conveying tract of land bordering on Lahe 1he
eighteenth century. To the best Oh my 1llioi =!
nation, this answer can be found only II, III
the introduction to one edition OF carver
travels, book long ago out OF prln. esotn,i a."
very scarce. NeilPs History OF Minnesota
gives the deed, with these names signed put
no such marks for SIGNATURES. II Is tbo noe
deed was never seen by any enc besides Car
ver and it doubtful If any such deed was
ever made Therefore 1t is not hlstoraca1 acs1
event of any prominence or Importance, TL TLd
it is very doubtful history in any sense. ne
same thing to a less extent, can be SAID OF
the answer, that they are the signatures VI
Little Turtle and Gen. wayne, as l khom S,n or ~
no book except Bruer's Anecdotes OF Alneo. Iba.
ican Generals containing the statement una
Wayne signed a snake after MS nane' 6l' anu
this book also is old and out OF PRINT. pue
the treaties Of 1914 and 1917 and 1875 as given
in the legal reports of them, issued by con c9n-
gress to be found in the library OF the MN N
nesota Historical society, referred 70 IL III LnS
answer to that puzze, show that prS ofter 1s
their names Hence l cain, that the answer
first given by me is the correct one, IN az
cordance with the pr0spee .u6 odin 81 t6e q Glay
412 Endicott Building, st. Paul. MINI
CThe complaint of our correspondent has al
ready been answered sufficiently by the re-
mark of another correspondent regarding the
matter differently, whose appreciated WORDS
have already been printed in the lo e.
We did not intend to include IN TINS series
anything as easily recognizable as the as
sassination of Lincoln, nor did we put in any
thing that could not, with diligent inquiry, be
discovered. The object OF having the readers
of the Globe review the history OF thelf
country has been we'll attained; and 1t couid
not have been reached, nor could the cohCes'
have been made anything but q farce, nau
the pictures been made any simpler than they
were AS to the particular point raised by
Mr.. Clay, it will be seen that his criticism
falls to the ground when we state that, IN
awarding prizes, we have counted either or
the answers to which he refers as correct
Ed