The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-12
HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOOD.
THE RECENT DISCOVERY NEAR
WINONA RECALLS ONE MAIZE
LONG AGO.
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
to the Annual Meeting
which Is to Be Held Next
Monday.

pupHcallOn or the facts in the press
mas brought to light a very interest
ing story, which may result in the To-
eating of still other caves of equal ina,
portance and perhaps greater size. 1t
is known that the cliffs along the river
bank are in some places honeyconbed
with caves Of greater or less size.
In many of them very ancient and
valuable relics have been found. which
indicate that Minnesota has been peo-
pIed Tor centuries. The cave dscOy-
cred last month was at Lamoille, about
fifteen miles from Winona Until re-
Gently this cave has attracted no no.
tee. Lit was supposed to be like many
others along the bluffs. But recently
a scientist read the stories of the ex-
plorations Of Jonathan Carver AMI
found mention Of a cave near I,amoilIe.
The history said the walls of the cave
were covered from one end to the other
with pictures Of buffalo. snakes. bears.
rabbits and other beasts The pic
lures, the explorer said, were of great
antiquity. Last month the cave was
explored thoroughly for the first time
IN perhaps sixty years, and the pictures
were found as claimed by Carver. 1t is
believed they were placed there. per-
maps, centuries ago, by the forefathers
of the Sioux
The publication of the above redis-
coVery was seen by William Faribault
Of st. Louis, Mo, and it brings to light
another interesting fact
MI Faribault, in a letter to Secretary
Upham, Of the State Historical society.
which Mr.. Upham showed to some of
the members of the State Historical
Society council last night, writes to
conhrm the fact Of the existence Of the
cave. On reading Mr.. Faribaults let
ter however. Secretary Upham is con-
Vlnced that there is another undiscov-
cred cave referred to on the opposite
side of the river from the one at La
noble. In his letter, Mr.. FaribauI+
tells of an old story he heard the fam
Gus hunter, Jack Frazier, tell. 1t was
about young Indian hunter during the
early days when the Sioux were living
along the banks of the river above
and below Lake Pepin. The young
hunter lived on the west side and
crossed over to the east side and went
pack inland to inspect his traps.
FINDING one of them torn from his
fastenings, he called his dogs and put
them on the trail. From the signs
made, he concluded it was a coon he
was following. After long tramp
through the swamp the deg brought
MIN to large hole, evidently the en-
trance to a cavern. He passed through
the opening and found himself in p
cave. The coon was soon found After
going some distance into the cavern.
the young Indian thought the safest .
way would be to tie a. strap I'd his dog
50 that he could find mis- way out. but
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left his master in almost total darkness
and unable to find his way out. He
started back, feeling his way along
the sides Of the cave, and found that
the cave branchad out in three differ
ent directions. The young Indian de-
termined to try the passage to the
right, and if this was rot successful.
to try the others in succession. He
went what seemed to him a long dis
lance. On turning a slight curv.. he
saw glowing in the distance small
light cleaning like the eyes Of an ami
NAL. Thinking it was the coon his dog
had traded, the Indian cautiously ad-
vanced, but found to his surprise that
the lights increased with every step,
and finally saw that it was SIN light
shining through a creViee in the bluff,
far over the river Looking through
the crevice, he could see across to the
Indian village in which he lived He
was, however, helpless prisoner. as
the walls were too thick to penetrate
with the implements he had with him.
He spent nearly a day calling for help.
and then determined to so back and
try the next branch. For three DAYS
he wandered around in the cavern,
having many narrow escapes. Mr..
Faribault believes that other old set
tiers will remember the story which
Frazier used to tell and says that the
Sioux knew Of the cave not many years
ago, but kept it secret. Mr.. Fart-
bault is himself of Indian origin.
1t will be seen that the Indian was
caught in a cave on the East side. as
he speaks of looking across at the
cave on the West side This shows
cCnclusively, in the eyes of Secretary
Upham, that there are two of these
great caves, one at L4amoille on the
West side of the river and the other on
the East side. Both are to be explored
when the weather permits.
The session of the executive council
Of the society last evening was prelm-
mary to the annual session to be held
next Monday in the chamber of the
house of representatives Hon. Alex
ander Ramsey, president of the asso-
citation, was in the chair at last even
iHgs meeting. The principal business
was a general discussion of the reports
of the secretary and special commit
tees.
during the month of December the ex-
penses of the association for December
were $429. 10 During the same period
" books were presented to the society,
and 100 pamphlets, 2 maps, 80 articles
for the museum; a total of 304 articles.
The correspondence Of the month was
quite extensive, and among the letters
received by the secretary was one
from the officials of the Wisconsin
Semi-Centennial Exposition association
asking the Minnesota State Historical
association to take an active part IN
the ceremonies, as the history of the
states of Wisconsin and Minnesota
bear closely upon each other
Hon. James 7. McCleary, OF Man
kato, was elected a life member of
the association. The committee on
nominations reported the names Of
sixty gentlemen, thirty OF whom are to
be elected to membership iii the ex>
ecutiye council at the annual meeting
next week Eight honorary members
will also be elected at that time.
The annual report Of Secretary Up
ham was not read in detail, but was re-
ferred to q special committe for con-
at the annual meeting. 1t shows that
the total number Of bound volumes in
the library of the association is 81. 704,
with total Of bound and unbound of
59,211. During the year 1853 books
and pamphlets were added. The total
expenses OF the association for the
year were So. 634.40
1t is expected that j. J. Hill will Ge- N
liver an address at the annual meeting
upon the history and development OF
agriculture in the state. Mi Hill has,