The Saint Paul globe., 1898-09-13


opened the door. when an Indian came in,
seating himself by the fire. l was IN hopes
that after he had warmed himself lie would
get up and go away. l entertained HIM as
we'll as l could. when he became abusive
and before l could think he drew cut his
knife and was in the act of making plunge
at me, when my wife, in her white sleeping
gown, appeared in the door, thus dlv"' ting
his attention, which gave me the oppcrtu-
nifty of grabbing his arm in which he held
the knife and disarming him l Was his
equal then. l left him & fit subject for the
cemetery, and threw him over lie bluff
Next morning he crawled up and came into
the house. and l assisted him to lerform
his ablutions and gave him a good breakfast
We parted friends, and were friends over
thereafter. Such scenes as these were not
infrequent to wives and mothers Of the pio-
The Northw' tern territory oeg.n about
this time to attract more or less attention
from tourists, and Henry Jackson was
obliged to furnish to those who came such
shelter and accommodation as he could af-
ford from the scanty means he had at EGnd.
His hospitality became known, and
there were at all times some stopping at
his caravansary.
In 1S47 We laid out the original town plat
OF ST. Paul, having to send to Prairie du
Chen for surveyor Mr.. Ira Brunson, for
half mile square; bounded by Wacouta,
Eighth and st. Peter streets, and by the
river on the south to the point Of beginning.
The present Jackson street was the only ac-
cessible way to the river and it was very
steep. We drew our goods up on a sled, a
forked tree with a piece bofted across the
farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania used
to draw rock off their fields. With this We
hicle Mr.. Vital Guern hauled up all our
goods from the landing with his yoke of
oxen. A barrel Of whisky or of flour made
good load. Such was Jackson street when
l first saw it.
by the outside world, and immigrants began
to come in. The United States government
soon subdivided the lands and a-land office
was established at the st. Croix falls We
We're all in Wisconsin yet; and Gen. H. H.
Sibley, Capt. Louis Robert and myself, were
selected by the inhabitants of the town to
enter, all these lands upon which the original
Plat was laid out, as wei. as lands adjoining,
and thus to re-convey to the various parties
interested their respective pieces. We We're
all called squatters. Many lots had been
sold. and after title had been obtained from
the government. 1t was necessary to reconvey
and perfect these titles. all OF which was sub
sequently satisfactorily done.
BUSINESS ON THE RIVER.
have seen sixteen large steamers lying at
our levee at one time. One day l counted
sixty carpenters tool chests being unloaded
from the boats then in port, showing what
rush there was then for this new Eldorado,
reminding us of the stories read about Cali
fornia in early days. Some learned wisdom
and stayed with us; others left for other
parts. Many valuable and influential citizens
came into the territory at this time Our
agricultural resources began to develop, and
we were soon becoming self-sustaining and
II was not necessary any longer to import all
our food. Trade with the settlers began tn
De De OF as much Importance nearly as with the
toi aHulahs' ana we were obliged to diversity our
sOoch An occasional silk dress was required
or a fashionable bonnet
In the spring of 1S49 we began to assume
metropolitan Importance. j. H Goodbu,s
came among us with his oracle the trGe Pioneer
nave In my scrap book the verftable first
number Ilu be struck off The office was just above
SS3 IN =. r v; LulIs shop. It's date was
over the directory therein contained of the
business and professional houses and firms
there are but very few left 80
The land east of the Mississippi obtained
OF the Sioux Indians by the treaty of 1887 and
opened tor settlement, were being taken uD
so SO last that 1t became necessary for the gov
ernIhent, through the urgency Of the settlers
anu speculators, to acquire the lands on the
@WeeC IVES sac. Hence the treaty of Mendoza in
ISo2. Although the earlier treaty was made
ana duly signed, 1t was not satisfactory. The
ihdlans Claimed that when cedlng their landc
IN 1897, east OF the Mississippi river, tpev
nSa retained the privilege of hunting upon
DehaV1or, all of which We fully be.teye t0 he
true as it could not have been thought then
Out that 1t would be safe to make such an
agreement; for one would have Imagined
that before the expiration of that time the
territory would contain over two millions of
l.ana0ltants IN and nearly one hundred millions
TO
treaty became an absolute necessity Rv That
treaty the Indians ceded to the government an
tneIr @ lands west OF the Mississippi river. and
NriI ~eIe ren1pea to Traverse des Sioux. 1t was
FOUND that these poor Indians were not vo4
moved far enough. Hence anott er treatv WA
n@ue Hie,o ,o4 WIN them there and this time they
were located at Yellow Medicine and Red.
WOOD There being more or less diss9tisfa
tion with these Indians, when the Civil W.
TI,z
OF 1852 took place, and history is repIete with
It's consequences. VAIN
INDIAN TRADE CEASED
After the removal of the Indians from
Mendota in the year 1852, their direct trada
with st. Paul ceased; but this citv o1wa1s
remained the headquarters FOR ou+fittino
traders foI the various tribes adjacent there
10, throughout region extending even into
MANITOBA The trade from the latter distr:Ct
was of great Importance, and il was M ,,o ~
common sight to see from 900 to ! 5On cartc
e9cainPed around "Larpenteur-s lake, ToaGS
Su Wlt1 bunalo robes, furs of all descrintione
dressed skins, moccasins, buffalo to1p:ieS orrS
pemmlcan, the latter being the dried huffaio
meat meat pounded and put up in 100-pound SACKS
Tor winter use 1t was their chiaf c,inDI
and was husbanded with the SAM csro ppiSy, ~,
these old hunters as farmer does his corr;
A failure in the gathering of this cron o' nf n
caused by the buffalo being scarce or d
IN other directions by other causes was os
serious matter to the inhabitants as +bo
obstruction OF farmers wheat cron hv baiI
storm. voyageur, when sent out Nv tha
uSuers' was seldom given anything else to
supsisC upon Dut hunk of this pemmican
Tor his daily ration. In conversation It'll
tHese old Voyageurs, many of them old ON
pioyes or the Hudson Bay companv hove
aiterWard been told that their daiIv rat;on
oiten was no more nor less than one IoSd
of powder and ball per day, and that bnino
IN IN country where game was in abundance
Chey seldom went without meal
Now, rather than that this naner sbo,,,5
become monotonous. | shall attempt to con-
clude, and will say that I am now drawinv
near my four score years of age ffty-fve ne
Whlcn nave been passed near this SPOT Fiftv
nve years In the life Of a man is a verv
long time: but in the life of a country or
state II Is like grain of sand upon the
seashore: Yet what history has been writ
ten In this short space of time! Wotbino
equals II In the annals of the world
Old settlers and fellow contemnoraries T
cannot close this already too long paner wi+b
out expressing my qualification and pride
though one Of the humblest among you. TO he
placed In your midst one of the old SET
legacy l can leave my children is that their
rather was one Of those who formed and
helped TO develop the resources of this great
STATE. No state in our Union had n hotter
class of men to begin It's existence with They
were men OF energy, intelligence, God-fearin9
men, hence successful. In 1843 | found the
territory which now forms Minnesota and
the two Dakotas, with its few settlers Snd Snd
the soldiers at Fort Smelling, containing about
zQo white inhabitants. Today these three
states have over 3000,000; and 7 think tbet
1t is not beyond the bounds of propriety IN
predict that within few years hence 1Our
minnesota VIII have 100000 herself