The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08

the chippewas are going to clean the
whole country sutr he asked. Next
wednesday they are going to start Tor
st. Paul I tried to get away from here
last Saturday. but they turned my team
back. and here I Am n don dare
to move. The Leech Lakers will be
here between now and Wednesday.
Il was startled, but putting on a bold
face I went out among the Indians. ana
to throw them on their guard. told them
that I had q sick horse and would have
to go to the agency for medicine. Then
I went back to and said:
What are we going to doT
Well he replied, your family 10
mixed blood and my advice In to stay
right here. They Won't harm YOU
" That will be a pile Of satisfaction.
I replied. to live with my friends all
dead. I would rather die a thousand
times trying to notify them thai to live
after they are killed
" Don you move an inch said he;
you're a e man II you do. You see
that guard following your
Yes I said. II see him But you
let me alone and I'll work out my own
salvation
About midnight I stole out to the
barn, threw a blanket on my horse. and.
JumpinB on nls DoChs Il tuaot a t"Ia
through the Indian lines. The very bold
ness of the thing was my salvation. for
the Indians were so surprised that l
was well down the trail before they
were after me. They fired several shots
at me, and some Of the bullets came a
little too near my ears for comfort. i
got to h agency all right. and when
Major Walker was informed Of the Sc
rious condition of affairs his hair fair
~ Ss2Ar 81, and WITH hia nilV ha
Immediately started for Crow Wing. a
small town on the east side OF the Mis-
sissippi. where there was a small de-
tachment OF soldiers. The next day the
ndian started I'm on their rampage,
but most of the settlers had left for
places of safety and there was but lit
tie loss Of life.
las usual. the government became
aroused in the course OF time and Com
missioner Dole was directed to come to
the agency and hold q council with the
Indians and try to nx things up. After
his arrival he and the military author
tiles determined to capture Hole-in-the-
Day. They sent word to the chief that
he was wanted at a ouncil He an
swered that he would attend on the fol-
lowing day. In the morning he came.
He was the cleanest Indian on the face
OF Gods footstool. He invariably dress
to III llt itlG aAi1
his moccasins every day. He was not
only the nestest man ! ever saw. but
the smartest I ever knew who had no
education. When he advanced into the
circle he made a fine appearance. He
stalksd in as IL he were king of the
whole upper country.
Dole opened the council. and his
Chippewa auditor pecked away at the
ground with his pipe. You wouldn't
n 40 sunVnaaA he UTda M wing lnV AZ
tention at all to the speech. Dole did
the best he could. m talked, I should
Judge. about an hour. He tried to ex-
plain to the greater chief the meaning
ofthe treaty. constituting each section ac-
cording to his desire to impress its i'm
portance upon h auditor. When he
finished Hole-in-the-Day stood up,
threw his blanket off one shoulder
characteristic pose-and turned to Dole
n said:
" Are you the smartest man our
great father would send on In a trying
time like this? Because, II you are the
smartest mar the great father has got.
I pity our great father. You have been
talking to me as IL / were a child.
am not a little child. ] have gray hairs
on my head. ] may not be as smart as
you are. but your talk sounds to me II
baby talk. You say the treaty reads so
hl1u ~. thtt 10 N me- dto " hhoW ~
And he took Dole's speech from begin
ming to end. wor for word, and when
he got through 1t was like a stocking
that had been unravelled-there was
nothing left OF IL.
When Hole-in-the-Day finished he
said: Well. | guess I'll 60 home
No said Dole, we don't want you
to 20 home
that they intended to keep him. but he
replied very quietly: L told my people
I would come back, and I never lie TO
them
But insisted Dole, we can't let
you CO.
"As the soldiers were about to sur-
round the warrior. q man rushed up to
Dole and told him that the camp was
surrounded by Indians. Hole-in-the-
Day not trusting the white men. had
prepared for Just such a contingency.
Dole grew pale and trembled. and Hole
in-the-Day turned to him and in a con-
temptuous tone. said:
Can l go home now The answer
was. Yes, o can 60
The chief looked at Dole rather super
ciliously and said. L thought So Then
he walked away. Some OF the soldiers
shouted: Shoot him. damn him. but the
warrior walked coolly down to the river
and stepped in his canoe and padded
across. There were 30 angry men in
the crowd ready to shoot him. but he
never turned his head. The Indians
camp across the river while the author
the trouble"