Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-31
PASSING OF THE SHERIDAN
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surely passing away, he believed that
he could be governed successfully by
kind and just treatment, and the days
Of Indian warfare could thus be
Tended.
DINNER TO CHIEF JOSEPH.
On the day following the Gen. Nell
son Miles banquet, a dinner party
was given to the captive chief
Joseph and his party Of surrendered
warriors by three gentlemen-two Of
them being residents Of Manitoba.
The lady boarders were given an OPP
%portunity to be introduced to Joseph
in the parlors. 1t was on this oc-
casion that the celebrated "Injun''
kissing episode occurred. a Miss
Minnie Merrill, having expressed her
self enthusiastically in regard to the
LOFTY mien and military bearing Of
Chief Joseph, Lieut.. Josiah Chance in
q bantering name dared the young
lady to kiss him, and or the spur OF
the moment and through pure mis-
chief Miss Merrill planted a kiss on
the old chiefs cheek much to the sur
prise OF Joseph and the e%dification OF
the ladies present. This event was
heralded by eastern newspapers in
the most sensational manner and for
this bit of misc-ief Bismarck ladies
were malinged and slandered in the
eastern press.
GOVERNORS ENTERTAINED.
In 1877 a private dinner was given
to Governor Pennington, participated
in by a few citizens and the city and
county officials. Bismarck wanted
some favors from the governor and
the kindness shown him on this oc-
casion resulted in favorable action on
his part.
In this famous hosiery Governor
Howard who died in 1880, was also en-
tertained and coming down to later
territorial times Governors Ordway
and Pierce were the guests Of honor on
many occasions.
BANQUET TO COL. MOORE.
One of the pleasantest events OF the
early days was the banquet and ball
in honor of the post commandant at
Fort Lincoln in 1873, Col. Orlando n.
Moore. Cards of invitation were is
sued, and a large and brilliant assembly
Of the old settlers gathered in the
spacious parlors to greet this popu-
lar officer. The music was by the
regimenta1 band at Fort Lincoln. The
officers were in uniform and all. the
ladies Of Bismarck and Fort Lincoln,
elegantly attired, a number in i'm
ported costumes. The dining room was
decorated with flags and patriotic de-
vices, and no metropolitan function
was ever more regally- conducted than
this social gathering of the early set
tiers Of the frontier town of Bismarck.
OTHER CELEBRITIES.
General Logan, Secretary Sherman,
General Hancock, and other dis
tinguished soldiers and statesmen
found the Sheridan house an oasis
on the frontier. Bismarck was the
end of the Northern Pacific for many
years and the Quitting point for mill
tary expeditions and the gateway to
the Black Hills. LIE Sheridan house
was by all. odds the best kept hostelry
in the northwest. }It was the head
quarters of army people and through
the r Of eastern newspaper cor
respondents, the best advertised hotel
in the country: In the early days
there was a fleet of twenty to thirty
steamboats-some Of them like the
Helena, Dakota and Notwithstanding
palaces on the Missouri river. The
Sheridan house vas always filled with
army people and tourists waiting for
the next boat" All old timers will
remember the gay times Of those days.
Gen. Miles RAJ a frequent guest Of
the Sheridan during the campaigns
that finally ended in the capture OF
Sitting Bull, Gaul, Rain-in-the-Face
and the other great Sioux warriors
in 1879, 80 and 81, and even these
noted Indians who planned and led
the charge resulting in the Custer
massacre, given a feed in the
parlors Of the Sheridan when en- route
from the place Of surrender on Milk
River to the Standing Rock agency.
It was at this function that that proud
and naughty Sioux chief, Gau1, re-
fused to take the gloyed hand of a
lady. He had surrendered to the
whites in absolute sincerity and good
faith but he maintained his native
pride and entertained original and
unique ideas about hand shaking.
Flesh to flesh" observed the Sioux
CHIEF, through the interpreter and the
lady graciously removed her glove
and extended her hand, which was
then cprdialiy received