The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-04
NEWS FROM THREE GREAT STnTES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF The GLOBE.

in his power for the ratification Sena-
tor Hansbrough left for Washington to-
Gay, after the treaty was signed, and
In. conversation with your correspondent
stated that ne believes the new-made
treaty will be, ratified at the coming SIS
sion of congress-
He stated that he believes that before
this time next year the land will be
thrown open to homestead settlement and
Chat there Will be in this city at one time
during the coming summer no less than
la,UtO people anxious to file on these
lands. The Ft. Totten Indian reserve
contains some of the richest land in the
state. 1t was selected for the Sisseton,
Wahpeton and Cuthead tribes of the
SIOUX 1dianS when they removed from
minnesota IN early days, long before the
Whlte man dreamed that North Dakota
was So caluable an agricultural state.
and Tor this reason the best of land
was reserved for the tribes named. James
aeLauglin to whom much of the credit
Tor the signing of the Indians of the
treaty is DUE came to the Fort Totem
lholah reservation about 1870 as a black,
smith He at once became the friend
OF the Indlans, and was soon after APP
pointed indlan agent at the fort About
1882. when Gen. Sherman made his IA
nous Trip to the reservation here ne
discovered in Mclaughlin a p~opet person
70 10 sT Td;a INDIAN troubles - saat time
the lndlans at Standing Rock were very
quarfelsoine with the whites. and NJ.
Mclaughlin, at Gen. Shermans sugge s.
ton. was sent by the government to
the Standing Rock agency and at once
al disputes Were settled. 1t was James
Mclaughlin who when Sitting Bull, work
ed up by the ghost dance, created treu-
PIE at the reservation twenty miles from
the agency at Standing Rock, sent tn;
cavalry to arrest the Noted Indian leak
e. The old chief would not allow him
self to be taken into custody. and as Il
result went to the happy hunting g ouads
Agent Getchell. of Fort Tottan. is 80
very influential with the Indians, and
assisted materially in closing UP r,,is
important treaty. A bridge has been
lake at a cost of $4,000 at point several
miles from this city. The reservation
is now within an hours drive of Devils
Lake City. and the new settlers will. If
course, make Devils Lake their trading
point. The Indians are peaceful lot
of citizens, honest, as long as the White
man with whom they deal treats them
honestly. They do their trading IN tdls
city, and tnese are some 200 OF them II
the reservation. not counting those who
attend the industrial school at the fort,
The Indians try hard to farm their lands,
but it is believed if they have white
neighbors. who understand the tiliing of
the soil, they will profit much by the OK
samples. The entire state will be inter-
ested in the treaty and its ratification
by congress.
The grading of the Devils Lake &
Northern road. commonly known as the
Farmers road, has been completed and
a cont tor built to t. is iiEe Z III he
Great N0f ticrn. The new road is beng
luilt entirely by subscriptions furnished
by actual farmers. 1t runs twenty-four
rifles north from this city through the
most fertile part of the county. The
rails have been purchased but may not
arrive in time to be laid this winter Most
of the ties are here When the road is
in running order it will be one of the
first of its kind in the history of the
country. Farmers in different parts of
no fran1aHtlV ~
menced the construction of railways but
have never progressed so far as those
i'll this county. There is no reason to
believe the road will not be finished in
the spring.
Jack Murray was arrested Thursday on
charge of grand larceny. 1t is claimed
he held up Frank. Clausen and relieved
him of the seasons earnings, S6o In
ton, and is now resting in the county
bastile awaiting the action of the dis
trict court
One of the Oldest settlers of the coun
ty. Charles Budde, dropped dead the lat
ter part of the week, as the result of
a complication of diseases leading to
heart failure. Charles Budde was born
in Essen. Germany, Sept so, 1912, and
with his parents. Later he migrated to
McGregor. Iowa. and in 1889 came to
Devils Lake and commenced a general
mercantile business, which at one time
stores in the state.
Lulu Paulina Thompson. daughter of
Andrew Thompson. died at her parents
home near this city, Friday. She was
fifteen years of age and a popular young
lady.
G. B. Kendall resident of Vermont,
who has been visiting relatives in this
city, died in st. Vincent de Paul hospital
Tuesday, as the result of an operation for
an abscess. Deceased was fiftv-nine years
of age and father to B. A. Kendall, for
uerfy of Devils Lake