The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-06
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BISHOP NsEfrTLE IN VISITING
THEM FINDS HIMSELF AMONG
Old FRIENDS
FEAST GIVEN IN HIS HONOR
Speeches by CHEZ IND Head Mem
Response b5 the PreIate-
Singing His Favorite
Hymns.

A wonderful scene took place in No
Vember at the White Earth and Ieech
Lake Indian reserN atoms, when Bishop
WhippIe went to visit the Chippewa In
dams, who had been begging him for
months to come, says Living Church.
The Chippewas are old Pensioners of the
bishop, having gone to him with their
troubles for forty years; but several
Years ago, owing to the creation of Il new
missionary district. they We're thrown
outside his diocese, and they have never
ceased Borrowing over the fact.
The first day of the bishops arrival at
the reservation was occupied by visits
from the Indians, old and young-sone
of them coming several hundreds of
miles. The following day was Sunday
and the bishop held two services in the
pretty stone church of St. Colombia
which is picturesquely situated on knoll
amid group of trees. The sermon pro-
duced deep impression upon the In
dams, who, later in the evening. held a
service by themselves, at which all the
Indian clergymen were present. One by
one they stood up and told how the bish-
ops words had affected them that they
felt that while their hearts We're tender
and fun of counsel they should pray the
Great Spirit to keep them tender after
the bishop went away, that they might
&c on and do all those things which the
which their hearts were whispering. The
Indians said that it was "a wonderful
meeting"
A MEMORABLE DAY.
But a day never to be forgotten began
on Monday morning, when. long before
sunrise, the Indian men We're busy az
work putting up the long tables under
the trees fer the feast which the Indian
women were to give the bishop and his
wife. From every direction, by wagon
or on foot, came the Indians, laden with
baskets of provisions-even the poorest
among them bringing some sort of & love
offeIing-fruit vegetables, or game. Hun
dreds of men, women, and children gath
cred beneath the trees and by 1 O'Clock
the long tables would have done credit
10 any banquet hall.
The linen was as White as snow. Jars
OF wild flowers added beauty and lest
the white sisters, who, with their grand
mothers, have been preparing banquets
for many centuries, be vainglorious over
the result of their efforts, let them fer
moment gaze at the feast prepared Sole
" by the Indian women. for truly the
table groanel under the weight of good
things. There We're fish boiled to perfec-
ton; duck, chicken and game Drowned to
Just the right shade; wild rice (the gift
of the Great SpiriO; salads which would
have tempted any epicure; jellies made
from wild fruits: VenisOn wild berries,
pies; cakes, and various other dainties.
Those who could not be seated at the
tables grouped themselves under the
trees, and then all stood while the bishop
asked a blessing. The bishop and his
wife sat at the head of the tables. with
Enmeg9lbowh, whom the bishop ordained
to the priesthood in 1861, Land Mmnegeshik,
the head chief of the Rabbit Lake In
- djans5 IN the places of honor.
SPEECHES BY CHIEFS.
Minnegeshik is noble figure. over six
feet four inches in height and at 20 IS IS
straight IS an arrow He is one Of the
three Indians to whom the bishop has
sent his coats for many years After
the feast he SAID to the bishop: ''Kechi-
muckadaiconai, you see how well 1
have kept coat I wear it only on great
days ! shall be buried in it, end when
the angels who stand at the Great Spir-
its nome see me coming they viii look
al my coat pointing to the braid and
buttons which distinguish a bishops
ccat1, and they Will say: On, he is all
right; he can so in. lie belongs u
kechimuchadaiConai Che great, white.
robed priesO."
When the feast was finished the m n
sat IN large circles around the bishop
ana The smoking and pcechmaking be
&a]1. One by one the chiefs and head
lfaen came forward and shook the bishop :
iiaNQ, AFTER their fashion in council. am
IN lnpas stoned tones told Of the coed
which they had received from the bsh-
on visits. They re a led the early GAYS
when the bishop first came among III m
when sin and sorrow were everywhere:
theV told of his love and nc tience; o.
how he never g ew If couraged, but work.
81 with them and fer them urtiI he made
the trail to the Great Spirits home pain
to them.
THE BISHOPS RESPONSE.
Each speech ended with "I have ne. 81
ana when the last had finished the bishor
arose and, with tones which rang l.
al tbs love and pleading, counsel and
admonitCn of other DAYS, he told then
in what way they must show that they
were children Of the Great Spirit ant
In what way they must show that theI
were children OF the great nation HI.
words were received with loud 'H0! no
ho,"
Then the Indians asked if they might
SIN? some of the bishops favorite hymns
Lhls vas the climax to a great day
Through the spreading forest tr5 es
straight up to the cloudless blue sky
pealed the familiar hymns in the auti
1ul Chippewa tongue: Rock of ages,
Jesus, Lover of My SOUL Nearer, My
s5cd. to Thee" and last. their favorit ;
Holy Night, o Holy Nieht''
The soft refrain faded away, and thu
bishop. standing in the go den light o
me setting sun, pronounced the henedic
ton, which seemed to pour the very spir.
1t Of God upon the kneeling figures