The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-07-11

Hermit sand modern cedar bark cottage that erected
by Prentice the panic country
time and the wealth Of Mr. Prentice vanished that
occupied this paata homo where the from
Superior dash against the shores and the only sounds
the tranquil Stiffness the occasional whistle of the passing
steamer and the songs Of the birds as they rustic and about
among the singing their joyous greetings
islands, with the exception Madeline practically uninhaba
Of the who wish
occasionally bury themselves the
dongs few weeks months Ex-Governor
Sam S. Fifed postmaster Ashland camp known as
Camp Stella named after his wife, Sand Island
middle months he and his friends enjoy the
this splendid camp Here and there among
the keepers see but few people, and these only who their
yachting trips drop in among them for few hours the supply
boats by the government bring them provisions.
frustrating among these delightful where
everything please the and furnished everything the
enjoyment quiet something that appeals
busy month after has had battle with prob
in the cities and the towns the weary light
keeper and his family becomes reary lonely
of 1899 small party private
yacht little boat Michigan Island hours
with the ghtkeeper his family
way stopped
those shores and in that time there enacted in that
occupied the watchers of the light
unsympatetc The keeper dangerously
i'll few days after the visit of the yacht and there who
be the mainland obliged
to spend every minute OF her the bedside husband
the small children could render great
light the tower had be kept going lest
lose his ship the dangerous signal passed
unnoced by the ships steamng back and forth pursuing
the husband continued and with the ravages
disease the tredout wife almost broken weight
and her inability give her suffering
remedies relief which gathered
the of plants and stepped leaves kne down
prayed day after day that God might again
yacht Marion from Washbu visit them
help bring the to health And
while the boat again Travelled that way with party jolly
the eye have looked
down upon these lonely sufferers and those prayers
Hmfo from the mainland day sailed his
the life of the old lghtkeeper Oh the joy
of that little family ss sail sighted drawing
nearer the the aghted boat
Can you imagine what meant those people
anxiety suffering through which they passed? And here
these island homes many such have anped
and lonely keeper of the light who
ships they pass with valuable cargoe endures suerngs
hardshps and frequently stricken
for which they through long days and nights arrives
alas too late
hundred years ago the Chippewa occupied the
entire northern part the their history
tradition at least They fougho long bloody
battles with the Sioux who the enemies all
Algonquin tribes The Wnnebagos that on the
headwaters Green Bay and Madeline Island capitol
speak, of the Chppewas and alien tribes
But there Indians speak Of today
What remain of the French Canadian Indian mixture they
number The government Washington has taken
those red whose day Of history lies in the past
placed them their reservations the bygone DAYS
True each tribe Chief regns not and
the Man Tribe Indians to the
"whte faced representatives of the reat
Father Washington who found in the Office for
his allowances and necessities They adopting slowly
teachings Of civilization there few among but
prefer hunt the and fish the
praccng civilized methods Of life Old Quaint old
place. and where the county of LaPonte county with
its OF officials only which keeps the
old LaPoine part the county Ashland Elk
Governor Fifeld,in speaking of LaIoointe, says:
aFonte indeed the theatre of historical events
Important in their relation to the settlement and development
and rich country that part
the American Union Not the least of these treaties
with the Chppewas by which they coded country to the
government and settled down quiet and paceab subjects
upon their reservations
The quiet village Madeline officially LaPointe