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The Conservative, 1901-09-05
A TRUE STORY OF AN EARLY IN
DIAN SCARE,

Written for THE CONSERVATIVE, by Rufus
d. Mason.]
The Sac and Fox Indians, under the
leadership OI u.Ie IasuIo,. 'i'"ckhaWk.
were at one time the source of more
trouble and danger to the early settlers
of the West than any other tribe. In
1912 they ceded their lands to the gov
ernment and were placed upon reserva-
tions in Kansas. Many of them were
not satisfied with this plan and in 1858
about 300 returned to their old haunts
along the Iowa river in Tama county,
Iowa. The state of Iowa passed law
were peaceful, but this arrangement
was not satisfactory to the government,
and it tried to induce them to return to
their reservation by cutting off their
annuities. This having no effect the
authorities at Washington issued an Or
der commanding them to return, but
they fatty refused to obey. Seeing that
they could not be coaxed or driven back
without considerable trouble they were
allowed to remain, and in 1867 were
again allowed their annuities. This
particular branch of the tribe were
mostly Musquakies, and their return to
Iowa was looked upon with good deal
of alarm by the early settlers, for
while they were considered peaceful, it
was well known that their savage nature
might get the better of them and serious
trouble ensue.
On the afternoon of May Gath, 1866,
two boys whom we will call Bert and
Frank, were hunting along the Iowa
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perfect thlcket OF thOrnS, but time was
precious and thorns were to be preferred
to savage Indians. Taking last look
behind them they could see no sign of
the enemy, but, thinking that they had
only thrown them off the track and that
they were still coming, Bert plunged
through the thorny opening and was
quickly followed by Frank. Their
clothing was nearly torn from their
bodies and blood ran freely from
scratches upon their hands and faces.
They now found themselves upon pub
lie road which they followed for short
distance when they came to small
farm house. Fastening to the door
they found it locked and no one at
home. Going to the stable they found
horse which they mounted and rode
rapidly away
AS the shadows of evening were fall
ing, the little village of Toledo, four
miles north of the Indian settlement,
was startled by seeing two boys, both
bareheaded and mounted upon one
horse, with hands and faces streaked
with blood and the clothing nearly torn
from their bodies, ride wildly into town
shouting: Indians! Indians! the In
dians are coming the whole tribe will
soon be here" The story of the ex-
cited boys, together with their dilapi-
dated appearance and the foam-covered
horse, caused great excitement. The
news quickly spread and grew in mag
nitude until it was the general belief
that several persons had already been
murdered and many houses burned.
AS it was we'll known that short
time previous to this the Sioux had
actually killed several hundred persons
in Minnesota and burned their houses,
the story of an uprising was more
easily believed. When it was also re-
membered that nearly all the able-bodied
men were in the army and that any de-
fense made, must be made by old men
and women, it seemed that the situation
was indeed critical.
Although the writer was but four
years old he remembers we'll the feel
ing of alarm and fear that prevailed
as darkness settled down upon the lit
tie, unprotected town. The fiendish
yell of the wild savage was momen-
tarily expected, and many yet live who
did not expect to see the light of another
morning. The country was new and
but thinly settled. The government
was just emerging from the civil war
leaving the Indians to do about as they
saw fit, and their natural disposition to
get into mischief when not watched,
had caused several uprisings and mas
sacres among tribes generally consid-
cred peaceful. There were few guns
and but little ammunition in the town
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the game they were seeking.
What if we should see an Indian?"
said Bert.
"I'm not afraid of Indians" replied
Frank, "we both have guns and can de-
fend ourselves besides, the Musqua-
l1ies are a peaceful tribe and not likely
to hurt anybody"
81 know that" said Bert, "but you
can never trust an Indian, and would
not like to meet any of them out here
in the woods
ooh, don't be a coward; we are
hunting squirrels and not Indians"
Just then large red squirrel was
seen in tall oak tree some distance in
advance. AS Frank had better gun
than Bert it..was decided that he should
try and bring down the much-coveted
game so resting his gun in the forks of
a small tree, he took deliberate aim and
pulled the trigger; both were delighted
to see the squirrel come tumbling down
through the boughs of the tree, but
scarcely had the report of the gun died
away before they saw two Indians
standing upon the very spot where the
squirrel had fallen; where they came
from was more than the boys
could tell, but there they were arrayed
in all the gaudy trappings of the
widest savage when the boys saw their
hideously painted faces, red blankets
and head dress Of feathers they were
terror stricken.
"Let's go" whispered Frank. "Come
on" replied Bert IN ivuo. .c::soo; .c:soo SO,
leaving their game, they hastily moved
away. AS they started to go they
noticed that the Indians We're coming
toward them; this frightened them still
more and they began to run; upon
glancing back they were dismayed to
see that their pursuers were running
also, and that they were both armed
with guns. Their fear caused them to
put forth their best efforts and they ran
with all the power they possessed. AS
they looked back the second time they
could see that the Indians were gaining
upon them and to their frightened i'm
agination they seemed to have increased
in numbers until there were dozen in
stead of two, and they were gesticulat-
ing and talking loudly, the meaning of
which the boys could not understand,
and they expected every minute to hear
the report of guns and feel the imprint
of bullets in their backs, but no shots
were fired. They now threw away
their guns; their caps had long since
disappeared.
Thinking to throw their pursurers off
the trail, they made a short turn to the
right while temporarily hid behind the
brow of small hill; this turn brought
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HARD TO BREAK.

But the Coffee Habit Can Be Put on.
ST was a coffee user from early child
hood, but it finally made me so nervous
that l spent great many sleepless
nights, starting at every sound I heard
and suffering with a continual dull head
ache. My hands trembled and I was
also troubled with shortness of breath
and palpitation of the heart. The whole
system showed a poisoned condition and
1 was told to leave off coffee, for that
was the cause of it. 1 was unable to
break myself of the habit until some
one induced me to try Postum Food Cof-
fee.
The first trial the Food Coffee was fiat
and taSteless and I thought 1t was hor-
rid stuff, but my friend urged me to try
again and let 1t boil longer. This time I
had very delightful beverage and have
been enjoying it ever since, and am now
in very greatly improved condition OF
health
My brother is also using Postum In
stead Of coffee and friend of ours, Mr..
W., who was a great coffee user, found
himself growing more and more nervous
and was troubled at times with dizzy
spells His wife suffered with nausea
and indigestion, also from coffee. They
left It OFF and have been using Postum
Food Cofree for some time and are now in
q perfect condition of health Grace
G. NJ, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
Put a piece of butter In the pot the
size OF two peas to prevent boiling over
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
REAL OWNERS QUIET
PAVING ROW SEEMS to- INVOLVE
INSIGNIFICANT TAX
PAYERS
COMPANIES ARE MOST ACTIVE
Heavy Property Holders Have
Shown Very Little Interest in
the Affair, and Complaints
Are Exaggerated.

OF the dozen or more officials who are
boldly rushing into print to show that st
Paul is losing thousands of dollars in
not accepting the present low bids Tor
paving, oddly enough the man who pays
the freight" seems to be the least con-
cerned of all.
At none of the meetings of the city
council has the property owner been an
interested or indignant listener, while TO
some of the members of the. two bodies
he has expressed the hope that the fight
will last all summer" Paving on mis-
particular street means a goodly separa-
ton from a possibly limited bank &C
count, and while acknowledging that the
Improvement is a needed one, he is hap
py when contentious arise and the bank
account separation is delayed.
Certain Marshall avenue residents with
a hope of impressing the council have
called a mass meeting of property owners
for Monday evening to protest against
throwing out the bids, but property OWL
ers who are concerned directly i'll the I'M
provement are expected to be present in
limited numbers.
This DISTINGUISHED state of affairs seems
to be apparent among the property own
ers on nearly every street involved in the
present controversy. Any Indignation
shown is generally manifested by those
happen to have little interest at stake.
PAVING COMPANIES INTERESTED.
Aldermen generally say that there is a
demand for asphalt and they have been
asked to advocate it if possible. Aid.
Denny says that despite the fact that he
voted to pass the final order for paving
South Wabasha street, he was censured
by a number of property owners the fol-
lowing morning, they wanting asphalt in
stead.
Aid. Dobner, the leader of the opposI-
ton in the council against the awarding
Of the bids unless the indemnity resolu-
ton Is passed, visited City Engineer
Claussen yesterday and advocated a re-
advertisement for bids, the new specifica-
ton to have incorporated in them the
terms of the council resolution, but Mr..
Claussen was obdurate and refused to
sanction the scheme.
He promised, however, to use the resolu-
ton on other streets and give it a trial
If the present bids were accepted, but Mr..
Dobner was equally as determined and
announced that no bid would have his ap-
prevail unless it was based on the resolu-
ton.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
SHOT HIS FRIEND DEAD.
MistoOk Guest for Burglar and
Killed Him.

BRATTIEBORO, Vt, July 19-Awak-
ening between 2 and o'clock this morn
ing to find himself in the grasp of a
man, Morton Starr Cressy a Harvard
law student, who is spending the summer
here, struggled until free, and snatching
revolver from the bureau, fired four
shots at his assailant. On lighting his
lamp he was Mortified to find that he
had shot his friend and classmate, Sid
ney Bristol, of Battle Creek, Mich, who
came here yesterday as a canvasser, and
was invited by Cressy to stay over night
at the house of his grandmother, Mrs
T. Starr, in this city.
Bristol lived only long enough to gasp
you have shot your friend"
1t is believed that Bristol while in a
nightmare, took hold of Cressy Cressy
said that he thought he was being at
tackled by burglar and fired as soon
as he was free The young men were
each about twenty-four years of age.
They graduated from Yale in 1900 and
entered the Harvard law school last
fall.
Physicians who examined Bristol found
that both shots had taken effect, one
III the shoulder and the other in the alb
domen.
The Cressy family is wealthy and
prominent. Mr.. Starr died some years
ago. Young Cressy, who often has been
visitor here, has not been arrested.
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WINS ONCE FAMOUS
WITH TINE sioux

Gov. Van SAINT received a call yesterday
morning from Mrs. Maggie Brass, q
Sioux Indian woman, of the Kaposia
tribe, whose Indian name is Snana, and
who became distinguished during the In
dian outbreak of 1862 through her friendli-
ness to the whites, and who has received
honorable mention in various histories
of this state. The Indian woman was
accompanied in her call at the capitol
by Mrs. William Schmidt, of this city,
white woman, whom as a. girl, she saved
from the Indians at the time of the
outbreak and adopted as her own daugh-
ter
The files of the state historical society
contain a small pamphlet book which
gives a brief biography of Snana and
the narrative of the episode mentioned
above, as written by the Indian woman
herself, for she received a good education
in her youth and had embraced Chris
tianity before the time of that occurrence.
She relates in simple and quaint English
how she purchased the little white child
Mary Schwandt, from iaer captor, whom
she describes as one of the ''bad Indians"
and adopted her to take the place of her
own child whom she had lost. This
child she was often obliged to conceal in
a hole dug in the ground within her tee
pee and covered with poles and mats to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
SHIP STOCK NORTH
THEIR CATTLE INTO
WISCONSIN
NO WATER OR FEED AT HOME
Omaha Railroad Will Tender Them
Use of Thousands of Acres of
Fertile Grazing Lands
Along Its Lines.

Mr. E. O. Armstrong, prominent
stockman of Northeastern Missouri, arriv-
ed in ST. Paul yesterday and conferred
with the general freight department of
the Omaha railway with view of ar
ranging for the shipment Of train loads
of stock from his country to the grass
district of Northern Wisconsin He told
some pitiful tales of the conditions in
his ne.ghborhood, where the farmers are
cutting down trees in order that the sto k
may feed from their branches. Water is
so scarce as to command a high price,
and in one instance a farmer owning l25
head of cattle paid a neighbor who was
fortunate enough to have pond, $40
for watering his stock once
Years ago in cases of extreme drought
farmers would usually unload their stock
at sacrifice prices in the Kansas City
and Chicago markets when they found
that feed and water were not to be pro-
cured in sufficient quantities to tide over
the winter season. The extreme drought
in the Middle and Southern states of the
Mississippi and Missouri valleys has
brought about a desperate condition
among the stock ratSers and the fact that
they have come North for the purpose
of shipping their cattle into a region of
plentiful grass and water shows that
they have made a great Improvement in
business methods.
These stock raisers find 1t cheaper to
ship the cattle to Northern Wisconsin,
where thousands of acres of clover and
timothy grass lands are gong to waste
and where water is a very abundant COM
modify, than to sacrifice them at a small
price in a summer market, their idea be-
ing that the cost of two or three dol
lars per head for shipping stock to this
Northern country will enable them to sell
the stock in the st. Paul or Chicago mar
kets in October or November at a much
greater profit.
The Omaha railway people have taken
a keen interest in the matter and are
now arranging with the owners of largo
tracts of wild land along their line in
Northern Wiscons'n for the practically
free use of this land for grazing pur-
poses. This matter is of great impor-
lance to those interested in the develop
ment of Northern Wisconsin as a stock
raising district and of St Paul as the
great cattle market of the Northwest and
no better advertisement of this country
can be had than the fact that while the
great stock regions of the Middle and
Southw estern states are burning up un-
der extreme heat and drought, Wisconsin
and the Northwest as a whole is enjoy
ing as prosperous a season as they have
ever known.
The abundant rains of this seasan have
caused grass to grow in the widest pro
fusion. Timothy, white and red cloveV
and blue grass is found everywhere in
the So-called burnt-over districts and will
prove a godsend to the stock men of the
South and Southwest should they take
advantage of the opportunity thus af-
forded them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
WILL GOVERN SMOKE
EDWIN II. MONTGOMERY MADE Of
FICIAL SMOKE INSPECTOR
Police Commission Creates the Office
and Goes on Record AS OPP
posed to Alleged
Consumers.

Edwin H. Montgomery will hereafter
be known as the official smoke inspector
of st. Paul He was appointed yester-
day by the police commission, and as
salary will receive $50. SO a month.
On the pay roll of the commission he
will be known as a special officer and
his duties will be to prevent, if possible,
the emission of dense smoke from the
factory and apartment mouse chimneys
throughout the city. His police powers
will assist him in summariy abating
the nuisance in case his proffered as
sistance is refused or not followed
Mr.. Montgomery's appointment was
made by resolution, and in the act Great
ing his office was incorporated the state
ment that education alone would abate
the nuisance. The board in it's passage
went on record as being opposed to the
use of patent devices known as smoke
consumers, or any act that would make
their installation compulsory
Both Mayor Smith and Dr. Ohage nave
been informed by experts that dense
emission of smo--e is due to improper
firing and carelessness on the part OF
those in charge. 1t is claimed that if
a fair grade of coal~s used and the same
properly distributed in the furnace the
amount of smoke will be small
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
More Bustnes, I'm siabt

Articles of Incorporation were filed yes
terday with the secretary of state by tho
following companies:
North Star State Manufacturing COM
pany, of Minneapolis; capital stock $50. O0e
Incorporators, Henry A. Feltus John I.
Gillick, George B. Leonard, all Of Min
neapolis.
w. P. Devereaux Elevator company, of
Minneapolis; capital stock $50, 600 In
corporators: William P. Devereaux Min
neapolis; Jesse e. Sims, Worthington;
Annette K. Devereaux, Minneapolis.
w. P. Devereaux company, of Mime
tors; William P. Devereaux Emil B.
Carlton, Charles T. Redfield and Annette
K. Devereaux, all of Minneapolis, and
Daniel r. DeWolf, st. Paul.
Sanitary Construction and Manufacture
ing company, plumbing, of ST. Paul;
capital stock, $4,000 Incorporatore,
George KEGS, Raymond G. O'Malley ana
John A. KEGS, all Of ST. Paul.
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save her from being murdered by the
Indians.
snana, whose name, in English signifies
tlnkling, was born at Mendoza in
1859. She was member of the Kaposia
tribe of Sioux Indians who made their
nome at that time on the west side of
the Mississippi about four miles below
st. Paul. She was married when but
nfteen years of age to Wakeah Washta-
GOOD ThundeT~-and soon afterward went
with her tribe to the reservation on the
upper Minnesota river, where she was at
the time of the foutbrak From there
she went to Smelling, after delivering the
little child, Mary Schwandt, to the SOL
dlers' and from Fort Smelling she went
TO Faribault, where she lived for some
tl1ne. Later she went to the Santee
agency in Nebraska, which is her home a.
present. AS girl she attended a school,
near near MENDOZA, taught by Miss Jane VII
nans' and at the Santee agency she was
employed at tne agency school. At that
pace she married Charles Brass. and
indian She lost track Of her ay1onted
daughter for nearly thirty years. but now
that she has found her again. she makes
II practice to visit her about every two
years. wv
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
FORGED THEIR CHECKS
TWO SWINDLERS FLEECE MER-
CHANTS At ST. ANTHONY PARK.

A pair of rather sllillful shyster forgers
piled their craft successfully out at ST.
Anthony Park yesterday. AS a result, j.
B. Price, grocer at 1856 Hampton ave-
nue., and Allen Bros, grocers. 1913 Ray
mond avenue, are minus each about 50
worth of groceries and the difference be-
tween So and $14 in cash. The forgers
are unknown.
During the afternoon each of the gro
Gerry stores was entered by man who
ordered something like SO worth of goods,
and in each case a check for $14 was
handed the merchant. The man was
handed back his change in both in
stances and was not seen again OF
course, the goods had to be delivered.
For several hours during the hot, dreary
afternoon two industrious delivery boys
secured st. Anthony Park for the num-
Der of the houses given by the forgers,
but in vain. There were no such num-
bers on the list and the best that the
grOcers could do was to keep their goods
and the checks and report the matter
to the central police station.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-20
ICE MAN WINS SUIT
JUDGE KELLY SAYS THE PEOPLES
COMPANY CAN CONTINUE
CUTTING
WATER LEVEL NOT LOWERED
Gen. John b. Sanborn Endeavors to
Restrain Taking of Ice
From White Bear
Lake

An interesting and breezy decision was
rendered by Judge Kelly yesterday en- the
subject or 1ce,s and as cold storage prop
osltlons coming up at this particular tine
when the mercury is dangerously near
the hundred point, it is safe to say that
his findings will be coneurred in by every
one in the community
The case is that of Gen John B Sam
born against the Peoples Ice company,
and the action was brought to restrain
the companyffrom cutting ice on White
Bear lake en- the grounds that 1t was
lowering the level of the water.
In the first place, the case came before
Judge Brill on a demurrer to the COM
plant interposed by the Ice company,
Which was sustained. Judge Brill found
that even If the company cut $1,000 tons
of ice year, as alleged, it would not ma
terlaly effect the lakes level The case
was appealed to the supreme court, the
judges being divided, three of them over
ruling Judge Brill and the other two
agreeing with him.
The case was sent back for trial and IN
his decision Judge Kelly agrees with
Judge Brill and judgment is ordered in
favor of the defendant
In his findings the court holds that tie
commercial taking of ice becomes I'M
lawful only when it is taken in such guam
titles as to materially reduce the natural
level
Proceeding, the court finds:
LEVEL NOT AFFECTED.
THE plaintiff owns property on tho
shore of the lake with all the rights and
riparian privileges that pertain to such
ownership. For twelve years the ice COM
pany has cut an average of $500 tons of
Paul.
The lake reached it's lowest level in
between
reached normal high water, and since
then has again receGed Since 1880 there
has been in front of Gen. .Sanborn's prop
erty consid erable recession of the water
and accret1on to the land, causing some
inconvenience and damage to the riparian
owners. Such damage has resulted from
natural causes and in q slight degree
from the taking of water and ice
If all the ice cut by the ice company
IN Twelve years were returned to the lake
as water, including the evaporation Oc-
casioned by the ice cutting. it would not
change the level of the lake by more
than One-haf an inch.
The damage caused to riparian owners
by the lowering of the lake one-half Of
one inch in twelve years is not capable
of calculation or estimation.
In memorandum Judge Kelly ia
cetiously says:
1T requires no argument these torrid
days to convince one that Ice, even IN
Minnesota, is not mere luxury but a
necessity of life. Nor, under the same
conditions, is it debatable that, to those
who may afford it, a cottage by some
beautiful lake is desirable possession.
The fortunate few at the lakeside ought
to be reasonably protected in the eniov-
ment Of their holdings, together with the
water, and the sky above them, but what
Of the sweltering thousands chained by
circumstances to the hot and dusty
toWn?''
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City comptroIIer,s Office.
CONTRACT WORK.
Grade the Alley In Block 81, Kilt
sons Addition.

Grade the Alley In Block 81, Kilt
sons Addition
Office OF the Board of Public Works,
City of St. Paul, MINI, July Ii, 1901.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the
corporation Of the City Of st. Paul, Min
2 2. m. on the 18th day Of July. A. D.
1901. for grading the alley in block thirty
two CD. Kittson's addition, In said city,
according to plans and specifications on
file in the office Of said board.
A bond with at least two CD sureties in
a sum Of at least twenty (SO) per cent.
or certified check on bank Of ST. Paul
in q sum Of at least ten QW per cent.
of the gross amount bid, must accom-
pany each bid. Said check shall be made
payable to the Clerk Of said Board.
Said Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
2. Q. HAMMER.
President
OfHciaI: G. H, BRONSON.
Clerk Board Of Public Works.
July 1219Q1-l0t.