The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

hunting ground. IneSe were primitive
people, were known as Chippewas in the
forested and lake regions, and Dakotas
o. Sioux On the prairies, They lived in
temporary villages by the lakes, ana
much of the time was spent in warning
upon each other. 1t was all in vain that
this Great Spirit, according to Longfel-
low. had said TO them:
81 have given you lands to hunt in,
have given you streams to fish in,
have given you bear and bison.
] have given YOU roe and reindeer,
] have given you brant and beaver.
Filled the marshes full Of wild fowl,
Filled the river full Of fishes;
Why, then, are We not contented?
Why, then, will We hunt each other?
'I am weary of your quarrels.
Weary of your wars and blooGshed;
Weary of your prayers for Vengeance,
OF your wranglings and discussions.
All your strength is in your union,
All your danger is in diScord;
Therefore. he at peace hence forward,
And as brothers live together.
II these warnings pass unheeded,
Weakened, warning with each other,
You will fall away and perish"
decree.
FIRST WHITE VISITORS.
How long the Indians had occupied the
country is not known, nor wire ice they
came. The first Whit visitors w,re
Frenchmen and they claimed is land
OF the Indians as the territory Of
France, but they never entered into any
occupancy Of ii, and in 1852 it was ce led
to Spain. Neither did 81 ain occupy l.,
or Interfere with the disposition of the
soil. Meanwhile French Canadian
priests, fur traders and adventures
visited the country. In 1909 Spain retro
coded n ~,
sold it to the United States
The same policy that France and Spain
had pursued with reference to the IN
dian possessions of the county was
pursued for Years by the United States.
There was no interference with the In
dian tribes. No part Of the state was
occupied by the United States authori.
ties until 1920, wher Fort Smelling was
built Up to the admission of Mirneso a
as territory in Is 9, the sect eass
of the Mississippi and the reg on west
OF 1t had been under no less -thln a
dozen different territorial jur sdi ions
Indian titles We're from time to time
wiped out by traders until now less than
2000,OOO of the 50O00,0l0 acv es. in the state
belong to the rel mon, and tn Y ii it
ard tend what they have very it'll bet
ter than they did 2O) ago.
MINNESOTA STATEHOOD.
Forty-three years ago yesterday, Mn
ncsota was formally admitted to the,
Union being the twentieth state addel
10 the original thir n. At that time
the entire region had less po ulatioa
than IS found in st. Paul to(ay And
since that May day of 1883 what a trans
formation has been wrought Nav we
not say to ourselves and indeed TO the
people Of the United Sat In tie
Language of holy writ:
see; all they gather themselves together.
my sons from far, and thy daughters at
my side, With multitude of focks and
nerds and silver and gold; and they
who has made a little one to become a
thousand and a small one q strong M
ilon, and FASTENED it in His time and
beautiHed the place and made it glori-
Gus"
Minnesota would not be the name Of
our state if original ideas had prevailed
in congress where it was proposed to call
1t tasca, Chippewa, Jackson, and Wash
ington, and the latter would not have
been inappropriate, inasmuch as in wei
executed maps the eastern boundary
between our state and Wisconsin car
I1es the profile of a face and likeness to
mat OF the father of his country An
other singular outline Is that of the Mis-
slssippi river forming the part of an out
line Of Uncle Sam, the state of Louisi
ana forming the feet and Minnesota
Sans" hat. Incidentally it may be
interesting also to say that in Thomas
Jef1ersons plan of organizing the North
west territory, ceded by the states TO
the United States, in 1884, the portion
east Of the Mississippi, extending from
the 18th parallel Chat of st. Paul. north
TO the Lake of the Woods shall be called
Sylvania. Had the wishes of Senator
Douglas prevailed when Minnesota was
admitted Mendoza would have been
named as the capital. The senator ar
gued with Gen. Sibley in it's favor. saw
ing that the capitol building standing on
Pilot knob would give a view of the val
leys OF two magnificent rivers, a view
second to no other in the country. Had
the senator's desire prevailed there might
nave been one great city in Minnesota
instead of two.
MANY BEGINNINGS HERE.
In commemoraEing this anniversary
OF Minnesota statehood a peculiar inter
est belongs to our own fair city. Here
were conferred many of the prime fathers
IN the great advance in civilization which
has come to this region Here in was
the beginning of so many first things in
the history of the state, of settlement.
courts, legislatures, newspap ers, schools
banks, religions and charitable work,
railroads, etc. The first governor of the
territory still lives IN our city esteemed
and loved.
The first church in ADMINISTRATIVE lit
tie log chapel of St Paul-stood for MANY
years on Bench street, overlooking
the Mississippi. two blocks from the
G office. The First district school
stood few blocks from the Globe Of
fee, and the first teacher, Judge d. A.
Boxer, and many of his pupils still live
IN the city, and yesterday the venerable
pedagogue and party of his old time
kids took a ride In an automobile to
the state fair grounds to the meeting of
territorial pioneers, the men who In 1919
were so far from anywhere that it took
from March to May 20 to get the news
here that congress had admitted Mime
sofa as a territory, and who. in 1858
heard the news of admission to stale
hood three days after that event had
been declared in Washington. 1t was in
1858 that the nearest railroad, the La