The Cook County herald., 1902-10-25

The society made three reor:re--
ments for those whose names were ~
be cut IN the granite die Of the com =
memorative monument. making the.
list q roll Of honor in all respects.
l. The subjects were to be fullbIood-
$ed Indians. q. They were to have
peen truly loyal to- the whites through
out the entire period of the outbreak.
Hom It's inception, on the 1sts: Of Au--
gust, 1852, until the close of that year.
8. Ihey were to have actually, by per-
sonal effort and in a practical ma,:Eer,
saved the life of at least one white
person
After careful and thorough investi--
gatlon the society decided that the
names OF but five Indians, four men
ana a woman, were, at present. en-.
Titled to the distinction of a position
IN the monuments inscription. The
claims OF scores of others were pre-
sented, but in the society's opinion
they did not meet the full require
ments demanded: They either were
not Indians of full blood, or they were
not truly loyal throughout the war. or
they did not directly save the life Of
white person; indirect service could
were these: Am-pa-tu-to-ki-cha, NAH
za-koo-te-maune or Iron That Shoots
walking, commonly called Little Paul;
Io-Wan-a-ta-ton, Or Face of the Vii.
lage, whose English name was Lo-
renzo Lawrence; Anah-wang- -maune,
or Walks Alongside, whose English
name was Simon, or Simon AnahWang--
maune, and Mah-kah-ta-he-iya-win or.
woman Who Travels on the Ground.
whose English name was Mary
Crooks
or the services rendered by these
Indians the society's pamphlet saws
that among other loyal and important.
services John Other Day led sixty-two
white persons from their imperiled
condition at the Yellow Medicine.
agency through a dangerous route to
Shakopee. His conduct throughout
was faithful, and he rendered prac-.
tical service in many ways.
Little Paul rendered invaluable
service TO the whites by his continu-
GUS and successful efforts to prevent
the massacre of the white captives in
the hands of the hostiles. The IN
dians were divided in sentiment on
this proposition and Paul planned and
promoted their dissensions, divided
and districted their councils, and by
his earnest and spirited speeches Gre
ated public sentiment that led to the
salvation of the wretched prisoners.
Lorenzo Lawrence conveyed from
the hostile Indian camp to Fort Ridge
ly ten persons-Mrs. Jannette E. De
Camp and her three children and Mrs.
Magloire Robidoux and her five, MAX
ing perilous trip down the Min
nesota river in canoes above the YELL
low Medicine to the fort.
Simon Anahwangmanne was faith
full from first to last, especially distin-
gushing himself later in the trouble
by taking from perilous captivity to
freedom white woman and her three
children. From the hostile camp near
Red Irons village he took Mrs. Neu-
mann Cor Newman) German woman,
and her three children to his tepee,
and finally restored them to their
friends. He placed them in his one
horse wagon, and with his son, boy
of twelve or fourteen, named Ka-tah-
te, escorted them in safety to Fort
Ridgely.
Mary Crooks signalized her loyalty
to the whites and her devotion to hu
manity by saving the lives of Mrs.
Urania S. White and her infant son,
Frank B. White, the latter then but a,
few months old. Early in the morn
ing of the second day of the outbreak,
when Mrs. White and her infant we're
helpless captives in the Indian camp,
Mary Crooks sought them out, brought
them to her tepee, and she and her
husband carefully protected them from
harm thereafter, until they were re-
leased by Gen. Sibley's army at Camp
Release. Mrs. White, who now lives
in Todd county, Minnesota, testifes
freely and fully regarding the gener-
! Gus care sc received while in the hands
of this noble woman.
! cat the proper and appropriate time
the name of another Indian woman
will be added to the list above given.
This will be that of Snahnah (Tink-
ling) now Mrs. Maggie Brass of San
tee Agency, Neb. She it was who pur-
chased from her Indian captor a young
white girl fourteen years OF age, Mary
E. Schwandt, and carefully preserved
her from all harm during the six
weeks of her captivity, or until Gen.
Sibley and his army came to Camp
Release. The faithful Snahnah gave
her only pony as the purchase price Of
the poor young captive, whose entire
family, with the exception of young
er brother, had been murdered, and
who was herself in awful peril Mrs.
Brass is yet living, and the society
deemed it fitting to inscribe only the
names of deceased persons on the
monument.
Altogether, the work of the society
is most valuable to Minnesota history
and will be better appreciated as time
passes. There is much other work OF
the same character to be done, and
much more that ought to be done.
Defacing London.
No more completely wanton innova
ton has been made in our time thar