The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-20

ton. The latter gentleman is the soul of
good nature, and is withal the joker Of the
party-but there IS lone on him. which
his St. Paul friends will be amused, to
hear Of.
The first two days after the arrival of
the party was spent in tramping through
the woods, breathing in the pure ozone of
the pines. On the third day, the gentle
men of the party decided to ''stag it, and
have a days outing on the lakes, by their
lonely" They secured boats and went
over to the mouth of Cass river prepared
for days sport angling. :: This is the
season when the pike, pickerel and perch
bite at almost ANY old thing as it is
but a few weeks before they take to the
deeper water for the winter All three
gentlemen are experts with the reel, and
they did some fine casting, but most Of the
big string Of pike which they secured
were caught with a bamboo pole and
straight line.
At noon they rowed to shore and spread
their lunch on the sandy beach. - Mason
| related some tall yarns concerning the
! large catches he had made, and, finally
| told of the battle of Sugar Point, wherein
a number Of Uncle Sans soldiers were
killed by the Indians. He ventured the
! assertion that the reds were not so peace
| ably inclined as was generally supposed,
| and that they would again make trouble.
| as they (the Indians) were of the opinion
| result Of the Sugar Point battle. After
playing a game Of cards. it was proposed
to have nap, and the three rolled them
selves in their blankets and lay down on
the beach for a "siesta." They had slept
! about half an hour, when there was a
! commotion in the brush and such yelling
as, Mason declares, he never heard be-
! fore. The boys awoke, to find a crowd of
Indians, Enthusiastically arrayed and painted
were swooping down on them, whooping
like demons. Mason gave one terrified
look and started for his boat He gave
"a jump and landed with both feet on the
! bottom of the craft, going clear; through
| But that did not retard his movements
any. He leaped into the river, disappear
ing from sight. He swan under the water
Gas he afterwards explained, to keep his
| head from being a target for Indian bull
| lets) to the, opposite shore, where he
climbed the bank and disappeared In the
woods. Thatcher and Koehrman accosted
the Indians, who responded with the US
| ual 'Bijou.'' 49, 90.
a-gon-in- aeon -guk," quoth the
first Of the Indians to arrive on the
| scene. -.... ..-a
This was unintelligible to Thatcher, who
shook his, head. by way Of reply. -
| "Son-a-guk,' again from the Indian.
Thatcher again shook his head; and
| then ensued pantonaime that would have
been going yet, had not Ben Roy, one Of
| the Indian policemen, who understands
English, happened along. Zen soon ex-
fplained what brought the Indians there,
and why they were arrayed in such war
like raiment. 1t appears that they were
going to give a sham battle on Oct. s,
the anniversary of the. battle of Sugar
Point, and were rehearsng some of the
more exciting scenes when they dis
turbed the nap of Thatcher, Koehrman
and Mason. A diligent search was made
for Mason, but although the opposite
shore was gone over thoroughly, he could
not be found, and Thatcher and Koehrman
returned to town. 2--
The first person they met, when they
returned to the hotel was Mason, who
was taking something to quiet mis-
nerves, and telling the guests at the hotel
of his narrow escape. Matters were ex-
planned to him, but it was difficult to
make him believe that he was not up
against the real thing in the way Of an
Indian outbreak. He carries a pocketful
of cigars now, and cheerfully keeps his
friends supplied with all the necessaries
Of the commissary department;'as bride
for their silence in the matter.
It appears that Mason saw q; fisherman
as he emerged from the woods after run
ming half of mile, and hired him to
l row him to the boat landing.