The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-08
PRESIDENT MEETS
OLD RANCHER
FRIENDS
Revisits Scenes of Earlier
Days in North Dakota
Meets Indian Chiefs With
Whom He Had Dealings
Long Ago = Parade and
Speech at Fargo.

| MANDAN, N. D., April 7.-Presiz
dent Roosevelt has been travelling
through a familiar country today and
| has received hearty greetings wher-
| ever his train stopped. At many places
| he recognized old friends and from his
| conversation il is evident this has been
one of the most enjoyable days of his
trip. At Fargo, jamestown and Bis
marck he made stops of from half an
hour to an hour and discussed the
| conditions in the Philippines, the tar
| if and the general prosperity of the
country is enjoying. Stops also were
made at Casselton, Tower, Valley City,
| the home Of Gov. White; Dawson,
Dickinson and Medora.
AT Bismarck the president was in
| troduced to a number of Indian chiefs,
! some of whom had fought against
| Custer. He traded with two of these
| Indians eighteen or twenty years ago
and he instantly recognized them. The
! chiefs presented an address and pipe
of peace to the president, who had a
| few words of greeting and thanks for
| each man. The most interesting cere-
mony of the day occurred at Medora,
| where the president at one time owned
a ranch and which was his postoffice
! address sixteen years ago when he was
| sheriff of Billings county. Medora is
small place, but the ranchmen from
| the surrounding country had come
into town and they gave the president
! a truly Western reception. Joe Ferris,
who was the presidents old foreman,
| and his brother, S. NJ. Ferris, met the
president at Bismarck and rode with
him to Medora.
Speech at Fargo.
At Fargo there were a parade and
drive about the city. The president,
at the opera house, gave an address
on THE Philippine Islands and the
Army" in which he substantially re-
peated some of his previous utterances
on this subject. His opening words
were:
The Northwest, whose sons in the
Civil war added such brilliant pages
to the honor roll of the republic, like
wise bore a full share in the struggle
of which the war with Spain was the
beginning; a struggle slight indeed
when compared with the gigantic
death wrestle which for four years
stamped to and fro across the South
ern states in the Civil war; but a
struggle fraught with consequences to
the nation, and indeed to the world,
out of all proportion to the smallness
of the effort upon our part.
Three and a half years ago Presi-
dent Mckinley spoke in the adjoining
state of Minnesota on the occasion of
the return of the Thirteenth Mime
sofa volunteers from the Philippine
islands, where they had served with
your own gallant sons of the North
Dakota regiment"
The president then quoted words
spoken by President Mckinley on that
occasion.
Exchanges Greetings With Indians
BISMARCK, N. D., April 7.-Stand-
ing in the private Office of Gov. White.
at the state capitol, this afternoon.
President Roosevelt received the as
surance of the friendship and support
of the great Sioux Indian tribe. and
similar assurances from chiefs of the
Mandans, Arackarees- and eros Ven
tres. Twenty of the most distinguish
ed chieftains of the tribes had come
from their agencies to see the great
father" and assure him Of their sup
port and good will. There were many
famous Indians in the assembIage.
John Grass, the orator and chief JUS
tice Of the Sioux, made the presenta-
ton Of the tribes good will in q trans
lation of the address which had been
| agreed upon In council of the chiefs
At the same time Grass presented the
| president a peace pipe of beautifully
carved pfpestone in token of the good
viii and friendship of the Indians.
Among the chiefs present were Red
ToWahawk, the Indian who killed Sit
ting Bull at the time of the uprising
n bn a. IOr,l ";
hereditary leaders of the Sioux; Black
Bull Standing Bear. Crow Ghost, Cross
Bear and other Sioux chiefs
I'VE have been treated we'll by the
good great father" said Grass, land
we hope he will again be great father
| when his time is over"
Water, chief of the Mandan Indians
also presented written assurances of
| the good will of his people.
Tell him." said President Roose-
welt through the interpreter, that I
am glad to see him. The Mandan IN
| dams have always done WE'LL
Then the wrinkled old chieftains
grasped the presidents hand and SOL
EMMY grunted their approval
Speaks at the Capitol.
| The presidents train reached the
| capital city of the state on schedule
| time, and the president and party were
| Immediately taken through largely
! decorated streets to the capitol Three,
| immense portraits of the president
| were ranged on three sides of the STA
| ton, representing the president at the
| ranch, at San Juan and at the White
| house. At the capital reception was
| held in the private office of Gov.
! White, where the president met and
shook hands with many of the friends
| OF his Western days. Following the re-
| ception, he delivered an address from
the balcony of the capital building to
| crowd of several thousand peonle
assembled from all parts of the Mis-
souri, slope
Il am an old settler of this state"
said the president. Il lived here TWEEN
| ty years ago and feel that I am an old
timer" He expressed his qualification
at seeing so many of the friends of his
| Western days, and said he expected to
see more of his old friends as he con-
| tinued westward. He paid a specfal
| compliment to the veterans of the
! Civil and Philippine wars who were
| present to greet him. He expressed
| his great interest in the growth and
| welfare of the state of North Dakota.
Il know the people of the Vest he
| said. There are two ways to know a
mandy working with him or by fight
| ing with him-and on the ranges there
are men with whom 1 have worked and
with whom 1 have fought"