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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

The isolation of Canada is the weak spot
In the plan, and until she has Joined the
other colonies the permanence Of the
project cannot be assured.
The Canadian government seems to
think that the alternative, they are welded
to will satisfy all obligations for which
they are liable. The fact Is overlooked
that formidable combination Of European
powers may work such disaster to Eng
lands navy that it would be unable to
keep the sea, and in that case Canada s
force would count for naught, whereas,
if included in the regular navy at the out
set Of a fight, it might be the means Of
preventing a disaster.
As u. S. Training School,.
The British authorities assign another
| reason for discouraging special Cana
dian force, and it is that the men trained
by Canada, as proposed, would mostly
drift across the border and join the
American navy, just as they form the
mainstay of the American fishing fleet
| to-day. The contention is that the higher
pay and lighter work would be a great
!inducement for them to migrate to the
United States and join the warships there
| in the absence of any imperial obligation
such as binds the Newfoundlanders to the
imperial service. The only remedy for
| this would be to establish the battalion
as an imperial auxiliary, under the same
conditions as Newfoundland's and, fail
ing in this, a disappointment, if not a
| failure, is predicted. The lack of a CEN
| trail authority is recognized by all to be
a decided defect in the scheme, and it
may ultimately transpire that Canada s
! force may be converted into an imperial
corps and utilized accordingly. Mean
while, however, the fact remains that 1t is
| to be organized as a colonial battalion,
and the outcome of the experiment should
not be without interest for the United
States, as we'll as Canada and Great
| Britain r-- ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

completed. AS this must be performed
at the end Of every line, it is very evil
dent that the speed of the operator would
be greatly increased if this task could be
simp1ified. A pneumatic means of accom-
plshing this object has been recently de-
vised and recently patented by James s..
Parmenter 5of Woodstock, Ontorio, Can
ada. BY the use Of this apparatus the
work of shifting the sheet is transferred
from the hands to the feet. The device
consists essentially Of a pneumatic cyl
inder%ssapported on and secured to the car
riage frame and having an arm extending
against the end Of the spacing lever or
crank a piston and hollow rod extending
into the cylinder an air. pump suitably sup
ported, preferably near the floor under
meath the typwriter desk, tubular con-
tnection between such pump and the hol-
low rod extending into the; cylinder and
a sliding pedal having an operative con-
nection to the piston Of the pump
/ AT the end Of each line it is necessary
| for the operator merely to push the sliding
| tfootrest away from him and the carriage
t at once passes across it's bed and at the
same time the spacer is acted upon to
push the copy further along and the work
| is then in position to commence new
line With such device as this 1t would
not be necessary to. remove the hands
from the keyboard for; any purpose and
/ the speed of a writer would be consider
| ably increased thereby.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

experience that it is better for the infirm
no less than for the abe-b bodied to have
the mind occupied. Every summer dur
ing her connection with the Presbyterian
hospital she took parties of children into
the country, and the Improvement in their
physical health and their manifest men
tai development each summer was marked
and gratifying. ----= .f -: ....>. .
This experience led to her present en-
terprise. She is intent on making a place
for this class of hitherto neglected child
rem where they mayshave. a plea and
comfortable home with nursing and medi-
cal or surgical attendance, and also, such
educational advantages as their individ-
ual cases may require. The teachers
will be resident in the building. and in
struction will be given in kindergart rten
work, the grades and high-school studies.
Miss Hill will have accommodations for
about thirty pupils and it would be diff
cult to conceive of a pleasanter place
than the one selected in that beautiful
part of the interurban district, ST. An
t1ony Park, nor a more healthful one,
as it has pure air, good water, and fine
natural and artificial drainage.
Miss Hill has the endorsement of the
best citizens of St. Paul, and lit goes
without saying that her noble enterprise
will be commended and aided by Mime
apolis--a city always quick to recog-
nize good thing and ready and generous
with its patronage.
She still lacks a small amount Of money
to put her building and the grounds in
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

The picturesque old building in st. An
tnony Park, SO long used as girls
school and known Stryker seminary, is
undergoing thoro repairs, and will, 1t is
hoped, this spring be. opened as a school
home for crippled or infirm children, un-
der the name Of 1.-The Como Park School"
Schools for infirm children are, not
quite a new thing even "Out west" for
Minnesota already supports one and in
New York city. where the first one in
this country was instituted only some
five years ago, there are now half. "a
dozen or more. The Como Park school
will differ in some respects from those
now existing. for, whereas, they take as
pupils children discharged from surgical
/ treatment. this school will receive as in
mates children who still need hospital
care, and it will be equipped for the pur-
pose with a staff of nurses as well as
of teachers. Surgeons and physicians
from both cities will be in attendance.
The repairs on the building are we'll
advanced; J. the house has been thoroly
renovated, new porches have been added,
hot-water heating plant put in, hard
wood floors laid. the rooms are freshly
decorated and refurnished, and an ele-
:. vator will help the little men and women
from story2to story. ...
Credit for the inception of this noble
work is due to Miss Helen Grant Hill,
herself woman of experience along hos
pita lines. as for four years she was head
nurse in the Presbyterian hospital in New
York city, and for five years superin-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

intention OF the present party to remain
and trade with them. They first seized
the cable of Chouteau's barge, intending
to first attack the party in which there
were no soldiers, and motioned to Pryor
to go on. This Pryor refused to do, but
seeing the desperate state of affairs, he
urged Chouteau to offer the Indians some
concessions. Finally Chouteau agreed to
leave with them trader and half of the
goods; but the Indians, confident in their
ability to capture the outfit, refused the
offer.
Gun Against Gun.
Meanwhile the chief of the upper vii
lage came on board of Ensign Pryor s
boat and demanded that the Mandan chief
go on shore with him. This request was
peremptorily refused. The Indians now
became insolent and aggressive. They
demanded a surrender Of all the arms and
ammunition. The chief, to whom the me-
dal had been given, threw it on the
ground, and one of Chouteaus men was
strunck down with a gun. Raising gen.
eral warwhoop they fired on the boats,
and on Chouteau and a few of his men
who were on the shore, and then with
drew to a fringe of willows along the
bank some fifty yards back.
Ensign Pryor had prepared himself fol
this contingency and Immediately replied
| with the fire of his entire force. The
willows were more of concealment thar
q protection and the Indians probably
suffered considerably. The contest was
maintained for quarter of an hour, bu
as the number of Indians was SO great a:
! to threaten destruction to his party i
the fight was continued, Pryor ordered
retreat.
'This was difficult thing to execute
| for Chouteau's barge had stuck fast OF
| a bar, and the men were compelled tt
get into the water and drag it for SOM
distance, all the while under. the fire o
the Indians. AT length the boats wer
gotten off and hoated down the current
| the Indians following along the bank an,
maintaining the fight for upward Of al
hour. 1t was not until sunset that tn
pursuit was finally abandoned, and thel
! only on account of the death of one o
the Sioux chiefs, the very man who la
been in Ensign Pryor's boat. He wore
white handgage around his head and thi
mark served to distinguish him among hi
followers, with whom, to the number 9
about forty, he was trying to reach
projecting point which the boats mus
pass. He was singled out by those in tn
boats and instantly killed. His follower
pa thered around him and aha andOne(1s tn
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

perfect condition and it is hoped that
this money may be raised soon that the
school may be opened this fine weather
for the eighteen pupils already enrolled
and waiting to enter. =. -. -.- .
A limited number$:of guaranteed bonds
have been issued in denominations of $50,
$1O0, $3.50 and $500 bearing 4 per cent
interest. These are now offered to the
citizens of Minneapolis as a means to
secure the needed amount to open the
school, Some have been; purchased by
parents for children, others by business
men to assist. the work. .t- =
If a personal word be not inadmissible,
the writer of this article, who knows
whereof she speaks, would plead with the
humane for these citizen children; that
they shall not be compelled to drag out
handicapped youth in mental inactiv-
ity, finally to become charges Of state in
stitutons only because of retarded or
neglected mental training. a.
Charlotte Whitcomb.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
THE TRUE STORY OF BIG WHITE AND HIS TRPT0 WASHINGTON
hIbw tyH HEn@h Nc hE dLUbd d..

of corn, as if for trade but a warrior
rushed forward and slashed the bags with
a knife and the women retreated. What
ever their purpose was they could not
bluff Lisa, who promptly trained his two
swives upon them, when the chiefs hum
bly, apologized for the bad behavior Of
some of the men, for whom they denied
responsibility. Lisa did not stay with
them but few minutes, and hurried along
up stream. This Is Lisa's version of the
affair.
Finding that Lisa had gone without Big
White, altho he had faithfully promised
Secretary Bates that he would take him,
a new expedition was madetup and placed
under command of Sergeant Nathaniel
Pryor who had accompanied Lewis and
Clarke upon their. famous expedition.
Pierre Dorion, acting under the authority
vested in him two years before, had fin
ally got to st. Louis with a party of
Yankton, and the government: had these
people too on its hands. {,
:. Pryor's Expedition.
It was therefore demed best to organize
a military party to take Big White and
the Yanktons home Pryor was given two
nom commissioned officers and eleven men
to handle the Big White enterprise. and a
separate escort under Lieutenant Joseph
Kimball took charge of the Yanktons.
In addition, Pierre Dorior, Jr., had a
trading party of ten men going to the
Yanlztons and Pierre Chouteau had in his
party Of traders thirty two men, making
| in the expedition seventy-two white men
in all. Captain Chittendens account .oi
what followed, which is based on four
letters written by Captain. Clarke and
Nathaniel Pryor, reads:
THE departure from st. Louis took
place late in May, 1907. The expedition
proceeded prosperously. altho very slowly
passing all the lower Sioux bands il
safety: Here Kimball's and Dorion's
parties left the expedition, which now re.
duced to about fifty men, continued the
journey and reached the lower Arickars
village at a. m. Sept. 9. The Indians
fired several guns in the direction of the
boats. Dorion, the Interpreter asked wha
was the matter and they. replied by invit
| ing the. party ashore to obtain a suppl!
of provisions. The hospitatble treatmen
which Lewis and Clarke had received from
these same Indians the year before threw
the party off their guard and the boat
were ordered to land. Here it was Learned
that the Arickaras and Mandans were a
war with each other and that several o
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
A LESSON IN THoUGHTFULNEss.
Youths Companion. 3. !.

If books from public libraries transmit
disease, and if money. may serve as a
medium of contagion-and scientists as
sure that such is the fact-how, ask skep-
tics, shall we account for the immunity OF
library employees who daily handle hum
dreds of books, and bank officials who
come in contact with a great deal OF
money? The answer is that in these cases
the articles are handled in a sanitary way.
Librarians do not wet their fingers from
their mouths to turn other leaves, and
bankers neither hold money between their
lips nor count it after moistening their
thumbs in their mouths. The thought
less people who do these things are the
ones who risk unpl pleasant consequences.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
pursuit Of the boats, which soon passed
out Of sight
First Battle on South Dakota Soil.

pursuit Of the boats, which soon passed
out Of sight"
First Battle OF, South Dakota Soil.
This was the first engagement between
troops Of the United States and the In
dians upon South Dakota SOIL
''.The losses in the conflict were three
Of Chouteau's men killed and seven
wounded, one mortally. Three of Pryor's
men were wounded including the inter-
prefer, Rene Jesseaume.
Ensign Pryor now proposed to Big
White that they attempt to make the rest
of the distance, about three days march
by land, going we'll back from the river
into the prairies, and thus passing around
the hostile Indians. The chief would not
consent on account of the wounded con-
dition of the interpreter and the en-
cumbrances Of their wives and children.
George Shannon, one Of Lewis and
Clarkes men, who was lost while hunting
the horses from Meclxling to Bijou Hills,
was among the wounded in the fight with
the Rees and the Sioux Chief killed by
Pryor's men was old Black Buffalo, the
man who had made Lewis and Clarke
trouble at Pierre, three years before,
when they were going up the river
Expedition Falls.
The return of Pryor and Chouteau to
st. Louis with Big White created a sen
sation thruout the country. Not only had
the American flag been fired upon, but il
was the firm conviction everywhere that
the hostility among the Rees had been
t.incited BY the British and at that period
mo other thing would so greatly excite
America as English interference. With
I out the slightest proof of this charge the
people were ready to declare war; There
was one exception to the general belief
| of English duplicity; that was in the
mind of Pierre Chouteau who could al
ways find a reason for his troubles II
the duplicity of the Spaniard, Manue
Lisa, and in this instance he was M
doubt right. To every suggestion of Eng
lish interference he replied: 'This is
trick of Manuel Lisa. His boats passed
| in safety, why not ours?''
Thus ended the first attempt to re
! turn Big WhiteS'to his people. Ensig,
Pryor expressed the opinion that it woult
require a force Of not less than 400 mel
1 to accomplish the expedition with tn
temper of the Indians as it then was.
At any rate Big White was still in ST
Louis and the government had upon it
hands the responsibility of getting hin
/ home, So far as the record diyulges tn
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

year 1908 was spent in pondering upon
the problem, for when 1909 came, Big
White was still the guest OF his great
father at st. Louis, and the officials were
properly worried about what was to be
done with him.
The Second Attempt.
Manuel Lisa, with his usual facility for
squirming out Of tight places, got back
to st. Louis in August, 1908, with his
scalp intact, and the reports he brought
back were so glowing that the business
men Of st. Louis fiocked to join him in a
company to trade up the Missouri. Thus
was formed the Missouri Fur company,
which was to be SO important factor in
the trade Of Dakota county and beyond,
Even Pierre Chouteau, probably feeling
that he could not be worse off associated
with Lisa, than in competition with him.
became a leading partner in the new
company.
| The first act Of this company was to
enter into contract with Merriweather
Lewis, then governor Of Louisiana terri
tory. on the part Of the United States
flor safely transporting to his tribe Big
White and his family. The company by
this contract agreed to engage 125 men
Of whom 40 should be Americans and ex-
pert riflemen, to constitute body of
militia Of the territory of Missouri. for
the specific purpose of escorting the Man
l udI CQ1eI nome, dlCeE WHICH Iney were TO
| be discharged. The force was to be
equipped suitably with firearms of which.
there should be not less than fifty rifles.
The command of the escort was assigned
to Pierre Chouteau. The start from st.
Louis was fixed for April 20 1909, and
might not be delayed beyond May 10, un-#
der a penalty of $4,000. The compensation
agreed upon for this service was $1,000,
one half to be paid on the date of starting
and the remainder when a report was
received of the completion of the jour-
ney. E
Big White at Home.
The expedition got through without
mishap. The Rees were tickled to death
to see them, and fairly exhausted them
selves in hospitality. They reached the
Mandans on Sept. "a, and Big White was
finally at home.
i The Lewis and Clarke expedition cost
! the government $1,000. How much the
government invested in Big White has
never been computed. However, the ex-
pensive effort on the part of the govern
ment to carry out its contract was COM
\ mendable and made an excellent impress
sion upon the Indians.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

d When Lewis and Clarke were coming
back from the trip to the Pacific coast in
the summer of 1906. they induced a Man
dan chief, Shahaka by name. known to
the French as GroS Blanc and to the
: Americans by the English translation, Big
White, to return with them and visit
Washington. Big White was a somewhat
remarkable man. He was about 81 years
of age. was six feet ten inches high, and
his hair was as white as the hair Of an
albino, popularity of some types of the
Mandan. His great height and his hair
5 Scompanied by his wife and one infant son
.and his interpreter. French halfbreed
named Rene Jesseaume, and wife and two
children.
In their journal Lewis and Clarke relate
the circumstance of the embarkation of
his royalty. They were particularly any
ious to take back with them representa-
! tive men from the several Missouri river
tribes, but the Mandans and Minnetarees
We're reluctant to allow any of their men
to go thru fear of the Rees and Sioux,
thru whose country they would be COM
pressed them hard to send a representa- :
tive and finally the chiefs presented a
young man, a notorious thief and general
bad character. = r.
Big Whites Sacrifice.
70. captain Clarke reproached them FOR OF
fering such a man as their representa- tive
8 to the great father, but old Black Cat, the
chief. said that the risk was great that
they dared not chance a better man.
Finally Big White, in spirit of self
flee, offered to go. His going was to
prove an interesting event in the history
T. of South Dakota The captains entered
: into an engagement with Black Cat to
take Big White to Washington and at the
close of his visit to escort him back safely
Ito his home The journal says:
I'VE dropped down to the village of Big
White attended by all the Indian chiefs
who went to take leave Of him. We found
him surrounded by his friends,- who sat
in circle smoking, while the women were
crying. He Immediately sent his wife and
son on board, accompanied by the in
terpreter and wife and two children; and
then, after distributing among his. friends
some powder and ball. which we had Civ
en- to him, and smoking a pipe with u.s.
went with us to the river side. The whole
village crowded about us and many of the
people wept aloud at the departure of the
chief. AS Captain Clarke was shaking
hands with the principal chiefs of all the
villages. they requested that he would sit