The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26

wanderers still live with the seven chill dren who survived.
 The younger generation has intermar- ried with the Menomenees, the tribe which once fought with the Winnebagoes for the possession of Wisconsin. His children are rated on the government register as Menomenees, the old chiefs identity as an Onondaga having been sunk in the 5000 Indians of the Menome- nee tribe among whom he Is a central figure.
 Some odd stories are told of both these chiefs.
 With their apparent civilization is blended a trace of the old savage and the combination brings startling results at times.
 Both are wealthy from the standpoint of the average farmer. Chief Omon- Gwat-Go owns his allotment and by cut ting and selling the timber which covers his land he has managed to acquire a bank account of it is said s1500o. Chief Istalka Is rated as one of the AGO of the Menomenee reservation. The possession of the only hotel in Keshena, the reser- vation metropolis the operation of a farm and the cutting of timber In distant parts of the reservation combined have given him a competence of possibly $40,- O00
 BuI like ms SIlll more Iofluldle ftSfT- vation friends, whose fortunes are rated in six figures. he has no appreciation of the value of money and no adequate idea of the pleasures which could be derived from judcious expenditure from part of his bank account.
 One way in which Istalka is said to add to hs possessions is by officiating as reservatio detective, Should an un- wary white visit the reservation with q bottle of firewater concealed in his jeans Big Dave" Is always ready to make a capture. And the fees which he receives for taking his prisoner to Milwaukee to the federal court mount up even more rapidly than those of a country constable whose living depends on his ability to fig ure out an expense account
 Big Dave" Is jailer ais well as chief of police and detective. The Keshena jail is a ramshaekle structure. but bars of steel wire would be sufficient to- keep the ordinary Indian prisoner captive The idea of restraint breaks his spirit When it comes time for meals there Is an odd procession from the jail to Big Daves' hotel Big Dave" leads the way down the village street Behind him, one after another, come. the priso- ners, none of them manacled. Whether 1t is their fear of Big Daves" prowess with a revolver. or the savage code of honor, which forbids an attempt to es- cape, can be guessed. Big Dave" shot one man dead who tried to break from his care in a noon march from the jail to his prison dinner at the Istalka hotel.
 Big Dave" is a music lover. and noth- Ing is more entrancing to his semi-savage ear than the blare of trombone. And it was through the prowess of a Milwau- kee newspaper man who was able to lead the reservation band through the strains of Annie Laurie that the only known derelction from duty of Big Dave" was noted. After hearing the Indian band played by the paleface reporter-musician he allowed each of his white visitors to take pull from a black bottle and joined with "prosit' to the crowd from the same black bottle. And that time there was no arrest
 Cornelius Hill. Istalka's brother chief is also lover of band music. His brother Andrew Is leader of the Oneida reservation band.