The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Gen. Winfield Scott, after inspecting
the post, suggested In his report to the
war department., the zpropriety OF
changing the name to Fort Smelling as q
just compliment to the meritorious Of
fcer under whom 1t has been erected"
Fort st. Anthony was accordingly re-
christened.
Some time earlier the garrison had
named lake near the Little Falls.
Lake Harriet in honor Of Mrs. (Cel.)
Leavenworth and not in future recog-
milton Of Miss Harriet Bishop. as has
been published.
OF subsequent commanders the most
distinguished was Lieut.. Gel. Zachary
Taylor. commandant from May, 1928,
to July. 1929. "Old Rough and Ready
of Mexican war fame, ultimately presi-
dent, had four daughters. All of them
married In the army. Drs. Randall
and Wood each married one of the
Misses Taylor; Capt. Bliss, a third;
and Lieut.. Jefferson Davis. afterwards
head of the Confederacy. eloped with
the fourth daughter. Col. Taylor was
always present when the young ladies
rec eived visitors
When tattoo sounded the father
would yawn and observe, ct is time
for all honest people to be in bed"
whereupon the suffers We're expectd
to depart
II.
was an artist of national reputation,
who excelled in painting Indian por-
traits. Maj. E. r. S. Candy, command
ant in 1856, proved the hero of Mo-
bile. Lieut.. Col. Francis Lee, 1853
1854, had already gained fame in the
Mexican war.
Early Settlers Who Became Prominent
Not a few early settlers left the fort
to become prominent at st. Paul and
elsewhere. Joseph r. Brown and
James Mcclellan BoaI were drummer
boys with Col Leavenworffls compa-
ny. Mr.. Brown, educating himself,
rose to be an influential editor of the
st. Paul Pioneer. Mr. BoaI, prorni-
nent In his day, was usually called
MeBoal, which error Is perpetuated in
the name OF a local street. Joseph A.
! Mheeioek, the present editor of the
Pioneers successor. arrived at the fort
In civil employment about 1850. He
found Franklin Steele, afterwards of
Minneapolis, an old settler, and Hen
) ry FL. Sibley, the governor -to-be. was
representing the American Fur COM
pany. Mrs. Charlotte Van Cleve, aft
erwards OF Minneapolis, has been
named.
Among the long lIne of distinguished
visitors entertained at the post, Count
BeItrami, the explorer whose name Is
still preserved by a Minnesota county.
appeared IN 1923 on the first steam
boat: George Cattin. the painter of
Indians. arrived in 1888; two years
later Nicollet. the French sayant, was
received at the post; the same year a
much less favorable impression was
made by another visitor. Featherstone-
, haugh. the English geoiogist, and in
1888 came Capt. Marryatt. the British
writer OF adventures.
Still another name. a name that may
live longer in history. connects Fort
Smelling with famous decision of the
United States supreme court. bred
Scott was a slave at the post He be
longed to Surgeon Emerson. From
Maj. TaIiaferro. DR.. Emerson bought
negro girl named Harriet bred and
Harriet were married at the fort in
1885, They had two children, Eliza
and Lizzie. In 1888, when Dr. E1ner-
son was transferred to St Louis, he
sold his four slaves to his brother-in-
law. John f. A. Sanford. The negroes