The news & observer., 1905-08-06
Statue of Lewis and
CIark's Girl Pilot.
THE ROOSEVELT CABIN
A Glimpse OF the Golden State and its
Golden Gate. Query; Has Any Ad.
ventuous Tar Heel Yet Taken
Up His Abode in
Mars?
Mars
b. MARION T. PLYLER.

many objects of more than passing
interest To me one of the most in
interesting is the statute of Sacajomea
the Indian woman who plated Lewis
and Clark safely through the perils of
that vast wilderness as they led the
vanguard of civilization across a con-
tinent. The story runs thus: AT the
age of 13, she, the daughter of a
Shoshone chief, was stolen by the Da-
kotas and carried into their own
country They sold her to French
fur-trader, named Charboneau, who
made her his wife. promising her that
she should some day visit her people.
She was 1S years old when Lewis and
Clark erected their winter quarters in
what is now Dakota. Seeing that they
were I'm need of a guide, the little
Frenchman informed his wife that this
was her opportunity. So the little
bird woman" named this by her
tribe because of her gift in song, came
forward to aid the pioneers. In the
spring of 1905 they came into the land
of the ShoshoneS, and in the western
part of what is now Idaho they came
across the tribe from which she had
been stolen five years previous. One
of the old women recognized her, and
her relatives tried to persuade her to
abandon the party and remain at her
old home. butSacajomea was true blue
and pressed on toward the Pacific.
At the head-waterS of the Columbia
the whole party was on the verge of
death at the hands of Indians, led by
her own brother. Through her in
tervention the wrath of the Shoshones
was stayed and their friendship sec
cured, so that runners were sent far
.1e, 6n a " o.
others not to molest the travellers.
Finally they reached the Pacific and
wintered at the rude post Clatsop. To
the Chinouk Indian women of that sec
ton, Sacajomea was an object of Su-
preme curiosity. She had a white man
for husband a little half-breed boy,
Joussant, for son and acted as guide
for a large band of white men.
Doubtless in another century all the
Oregon country will have descended
from Sacajomea after the fashion of
Virginians from PocahontaS. Be that
as it may, the figures with outstretch-
ed hand, uplifted chin, holding the
baby boy in true Indian fashion. does
nothing but simple justice to the la
bOrs of one almost forgotten While
mighty empire grew.
Another object of general interest
is the Roosevelt Cabin shown in the
North Dakota exhibit. The cabin was
removed from eight miles souHl of
Medasa, North Dakota, and rebuilt ex-
actly as it stood on the banks of the
Little Missouri river. 1t is 16x32 feet
and has two rooms. Here Theouore
Roosevelt lived three years, spending
his time as cowboy and hunter. This
was his period of roughing it. 1t is
easy to understand his love for the
plains and his sympathy with the great
West, when one enters sympathet1cally
into the life lived in that cabin. With
out doubt these three years did much
to give him teh firm grip he has on the
Western heart. These people view that
rude relic of the plains with much
pride.
But let statues and cabins be put
aside To me the most appropriate of
all the objects on the grounds among
this people who make SO much of the
flag, both at time opportune and in
opportune, and who are eternally
boasting of their wonderful trees, are
the two tall poles, one two hundred
and four feet, the other one hundred
and eighty-four feet from which floats
"Old Glory" One would have TO
make a long journey to find two finer
sticks of timber than these Douglas hrs
of Oregon.
Allow one more incident from
Oregon and we Will leave
Lewis and Clark behind for
the land of Ell Dorado At Ashland,
in Southern Oregon, 1 became inter-
ested i'm "The Old Cider Man" William
Powell has a little rickety hand-cart
from which he has dispensed cider TO
the passengers of the Southern Pacific
for twenty-one years. He makes the
pure stuff of early harvest and Red
Aster. and claims to clear about 500
per day. Men may come and men
h.,f 11a oil lU fC
next train. and is glad to say good
word for his old home, Indiana. His
mention of Indiana led me to ask for
North Carolina stock. Sure enough
he knew some near there. and a man
at my elbow. who moved there from
Texas, said his father went from North
Carolina. | should like to hear from
Mars to know if any had taken up
their abode in that far-off cline
AS / awoke and looked out from the
car window far to the east across the
Sacramento Valley the familiar words,
Golden State" had q new Sign1fl-
canoe. The yellow sky, the ripened
grass and that peculiar glory that
heralds the sunrise. all combined to
rive the effect of old gold. Truly.
California that July morning was the
golden State. even though the days o.
40 are no more. Still I am free TO
confess the thought of being in Brete
Jfart's country thrilled me most. and
l must confess to a sneaking desire
for a brief mingling with the crowd
of Poker Flat But they have gone.
and many of these folks talk about
those early days and fiatter them
selves that they are much civilized l
cannot believe q people far on the
road to culture who ever keep the dol
lars in the foreground and regard the
height of life to consist in gratifying
the physical. If to drink beer and
eternally boast of the biggest on
earth is civilization. then there is
much of it in the West. Even Cali
fornia has several stages yet to go
with all the advance made since the
discovery of gold at Suffers mill jan
uary. 1S4S. Still it must ever be re-
garded with some concern by the Deo-
ple of the East. It's history and its
resources command attention. | shall
net soon forget my first view from