Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-10-27
STORY ] or |. BAD B. Il BOY !

The Indian Chief Well
Known 10 Old
Settlers -
The following very interesting story
of Bad Boy, second chief Of the Chip
pewas, written by Mrs. Mary Brewer,
appeared In the Long Prairie Leader
last week:
want to tell the people of Todd
county that we had some coed Chip
pewa Indians among us during the
terrible days Of the Sioux massacre
in 1869. Chief Pug ma ge -shiek or
Hole -the-day, head chief of the
Chippewas was bitter enemy of the
whites and some time elapsed before
we knew We were safe from his MUIR
derous hate. All the soldiers at Fort
Ripley had been ordered away except
| sixteen soldiers left there to guard the
fort and military stores. The other
| soldiers had been ordered south to
| fight in the great civil war then rag
ing. Hole-in- the Day, being an edu-
Gated Indian, knew all about the war
and when he learned that the fort was
left with but handful OF eoldiers to
guard it, he gathered together the
mem cers of his band and made ar
rangements to capture the fort on
certain night in September 1869.
This was just after the Sioux had
broken out. His plan was to arm bis
band and massacre all the whites
west OF the Mississippi river that he
conld while the Sioux were elaugter~
| v1n $h@
part Of the state
Fort Ripley was situated on the
west bank of the Mississippi river in
the northeast corner of Todd county
as then constituted and Hole-in- the
day and his band could silently float
down the river in their birch canoes
and take the fort almost without
blow.
Chief Bad Boy had learned their
plans, gathered his family and loved
ones and fled to the fort and gave
| warning Of what was oeing planned.
An express was sent Gov. Ramsey.
| our war governor. Of the danger to
the settlers in the northern part OF
the state not only from the Sioux buc
also FROM part Of the Chippewa band
Orders were at once given to rush
soldiers to the rescue Of Fort Ripley.
Teams were taken by force, loaded
and sent forward with orders to pro-
&c ed as fast as possible Ny Oldest
! son, being at Watab. six miles abov~
st. Cloud, his team was taken and be
went with 1T, making very good time
to the fort. The night came for the
attack, but Hole-int heday missing
Bad Boy ard having spies out, knew
T. that the fort was now filed with sol.
diers and did not make the attack.
j Thus we we're saved from his bloody
hands The governor sent up CON-
mission of gentlemen to form a treaty
| of peace with Hole-in- the-day and
they succeeded and peace was restored
to u.s.. The report went through the
country that Hole-in-the-dav had
made treaty with Little Grow, the
Sioux leader, to join him in the raid
against the whites and that Hole-in-
the-day was to have the city Of st.
Paul to raid for his share of the
booty after the whites had been MUIR
dered or driven away. Whether it
was true or not, cannot say, but the
report did not make the settlers who
had remained feel very comfortable.
Bad Boy remained at the post until
at Gull lake above Crow Wing.
When the Sioux outbreak occurred,
We were living on our farm on
Round Prairie and we remained
there three weeks after the first mas
sacre: Then it was getting go danger
Gus that Mr.. Brewer determined to
leave and so we went to Sank Centre
| through ten miles Of heavy timber
N a he l.
dian signs.
We got through safely and then
commenced our wanderings. For two
years we did not have a settled
home. 1 was weary and wanted once
to be in my own house. I told my
husband I was going home if I was
killed the next hour, 80 on the 18th
Of March 1884. we returned quietly to
Round Prairie where We lived quietly
all summer. The month of Novem Der
came. when one day the door opened
and In walked an Indian and his wife.
He gave Mr.. Brewer some papers to
read and when he had finished, I read
them and We both welcomed to our
house with great joy the noted chief
Bad Boy. He was stately di9nihed
Indian, with benevolent countenance
~ee~s :" vsssAAAs 4AANAAA0A tO"a1u LQo
whites who liked him, but everyone
almost was afraid of Indians in Min
nesota in those days. BAD Boy made
his camp in the woods on the west
side Of Round Prairie and stayed until
it was time to make sugar. Late In
the spring he came back with part of
his band and they put up their tepees
around our house. They planted
corn, beans and potatoes for their
own use and our house was open to
them both day and night.
Bad Boys family consisted Of his
wife, Nena, his daughter and two
sons, Watena, who was rather of q
savage and 9abe- gin-up. who was =
very nice Indian. The daughter had
been taught many habits of the
whites and was 80 neat and kind
that everyone liked her. When Bad
Boy tirst came to as and few weeks
had passed. Mr.. Brewer wanted to
give them q supper, 30 We invited
them to come up and spend the even
ing with us and they behaved az
we'll ss any party Of whites I ever
saw and enjoyed themselves very
much. The next morning Bad Bow