Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-27

whites Wilt and they gave as all the Hour
and meat we wanted, though We
needed nothing in the line Of provi-
sions. We had plenty of it.. ..s: 49,: !.
l must tell you about an incident
which took place on one occasion.
We were camping near a village, and
toward evening white man came
over to see US. I had three tents, new
ohes. The white man asked as where
We were moving. said. my friend,
we are moving toward the setting
sun and to the great happy hunting
ground. We are following the path of
our fathers and forefathers have
trodden, but rather too soon. For we
cannot enter the great happy hunting
grounds until after death. But our
President of the United States
thought best to move Us nearer and
nearer toward that great country. so
when we die We shall only walk q
short distance to reach the great
country. So you sue that the Great
Father is very generous and sympathe-
tic father over his Red children. to
move and move them along"
WELL" the white man fa,d, 1T
Is rather a hard poeh, and unbecom-
ing to a great nation who seem to
worship the Great Bstng who rules
the destiny Of nattons.'
The white man went home, and
in less than half an hour both ladies
and gentlemen were coming to see us
came out Of my tent to shske hands
with them all. I know all seemed
surprised to hear me talk English.
They began to ask me questions,
They asked lae do you know a
man named ]. Johnson2 His Indian
name we could not pronounce. !"
Eyes I have heard the name men,
toned many times" I asked whether
he was an Indian or a mixed blood.
they said they thought he was a full
blooded Indian. Eyes. I know a man
by the name of j. johnson Enmegah-
bowh, gu old rascal why call him
an old rasca]?' my people call him
such.'' "Why?'' when Hole-in-the-
day, the war chief. started with his
warriors to 60 to massacre the little
white village, this old rascal as he Is
called by my people, informed the
whites that they was coming to the ir
village to kill them all, and the
people at once made prepar tions to
make shelter of strong stookade and
completed it in full. When Hole in
the'day saw that it was almost inn
pregnable to attack with their own
weapons of warfare. he breathed ven.
geance and death against the man
who Informed the whites. and from
that day to the present time he Is a
fugitive and great rascal
They eaid, "We have heard much
about him, and among the whites he
is thought to be good man for saw
ing the whites You do net think that
he is rascal or bad man for doing
so?'' No, not exactly. call him 90
because MY people call MIN So We
would like to see him." said one of
the men ''Do you know anything
about him, and where he is today ?
Ladies and gentlemen, I am the man,
the monster and the rascal! am the
man who was driven from his coun-
try with his children and his poor
people toward the unknown country"
Ladies and gentlemen and even child
rem came forward to grasp my hand,
and gave a good hearty shake Of
hands. Here the ladies and gentlemen
gave me all the provisions needed
for my travel. Hon. N. Richardson,
can you and the people of Little Falls
do SO for the poor man?
During the travels through the new
settlement met friends. About this
time my people had heard that I had
started to White Earth to find them.
Chiefs White Cloud, Washburn, Me-
shab-k gishig, Aubboy and Ma bun
a-ekong, the first men of the tribe
and the first head men of the nation,
and with the each two head warri-
orr, started at once to meet me Pre-
vious to this have heard that the
Wild Sioux had been seen lurking
about near White Earth. We stopped
on the edge of the heavy oak timber
to make a dinner. Oh, it was the
most lovely and beautiful day, not q
speck of cloud to be seen in the
whole heavens. Our lunch was over
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