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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

This is not the first time that Mime
apolis has undertaken to express her ap-
probation of James J. Hill as a man who
"does things Ins1S84, twenty-one years
ago. the Minneapolis stone arch bridge
was completed. 1t was looked upon then,
as it Is now, as a great piece Of engineer
ing, and was source Of pride to the city.
Eminent engineers, talking Of that enter
pris before it was completed, ventured the
opinion that an arched causeway con-
structed, as this is, on a curve would not
prove satisfactory, and they even ventured
an opinion to this effect after the bridge
had been constructed.
Results, however, have demonstrated
again that accomplished fact is sometimes
very destructive to professional theory.
In fact, many of the great advances in
construction have been made in defiance
Of prejudice.
When this bridge was completed, it oc-
Cured to some Of the citizens of Mime
apolis that testimonial of appreciation
should be given to Mr.. Hill. Prominent
among the number was George A. Brack-
EFT, who gave to the matter his personal
attention and raised over $4,000 with
which to purchase large silver plate or
plaque, of which the accompanying illus
tration is a picture. The big men OF
Minneapolis were exceedingly generous in
their contributions. The individual sub
scriptions to the fund for the production
of this very elaborate bas-relief in silver
ranged from $3.50 to $1,000.
The center of this handsome piece OF
plate is, Of course, the stone arch bridge
itself the completion Of which it was In
! tended to commemorate. While the detail
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

Of the buildings on either side is not alto
gether true to history, it represents In
the main the conditions that obtained at
that time and emphasizes the Importance
of the milling and manufacturing indus
tries Of the city. In the very elaborate
border are panels illustrating various
periods Of northwestern development, in
most of which Mr.. Hill has been leading
factor. Mr.. Hill never chased the buffalo
on an Indian pony. as appears in the lower
left-hand panel, but he chased very closely
after the buffalo hunter with his print
tive methods Of transportation. He never
drove a dog team, but he hired men to
drive many Red river carts. It Is not
recorded that he ever handled a bateau,
but he sent river steamers, small and
large, over the waters Of the northwest
long before he became the owner OF the
greatest freight steamers In the world.
He has been engaged personally in farm
ing, and to no man is the northwest more
indebted for the improvement OF its
grades Of live stock.
These thoughts find expression in the
decorative margin, while in the divisions
between the panels are worked out the
heads Of wild and domestic animals COM
mon or native to this region-the horse,
the mountain sheep, the elk, the deer, the
buffalo and the coyote.
An important detail in the decorative
work executed with wonderful skill is a
bunch of heads of wheat, a product of the
country already in that day giving to the
northwest the distinctive name Of the
.granary of the world
Surrounding all Is bas-relief portrait
Of Mr.. Hill himself. It may not be recog-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

der humble surroundings, which soon
grew too restricted for him, and as his
horizon grew so did his ambition.
There are many apocryphal stories
about the youth and early career of
the man. One of them, which has an
attractive romantic flavor, tells how
Hill's attention was first turned to
Minnesota. When he was working on
farm back in Canada, stranger
stopped at the house for dinner. Young
Hill didn It have to do it, but he saw
the horse at the gate and carried a
bucket of water to it. The traveller
noticed the act, and as he rode away
tossed the youth copy of paper he
had brought from Minnesota, saying:
f" Go out there, young man! That coun
try needs youngsters of your spirit. I"
Whether the story is true or not, il
is certain that within few years the
"youngster' landed in st. Paul, after
a short season of wandering in the
eastern states. His father, a sturdy
Scotch-Irish farmer, died when the boy
was Is at their home near Guelph, Ont
Young Hill had found work in the gen
eral store of A. Passmore, having de
clined to follow the family choice ano
enter the ministry. This was too mar
row field for the young mans am
billions, however, and in 1858, when h
was 25 years old, he landed in st. Pau
and went to work.
| Suppose Hill had never heard of Min
nesota, and had not made his venture
in the west2 The map of the north
western states would have different
look today. The northwest would have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

out by friendly Indian as Rain-in-the-
Face. There was quick rush, the In
dian was overpowered and disarmed,
the handouts were slipped on his wrists
and he was prisoner. George W. Har-
mon of North Dakota was with Cap
tain Custer when this arrest was made,
and told me that when Rain-in- the Face
felt the shackles on his arms he turned
to his captor and said, his eyes CLEAN
ing with the very intensity Of hate:
~ will live to cut your heart out and
eat it, ..-.
Rain-in-t1e-Face Escaped.
| Captain Custer took his prisoner to
, Fort Lincoln, where he was confined in
the military prison, rude structure of
logs. Crafty as fox, Rain-in-t The Face
preserved quiet demeanor and gradu'
ally the strict watch kept upon him was
relaxed. His brother, a noted Sioux
chief, came to visit him and even In
dian zstoicism did not avail in that hour
of sorrow. They embraced each other
and wept, for Rain-in-t he-Face's guilt
hope for him. But, taking advantage
of relaxed vigilance, Rain-in- the-Face
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
JAMES J. HILLS EARLY DREAMS
ARE NOW STUPENDOUS FACTS
Wonderful Career of Great Northern President Who
Guest of Minneapolis Tonight-Anbtion and Energy
That Compelled Success

men will gather around the banquet
table this evening at the Minneapolis
club. The guest of the evening, in
whose honor the dinner is given, will
be James Jerome Hill, president of the
Great Northern Railway company.
The occasion commentaries MIR.
Hills 9th birthday, and is tribute
to the wonderful career of the man,
whose force and foresight have lifted
him from humble "mud clerk' on the
st. Paul levee to place in the front
rank Of the world s railroad kings. The
tribute comes from men themselves
successful in commerce, in manufacture
and in the professions, who appreciate
that have lifted their guest to his
present proud eminence, so that he now
bestrides a continent and an ocean like
colossus.
Many self-made men have risen from
poverty to power, but it is seldom that
men display such grasp of opportunity,
such breadth of vision, and such energy
in realizing their ambitions. James j.
Hill, like many another genius, used to
be called a dreamer. The world now
knows that those dreams were really
the visions of an exceptional foresight.
He saw the future development of the
northwest and its wonderful resources,
and he felt within him the power to
lead in that development and reap
fame and fortune. When thirty-two
years ago he took hold Of the bankrupt
st. Paul & Pacific railroad and told the
world his plan to transform that in
significant stub into a transcontinental
railroad, men called it chill $ folly"
That folly has made fortune for
''Jim' Hill, and for many others, and
the world now lends an eager ear to
Hill and his "follies.
Without land grant or a subsidy,
but with the capital he had won to his
disposal by his persuasive eloquence,
Hill built the Great Northern to the
coast, weathered the hard times of
1S94-95, which wrecked the govern
ment-aided Northern Pacific, and with
the talisman of success enlisted still
more capital, which has made him today
master of three great railroad systems
and an ocean steamship line. He has
realized his early dreams. Success
has closed his lips to many things, but
/ no one can doubt that he Is still
dreaming.' His campaign for the
+ oriental trade is one Of his latter-day
4 dreams. Tho in it's infancy, this trade
/ has already swelled the earnings of the
/ Hill railroads, and has proved sub
stantial sort Of dream.
] Great Union Of Qualities.
It was this creative instinct tina
4 led Hill as a young man into the paths
! ending in wealth and power. He com
) bined with his lively imagination tn,
mind of student, a mastery of detail
and a capacity for work that is still
wonder. He displayed them first un
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

Reno when he charged down the Little
Big Horn valley, but, seeing inevitable
defeat, they fed and never. stopped
until they reached their tribe and
homes. George Walters, now trader at
the Cheyenne reservation in Montana,
was then in 18th the regular army and sta sta
present North Dakota line. He was
orderly on duty at the tent Of the com
mandant when, inN the dusk of the
morning, two Rees rode up on tagged
horses, having ridden over two hundred
miles, bearing the tidings Of defeat.
He was the first white man to hear OF
the Cluster massacre
& At the. scene the wounded were put
on the steamer Far West, which had
come with Terry and Gibbon up the Big
Horn, and thence taken to the Yellow.
stone, the Missouri and down to Fort
Lincoln. The Far West reached Bis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

marck on July 4 and thence the tele-
graph flashed to nation that day
celebrating the centennial anniversary
of American independence the tale of a
defeat that marred the "year of hun
dred years.
The Indians Flight.
Rain-in-the-Face fed with many of
the Sioux to Canada, where they took
refuge under the British flag at Fort
Walsh, in what is now the province Of
Alberta. They were there for some
time, the subject Of negotiations be-
tween the United States and Canada,
but finally they came to the boundary,
surrendered and we're taken to the
Standing Rock reservation. Sitting
Bull met tragic death in December,
1890, during the "ghost dance' out
break; Crazy Horse was killed by his
guards in an attempt to escape; Gall
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23

grown without Hill, into a chain of
wealthy states, but there might have
been no Great Northern railroad. The
network of railroads spanning Minneso-
ia and the Dakotas, and so on to the
sea, would lack the master touch of
the guest of tonight.
Hobby Was Transportation.
When James J. Hill landed in St.
Paul he came by boat-there was no
rallr9ad connection with the outside
infant Minneapolis, but st. Paul was
the head of navigation, and his bent
from the first seemed to be toward the
problems OF transportation. He went
to work for IS cents a day as shipping
clerk for Brunson, Lewis & White,
agents for the Dubuque Packet COM
pany. He stuck to the. levee for some
years, winning better places and better
salaries by his capacity and attention
to duty, but not rising any faster in
the world than thousands of other
young men. When the war came he
helped raise a troop Of cavalry, but the
state refused to accept it for service,
and the dream of military glory was
dispelled.
Hill went back to the levee. He
worked during the war for Borup &
Champlin, agents for the old Gaiena
Packet company and the Davidson line.
In 1865 the Northwestern Packet COM
pany succeeded the Galena company,
and Hill got his first noteworthy ad-
vance, becoming the company's agent.
| Two years later there was consolida-
tion.s Hill was out, and he went into
business for himself, principally as a
dealer in fuel; The firm became in
1869 Hill, Griggs & Co., general trans.
portation and fuel, the precursor of the
Northwestern Fuel company, with
which he retained a connection till
! 1878. The firm was agent and con.
signee for the old st. Paul g. Pacific
] and Hill IS eyes turned toward the
| transportation problems of the new
northwest. He started a line Of Rec
| river carts, the primitive carriers OF
the interior, and in 1870 he formed tbs
Red River TRANSFORMATION company
river carts beyond he established the
first direct transportation line to Fort
Garry, now Winnipeg. Traders toilec
for weeks in those days to make the
! trip that men now make on Hills rail
road in fourteen hours. Yet every steI
in that wonderful development hal
. come under the eve of one man, thu
transportation pioneer who frs
spanned that weary mileage!
4 The year after the establishment o.
this line, it was consolidated with tn.
Kittson, and the two men established
daily service from Moorhead to Win
nlpeg.
When His Hour Struck.
4 It was in 1873 that the opportunit,
; came to James J. Hill to become rail
way king, and he embraced it. In tina
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
Had Chief Arrested.

Had Chief Arrested.
Some months after this, General Gus
ter learned that Rain-in-the-Face, who
was, with his fellows on the Standing
Rock reservation fifty or sixty miles be.
low Fort Lincoln, had boosted of hav.
ing murdered, with the aid Of a. com.
panion, these two unfortunate civilians
He told, with savage regret, that the
naturalist was so bald they could not
scalp him, and had therefore beaten
in his head with his own hammer. Gus
ter, in the winter of 1874, sent his
brother, Captain "Tom' Custer, dowr
to the Standing Rock agency to arrest
Rain-in-the-Face. It was a very deli
cate matter. There were thousands Of
Sioux there, all ready to break out il
open warfare, the very thing the gov
eminent did not want. Captain Custer
took but small force, not large enough
to arouse suspicion, and with few
men M, went into the post traders store
spare young man, "with lurking devi
in his eye,' came in and was pointed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
Arrest of the Indian at
Clusters Orders, the
Red Man s You of Re-
uenge, the Custer Mas
sacre and It's Horrors.

died few years ago, and now Rain-in-
the-Face has answered the last rollcall
of the chiefs who fought the last fight
of the Indians against the white man.
Many who visited the world Is fair at
Chicago in 1893 will remember him. He
way during the exposition. In Septem-
ber,> 1899, he was at the North Da-
kota state fair at Mandan. With 600
Indians he had come up from the reser-
walton to add interest to the gathering.
He was very weak, and had been
brought there on travois-a rude lit
ter Of poles covered with robes and
blankets and trailed by pony. There
was great TODD in the camp, and the
finery and plumes for the parade. An
old orator was going from tepee to te-
pee calling on the braves to come and
show the white men what they were.
In the midst Of the excitement the flap
OF Rain-in- the-Faee' 3 tepee was drawn
aside, and his grim visage peered oys
upon, the scene. For a moment he
doubtless recalling the stirring times
when with Sitting Bull and Cali he had
gone forth to fight the Yellow haired
Chief and then he let the flap fall
and turned to his couch He put his
pipe to his lips, and, probably disgust
ed by the contrast, when newspaper
man put to him, thru an interpreter,
some questions concerning the Little
Big Horn fight, he made an utterly un-
printable response.
Where the chieftain Died. =
There are nearly four thousand Sioux
Rain in-the-Face has just ended his
turbulent career. The name comes from
stone which stands on pedestal
erected by the government. Long years
ago, probably before Columbus cara
vels crossed to the western world, Rec
Indian took Sioux squaw for his Sec
ond wife. His first spouse, and mother
| OF his child. could not brook the rival
| and daily pinned in silence and sorrow.
In vain her husband g assurances that
| she was still first in his heart and
home. The sight Of the usurper ate
into her heart and at last, with her
babe on her shoulders, she fed as did
Hagar with Ishmael. altho in this case
it was Sarah who left her husband IS
home. Her friends followed her. plead.
ing with her to return, since only death
and starvation awaited her, but she
kept on her way until she reached the
bank of the Missouri. There she sat
with the child on her shoulders, paying
no heed to her friends, until at last
she said. II am turning to stone, and
my child and I shall sit here forever -
Even as she spoke the change came
over her, and there the mother and child
sit today. The Indians called the
Standing Rock ".wokan,' or holy. and
4 for centuries votive offerings were laid
before it. The government placed it
upon a pedestal, and sphynx-like it
looks toward the east, over the land
from which the Indian has been driven
forever. Rain-in-t he-Face was buried
in the Indian cemetery near by, beside
foTt Hid he aad his ' ghagsy revenge Sea WIFI
. live only in history.
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Last SurUiUor of Great
Chiefs Who Led Sioux
Indians at Battle of
Little Big Horn, Nov
on Long Trail.

Rain-in-the-Face, last survivor Of the
great chiefs who led the Sioux Indians
at the battle Of the Little Big Horn,
where General George A. Custer and
that part of the Seventh United States
We're 3swiped OUT; to a man, died on
Sept. IL at the Standing Rock reserva-
ton, North Dakota. Rain-in- the-Face
was only 81 years old, but for years,
as tho in expiration of his crimes, had
been feeble and decrepit. He lived on
Porcupine creek, an affluent of the Can
nonball river, a dependent upon the gov
ernment he had long defed. Not since
the Indians inflicted so crushing dis
aster upon United States soldiers as
that which took place on June 25, 1876,
on the rounded hills which line the
Little Big Horn river in southern Mon
tana. 1.-THE Custer massacre it is
usually called, altho incorrectly, since
it was a stand-up fight between brave
foes.
Hated the White Man.
Rain-in-the-Face was young Sioux
and noted in his tribe as brave and
crafty, and filled with an undying
hatred for the white man. There was
a quasi-truce between the Sioux and
the government. That is, the Sioux
were on the Standing Rock reservation,
located along the western side of the
Missouri river, partly in North and part
story over again: "The government
fed the Indians in the winter and fought
them in the summer The white man
and civilization were steadily advanc-
ing westward. The naughty Sioux, be-
yond doubt the most dangerous tribe
10 60 4nI.
every step with jealous eyes. The Nor
thern Pacific railroad was being pushed
westward thru Dakota, hitherto terra
incognita to the white man. Their last
. hunting grounds, the valleys of the Pow
der, Tongue, Big Horn and Yellow
stone rivers, were soon to be startled
by the whistle of the locomotive, and
when that was heard the buffalo, source
Of supply Of food, raiment and homes Of
The Sioux were eager for war, and
used the government for the purpose
Of preparing themselves for the conflict.
Custer in Dakota. .-.~
IN 1873 George A. Custer, brevet ma
dor general in the volunteer armies Of
the union and lieutenant colonel of the
Seventh regular cavalry, was sent, with
his command to Dakota. He made an
expedition into the Yellowstone country
and came into bloody contact with the
Sioux, altho, according to the purblind
Indian bureau, these savages were at
peace with the United States. Two
civilians accompanied this expedition,
one geologist and naturalist. In spite
of all warnings these two men would
stray from the line of march, wandered
about. gathering. strange plants and
One day they did not return to camp,
and search revealed the fact that both
had fallen victims to the Indians, who
were hanging on the TANKS of the ex-
petition. The unfortunate geologist
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nized as very faithful picture Of the
man as he appears today but twenty-one
years have changed his appearance some
what and the artist is said to have pro-
duced in solid metal on this plaque what
was at the time very creditable likeness
of the man to whom it was presented.
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The Custer Expedition.

The Custer Expedition.
It was not long until the opportunity
came. The Sioux and sCheyennes, joined
by the dregs Of other tribes, took the
warpath in 1876, and under the leader
ship of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall,
Iron Star, Two Moons, Rain-in-the-Face
and many other chiefs, went up into the
valley Of the Little Big Horn. The war
department. underestimated their
erin Chief Of the army, officially said
that he did not think there were over
900 warriors in revolt. In May, 1876,
three expeditions were sent against
them. The result may be briefly told
Crook, marching north, struck the In
dams first and was so badly discom-
flied he had to fall back sixty miles.
Gibbon and Terry, with the latter OF
whom was Custer ana his Seventh cav
airy, met on the banks of the Yellow
stone, and Custer was sent south to find
out where the Indians were, for no com
munication was possible between Terry
and Crook.
The Day of Massacre.
On the forenoon Of June rs, 1876,
Clusters command struck the Indians,
who were encamped in the valley Of the
Little Big Horn. It is fruitless here
to discuss whether or not Custer obeyed
orders from Terry. It is enough to
three parties, the first of whom, under
! Major Reno, charged the Indian vii
lage, was badly defeated and driven
back ON the bluffs above the river.
| Custer went behind the bluffs to strike
the village lower down the valley, was
forced back to the hills and there, sur
rounded by 5000. warriors instead Of
900 conjectured by General Sherman,
met his death with PA Of his command.
mopylae had it's messengers of defeat.
Custer had none: A day later Terry
and Gibbon arrived on the scene and
relieved Reno. A little search revealed
the fate of Custer's command. Stripped,
gashed and mutilated almost beyond
recognition-al except Custer, whose
body bore no mark except those of the
two bullets which had caused his death
the little band was found lying
around it's chief. "Tom' Custer was
there, close beside his brother, an arrow
open, his heart torn out and lying be.
side him. The end had been bitten off
Rain-in- the-Face had kept his vow: So
will live to cut your heart out and eat
it,
Five Clusters Fell.
Five members Of the Custer family
fell that fatal day-George A. Custer
"Tom' Custer, Boston Custer, Lieuten:
"Autie' Reed, nephew. Truly, Rain.
-the-Face had reaped his revenge
This was, as has been said, on June IS
Messengers were sent off as fast as
possible with the news, but they had
to travel hundreds Of miles thru a
reach points where Communication
could be had with. the outside world
Fred Sewer, Of Grow Agency, Mon
tapa, a former Philade lphian, was 8
scout with Giibh "a e was sent with
: dispatches to- Fort IN 1is; now Bozeman
; Of the Yellowstone, and around by
Pompey's Pillar, hiding from indians
, by day and travelling by night. There
, were forty Rec Indians with Major
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