Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-03-09
TWO OF TIE PIONEERS
Notes in the Lives of =
Ayerand Vim.
Warren

In q historical sketch by Rev. Stan.
ley E. Lsthrop: Of Ashland, Wis, on
1.-THE Old Mission and It's Mission.
aries to OJibway Indians refer.
ences are made to two pioneers of
Minnesota whose careers are of local
as we'll as state interest. one being
the father of Lyman Aver of Belle
Prairie. the other VIM. Whipple War;
rem. the author of what is the beat
history of the OjiDway or Chippewa
nation
Vim. Whipple Warren was the Oldest
son of Lyman Marquis Warren. of
the New England Warrens Lyman
Warren, after whom Lyman Aver is
named, was for many years trader
with Indians on lar &c scale. ", W..
Warren was bis Oldest .on. He was
educated in Eastern schools, and waa
q great student. Warren's grandmoth-
or, the wife of Michel Cadotte, was
the daughter Of celebrated chief.
and q convert to chrfstianity. When
young Warren returned from the
East he acquired q wonderful com.
mand of the Ojibway tongue, and
became stepped in the traditions.
legends aud lore of the Indians. In
1912 he married daughter Of VIM.
Aitkin, the trader after whom Aitkin
county ia named, and later settled In
the southern part Of Morrison county.
where he had q farm. In 1850 he was
elected to the territorial legislature.
He conceived the idea of writing 2
history of the Ojibwsys, and wrote
the work which is standard on the
subject. It is monumental work ia
every respect. The historian died In
st, Paul June l, 1868, but 28 years
Of age.
As the historian 8 home when he
died was in this county. Hon. n.
Richardson advocates the erection Of
q memorial of some kind to mark the
location, and it is proposed to have
commemorative exercises some time
next summer. Mr.. Richardson has in.
terested several in the matter. in.
GLIDING Secretary Warren Upham of
the State Historical Society.
Three sisters of Warren are still
living. and to one of them, Mrs.
Julia Warren Spears Of White Earth,
Mr.. Richardson wrote. Mrs. Spears
in writing to Mr.. Richardson. said
that had her brother lived to reach his
nome at Two Rivers: be would have
been buried there. He suddenly died
when he was about to take the stage.
He was buried in Oakland cemetery,
St: Paul, but with no mark to show
the grave, which was never found.
Mrs. Spears says in the letter:
1T would he we'll and proper to
have stone placed, as you say,
where his home was, where be
worked so hard to write his Els.
tory, to get it ready for publication.
His health was go poor, most of the
time he lay in bed, propped up on
pillows, writing all the time. I ~.
member SO we'll, as I was with him,
it was my home while he lived.
shall be very glad to cUue when the
stone is put up when you have the
celebration.
Frederick Aver came West at the
request of hyman Warren. Mr.. Aye,
was born In 1903 III Stockbridge
Mass, but from two years old lived
in central New YORK. He was in
tended for the ministry, but hit
health was not strong enough tt
carry him through, and he clerked ir
a Utica bookstore. In 1929 be came
to the mission at Machinaw as a help
er, and in 1880 to the La Pointe mis-
sion, where Warren lived In 1892 he
went to Sandy Lake. He compiled al
Ojibway spelling book and went eas1
to set it published. In 1888, under
direction of the American board. he
located at Yellow Lake. and later. q
Pokegema and Red Lake. In the win
ter of 184o-49 ne settled Belle
Prairie and opened school for India1
children which continued till abou1
1880. In 1851 Mr.. Aver was married
to Elizabeth Taylor missionar,
teacher at Mackinaw, and in 1912 wa!
ordained at ODerlln. In 1865, afte,
laboring thirty6ve years among thu
Indians, be went south to lsbo
among the negroes. He built a schoo
and the First Congregational church
at Atlanta, and died there in 1867
His memory is revered az that of {
patron saint by the colored people o
| Atlanta.