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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
BY e. p. NELL.

I'm THE banks of the Little Big
u Horn river. in Montana, many
-, years ago.. lay encamped blood
thirsty hordes Of Indians, fresh from
pillage and murder, who were fleeing
from the white mans vengeance. A
few hours later on that eventful June
day was enacted bloody scene which
has gone down in history when Custer
and his gallant little band fell, fight
overpowered by the resistless savagery
hurled against them.
A few days ago the banks of this
little stream were again crowded with
Indian tepees; the smoke of q hun
bred campfres disentangled itself from
among the tentpoles and foated away
into the blue sky. Blanketed forms
glided hither and thither and the grim,
stoical image of the red man was to
be seen on every side, Their mission
was, however, peace, not war, this time,
and their welcome to the white man
friendly "ugh" instead of the fendish
warwhoop.
The occasion was the third annual
fair Of the Grow Indians, held on the
row agency on the line of the Bur-
ington; about seventy miles southeast
This fair is the most unique of it's
lind. probably the only fair in the
ntire United States conducted entirely
" Indians, without assistance or super
5ision of any kind whatsoever from
he whites.
indian policemen uphold the solemn
=; of the law, Indian Judges inspect
ne exhibits in the agricultural hall,
where only the Indians are allowed to
compete for the prizes; Indian chiefs
|,onduct the races, open to Indian horses
with Indian riders, and when the shades
Of evening fall, thousands of specta-
,ors from among the whites gather to
watch the ancient rites and dances
given by the Indians themselves IN
huge tents, where, amid savage pa,
geantry, are enacted the weird and
thrilling customs of the past.
National Event for Redskins.
This annual fair of the Crows might
almost be called national event for
The redskin race. Invitations are sent
to every reservation in the western
United States, and the descendants Of
savage tribes whose memory is syno-
nym for cruelty, and the sons and
daughters of noted Indian chiefs whose
names are known to every schoolboy,
gather at the call.
And here and there among the thou
sands assembled may be distinguish led
the bent forms and scanned faces of
the few among the warriors who, in the
early settlement of the country, resist
ed with gun and arrow the advance of
civilization. A mere remnant, await
ing the call to the happy hunting
grounds. = =
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The Crow Indians are progressive
and wealthy, and are well fitted to act
as hosts Of this famous Indian gather
ing. Their herds of horses and focks
of sheep are numerous; their wig,
vans stand pre-eminent in size and
comfort. AS their guests come the
Sioux Indians famed in song and story;
the renegade Crees from lower Canada;
full thousand of the Wyoming Chey--
the government proteges; the we'll
known Flatheads from northern Mon
tana, and hundreds of the eros Ven
tres of South Dakota, and other tribes
and remnants of tribes from longer dis
tances.
The site of the Indian camp seems
especially adapted to their purpose. The
Little Big Horn river swings in almost
a complete circle to form a peninsula
whose neck is but a hundred feet in
width and whose diameter is about
half mile. Here, amid the brush and
trees, hundreds Of Indian tepees are
planted on the sandy soil. - ,
Multitude There.
Between three and four thousand In
dams gather fors4the fair, and its at
tendant festivities. Of the 300 Grow
Indians, there is not a family who alb
oCAG IASlSt1VCS OH CL1S OCCdSlOIl. ---s-|yS ,
The wigwam Of Chief Lone Bear
stands out among the habitations of
the Crows, and an eagle, twenty feet
high, is depicted on the side, with its
pinions encircling the entire tepee. Chief
Lone Crow died three years ago, but
his son and aged widow still uphold the
family prestige. ...-..
Second only to the chief, stands the
wigwam of Harry Wolfe, famous medi-
cine man of the Crows, with the pipe
OF peace to be seen on its side, and q
large green moon above it; his aged
squaw in dress deliberately decorated
with elk IS teeth guards it's sanctity. -,
Another interesting character at the
fair is Curley, popularity supposed to
be the sold survivor among the Crows
Of the band that wiped out the Custer
party, but his expressionless face hides
welt his secret, if the report be true,
and he displays more interest in round
ing up his band Of racing horses than
in the paleface visitors. -
Children are numerous at the encamp-.
ment and hundreds of comely Indian
maidens, draped in gaily colored blank
cts, like. their elders, with their Jet
black hair plastered around each side
of their heads, play hide-and-seek
among the tepees.
The Fair Proper.
A most interesting part of the fair.
however, from the physiological stand
point, is the agricultural and livestock
display of the Indians. That this peo-
pie, who but q few years ago were
thoro savages, should Of themselves
produce and arrange display SO elab-
crate, not only reflects great credit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
the active interest. taken by the red
men in this direction.
Grain. Covered Building.

the active interest taken by the req
men in this direction.
Grain. Covered Building.
Agricultural hall, new building
erected this year for the purpose, is lit
orally covered, roof and walls, with dis
plays of grain and grasses arranged
by the Indians themselves; large booths
running the full length Of the building
are filled with the Indian exhibits, and
these contain many surprises to the, 1un-
sophisticated. 80 III,
Here; one picks up a fancy doilie,
which the card attached says was en-
near by is an excellent piece Of darn
ing, the work of Susanna She Sits
Down Spotted; pretty sofa pillow is
the work of Emerintiania He Does It.,
and Josephine Pretty Medicine has con-
tributed neat baby dress.
Little Lizzie Flathead Woman, aged
-, gets first prize on bread, with a loaf
that would be a credit to any house
keeper, and Allie White Arm, just as
young, is an excellent rugmaker. The
layer cake contributed by Lizzie Bull
Horse would win any masculine heart.
And the men, too, have not been be-
hind in their contributions; the ninety
six pound pumpkin Of Rides Pretty
Horse, would take prize at any fair.
Among the more prominent exhibitors,
whose display attracts notice, are the
big chief warriors. Takes the Gun and
Bird Well Known.
But while the raising of agricultur-
al products is secular occupation of
the Indians, the racing Of horses is a
religious duty. No fixed contests in
Indian races or iockeying; they are real
races from the drop of the flag, with
quirt and spur numerically applied
from start to finish. T.. The best horse
always wins and wins by as many
lengths as he can possibly be made to,
and he is entered in race after race as
long as he is Judged to have any show.
At this years fair, one speedy little
animal was the victor in three sue
cessive contests, finishing ahead in the
last one by a mere nose.
The contests are all running races,
with the little Indian lads as riders
who are barefoot and hatless, stripped
down to the lightest possible weight.
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Special to The Journal.
Wheaton,, Mimi, Nov. 3.-George g..
Allanson, editor of the Wheaton Foot
prints, was notified by telegram from
New York this week that he and his
Miss Ethel, had fallen heir to $4,000
in the will of H. W. Gray of New York
city, who at one time was commissioner
of parks and jurors in that city and
who died, on the 18th inst. The news
was total surprise to the Allansons,
who had never seen their benefactor,
he being a second cousin on the side
of their father, Lieutenant John S.
.Allanson, who died in Henderson,
Mimi, in 1900.
Editor Allanson $ family history is
he is Sioux Indian. The Allansons
get their Indian blood on their
mother side, who was the daughter
Of Major J. R. Brown, whose wife was
q halfblood Sioux Indian. Major Brown
was at one time editor of the old
Pioneer of st. Paul before it CONSOLE
dated with the Press, now the Pioneer
Press; was the founder of Henderson
and was at one time a territorial rep
resentative and on General Sibley 8
staff at the time Of the Indian out
break. Browns Valley, this state, is
named after the major and 50 is Brown
county. Mr.. Allanson says his family
is proud of it's Indian blood and also
of the part played by hardy ancestors
in the making of the state.
Miss Ethel Allanson, one of the bene-
fciaries, is a teacher in the Wheaton
high school, refined and cultured
young lady, while the other beneficiary,
Harry S. Allanson, is in the govern
ment service as a teacher at Standing
Rock Indian school.
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5000. TO WORK IN
WOODS NEAR VIRGINIA
Lumber and Logging Companies
Prepare Their Camps for a
H.. Busy Winter.
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal,
Virginia, Mimi, Nov. Sit is esti-
mated that over 5000 men will be en-
ployed in the lumber camps this winter
in the territory directly tributary to
Virginia. The Northern and Cloauet
Lumber companies are preparing for a
busy season $ logging several miles
northwest Of here. These companies
have just finished cut of 100000
feet on land three miles north of this
city, and are now engaged in moving
their camps to the new location.
The Virginia Lumber company has
large force Of men logging north of
Mountain Iron. This company hauls ali
of its logs to the mill at Virginia, by
way Of the Rainy Lake railroad. Sew
eral small logging contractors are also
in the field. j. L. Owens is doing
some, logging for the Virginia Lumber
company, and Otto Hannula has large
contract from w. H. Cook, the Duluth
lumbermdn.
The Virginia & Rainy Lake company
has purchased over $1,500,000 worth Of
timber in the country between Virginia
and the border, and will take it out as
fast as their mills can saw it. It has
a mill in this place and has leased an
other at Duluth, and is now making
preparations to build another at Rainier,
a new town on the Rainy Lake railroad.
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Every red man of the assembled
tribes, most of them with their fami
lies, attend these races on every day of
the entire week and it is the most curl
Gus sight to witness the large gather
ing in all the splendor of their savage
trappings, horseback and afoot and in
every conceivable form Of vehicle, in
tent upon the outcome of the contests.
Contrary; to general supposition, gam
hibited and to the credit of those in
charge, it must be said, that during the
entire week of the fair not dollar
changed hands on the result of the race
nor was drop Of frewater~t to, be seen.
In the evening comes the greatest Of
the events, the powwow and war dances
of the tribes In huge tents contain
ing thousand persons each, they gath
er fol-, the dances, the squaws, young
outer edge, while the musicians and
medicine men, appareled in all the en-
blems of their profession, pounding
their curious tom toms, occupy the cen
ter. In come the braves and young
boys, some stripped down to breech-
clout and a few feather ornaments,
their bodies streaked with white, red,
blue and other colored ochres. others in
the full paraphernalia Of chiefs, with
headdress Of eagle feathers, necklaces
of bones and garments heavily embroid-
cred with beads, showing@all the colors
Of the rainbow. while still others have
bonnets of porcupine quills and war
shirts of buckskin ornainented with
hair matted in imitation of scalps.
Gowns Worth $4,000.
Some women, the wives of the
wealthier warriors, wear heavy dresses
Of elkskin literally covered with elk Is
teeth, the value Of which may be fig
ured, when it is stated that perfect
elk tooth easily brings SIS on The market
and some of the dresses have fastened
on them over 500 teeth Of varying sizes.
In only one dance are the women al
lowed to join, the owl dance; forming
an immense ring, their arms about each
other, both men and women circle to the
measure of monotonous chant. The
savage scene leaves one with the huge
question mark as an answer to the
query, "Can the Indian be civilizeds'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04

Special to The journal. . go =.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 3.-Big
Bird, an Indian Of the old type, is in
the county Jail here on the charge of
slashing the throat of Ayshquahlow, a
fellow Indian, near Island Lake, on the
Red Lake reservation, several weeks
ago.
When arrested for the crime, Big
Bird strenuously denied that he had
taken liquor upon the reservation, sup
posing that was his offense, but he
cheerfully admitted having cut the
throat of his companion and left him
for dead, apparently thinking that a
matter Of little consequence. .i.~n.
A United States marshal, who was
down from the reservation this week,
says that Ayshquahlow is steadily sink
ing, and the attending physician has
given up hopes of his recovery. He is
the fourth man Big Bird is said to have
slain and his assailant is likely to
spend his remaining days in prison.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04

Special to The Journal.
Spearfsh, s. D., Nov. 3.-The State
Normal school of this city has sue
ceeded to the proud position of having
the largest enrolment of any state edu-
cational institution in South Dakota.
Its total enrolment for this year Is
442; of these 262 are enrolled in the
normal department. itself, and the re-
naming $50 in the training depart
ment. =.
This school also has the distinction
of having retained its president for
longer time than has any other school
in the state. President f. L. Cook
came to Spearfish normal from Winona,
Mimi, in 1885, and thus has been for
twenty.one years at the head of this
institution. This is a record which has
never been equaled in this state by any
educator. Not only has President
Cook increased the attendance and pro.
iciency of the school, but he has added
to it several unique features which
serve to distinguish it from all other
normals.
In connection with the school are
seventy acres of state ground, much OF
which is devoted to agricultural pur-
small fruits. This furnishes labor for
students who wish to work, and also
supplies the dormitory with jelly, jam
and canned small fruits in sufficient
quantities for the year. Last year
contracts were made for S,512 hours Of
work in the garden, fields and houses,
to be paid for at - cents an hour.
The little students in the model de-
partment are given lessons, both theo-
retical and practical, in fruitgrowing
and vegetable raising. With the best
of work before their eyes. their progress
has been amazingly rapid.
This year thoro course in domestic
science was added. A practical course
in bee culture and also in chicken rails
ting have been contemplated for some
time u - l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
CHANCE TO HUNT WOLVES.

Marquette, Mich, Nov. 81. M.
Longyear has returned from few
days spent at his Ives Lake farm, in
the Huron Mountain country, fifty
miles up the lake from here, to find
his desk fairly swamped with applica-
tions for jobs from men who want to
tiers are a result Of Mr.. Longyear $ re-
cent announcement that, in addition to
the liberal bounty paid by the state
and county, he would pay reward
of $25 for every wolf killed on his
farm or within radius Of twelve miles
Of it. CO. (.
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Amendment Will Garry.
NEBRASKA PAPERS PLEASE cory

Baltimore American.
= Is there q man named Bryant 81
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crow WIFE I'M ELk-TooTH DRESS.

GROW WIFE IN ELk-TooTH DRESS.
These Dresses Are Very Valuable, the
More Elaborate Ones Carrying over 500
- Elk Teeth, and Being Practically
J. Priceless to the Indians. as They Can
not Be Duplicated.
upon the Indian agent in charge, Major
s: G. Reynolds, but also is an interest
ing. argument in favor of the ultimate
civilization, rather than extinction of
Indian races.
The first year the display was an alb
solute failure. The second year, how
ever, the results of the good work of
those in charge began to appear. The
collection of agricultural results, toted
many miles by the Indians, while small,
made an excellent beginning. This year
the exhibits fill two large buildings.
In one is the display of livestock, which
includes all kinds of domestic animals.
Caretakers, appointed by the Indians,
keep everything in excellent shape, and
the ground around the buildings is
marked by well-trod paths that show
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
TYPICAL TOBACCO FIELD IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY WISCONSIN,

quality, or in quantity to the acre, by
any Of the other counties IN the state,
and consequently he feels encouraged
to increase his acreage next year.
Among others who have made sue
cess in tobacco growing this year are
Chris Hagen, ten acres; Adolph Bernier.
three acres; Judge w. ii. Stafford two
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been asked to help the movement. The
establishment Of such. business here
would mean the employment Of about
one hundred and fifty persons in sort,
Ing and baling tobacco the year round,
and would further encourage the to-
bacco- growing industry in Chippewa
county. B. .5. 1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04

Little or No Chance for Him to
Win Unless the Legislative
Majority Is Big.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. -
! Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3.-Chairman
Rose of the republican state central
committee is making desperate effort
to secure a working majority in the
next legislature and elect a republican
United States senator to succeed j. II.
Willard. :.
Enthusiastic partizans hope that the
reports of republican defections have
been exaggerated. Norris Brown re-
ceived the state convention indorse-
ment for United States senator. The
contest was fierce one. Bitter ami
mosities were engendered. It is pre-
dicted that if the legislature is repub-
!ican by narrow margin he will never
be elected. The legislative delegation
from Omaha, if republican, will sup
port an Omaha man.
Brown s friends declare that he must
have a substantial majority in order to
be chosen. In the third congressional
and the republican aspirants are strong
" inclined to sympathize in the Omaha
detection. With more than a dozen
insurgents ready to stand out against
him, narrow margin in the legislature
means Browns defeat.
Having Trouble at Home.
In Buffalo county, Brown Is home, the
republican legislative ticket is having
a hard struggle because of row over
the personnel of the state delegation.
Charles Robinson resigned as state COM
mitteeman and bolted Brown S legisla-
tive ticket.
The rest of the state ticket has been
left to shift for itself by the repubh'
can state central committee; the Or
cro n finyED p9rv in tha
campaign. George L.. Sheldon, the
nominee for governor, is more popular
than any aspirant ever named for the
Office in the state. It is expected that
he will be elected by a majority OF
$4,000 or 100000. e r-s-.
In Hall county there is bitter fight
on w. H. Harrison. candidate for the
state senate. Harrison is the republi-
can nominee and was formerly. presi-
dent of the Nebraska Lumber. Dealers.
association. He is defendant in one OF
the suits filed by Norris Brown in the
supreme court, asking for the dissolu-
ton Of the alleged lumber trust.
Amendment Will Garry.
With democrats and republicans in
dorsing the railway commission amend
ment, it is thought the proposed change
to the constitution will be carried. All
proposed amendments heretofore to the
Nebraska constitution have been de-
feated. Failure to vote for or against
the innovation counts in the negative.
and all amendments have been showed
under. This year vote in the party
circle counts for the entire ticket and
also for the amendment.
w. J. Bryan has been meeting with
indifferent crowds in his state cam
paign.
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acres; Mr.. Burns, eight acres; Ed Por-
ter, four acres; 5Adolph Anderson, eight
acres; Hemberg Anderson, five acres;
Andrew Olson, seven acres; u. M. Coon,
three acres; Mr.. LEberg, six acres;
George Dorling, eight acres.
If "A tobacco warehouse is needed in this
city and the Progressive league has.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-04
NEITHER Tolls NOR SPINS
Atchison Globe.

Every time we walk up the street we
see some man who arouses our curiosity
| as to how he makes a living. ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-10
DRILLS RENE " At TACK
ON MEN0M|NEE RANCE
More Diamond Outfits at Work
in the Region Than
Ever Before.
Snecial to The Journal.

Iron Mountain, Mich, June g.
Meyer in the history of the region have
more diamond drills been in commits
sion on the Menominee iron range than
are in operation at the present time.
In the Crystal Falls and Iron River
more work of the kind is in progress
than in any other field. Physically,
the Menominee is the largest of the
Michigan ranges, its ore measures
stretching over a greater area than
either of the others 1t presents a
larger field for exploration, in fact,
than the Marquette and Gogebic dis
tricts combined, yet there is more work
In that line on either Of the latter
ranges than will be accomplished for
decades to come.
There was time when the diamond
drill was not in favor on the Menomi-
nee. Test-pitting was considered the
best and cheapest method. Now the
drill is supreme. There is reason for
the change Z In the days of the test
pit only properties were attacked
Options were not in demand on others,
and in consequence not much of the ORE
bearing area was explored. Now the
explorers are attacking the ground in
which the ore lies deep, and the cheap
est and quickest way Of doing this Is
by demonstrating.
In the Iron River-Stambaugh district
diamond-drilling is under way for
Pcbands M Maths a. Co. The Eogarty
ing, is one Of the most promising ex-
plorations in Spring valley. A similar
showing has been made at the Tully, or
| Hooligan tract, where drilling is in
progress for Corrigan, Mckinney & Co.
A large body Of ore is understood to
have been cut.
A drill els being operated under
ground in the Hiawatha mine for the
Buffalo & Susquehanna company, which
and two more are at work on surface
in the field for the same concern. 6.
Walt Youngs Of Iron River, who re-
Gently sold his Section IL mine to east
ern furnace interests, in whose employ
| he was engaged, is exploring the Wei
mer property near the Iron River base
ball field. He is operating churn
drill.
In the vicinity of Stambaugh the
Steel corporation has a drill in COM
mission at the edge of a>swamp almost
within the limits of the village. It is
understood the company will also do
exploring in the Paint river country
eight or ten miles north Of Iron River.
The Mineral Mining company has
transferred its exploratory operations to
the old Sheridan mine tract within the
limits of Iron River.
The big Champion mine, Marquette
range property of the Steel corpora
ton, is to resume mining operations in
week or two.
The ore shipping record over the
Chicago & Northwestern road from
, Ironwood to the Ashland docks was
broken recently when in one day six
teen trainloads, $4,000 tons in all, were
delivered at the lake port.
The Penn Mining company is making
excellent progress with the work Of
Harvesting Sturgeon falls, Menominee
river, for the purpose of generating
electrical power for the operation Of
it's group of mines at Norway. It is
expected the new plant will 90 into
commission before snow flies.