Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-01
TEN REMAIN OF
POWERFUL TRIBE
IHREE SMALL HUTS HOUSE last
SURVIVORS OF WINNFRAco
BRANCH OF INDIANS
ONLY THEIR LEGENDS LEFT
They Were Host to Reckon with ir
Early Wars, When They Allied
Themselves with English.
OLD GLAMoR OF POWER GONE

remnant of the once powerful tribe of
Wlnnebago. Living in three huts made
OF canvas, boughs, tar paper and mat
ting, this little colony has spent the win
ter near the site of their old home and
scene OF their former giories several
miles from Lake Koshkonong itself.
Less than century ago, as late as
1882, their ancestors, under the leader
ship OF the redoubtabie White Grow.
possessed a village of 1900 people on
what is now Cacajou point. Early trav-
elers write of this chief and his tribe
OF NlnncbagOs, historians of the Black
Hawk war tell of visits of White Crow
to the white settlements and the guild
ance he gave and part he played in the
last brave struggle of that wonderful
Indian general, Black Hawk, at Wis
consin Heights, when his warriors were
shot down, his squaws murdered and
drowned and his children stabbed by the
bayonets of the frontier soldiers.
Are Yellow Thunder's Kin.
This little band of Indians who have
returned to the scene of their former
glories claim to be descendants of a
brother of Yellow Thunder, named
White Thunder. Yellow Thunder mar
ried the daughter of White Grow, who
was famed for her beauty, and in 1923,
is described as visiting Washington,
where she was known as an Indian prin-
cess and described as very beautiful
and talented. Old Jim War Club, the
patriarch of the little colony, or Ma
MaShe-Be, in Winnebago tongue, is
nearly 70 and for some time past has
been confined to his wigwam, where
he lives with his wife, a second one, his
doctor. Jim Grow, or in the Indian Ian
guage Za-Na-Zinka, Standing Water, a
daughter of his wife by a former mar
riage, Mary War Club, and a little girl,
aged 6 or s.
In another hut lives Tom Walker,
Wa-Ken-Han-Kow (Snake Skim, mar
ried to another daughter of Mrs. War
Club by former marriage, and their lit
tie papoose, bright little fellow of 2
With Tom lives his old father, Wa
Ken-Han-Kow (Snake Skim.
Young Indians Well Bred.
Two younger Indians occupy small
err similar tepee, both are we'll educated
men and one Albert Thunder, a nephew
of old War Club, was brought up in a
white family and attended the govern
ment Indian school in Kansas. He has
also studied for several terms at Law
renee university. He even is a veteran
of the Spanish war, served
Uncle Sam in the Philippines and now
draws a pension of ST a month for dis
abilities received in the service. He is
a bright, intelligent man. fine musician,
playing at the present time with the
Bussyville band, and is an expert trap
per and rifle shot.
His companion is Long Marsh, a
cousin. He also is fairly well educated
and the two have engaged to work on
adjacent farms as hands during the
summer months. During the past win
ter and early spring they have been
most successful In their trapping ana
hunting and have kept the camp sup
plied since old War Clubs illness be-
came severe.
Authority on Indian Lore.
Old DR.. Standing Water of Jim Grow,
is quite a character. He is a reIatlVe
Oshkosh. after whom the city OF Osh-
losh is named, but on his mothers side
he is a Winnebago. He is rich IN the
lore of the Indian tribes, he knows much
Of the early history and can tell many
interesting facts as to clearing up lor
o certainty the location OF the OLD VII
lage of White Grow, which mas peen
placed by some authorizes on Tue Si0i b 10
of Lake Mendoza near Madison, ana oy
others at Lake Koshkonong. Inc VII
Ioro was at KoshkonOng, located on the
emo snot as the CarcaJou CLUB, ana
in it's life was one of the most powerful
Of the Indian communities III southern
Wisconsin. 4ho+ White
CIV r1oe huilt of huts rather than
tnnaas miniature houses covered WIN
hark they were. In his community were
to he found at the time of the BACK s,
Hawk war such warriors as Broken OF
Snottnd Arm. an Indian chief SO named
for wounds received at the Engl E3 cap
ture of Fort Meigs during the war VI
1872 when the WinneoagoSS ,, wet ere, and nn5
G;+tin Priest. all chiefs, were held as
b I,st by Gen. Dodge during 1g1. tne
BE- Hawk war to keep the " lnne-
bapos from joining the forces ol 'iii'
chief. ,oors IN have been
q typical Indian. He IS descrioSu md
some as crafty ana hI s otheTs as the frent
tI = ailn 1,,b;+o man. a moderator, not d
VI ,' liz and head of the large coliini ito
W a. ~ K oshkonong. At the present site
my NJ Sp al was another village OF t,LS'
VI +riha. Here old Walking 1urtl TUE
or Naw-waw, or karry 11 nt;of was
sway. This wonderIVWf VIII Gt crow He
evidently head of the Whlte Glo~ fol1 ~
eVloeI Ls;dn Tecumseh when he fel 1, IL
Wa Ma' hattie of the Thames during .il for his
l ~ 49, So He signed the treaties aoi The ,
t tr;b loi and in 1882 was known as 'is
Counsellor.
older Villages Are Located. .
These two Indian villages APPS th;s i'm.
Ing heen the most prominent N TINS nf i an
rave vicinity although traces tso o in a.
narI;or one have been found AZ sne r liver
t ear Of the Rock and az han va Club
SCUM sou his little band have c %aar s Slough
ana n nid hunting ground. Mear hrother.
t me oi the camp Of War cups Willow YeIIow
ton is 1n .ne OF Of Albert Thunder heiio"
Th hun eWFinnebagos are not frequent By
to , tns fo 5eE removals they have re
treaue 5r i,n from their old NOM honeI been
to the fsr9 %Sds Iowa and ns
sca scar thenc ., into Nebraska ana Na Once
and even into 3Foe lnp whose early history f6d is
,d poMei identified with WlsGohs scsttered
have hands s dmihu to the one at K0shk0n0ns
creek. ruoro Allies of English !,