Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-07-29

ture which surprised them all for
there were several men in the store,
those | remember were Max Labreche
and Frank Gardepee Well, Frank
! CT shall call him that as l proceed)
felt his New Year celebration and
disposed to have a scrap, as he had
a grudge against Mosinee, he took a
grub that happened to be in the
store and started to go out and kill
Mosinee to revenge my abuses, but
Mr.. Biron stopped him and kept him
in the store until he was reconciliat-
ed.
But nevertheless, on the next night
about 10 O'Clock Mosinee was found
lying in the road near by a store To-
Gated about where Mr. d. J. Arpin's
new house is at present located, with
a fearful bump and cut on the head
and two cuts in the face and his
nose broken Some one picked him
up and took him into the store, and
with the assistance of alcohol ad-
ministered outside and inwardly he
was revived, and after having suf-
ficiently recovered he was es-
corted to his wigwam, which was
pitched on or near the spot where
the M. E. church is now located, and
he did not show up for three weeks.
When he made his first appearance
he wanted to see Frank and said,
me xii him by and by" but Frank
had gone into the woods and was
told of Mosinee's threats, so he kept
lookout for Mr.. Indian. He did
not see Frank until the next July
when Frank was returning from Point
Bass. The writer was also on the
way returning from a trip; We vert
running lumber down the river, when
near the sand hill Frank was about
ten rods in advance of me when he
spied Mosinee coming towards him
with gun on his shoulder. What
to do Frank was at sea. When
about five rods from his enemy he
stopped in the center of the road and
unbuttoned his red shirt and with.
both hands opened it in front so as
to expose his bare breast and eX-
claimed ''Now you shoot me like a
brave in the heart; don't shoot me
in the back like an old squaw." Mos
inee stopped on hearing those words
and laid his gun on the ground and
put his left hand on his shoulder
and said mo burnt stick, l will not
shoot you. You are too brave. /
would not shoot any one when he
could not defend himself"
Burnt stick is the name the In
dians use for all who have Indian
blood in them, and as Frank was
quarter blood he called him burnt
stick when he first addressed him,
and of course Frank could speak the
Indian language fluently.
The Indians also have secret or
ders as we'll as the whites One is
called the Order Of the Braves. Mos
inee belonged to this Order. No
one is to kill anything, men or game
of any kind, without first giving it
chance for its life. If one of the
Order see a deer and the deer does
not see the brave, the brave must
first scare the deer before shooting.
Mosinee was true to his Order, and
it was what saved Frank.
Now, returning to my first days
adventure, which | shall never for
get it 1 have nearly every day a good
reminder when reading the news
papers in which | read about Jack
the Ripper, Jack the Hugger and
Jack the Kisser, which recall to my
mind that I was also hugged, kissed
and very near being ripped.
Well l have no apologies to make
for this my feeble attempt to inter
est you all for the reason that l
know full we'll that you do not take
me to be Victor Hugo.
l cannot conclude without the re-
mark that if the Laws of 1S47 had
been as rigid and strict as the
Judges of the present day would
have it concerning the kissing busi-
ness, when a poor mortal has to
pay $500 for one unlawful osculatiOn
Mr.. Mosinee would have to kill the
deer without first soaring it in order
to enable him to pay his fine or
damages for his misdemeanCr, or go
where the dogs would not bite him.