The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-22

uays the ohFOniclsr. = happy n hc,,,
Zoe. leading an easygolng existsno. !.
The indian gtyls when they were abro,I
and after tho fashion d the frontier us,,-
man In their permanent habitarh,-
Some day some one will arise Who 49,
write the epic IL tho Red River halfhr.1
and the world will be the richer IA,
knOWledge u these people. hall lnd,,,
half French. having the CAPACITY n,
endurance q The ono rnos and the yivaci,,
and appreciation Of enjoyment 4 NJ
other, Of their devotion 20 prImnt,.
Christianity on the one hand and a.,
Wild indldarsncs 10 all trammels IN n.
Othsr. They trapped In the vim,
did service a. voyagours and ffrieb,.,,
and hunted the buffalo for the ~.
and pommican. They did all tho irsiVA,
ing for the odd fur companies. snd n.
screechlnG protest. Of the wooden ar,
Of the carts. which they formed ma
trains miles long. could BE- heard on n.
prairie long before the outfit came lus.
niRht. their carts being built entirely a
wood. with no teamwork whatsoever IA n.
construction, not even an iron nail b.
ing used
The pommiOan that the Red River A.s
breeds used 70 make 10 described hem
Lean buffalo meat aftsr being dried N.
pounded into pulp. This vas put ina
impsrvious gacks made Of the hids .,
buffalo calves. The talloW Of thu slaurA.
tered animals was then melted and poBI,l
into the sacks over the lean pulp and q.
tips Oi the aacka were ssWed up. VIA
the mass hardensd. says this account n
would keep almost indefinitely. Psmmoaa
formed the most nutritious and sa.lv
portable article Of food and was Of Er,',
value 10 travellers. who made log a.
tancss over plains where meat could IA
always BE- obtained. Il was The artlcls
Of diet mOgt 20 be depended upon. and WA
very little psmmloan In his pack plaluD
man could travel an incredible diSlnnn
without fear Of lacking ample nbSis.snoA
In the DaiRhborhoOA Of Devils Laks A
enormous quantity q this frontier dsHs.sy
was mads and sold 10 the Hndson's B,y
and American Fur companies.' No ysl.
low novelist of tAoss days wrote . tAls 10
show that thu prspaTation Of the psmminn
was NOT neatly accomplished. The tmds
was never injured By peculiar and noa
melancholy literary sndsavor.
The memory q his 500 mile bull tsan
Journey from So. Paul 10 Devils Lahs
In is7l ID not now painful 10 Mr.. McLAash-
Nm. The troubles with obstinate OIsA
the brsakingB down In places Tsns6
from repair shops. such matters uus
doubtless poignant at the tina Of Shslr
Occurrenos. but they are all joke % hin
nov. In thsss days the traveller hAVsa
Sc. Paul in a sumptuous steam car stmid-
night. slsepa soundly. hrOAkfAss con.
fortably and not long after breAkiass
finds himself AZ Jamestown. Whsn w.
Mclaughlin sought Devils Lake win
his agency outfit military posts had ben
established along The way. but sEcsps
for These tho country had no Whits ~
tiers. IL seems hard 70 belisve. hui
there was no Fargo. no jamestown 10
Biamanok. 1T was not until the nski
year that the Northern Pacific cromsd
the Red River. taking the white mn
along in its wake; IL vas not safe 70 ven
tuFe too far In front or 70 either 30
In the summer Of iST7 jamestown Waa
roaring camp and that fall the road vent
out 20 the Missouri. AZ that day 10 IsT.
rifying was the winter 10 the people Vim
had nos become inuFed 20 u that 10
attempt was made 10 operate the rail-
road west Of the Red River except in b.
summer time
When Mr.. Mclaughlin reached Deyis
Lake he found about 100 Indians scattered
about the reservation there. Thsy VIEW
quiet enough. About 1900 siOu1 al
told roamsd tho plains and valleys q
the Northwest al that TINA. Thoss q
them VINO lived east q the Missouri River
had come 70 be gentle - compared win
their cousins the Teton SiOuH. who dvsli
10 the west Of the Missouri. The Tetoa
were supposed under q treaty made a
Isas 10 have a local habitation' A ins
domain embracing half Of what IL nov he
State Of South Dakota had been set tpaEi
for them. but they did NOT find Il be
enough. They roamed north 20 the Cara
dian border, south through half q ~
braska and west a. far a. the Big HSsa
Mountains They hunted the buffalo nnd
made war on other tribes. II was with
these Teton Sioux that We had our memor.
able troubles in the 'Eos.
After describing the conditions al ths
time when he entered ths Indian ssrvios
Mr.. Mclaughlin goes on 10 relate gToai
deal In which are embodied both his en-
and the information that b
obtained from others. There are many
picturea Of Indian life In the book. ThGs
are anecdotes. The battle Of the LitR
Big Horn IL reviswsd. and there IL anas-
count Of il that was obtained from %
indians. The ghost dance. The arrest G1d
death Of sitting Ball. Captain Jack aad
his ModOcs; the wonderful retreat Of CAA
Joseph and his Mes Percss-all thess ~
In the chronicle. There are portraits All
other illustrations.
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