The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-10
SAVES sIxr4ETwo-LlvEs.
.-==if-Brccd, Who Claimed Relation.
ship With Pierce, Spoke With
T+ Sa,-t-asr,A NJ I,ipcolo

Sarcasm OF Lincoln.
Pierre, s. D., Nov. 5.-OId Joe La
Efamhoise is dead, and another link
hetween the present days OF prog
ress and peace and that time of ter
For and massacre lin the early days
ct minnesota's history--days which
arc rapidly being dimmed by the
: Z ii1Essfg 'E.s OF the. tnen who participat-
ed in them.
But for one act OF his life Old
Joe would now be resting in the
NC more than those of his mixed
breed companions who preceded him
% the happy hunting grounds. -
Bat that one act has won him a
place in history and in the hearts
o4 all who know of the deeds.
it was on August Is, 1862, that
Old joe saved his name from OBJ
Hyion by saving sixty-two white
parsons from the. inevitable and hor-
rsble death by torture at the hands
&c the Sioux
Fired by the CUES of
issttie Crow, their head War chief,
the savage humor of the Sioux and
fanktonais ran, rapidly through the
Mccession OF fear and doubt into
natred. The tfIyo-ti-pi, or war
dance, was held and the massacre
ipsznned.
s La Framboise knew what il
meant, and prompted perhaps by
me blood of his civilized ancestors.
carried the warning to the agency
aL Yellow Medicine. Here he pafh-
cred the frightened pioneers in the
Stcne warehouseAar the night, and
M the morning B8&w them safely
acruss the river before the storm OF
savage fury which carried hundreds
of settlers to death was upon them.
There Is nothing in the meager
nSstcry of Old Joe which shows
tnas ne felt any close attachment
TOT the whites. ana, after that one
aas on service he dropped back in
70 his old life again.
But enough ~ the pride of the
shtte man rem&theJ in him so that
ben the rewards for the Indians
10 had helped the whites in the
break had run through. the red
OF government departements
Joe received nothing bifS a few
ing implements. He accepted
sullenly and refused to fight
Ahat was hf6kby right. The gift
sse tools heNalways considered
personal insult.
One piece of longNchain he always
stained, Insisting that it was the
erEonal gift OF abraham Lincoln.
Ahis chain, when he could be pre-
lee upon to atalkf about the mat,
at all, he always exhibited with
> mite scorn as Che gift of the
his white children.
hortly befQrei Old Joe died
s41e Robinson, secretary OF the
State Historical Society of South
Dakota, visitedD 4iim in lis home
near VSblin, in Marshall county
south Dakota. This is Mr.. Robin
IONS account OF theNinterview:
- found Old Joe smoking his
,ipe in front of his cabin and mo-
toned me to seat by his side.
4 My grandfather, I La Framboise,
sas very nice man, said Old Joe in
course OF the copver5ation;
~ nice man, very religious man.
was shot in hees teepee while
ying hees prayers
HOld Joe smiles through his griz-
ed beard whichI sparsely covered
s thoroughly Sioux features, and
! 'afe. Il have not said my prayers.
i net reesk it,
Toe displayed not a little Gallo
PRIDE in his aeffesfors HIS cdhVer-
sation about HiA 4 grandfather led
aim TO boast 81 his relationship to
Franklin Pierce.f
Zoe picked<45D the bit of log
hain which ~ said was gift from
Adncoin, them threw 1t down and
4ieked it until the heavy links rat
tiled.
Abe Lincoln be aneered with
the. utmost djsdain5 'heem give Il
me. Heem sPubljcan; me heap
SeInocrat -
There vases great deal of sar-
fsIp and bitterness I'm Joe. Perhaps
he. one glimpse Of the better man
ubin him had disappointed him
~ith the rather sordid prep6nder-
nee. He refused to discuss the
sllow Medicine rescpe, for that
sis smother man. he mar at yellow
sfedieine." Il