Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-20

In a recent letter to the Chicago
RecordHerald, william e. Curtis, the
we'll known correspondent, writes In
terestingly of the Sakakawea statue
as follows:
The women of North Dakota are
about to erect monument In front
of the capitol building at Bismarck.
in honor of Sakakawea bird Woman)
the Shoshone guide Of Lewis and
Clark across the Rocky mountains In
1904. There Is already beautiful
statue Of this heroine in the park at
Portland, Oregon, made by a Chicago
woman artist, with funds raised thru
the efforts of Mrs. Eva Emery Dye
and others, at the time Of the Port
land exposition. But Sakakawea is
entitled to all the honors that can be
paid her.
The new statue for Bismarck was
designed by Leonard Crunelle, and the
clay model is now in the studio OF
Frederick c. Hubbard, 923 East Six
tieth street, Chicago. 1t is of heroic
size, nine feet tall, and depicts an
Indian woman muffled in blanket.
with papoose upon her back and
her right arm extended as If pointing
out the. way. Mr.. Crunelle visited the
Indian reservation at ElbOWoOds, N.
D., two years ago to study and sketch
Indian figures and costumes, and has
had the advice of Spotted Weasel and
James Holding Eagle, who have WIS.,
tied Chicago to inspect and crithcise
the statue. The bronze will be cast
next June or July, and it will then be
shipped to it's destination. The legis.
lature of North Dakota has ap3ro-
priated money for granite pedestal,
which will be placed about half
mile from the Missouri river so that
the figure will face that stream. 1t
is expected that the. statue will be in
place ready for unwilling in October
The money to pay for thu statue
was raised fby the Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs of North Dakota, and by
the school children Of tho state. The
reasons why the women and children
should erect statue TO SakakaWea
are given in laconic terms in little
circular published by the Woman's
Federation.
1. Sakakawea was the first North
Dakotan whose name was enrolled on
the pages Of history.
g. 1t Is proper that We mark his
toric spots in our young and rising
3. Sakakawea was the only woman
to accompany the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
1. She was their guide and inter-
prefer.
S. She protected them when they
were threatened by hostile Indians.
6. She procured from them food
and horses when they were destitute
Of both.
Z. lShe saved their journals and
valuable papers at the risk of her
own life.
3. She was the only one of the
party who received no pecuniary COM
pensation for her services.
9. While enduring hardships and
suffering, she administered to the ne
cessities' Of others.
10. She welcomed with intelligent
the civilization Of the
white race, and was the first Indian
west Of the Missouri river known to
embrace Christianity.
II. She was the first pioneer moth
er to cross the Rocky mountains and
carry her baby into the Oregon coun'
try.
The women Of North Dakota have
good historical ground for claiming
as a fellow citizen. be-
cause. although she was Shoshone
by birth and that tribe lived farther
west, in the mountains Of Wyoming,
she was captured by the eros Ventre
Indians Of North Dakota when she
was II years old, was brought up by
them, wore their costumes, and the
name they bestowed upon her-Tas-
which means bird wo-
man.. The name is often called
Sa.ka-ka (bird) Wia-a (woman).
After the return Of Lewis and Clark
to the east she went to her own tribe,
whose headquarters were near the
present city of Lander, Wyo., and