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OURAY

other. Added to the original facts was
wild rumor that the troops were go.
ing to expel the Utes from their old
tidings--false and true alike-spread
from village to village. The tribe
sprang to arms. A large band OF Ute
braves fell upon the advancing sol
diers at Mix River, near the reserva-
tons northernmost boundary. Thorn
burgh and thirteen of his troopers
were killed and the horses of the en-.
tire command were captured The
rest Of the soldiers defended them.
selves as best they could behind for.
tifications that had been hastily thrown
up. And here. for days, they We're be-
sieged by the furious savages.
On the same day that Thornburgh
was killed party of Utes swooped
down upon the local agency Buildings
Meeker was killed. as was every man
In his employ. The white women and
children of the agency were captured,
but were later released unframed.
Meantime General Merritt and a
strong force of regulars hurried to the
rescue of the besieged survivors OF
Thornburgh's command. Ouray sent
word to all concerned that the whole
uprising had taken place without his
knowledge. He claimed that at first
news of it he had thrown himself heart
and soul into the task of making his
people return peacefully to their
homes. Angry settlers retorted that
Indians did not usually embark on a
campaign without sanction or knowl-
edge of their chief. But Ouray only
reiterated his old-time Alogan that he
was The White Mans Friend" and
rushed off to meet General Merritt.
Ourays Triumph.
He filled the air with protestations
of his good will toward everybody in
general and Merritt in particular. Hs
assured the officers that Meekers
slayers should be given up to Justice.
and made glittering promises for his
tribes future good behavior. The up
shot of the matter was that OuTays
fervent pledges and declarations won
the day. II was wondrous triumph
for him He had saved his people
from heavy punishment For public
feeling against the Utes ran high, and
many Colorado white man just then
would have asked nothing better than
to have made war on them.
But Ouray's diplomacy carried all
before it. The murderers Of Meeker
and the assailants OF Thornburghs
force escaped unpublished. The wise
old chieftain lived only few months
after scoring his diplomatic victory
He died Ga Los Pinos Agency, Colo
RADIO. August q, 1880. in his sixtieth
year.
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

This is the story of a savage chief
.ain who could not forget wrong, and
who, at the cost of his own life.
avenged the evil wreaked by the white
men upon hiE father.
Miantonomoh, as an earlier article
Of this series told, was saehem of
the Narragansett tribes. He was proud
10 be known as the white mans friend.
He gave pledges of loyalty to the
New England colonists and trusted the
VOWS the colonists made in retrun.
Then Uncas, the great Mohegan chief,
became his enemy. Uncas was more
useful to the white men than Milan
.onomoh. So the New Englanders sac
'ificed the trustful sachem, giving him
over TO the Mohegans for execution.
When Miantonomoh was slain, the
Narragansetts sought to punish the
Mohegans for his death, but again the
English settlers interfered to help
Uncas.
A Wrong to Avenqe.
Canonchet Tor Na-nun-tinu) was
came chief of the Narragansetts A
Massachusetts colonist thus sums up
his appearance: "He is a large. mus
eular man, of great courage of mind
as well as strength of body" The
young Narragansett ruler was not at
irst strong enough to declare his in
tention of avenging Miantonomoh's
sacrifice. So he went (as his father
before him had gomez to Boston as
guest of the English. There he was
Miantonomoh once had been. The
English had given Miantonomoh a
shirt of mail. They presented Canon
chet with a gorgeous red coat laced
with silver. And they managed, as in
Miantonomoh's case, to induce him
to sign treaty that was favorable to
the colonies. In fact, he appeared to
have forgotten any grudge he had
ever held. But, whereas Miantonomoh
had been honest in his oath of friend
ship, there is every reason to believe
Cononchet was not. He accepted the
Englishmen's gifts, listened with a
grave face to their fiattery, signed the
treaty, and-then went back to his
people and secretly made ready for re-
venge.
King Philip, son of Massasoit, de-
clared war on the English Canon
chefs chance had come. He sent his
braves on the warpath as allies of
Philip. He gave refuge and shelter
to the wives and children of Philips
warriors. He was paying the first in
stallment of his debt of hatred And
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS
All Machinery Should be Overhauied
as Soon as Season Is Over
and Repairs Made.

One Of the most serious leaks on
the farm is in the poor care taken of
farm implements when not in use. AS
soon as the season is over binders and
other machinery, no longer needed
this year, should be carefully cleared;
the grease and dirt should be removed
from the bearings. and these should
be carefully oiled and all bright parts
creased, to prevent rusting. Prepare
tons should be made for replacing
any broken or defective parts.
If time does not permit of all this,
make a memorandum to be governed
by on some stormy day. and then see
that everything is put in readiness for
the next harvesting or haying season.
Get the repairs and place them on the
machines at once. Take care of the
plows. Get them under cover. Clean
and grease the bright parts, so that.
when wanted next spring. they will
scour and save the time so many
farmers lose in putting their nipple.
ments into working order
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

At the conclusion Of an uptown din
ner party. and while the women were
still at the table, man VINO former
" lived at 81. Louis and had rubbed
m against Mississippi river boatmeD,
told the following story:
A preacher of the old school had
dwelt at Considerable length and with
much detail on the miracle OF blow
ing down the walls of Jericho. After
the meeting closed and he was walk
ing home a boatman, with COM
panion. overlook him and opened
conversation with him on the subject
OF the miracle.
~Yon say said the boatman, that
seven men with seven horns walked
seven times round the walls and
blowed seven blasts seven times, and
then the walls fell in" The preach
sr said that " as the way it happened
Looks reasonable. don't it," asked
the boatman Of his companion, who
shook his head doubtingly.
lyon see said the first one. there
vas seven men with seven horns, and
they marched seven times round the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
CAVE FULL OF COPPER BELLS

Members of the Archaeological
School of America have been keenly
interested in story told by A. Hooton
Blakiston. president of a Mexican de-
Selopment company, who is one of the
most devoted archaeological students
Of America
On one Of his recent trips to his
headquarters at Mazatlan he raL
Town 10 Honduras to visit so-cailed
sacre6 cave. This cave contains 500
copper tesis. ranging in size from a
outto- 10 a large dinner bell and
more picturesque in design than the
bells made by any other known civili-
ration Each has for a cIapper a
bail of pure copper, and no two bSve
the same tone. The cave also con
tains several images which evidently
were objects OF Worship. Some of
these Mr. Blakiston obtained.
The most interesting of the bells
are in the form of fanciful faces Of
men and eccentric shapes of animals.
One follows the lines OF a turtle with
an elongated neck. bent backward for
he handle. One has an exagg@seG
sLin and nose Ike our own concep-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
OFFICIAL INVITATION
TO AMERICANS
HOW ROBERT ROGERS, MINISTER
OF THE INTERIOR, IN WINNIPEG
ADDRESS. ISSUES WELCOME
OF AMERICANS TO VEST
ERN CANADA.

During the course OF a reply to an
address presented to Hon. Rober. Rog.
ers, the newly appointed Minis er OF
the Interior of Canada at a banquet.
given at Winnipeg in his honor that
gentleman spoke on immigration The
tone of his remarks was that he intend.
ed TO pursue an aggressive and sar.
ward policy In the matter OF immigra
ton. In part, he said:
The most important branch per.
haps of that department (Interior) is
that of immigration.
IF there is anything more than an.
other we want here 1t Is a greater pop.
ulation, and 1t shall be my duty to pre-
sent to the people in all parts of the
world where desirable emigrants are
to be found the advantages and the
great possibilities of this country. We
have received in the past reasonably
large immigration from south of the
international boundary, and in this
connection let me say just a word for
our American cousins who have found
happy homes amongst US. and those
whom we hope to welcome in greater
numbers in the years to come There
are hundreds OF thousands of them In
our prairie provinces, happy in the en-
joyment of freedom as great as they
ever knew, and all contributing in
material way towards the development
of Canada. We are not blind to their
value as settlers. They come better
equipped with scientific farming
knowledge than most of our emf.
grants, and constitute without doubt
che wealthiest class of emigrants any
new country has ever known. AS
head of the immigration department It
will be my privilege to offer them
welcome hearty and sincere, and to
SO contribute to their welfare that un,
der the protecting folds of the Union
Jack they will enjoy as great degree
OF liberty and happiness as under the
Stars and Stripes. The Borden gov
eminent cherishes nothing but tho
kindliest feelings for the people OF the
great republic to the south, and will
do all in its power to increase the
bonds of kinship and neighborly good
feeling that has so long existed.
(Hear, hear)
While we adopt vigorous emil
grafton policy IN that country. we will
also adopt the same vigorous Policy in
other parts of the world. We will go
to England, Ireland and Scotland, and
every other country irrespective Of
race, creed or nationality, where we
can find suitable and desirable emf
grants for this great country. / think
much good work can be done in those
counties, and especially perhaps at
the present time in England, Ireland
and Scotland. Now. then, 1t will be
my duty to stir up that policy in the
most vigorous manner possible"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
IOWA CLAIMS BIGGEST PEAR

What is thought to be the largest
pear ever grown is being exhibited by
Mrs. G.. w. Hutchins of Des Moines,
la. 1t weighs two pounds and one
ounce and measures 16 inches in cir
conference. The pear was produced
by a three-year-old Duchess dan
gouleme" tree. The tree was loaded
this year with large fruit, but this
one eclipsed all the others. Its
weight increased and strained the
stem until the breaking point was
reached M. ]. Wragg, who was one
of the government judges on horticul-
ture at the worlds fair in Chicago
and st. Louis, states that he has never
seen a pear grown anywhere which
was as large as this
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

tons of witch. Some represent
strange creatures akin to the dragon
of romance. and these curl around
bells that are shaped like a well.
Some have broad gnomelike faces in
which the opening OF the bell repre-
sents the mouth, with one large tooth
protruding on either side. and others
have grotesque bat heads. varied speci-
mems having horn-like ears upon the
forehead or high ringed eyes and
other idiosyncrasies. One is a fat
negroid face with wide open mouth
out OF which protrudes another face
of different type with large nose and
hideous. staring eyes. These bells are
not only surprising in design. but are
wonderful in workmanship. There
seems to be no doubt that many acre
cast in molds while others we're
beaten. or at lest finished in that
manner. Some were built tier mon
tier out of fine wires. recur-ine
scrolls and other running sesir-s he
ing superimposed in delicate coils
Of copper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
Stamina Pumpklns in the Field.

You needn't expect to reap much
profit from gorging your hogs ard
cattle on pumpkins for a few days
during the harvest season. then cut.
ting off their supply OF this valuable
feed for another whole year. Store
your pumpkins In the field Pile the
pumpkins in row, as high and as
wide SIS you wish. cover with hay and
set up fodder on each side TO . thick.
ness of three or four feet. This not
only affords ample protection from the
cold. but also enables you TO form a
most profitable balanced ration by
adding 'the fruit OF the vine" as you
feed out the corn and fodder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
.FE2N'l;:;;.;;,I
,vS;s Sygsr~ Fs.<Assp ~, p q
|I!yfNUTE|

BY maintaining a road is meant keep
ing it In repair.
A remarkable thing about alfalfa is
its perennial youth.
Telephone communication with the
market is a great advantage.
The successful garden is started In
the tall. although not seed may be
planted
Thoroughly air dried seed corn will
stand almost any temperature. no mat
ter how low,
Clean up the yard and farmstead
generally. Plan to set out few
more ornaments next spring
Those farmers who have roots to
feed their stock this winter whether
they have a silo or noD are lucky.
Ashes are best applied in the spring,
separately OF in connection with phos-
phate fertilizers as top-dressing.
The value Of corn ensilage Is be-
ginning 10 be better understood in the
eastern states than ii was formerly.
Cranberries were not injured so
much this year by early frosts as
they we're during the past two years.
Tobacco dust worked into the sur
face of the soil just before setting the
lettuce viii help &c keep the aphis
away.
Alfalfa can be grown on stin lands
with great success. but is not sue
cess on sandy soils unless the land Is
lined and inoculated
The house where celery is stored
should be well ventilated because
celery will stand a good deal of cold
and damp: heat is fatal
DID the carrots, beets, etc. and store
them for winter use. Medium sized
tender roots are best for winter use.
The farmer can better afford 10 pay
eight or ten dollars ton for good
wood ashes than the usual rates for al.
most any potash fertilizer.
Seed corn TO keep best should be
dried out thoroughly before cold wealth.
er comes in some cool. airy place
where the ears do not touch.
Alfalfa is not new 10 the United
States. but only within recent years
a1s its culture been we'll understood
and few essentials Of its success
been learned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

Ouray-a tat, lnscrutable-faced Ute
Indian--loudly proclaimed himself
THE Friend of the White Man" Ger
tain white men living near his reser-
walton proclaimed quite as loudly that
the chief was a most unmitigated old
scoundrel. Others held that he was
one of those somewhat rare specimens.
a good Inuian." Here is his history,
woven with the tale of an Indian up
rising that brought his people into
tragic prominence about thirty years
ago:
The branches of the Ute nation"
were scattered over large sections OF
Utah, Colorado and other states. Ouray
and his tribe lived in Colorado. They
were more or less at peace with the
white settlers. Ouray, who was rather
well educated, had gone several times
to Washington to urge his tribesmen's
rights. Nathan C. Meeker, the local
Indian agent, managed to dispense
Justice on the reservation and was
thought to have won his red wards
love and absolute trust.
Forecasts of Trouble.
Colorado was becoming more and
more thickly populated by white men.
Land that had once been practically
free to all Corners began to take on a
much higher value Settlers grumbled
that the Ute reservation was too large
and that so much good ground would
be in better use if parcelled out among
white men than under native owner
ship. Meeker saw that the reserva
ton must soon or late be cut down.
He is said to have talked the matter
over with Ouray and, with the chiefs
approval, to have suggested plan for
easing the coming blow to the Utes.
Hunting needs far more territory than
does farm work. So Meeker suggest
ed that the Indians under his care
turn their minds to agriculture. He
even went so far as to supply them
with ploughs, etc, and to order them
to till the soil.
The Utes whether inspired by
Ouray. or, as he claimed, against his
advice fatty refused. They said they
were hunters, like their ancestors, not
mere farmers. They rebelled against
the agents authority. Daily the stu
alton grew worse At last, IN July of
1859. Meeker told the Indian depart
ment at Washington that an outbreak
seemed imminent He asked that sol
diers be sent to overawe the savages.
Accordingly two months later a
force under Major Thornburgh came
to look into the state Of affairs Every
effort was made to keep the coming
of the soldiers a profound secret. But
in the mysterious fashion known only
TO Indians the news was flashed from
one end OF the reservation to the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
MARE ADOPTS A CALF

BY he adopting Of calf as her
own, he grief of a mare belonging
to Charles Stoll, near Proebstel.
Wash. has been lessened. A cot was
born to the mare. The colt lived but
few days and as the mare roamed
disconsolately about the pasture she
crossed the path of COW with a calf.
A battle between the COW and the
mare followed and the latter won the
affections of the calf Whenever aft
erward the COW would attempt to ap-
proach the calf the mare. with ears
laid back. would make a charge and
drive off the mother. The mare and
the calf are now inseparable, the calf
thriving under the watchful care Of
the foster mother.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

value of rowen as food for milk pro-
duction and growth. What is the mat
ter with making rowen out Of the
whole of the clover crop?
The clover should be cut as soon
az 1t is in blossom 1t cannot be
cured as quickly. but it man be cured,
and we shall be more sure to get a
good second crop.
Much of the feeding value of the
managed after 1t is cut; and right
here is where we find many practical
farmers who fail to agree on how the
clover should be handled, although
they are all working with one object
in view, and that to cure it as Quick
Iy as they can and get the crop Sc
cured before unfavorable weather de-
lays the work end ruins the feeding
value Of the hay.
We make 6 practice of cutting in
the forenoon what may be tedded and
raked and cooked In the afternoon
and allow 1t to remain In the cocks
and cure for two days and open up
the third day about nine or ten o'clock
In the morning and begin hauling to
the NOW in the afternoon.
When the clover is handled in this
manner 1t will be cured and the loss
of leaves will be reduced to a mini
mum. Glover that is handled In this
manner will retain its delightful arc
ma. OF course, weather conditions
will often upset our most carefully
laid plans. and we shall be compelled
to cut away from all hard and fast
rules and do the best thing possible
under the circumstances.
The hay tedder is a necessity If we
get our hay into the barn In the best
condition. and one days good sun and
two teddings will do more toward cur
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

News dispatches told recently of the
doleful predicament Of Fred Terror,
stockman. who does not know in
which of four states he lives. His
position is most puzzling, not to say
embarrassing. above all when he Wis
its foreign parts and wants to put
his place of habitation on the hotel
register with his name. He is liter
ally man without a state He gets
up each morning in Utah, eats a
breakfast in Colorado, which his wife
prepared in Arizona and smokes his
pipe after supper in New Mexico. He
carries on all these muItifold activ-
tiles under his own roof tree, since
his ranch extends into the four states
mentioned and his house occupies the
exact point where the boundary lines
join.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
FRESH RHUBARB IN WINTER
Can Easily Be Raised During Severe
Cold Weather-All That Is
Needed Is Warm Cellar.

Fresh rhubarb can be easily raised
during the winter after the season
out doors is over All that is re-
quired, says an Idaho bulletin. in the
way of room is a warm cellar or base
ment.
AS soon as the tate fall arrives, dig
up the roots, allowing as much dirt
as possible to adhere. and plIe them
up on the north side of soma building
TO prevent alternate free ding and
thawing.
When winter arrives bring the roots
into the cellar and plant them close
together in shallow bins or boxes
with little soil between them The
soil should not be kept wet but sim
ply moist and mellow in order to al
low a good circulation of air around
the roots.
Shoots grown in this manner are
remarkably tender and of an excellent
aavnr In order to Sotaln supply
over a long period they should be set
out about every two weeks. AT the
end OF month the roots are usual,
exhausted Roots forced in this man
ner are worthless for planting out
again in the spring
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
T OUYOFThEORpINARY
H

was assigned to the expedition. His
discovery was humming bird on the
high slopes of the Cerro Azul range,
Is miles northwest of Chepo, Pana-
ma. This bird has been named Gold
mania violiceps. in honor of Mr.. Gold
man. In the adult male the crown,
forehead and lores are dull irldescent
violet. while the rest OF the upper
parts are rich metallic green, and
the tail feathers reddish chestnut
tipped with bronze green. In the adult
female the entire upper parts of the
body and head are uniform, dull me-
tallic green. while the under parts
are dull white mixed with green,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
OSTRICH Tree OF MONTEREY

In the famous cypress grove Of Mon
terey. Cal, stands a unique tree
known as the Ostrich tree" from the
resemblance to that ungainly bird
This cypress stands at a point of the
headland jutting out towards the
ocean. It's branches seem to be fiat
on top like shelves and the tree itself
can be seen for miles The grove IL
self is a natural curiosity that at
tracts thousands of tourists yearly.
Within these precincts of gloom and
puzzling trails the sunshine cannot
penetrate. Landmarks there are none,
but only gloomy, bending, swaying, ST.
lent trees. that neither whisper nor
murmur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
DOG HAS AN EAR TRUMPET

Dominick. handsome mastiff own
ed by United States District Attorney
Thomas Ward Jr of Denver, and
known throughout the city as the
tree-climbing and otherwise accom-
plished animal, has become the bene-
ficiary of science. He has been fitted
with an ear trumpet. nomonick be-
came melancholy and failed to per-
form his tricks with accustomed alac.
rity. A veterinary was visited and it
was found Dominick was going deaf.
Now Dominick has an ear trumpet to
correct his affiiction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05

most likely to attack cabbages. In a
series of experiments In which he has
covered cabbage leaves with pure cul-
lures of the fever germs In bouillon,
he has traced the crawlers to new
feeding quarters which previously
had been protected from them. Fol-
lowing the trail or these molIuscs
over the protected cabbages, even
where the creatures have had to cross
a considerable stretch of earth, the
doctor has found typhoid fever germs
which showed the marked reactions
of the bacillus in blood serum from
typhoid fever patients.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-05
LETTER DELAYED ESQ YEARS

A letter written $50 years ago, in
December, 1660-to prominent mem
Der of the Body of Friends In Durham,
was found recently in the public rec
ord office in London. having been
undelivered. A copy of the letter has
been forwarded to the descendants in
the eighth generation of these for
whom it was intended The letter is
addressed: For my Loving friend
Richard Hickson, a butcher in Dur.
ham, to bee delivered to VIM. Bywa-
ters, Durham, paid Cd"