The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-30
Irish : American Community
Was One of His Castles
in Spain.
I'm THE GOLD RUSH DAYS

Pierre. S. Especial: The depart.
7nent Of history has just received new
hight upon the life and career O
Charley Collins, for years editor o
The old Sioux City Times and a prim,
promoter of Sioux City and Dakota
Territory in the Sos and '70s. 1t ap-
pears that Collins was q natural prop
'sgandist, e. dreamer Of wonderful.
imagination, but above all a Iowa,
o of Erin. With him, ireland was
an obsessiou.
One Of his castles in Spain" was q
great Irish-Arnerican community
where Irish patriotism could be en-
4gendered and munitions Of war col
Sected, SO that when E~ngIand's ex-
$remity and Ireland's opportunity
came, a patriotic army of Irish
Americans could be at once brown
into the British dominions and wipe
u root and branch, the English op-
pressors from the American CONT
hent." He quietly secured the In
dorsement Of his scheme by the FenIan
congress Of 1859 and got a charter
Erom congress-, naming as incorporS-
ssrs. among others. Wendell Philips.
a t. Stewart, Jim Fiske and Ben
Hfutler. He proposed to build his Hi
nernfan commonwealth on the banks
OF the Missouri opposite the mouth Of
White river, to which place he re-
paired. constructed a dug-out, plated
@ great city in his mind, which he
called Brule City, and proceeded to
advertise for Irish settlers. One of
these, a prospective druggist. is said
90 have come out to Brule City looking
Tor an opening. He expressed some
disappointment, in Collins presence.
at the absence of fine dwellings, and
public buildings. Collins grabbed him
9y the lapel, and at a trot dragged him
Mare and fhara nprngG the ,,rn I'LL -
ping occasionally to say, Here is the
opera house; this is the city hall: be-
noid the court house, and look at the
postofhce." His Imagination easily
placed these objects in reality before
BIS ayes.
Fenian Invasion.
It was about this time that the IA
nous Fenian invasion OF Canada at
Niagara Falls failed to materialize.
Collins believed that Canada should be
attached from the back door, and
Through his influence some so pa-
Srfots were induced to come out to
Axe with the purpose of another
Canadian invasion; their idea being
Ct Ike kind to that of John Brown, at
Ferry-that once the battle
cry was sounded hat Irishmen from
the world would rally TO their
These men were distributed |
OF Forts Randall. Sully, Rice and Blu
Iord, where, the commandments be-
coming suspicious of the loiterers. in
CURED of, and received Instructions
srom the war department to dIsperse
Them. They Were in turn dispersed
n all headed across country RI
Rembina, at which place they met
crossed the international boundary
captured the customs house and Hud-
non Bay company's post and were pre-
pairing to march OF Fort Garry when
they were arrested and the expedition
broken up by United States soIdiery
dnder Captain Wheaton, from Fort
Pembina- They were indicted for a
breach of the neutrality laws, and the
John O'Neill, Thomas Curley,
T. j. Donelly and w. B. O'Donoghue
at the fort.
1t will be noticed that Collins did not
the invaders. Here they
we're kept tor a time. but the record
inally disposed, the only Ynkling being
q letters from United States Attorney
Warren Cowles, resident az Vermillion.