Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-19
Successful Expedition
TO Historic Fort Clark
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origin OF the name Of PAINTED Woods
and stamps upon it its authority.
Towns Turn Out Big Crowds.
All the towns along the line con
tributed their quota and by the time
Stanton was reached the crowd nat
swelled to about 200. The noon hOul
having arrived refreshments were the
u%ppermost thought, and while SOM
had carried picnic baskets Others
gathered around the feStal boards o
the various restaurants.
During the stay at stanton .
small party went out to the ruins o.
the three Indian villages on the KNIFE
river. One OF these villages IS the
Arahowry village, and one beyond Is
the Hidasta (Gros Ventres) and the
one farther up the original Mandar
village. There is an old road that
is as good as any built by white men
The presence of numerous caches IN
dictated that much corn had peer
buried here.
} On the Historic Site.
On the historic Mandan village sIte
there had already been gathered I;
group Of vehicles which gave the
broad acres the appearance OF
great fair. Stanton sent down Il large
quota and pretty Don things began
to look as If the whole of Mercer
county had turned out. Far to the
west the eye caught the incolne
stream Of vehicles. and when one
turned to the north or south the
same scene met the gaze OF the pc
holder. When all had assembled and
unhitched their horses it seemed ike
the encampment of a pioneer eXpe'
Happiness was written on ev'
cry face.
Exercises Begin. D..
At 2 o'clock the ceremonies began.
President Stuttsman OF the railroad
was master of ceremonies
and he presided with a dignity befit-
ting the occasion. The program was
informal, but this fact took way any
evidence of stiffness. The great throng
was asked to sing America" and in
response 1900 throats sWelled to the
breeze in rendering the patriotic re-
train. Rev. DR.. A. Mac Beede was
then asked to invoke the Divine bless
ms, which he did in a prayer that was
especially BETTING the occasion. Mr..
Stuttsman then followed in a few pre-
liminary remarks, his theme being tn
preservation by the coming genera.
ton and those Of the present OF all
these things that have glorified the
state and bujlded it up totits present
state OF greatness. His remarks were
received with applause and made a
deep impression.
Dew. DR.. Beede was then called and
made an address that kept the audi
ence by turns in a serious mood and
in a humorous one. He strongly
defended the Indians in certain prl
mitive rights without condemning the
whites. Space will not permit a fuller
detail of all the excellent speeche:
and the reader must. be content witt
what is given.
Secretary Hall and Others.
Secretary Hall followed and out
lined the history of the Clark expedi
ton, which is given as an append,
to this article. Mr.. Hall reviewed hi:
subject in a conversational way tina
was pleasing to the audience.
Curator Fish told Of the old Saka
wea village having a known identit!
for 1870 years. His remarks were re
freshing and dealt with several feat
ures not found in historical books. Fl,
told how the village was divided int
three sections. The first was tina
presided over by the Indian police, whit
directed the women in village build
ing and other lines of work. The sec
ond section was composed Of the war
riors, who took the scalps Of their enc
mics and hunted for game. The thirt
were the medicine men, whose sacret
house occupied the spot on which tn
speaker stood. To the Indians it wa!
hallowed ground-hallowed in tn
Of their fcasts, their trials, thei,
sickness, and their joys. Here thu
Indians anne once a year from tn
scenic hills around and performe;
their rites OF joy or sorrow as occas
on demanded. He told of the proves O
old Chief Four Bears and how the vii
lage had been ravaged by smallpox Ii
1887; that many when taken with tn
dreaded disease had thrown them
selves in the river to escape their tor
tnre; that how out of a population o
500, $50 had died; that at present onl.
Is Mandans were now left on the For
Berthold reservation. 1 as.
Some Old Settlers Talk.
w. H. Mann of New Salem spok
in German to the old settlers. He toll
of how they still maintain their Gel
man characteristics and at the sam
time adapting themselves to thei
new country. 1t was this ~fexibility il
their citizenship that made them sue!
good citizens. He also found time t
mention some recent events in Europ
which seemed to please his nearer
very much. -,
Some Old Timers Talk.
Mr.. Mann was followed by Charlie
Skager of Fort Clark, one of the oil
timers. He detailed the hardships 9
the early settlers and was listened t
with rapt attention. !,
H. Danielson, the postmaster a
Deapolis, told Of how in early day
he had seen many buffalo head aroun
the ancient graves of the Indians i
the village. In some places Their
were two heads and this fact led hil
to believe that the grueso:ne grave
marks were in honor of some note
chiefs.