The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-18

inspiration 10 ne or SaCrltlre ana
heroism.
The third group that has helped to
make history for the Keweenaw Pen
nsua is the Indian.
His story, or else the story of kim
dred race begins in the old diggings or
Isle Royale. which seems to have been
reached by crossing the lake from the
northwest coast Of Keweenaw Point.
He left no evidence of permanent han
itation, though he did in primitive
fashion blast at least on pit on the
Calumet Conglomerate At Portage
Entry he LETT a few specimens of cop
per, and at the Canal some instru-
ments which are tempered either 10y
nature or 10y art of man.
lie mined near Ontonagon. Perhaps
he was the Aztec of Mexico. Perhaus
the Mound builder. Perhaps a later
tribe. leave 10 learned men To de-
eide.
The story of the relationship of the
whites and the Indians in odd Kewee-
nav is fortunately one Of the conf
dence and friendship. The Indian rec
ords show only one battle. that on
Battle Island. near Portage Entry: on
~ one short chapter To tell of man
inhumanity To man amidst the furics
Of war.
What a glorious contrast between
the relationship with the Indian here
and with his brother i'm the East. New
ENGLAND was scourged with fire and
baptised with blood There we trace
the trail of civilization in the blood of
the forest dwcllcrs Those primitive
people loved freedom and fought
braycly for their homes and their en-
mics have written against them a bit
ter history.
But thanks to the work of the early
Roman Catholic missionaries, and the
attitude of the early set
tiers there is no such history To write
of Old Keweenaw. Fort Wilkins es-
tablished in lS43 proved a useless pre-
caution. ON several occasions alarms
were sent out Of uprisings, frequently
rumors which had drifted from afar
At one time it was reported at Eagle
River that rumors were seen going up
and down the eastern shore evidently
summoning the braves to war The
settlers were not particularly COT
cerned hut the authorities of the state
sent up supply of guns for use i'm IN
emergency. They were old fashioned
flint locks even then "a little out #
date. However, they were not entire
ly useless for they were bought bv
John Senter, and when the first milf
tary company was organized at Calu-
met were sent hither. The old flint
locks and hayonets were stored at
Eagle Harbor.
At L'Anse there were two or three
causeless alarms. on one occasion
word was received that the young In
dams had taken to the woods with
their war weapons At once the set
tiers assembled in ono house. Tho
men were organized and the windows
barred, guns loaded and doors barri-
caded After several hours of anxious
waiting. about eleven at night friendly
Indian went out to scout. Some two
hours later the glimmer Of guns on tho
hillside i'm the moonlight indicated the
presence Of Indians approaching tn"
house The terror increased many
fold for the crisis had come; IL did
not stay long. however, for these We're
were the scouts returning. and morn
INK light with its natural return or
courage proved the falsity of the
alarm and restored the mutual conf
dence Of the red and white
one must admire the men who re-
strained the savage and cultivated tho