Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-24

this place. They viii be transferred
to canvas. to be used as illustrati ons
OF the Territory IN lectures he in-l
tends giving in the course of the
winter" i ~ u .:s:..=
0 In his personal recollections Of
Minnesota and its people, Col. John
H. Stevens Of Glencoe, says:
"A large party under the auspices
of DR.. C. L. Anderson and several 9th
or citizens of Minneapolis, explored
the country west Of Glencoe this fall
(1856). They discovered the Kandi-
yohi lakes and named several bodies
Of water, which names are retained
to this day. Lake Lillian took its
name from the wife of E. Whitefleld,
the artist of the expedition
But one thing Col. Stevens did not
enlighten us upon was, which of Mr..
Whitefield's wives bore the name Of
Lillian. The st. Paul Press published
to a two column sensational article in
the early part Of 1856, telling of the
excitement which ensued after the
arrival of the first steamboat up the
river when a woman arrived who
claimed to be the true and lawful
wife of the eminent artist, who was
nicely located there and at, home to
his friends with another woman at
the head of his household. The next
days issue of the Press treasured the
public that the matter had been ad-
justed to the satisfaction of parties
concerned.
In similar way l have no doubt
that somewhere in the files of news
papers are recorded many items
which would throw additional light
upon the local history of early settlers
and townsite enterprises of which we
now know little. For instance in the
Morgantown, Monongalia County, Va,
papers at the time Irving on Green
Lake was promoted; in the Geneseo
Valley papers in New York when Mr..
Hooper plated tennessee; the St.
Johns TOWNSHIP; the identity of the
first Willmar resident, who was
killed by the Indians after resi-.
dence here of five years and who
came here from Trempeleau, Wis, and
other incidents, which might tempt
local historians to continued re-
search.
will close by quoting few ad'
ditional brief clippings from the ear
ly papers:
Minnesota Republican, June 4, 1857
"A mail route ordered in operation
July extends from Glencoe, by Red
Cedar Lake. Irving and St. Cloud
Wm. B. Stokes, contractor"
Glencoe Register, Sept. II, 1853
"The Indians called the country trib
utary and west of Hutchinson, The
place that makes buffaloes.'
July 2, 1857-"The plats for towns
liz and 119, range 80, were received
at the Minneapolis land office. Set
tiers are advised to file declaratory
statements at once"
"The Mill at Kingston, Meeke1
County, was placed in operation In
October, 1852
"In election of 1853 in Stearns
County, 40 votes were cast in favor
: of the law creating Monongalia Coun
ty and AZ against.
"1n fall of 1858, large party OF sew
eral hundred Indians camped near
Lake Koronis and north and were said
to have killed 1000 deer"
These Indians were apparently not
satisfied with venison, however, FOL
the st. Cloud Democrat of Dec. "a
1859. tells: ".The Chief of the SAND
Hill band of Sioux has been spending
several weeks in the sparsely settled
7 portion of our county, with his hordes
| of about 500 barbarians. They have
: killed several cattle and robbed the
, settlers of corn, oats, hay, potatoes
etc."
Glencoe Register, Sept. II, 1857:
"Amos Jones, postmaster at Glendale
while blowing, 9 miles northwest o.
Glencoe on Sept. 9Th and 9TH saw two
big buffalo"
The St. Cloud paper states that thu
last large herd of buffalo was seer
:. on the Sank river prairie west O.
l Paynesville in summer of 1856.
r Glencoe Register, Jan. 26,l86l-
3 "Several teams loaded for the Greer
!. Lake country had to return on &C
!, count of the deep drifts"
2 Glencoe Register, Mar. 5, 1860
: Harris of Monongalia County was
: member of Minnesota State Agricul
r tural Society, just organized
st. Cloud Democrat, May II, 1860
;, FLOR some time past, band o
: Chippewas have been following par
2 ty of Sioux. On last Monday the!
r concealed themselves on the edge o
S the Maine Prairie, miles from Fai
! Haven, and as they passed, shot int
e them, killing four. Three of thes'
scalped, the other they cut off tn
t head below the chin, and brought i
/ with them to Sank Rapids, where Dr.
Simonton of this place, procured
l. from Chief "Hole-in-the-Day." TIL
J. remainder of the Sioux escaped
e None of the Chippewas were wounde'
except Hole-in-the-Day, himself, VIII
t received a ball in the thigh. His pal
O ty consisted of 10, the Sioux, ten"
St. Cloud Democrat, Aug. 29, 1861
e ION Sabbath, the 18th, party Q
h Sioux waylaid four Chippewas, a
t. they passed up Crow River, eigh
miles from Forest City, and shot tw
l. Of them, taking the heads as trophies
). The bodies were buried by the sci
= tiers"
Now lest you think that the Indian