The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Walker Will
Give Address On
Indian Pictures
Art COnnisseur VIII Tell Story of
Indian Portraits at The Ar
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MR.. ADAMS HERE TWO DAYS
Portrait of John Otherday, The Whites
Friend, and Others of Local
Interest Shown

lHteIeSi DuUWH
If there were no other reason for
attending the Anniversary Celebration
at Redwood Falls this week, the ex-
tensive exhibit in the Armory for
the entire three days, of Life Size
portraits of Famous Indian Chiefs,
Notable Indian Warriors and Scouts,
which have been loaned from 7. B.
Walkers Art Galleries in Minneapo-
lis; this opportunity of viewing this
collection is sufficiently rare and i'm
portant to serve an incentive to at
tend.
While this is only a part of Mr..
Walkers collection, it contains a lar
ger number than has ever before been
shown outside of his rooms. These
portraits have been painted by the
greatest of all Indian Portrait paint
ers, Mr.. H. A. Cross, himself for
part of his life, frontiersman and
personal friend of many of the sub
jects whom he has so accurately re-
produced.
Most of the selections for this ex-
hibit are of leading characters of
tribes of Minnesota and the Dako-
tas, including several concerned in the
Sioux Uprising beginning at the Red
wood Agency in 1862.
Noted Characters Shown
The two most notable local char
acters Of markedly contrasting types
were Little Grow, the Chief who led
the most disasterous attack ever
made upon defenseess white settlers
and John Otherday, a conspicuous
friend Of the whites and one of Cen
eral Sibley's Scouts, who was instru-
mental in saving more lives during
this massacre than any other indivi-
dual.
John Otherday frequently came to
Redwood Falls during the Stockade
period and was well-known to the
earliest settlers.
Walker Knew Them
|. b. Walker, one of the early pio-
neers of Minnesota, became person.
ally acquainted with many of the In
dams, who are represented in his gal
lery, and this is doubtless one rea-
son why he has rendered this large
service in perpetuating the knowl-
edge and memory of this vanishing
race, the highest types of any of the
barbarous people of the globe.
A visit to Mr.. Walker in his lib
rary, large, high room with walls
completely covered from floor to cell
ing with solidly- packed book shelves,
and to hear him discuss sociological
and political problems, questions of
religion and theology and agricul-
tural and community development,
and note his evident familiarity with
the latest thought as we'll as earlier
writings on such variety of topics,
one could easily get tire impression
that he had always been bibliogra-
phical recluse instead Of an active,
+ successful business man.
Yet he has Travelled extensively and
secured from many countries this
largest Art Collection of pictures and
potteries that is now privately owned
in this country, which is as freely
open to the public as is any Of the
institutions owned by the City or
] State.
Mr.. Walker has not staged his ex-
hibit in a pretentuous structure, but it
has been gradually increasing fea-
ture in his own home, a spacious old
time residence which is being en-
/ larged to make room for the con-
stantly increasing additions. It is
located on Hennepin Avenue at a
point which is becoming central to
one of the busiest thoroughfares of
our biggest Northwestern Cities.
Speaks June
Mr.. Walker will attend the Cele-
bration at Redwood Falls to take
part in the program of the third day.
Mr.. Adams, who has supervision Of.
the Walker exhibits and who pre-
pared most of the biographical ma.
terial relating to the Hfdian, collec-
tons and who came TO Redwood Falls
occasionally during early days, ex-
poets TO be here Wednesday and
Thursday. 80 4