The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-10-15


need to enquire if the Montana children
were receiving patriotic instruction after
listening to the earnest young voices
sing 1.-The Star Spangled Banner" and
give the salute to the flag. The State
Regent, Mrs. E. H. Morley, presided,
and after few words of greeting intro
duced Mrs. C. H. Moore of Butte, chair
man Of the Hestons Sites committee,
through whose efforts and influence ex-
Senator Clark presented the tablet to
the Daughters. Mrs. Moore made very
fine speech of presentation, which was
responded to most fttingIy by Mayor
Robinson of Three Forks. The mayor,
who is young jeweller, made what was
said to be his maiden speech. If so, he
missed his calling, for his brief address
was splendidly delivered, clear, forceful,
eloquent, and directly to the point. Mrs.
Morley then introduced Gov. S. V. Stew
art, who had also been a guest of the
Adams at luncheon. Gov. Stewards ad-
dress was fine and memorable one, and
took up more in detail the great service
SAGA jawea performed not only to her time
and to her indomitable masters, Lewis
and Clark, but to all the succeeding gen.
erations and all the people of this broad
land of ours in leading the expedition
which gave the great Finland Empire"
to civilization. He told the familiar but
fascinating story of how the brave little
Indian princess, with her papoose on
her back, virtually led the expedition
from Mandam over "the Shining Noun
tains" that had been her home before
her captivity by the Minatorees and sub
sequent purchase by Charboneau, the
Frenchman, employed as guide by Lewis
and Clark. When the three forks of the
Missouri river was reached it was puzzle
indeed as to which way to go. 1t was
Sacajawea who came to the fore and
guided them through the Gallatin Valley
and over Bozeman Pass to the Yellow
stone and on to the "Big Water"
Following Gov. Stewart came young
man from the Three Forks High school,
in Indian costume, who gave most I'M
pressively the address of the young In
dian. the only surviving member of a
party of five who set out shortly after
the visit of the explorers to find 1.-THE
White Mans Book of Life" which they
promised to se:d back to the Red Men.
Mrs. Laura Y Scott of Amstead then
read most interesting letter from DIN
D. Wheeler, whose historic researches in
this vicinity have been painstaking and
tireless.
The rain had stopped, and the thou
sand or more people assembled in the
hall walked over to little park for the
unwilling. A daintlly gowned young
girl, the granddaughter of former
prominent citizen who had settled in the
COS where the towns now stands, had
the honor of drawing back the canvas
covering the massive boulder, which is
over feet high and weighs over ID tons.
The bronze tablet is 80 inches long and
"a inches wide. 1t is beautifully cast
and most artistically finished, so that in
itself it is handsome ornament to the
city park at Three Forks. The inscrip-
ton on the tablet is as follows: ''ln pa
triotic memory of Sacajawea, an Indian
woman, whose heroic courage, steadfast
devotion, and splendid loyalty in acting
as guide across the Rocky mountains
made Impossible for the Lewis and Clark
expedition, 18O4-18O6, to occupy so i'm
portant place in the history of this re-
public. Erected by the Montana Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, 1914 !"
The singing of America" concluded the
exercises and was a fitting close to day
that will long live in the minds and hearts
of those present.
The roads were in anything but tempt
ing condition in and about Three Folks,
due to the heavy rain, but we de-
cided to "stick by the ship" and not
return by train. Our courage was we'll re-
warded, as about three miles out of town
the downpour had evidently dwindled to
a mere shower, and the ride home was
delightful. We had company on the
road, for other autos were returning to
town and ranch houses in the vicinity,
while some made the trip from Bozeman
also. The afternoon light over the re-
Gently cut wheat fields turned them to
gold, while off in the foothills the SOM
bre patchwork of huge plowed fields,
black against the other vast squares of
brown stubble, were here and there re
lieved by the soft but vivid green of win
ter wheat. Wherever we looked, as We
neared home again, against the sky rose
the "Shining Mountains from which this
grand State takes its name, softly blue
for the most part, sometimes with crests
cloud obscured, sometimes showing
traces of the snowy mantle which will so
soon be theirs, always there, yet ever
changing, the benefcent guardians of
this fertile valley, SO often called "the
Egypt of America. M. ?. S.
D...-o. Montana