The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-10-20
HoNORs FOR THE RED MEN.
Monument Unveiled for Chief White
Crow at Lake KoshkonOng.

The home of Halvor Skavlem on the.
north shore Of Lake Koshkonong two
miles east of Busseyville welcomed
Sunday about 800 guests who came to
witness the unwilling of commemor-
ate monument to White Grow, Win
nebago chief who served as scout in
the Black Hawk war in 1882.
Nearly all of these numerous par
Elephants in the meeting had come in
automobiles, over fifty of which were
loosely parked on the farmhouse lawn.
Among them were parties from James
vile, Beloit, Edgerton, Stoughton, Mil
ton, Cambridge, Fort Atkinson, Lake
Mills and Madison.
The unwilling ceremonies took place
at o'clock, Charles E. Brown of Mad
ison, secretary Of the Wisconsin Arch
geological society, delivering the I'M
yelling address. In the course of his
talk he gave an interesting account of
the purpose of the monument and OF
smaller memorials erected in recent
years in other parts of the state to the
prominent chiefs of Wisconsin history,
Yellow Thunder, The Wampum and
Oshkosh.
He described the very valuable and
important work done for the state and
students Of it's archaeological history
| by DR.. Arrow B. Stout and FL. L. Skav-
lem in the years 1906 to 1908, when
they conducted survey and researches
among the mounds, village sites, plant
| ing grounds and burial places of Lake
Koshkonong and published the results.
| This work led to the Identification by
the latter gentleman of the site of
White Crows village, whose wigwams
extended over three-fourths of mile
of lake front, is reported to have con-
tanned at one time over 1900 souls.
A collection of Indian stone and
metal implements made by Mr.. Skav-
| lem from the wigwam sites and refuse
pits numbering thousands of specimens
was this year presented by him to the
State Historical museum, where it is
(now being prepared for public exhibi-
ton. 1t was unquestionably the best
collection of its character ever made
from an archaeological village site in
Wisconsin.
| At the conclusion of Mr.. Browns adj
[
dress the covering of the monument to
White Grow was removed by the Misses
Richardson of GAINESVILLE, amidst loud
applause.
This monument is huge gray and
pink granite boulder nearly seven feet
in length and four feet in width, into
one side of which Mr.. Skavlem had
himself chiseled in the inscription.
Thanking this monument, which is
located near the edge of a pretty tree
covered rocky point, on either side
were a United States and Winnebago
feather flag, these adding greatly to
the impressive character Of the unveil-
ing ceremony.
H. L. Skavlem, the Usage of Kosh-
nong," followed the first speaker with
an interesting historical account OF
Chief White Grow, to whom Mrs. Kin
zie has referred in Waubun as the
friend Of the white man, and of his
scarcely less prominent daughter, ''The
Washington Woman" who became the
wife of the noted Winnebago chief,
Yellow Thunder.
Other speakers were Prof. Rasmus
B. Anderson Of Madison, who added
greatly to the enjoyment Of the meet
ing by relating several incidents of the
Indians visiting the early Norwegian
settlement of Koshkong during his boy
hood, and Frank B. Fargo of Lake
Mills and Lee R. Whitney Of Milwau-
kee, both of whom spoke briefly.
After the unwilling an informal re-
! ceptlon of the guests was held on the
/ porch and lawn of the Skavlem cottage.
In honor Of this event the home OF
Halvor L. Skavlem, the widely known
Wisconsin naturalist and owner of the
farm, had been decorated with large
flag. On it's rear porch were displayed
on tables and on cards tackled to the
walls large collection of Indian stone
and metal implements gathered from
the site of White Crows village, which
was located here in the early thirties
and an equally instructive series OF
specimens demonstrating the remark
able ability which Mr.. Skavlem has &C.
quired in duplicating Indian stone i'm
| plements with the rude tools of the
redmen.
The famous Carcajou shooting club,
whose stone club house is located with
in short distance from the Skavlen
home, also flew the national colors
from its flagstaff in honor of the meet