The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
saw INDIANS ON the LAKE
Interesting Visitor, Born in 1928, Re-
calls Stirring Incidents of the Golden
Predicts Dry State and
Nation by 1920.

Watching Indians as they piled their
canoes on Lake Michigan or clamored
for fire-water at moonshine still on
the island, driving five yoke of oxen.
across the plains in search of Eldorado,
digging gold in California in the stir
ring days of '49-these are only few
of the experiences with which George
j. Kellogg, aged 90, is RECALLING reia-
tives and friends In Kenosha. Clear
eyed and clear-voiced, the pioneer tells
a story of day when Market Square
was still berry patch, and Simmons
Park rendezvous for redskins. AL
though a resident of GAINESVILLE, Mr..
Kellogg is now visiting at the home of
c. Ell. Bullamore, on Rowland avenue,
and delighting his acquaintance, old
and new, with his interesting rcminis-
cences of the days of gold before the
great migration.
Born in 1928, George kellogg brings
to the present generation a picture of
past that was fraught with danger,
but rich in romance. Gin 1857 he
said, when interviewed today, IT came
with my father across the blue waters
of Lake Michigan and settled near
the mouth Of Pike Creek. It was just
shanty we lived in then and many
and many time I've sat before the
fire place and stared into the eyes of
Indians who were peeking through the
chinks of our cabin in search of some
thing to eat, or better, something to
drink. In one afternoon [ counted
thirty-five canoes carrying hundreds of
redskins to new hunting grounds be
yond the great waters, as the lake was
known to them. For weeks they camp
ed where the city Of Kenosha now
stands and got gloriously drunk every
night from raw whiskey bought with
skins, at grog shop on the island.
But that was in the early days. After
that the pioneers came and the dusky
warriors moved west and west to plains
beyond the Mountains
cit was not long until there were
churches and Schools he continued.
My father, Austin kellogg, held the
first religious service in what is now
Kenosha, and with his own hands help
ed to build the first Methodist church
in old Southport. With religion came
education. Harvey's select school for
young men was established in t',o base
ment of the new church, and was
allowed to attend. After graduating
with the honors of my class, I taught
school for two years, and might have
been teaching yet if gold had not been
found in California in 1848. 7 got the
fever and went with the rest Of the
'Forty-niners With five yoke Of OK
en- and few friends I started across
the plains.
cit was a great trip ne declared.
"A hundred and forty-six days we
moved westward. We travelled across
ninety miles of desert to escape Death s
Valley, and almost died with thirst be-
tween the water-holes. When we final
lv reached California we found our
selves about as safe as a rabbit in
pack of wolves. The country was still
wild. It was over-run with greedy men.
who knew no law and respected no
man. The Vigilance Committees at last
brought order out of chaos but only aft
1or, I, Ioo I,
and the ruffians had been taught that
the law of the plains was death. 0
yes, there was hardship and danger, but
it was worth it all. In one year I mined
more than $4,000 worth of dust from
a single claim. That was enough for
me. In those days that was more than
it seems now, and I came back to Wis
consin in '52 well fixed for man of
"a. I settled in GAINESVILLE and most
of my life since then has been lived
right there with the trees and straw
berries of my nursery
When asked about his former friends,
Mr.. kellogg said: "Well, most of them
are gone, now | used to be real chum-
nv with the Durkees, the Demings, and
the Fishes. The Hales and the Met
calls. too, were friends of mine in the
days when Chicago was just town and
Kenosha only a village. There was
hoozing then as there is now, but I IN
thinking I'll live to see the time when
Wisconsin and the whole United States
VII be so dry that not even a red-skin
can get drink. =
With such "reminiscences and proph
ecies Mr.. kellogg is. entertaining friends
on the streets of Kenosha or visitors at
the home of his grandniece, Mrs. Char
les Bullamore. Aged but still virile,