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with about "a men-all Amer
icans-under my command"
General James alleges in his
story that Lisa treated the
Americans in the party very
badly, nearly starving them,
and that he incurred their ha-
tired to suuch an extent that
many deserted before they
reached the Mandan camp in
Dakota, where the Lewis and
Clark expedition had spent a
winter. On James boat was an
American, James Cheek, who
was something of a desperate.
Cheek openly defied Lisa and
Chouteau, and the party was in
continual turmoil, which on
several occasions nearly result
ed in a pitched battle. James
alleged Lisa was determined
to turn him and the other
American private adventur-
ers" adrift on the prairie
among the Indians without
arms or provisions. "Our sit
uation in that event." he OBJ
serves, would have nearly re-
allied the one implied in the
popular expression a cat in hell
without claws"
James describes the meeting
with John Golfer at a Gros Ven
tres village, and heard the lat
ter's story of his adventures
since he left the Lewis and
Clark party. Golfer went ON
back up the river with them.
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A single graphic example of what a
tidal wave in Chile can do is pro-
vided by the experience Of an Amer
lean naval officer, during a similar
upheaval, when his vessel was car
ried three miles up the coast, two
miles inland, and dropped at the foot
of a range Of the Andes mountains.
Earthquakes and tidal waves are
discussed in a bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic society which also
quotes from a communication by the
late Rear Admiral l.. G.. Billings.
whose unparalleled adventure occur
red some hundreds of miles north Of
the recently devastated towns.
There is no natural phenomenon
nor deeply interesting and yet so lit
tie understood as the spimic disturb
ances which have from earliest history
devastated the earth and carried ter
ror and dismay into the hearts of all
survivors," says the bulletin.
up to 1903, it is computed by an
eminent scinetist, Compile de Ballore,
there had been 159, 1872 recorded earth
quakes. OF later years, when more
accurate records have been kept. they
have averaged about 60 n year. There
is comfort to the dwellers il most Of
the world to know that "a per cent of
recorded shocks have occurred in two
narrow, well-defined beits-one cali
ed the Mediterranean, with So per
cent to its credit. and, the other, the
Circum-Pacific, with Al per cent
while the remainder of the world has
only 6 per cent, widely distributed.
u. S. Had One Major Quake
THE United States has been sin
gularlv free from recorded seimic dis
t%urbance, perhaps the most disastrous
being in 1911, when a very severe
shock occurred in the Mississippi val
ley south of the Ohio. which was felt
in New York In one direction and in
the West Indies in another. This
earthquake changed the face of the
earth. 4 vast extent Of land was
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souri, to build a fort. The
strategic Importance of the
point had been recognized and
commented upon by Lewis and
Clark.
Three Forks Fort
The expedition finally reach
ed Three Forks, but without
Lisa, for a reason which will be
told later, and which had to do
with the only occasion that the
Spaniard is ever said to have
been bluffed out by peril in the
wilderness.
A description of the historic
old Three Forks fort is as fol-
lows:
"a double stockade Of logs
set three feet deep, enclosing an
area of 300 feet square, situat-
ed upon the tongue of land (at
that point about half a mile
wide) between the Jefferson
and Madison rivers, and about
two miles above their con-
fluence. upon the south bank Of
q channel Of the former stream,
now called Jefferson's slough.
"The store and warehouse, or
two stores, were built on each
side of the gate, and on the side
next to the interior Of the fort
the two buildings were connect
ed by a gate similar to the main
gate, the space between the
buildings and stockade filled in
with pickets, making a large,
strong room without any COW
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ceased. and, lowering a lantern over
the side, we found ourselves on shore,
but where. we knew not. Smaller
waves washed about us for a time, but
presently they ceased.
1.-THE morning sun broke on a scene
of desolation seldom witnessed. We
found ourselves high and dry in a
little cove, or rather i%ndentation in
the coast line. We had been carried
some three miles up the coast and
nearly two miles inland. The wave
had carried us over the sand dunes
bordering the ocean, across q valley.
and over the railroad track, leaving
us at the foot of the seacoast range
of the Andes. On the nearly perpen-
dicular front Of the mountain our nav
igator discovered the marks of the
tidal wave, and. by measurements,
found it to have been Al feet high, not
including the comb. Had the wave
carried us 200 feet further. we would
inevitably have been dashed to pieces
against the mountain-side."
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revenue cutter, visiting this island,
was astonished to see that the noun
tain, or hill, some 400 feet high. on
the island, had disappeared, and in its
place a bay had been formed. Sound
ings showed a depth of from eight to
% fathoms of water.
0uakes Preceded Kataml Explosion
The greatest of recent volcanic dis
turbances which blew the top off of
/ Mount katmai in Alaska and gave
birth to the wonderful Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes was preceded and
accompanied by a series Of severe
earthquakes
Admiral Billings described the great
tidal wave which he saw at africa, then
in Peru, some years ago. lie was an
officer on the L. S. s. "Wateree''
| which was anchored in the harbor at
africa at the time of the c~ataclysm.
Sometime after the initial tremor,"
! be wrote, 1.-THE sea receded until the
| shipping was left stranded While as fan
to seward as our vision would reach,
we saw the rocky bottom of the sen.
never before exposed to human gaze.
with struggling fish and monsters of
the deep left high and dry. The round
bottomed ships keeled over on their
beam ends. while the 'Wateree' rested
easily on her floor-like bottom; and
when the returning sea. not like a
wave, but rather like an enormous tide,
came sweeping back, rolling our un-
fortunate companion ships over and
over. leaving some bottom side up and
others masses of w%reckage, the Wat
cree rose easily over the tossing wat
ers unframed.
From this moment the sea seemed
to defy the laws of nature. Currents
ran in contrary directions, and we
were borne here and there with a
speed we could not have eQualed had
we been steaming for our lives. At
irregular intervals the earthquake
shocks REQUIRED, but none of them SO
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n LAST STRAW

He lost a fortune in Wall street
without batting an eye.
He fought at the front for two wears
without losing his nerve.
He argued with the government for
three years about his 1917 income tax
without losing his temper.
He was shipwrecked and in the wa
ter for two days without impairing his
health.
He rode in the subway during rush
hours for 20 years without getting
desperate.
But one day-he got every tele-
phone number he called. promptly and
correctly. and at the sauitarium he is
considered a hopeless case.-D. H.. b.
in Life.
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violent or long-continued as the first
Sea-bottom Laid Bare for Miles

NltttuJ VI iuhS Itltttuutu as the IlTSts
Sea-bottom Laid Bare for Miles
About $50 p. M. the lookout hail
ed the deck and reported a breaker
approaching. Looking seward, we
aw. first. Il thin line of phosphores-
cent light, which doomed higher and
higher until it seemed to touch the
sky; its crest, crowned with the death
light of phosphorescent glow, show
ing the sullen masses of water below.
IEeralded by the laundering roar of a
thousand breakers combined, the
dreaded tidal wave was upon us at
last. OF all the horrors of this dread
full time, this seemed the worst. Chain
ed to the spot. helpless to escape.
with all the preparations made which
human skill could suggest, we could
but watch the monster wave approach
without the sustaining help of action.
That the ship could ride through the
masses of water about 10 overwhelm
us seemed impossible. We could only
catastrophe.
with a crash our gallant ship was
overwhelmed and buried deep beneath
a semi-soIid mass of sand and water.
For a breathless eternity we were sub
merged; then, grooming IN every tim
Der, the staunch old 'Wateree' strug-
gled again to the surface, with her
gasping crew still ~clinging to the life
lines-some few seriously wounded,
bruised, and battered: non killed;
not even one missing. A miracle it
seemed to us then, and as ! look back
through the years it seems doubly mir
a~culous now.
.trv.J. lA.. N -. 49, - h -
the design of the ship which permit
ted the water to run off the deck
about as it would from a raft or float
ing plank.
Stranded High on Shore
eThe ship was swept on rapidly for
a time, but after a while the motion
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7 Shortly after this James
bought a set Of beaver traps for
$3.50, a gun for $40 and a pound
of powder for S. from Golfer.
and, selecting two companions,
Miller and Mcdaniel, struck out
up the Missouri to start trap
ping. He and his two compan-
ions spent the winter in a cabin
near the mouth Of the Yellow
stone, but in February, DESERT
ed by his two fellow trappers,
he was left alone with badly
frozen feet to die, and undoubt-
eddy would have done so had
not an American, Ayers, and
two Canadian trappers, bound
for Lisa's Fort on the Big Horn,
found him and taken him along
with them.
Arrived at Lisa's Fort on tbs
Big Horn, James found Cheek,
the desperate, with the party.
which was commanded by Coll
onel Menard, instead of by
Lisa, he was given the follow
ing account of what caused the
change:
The day after James left the
expedition on the Missouri the
previous fall, Cheek and sev~
eral other Americans were in
the officers tent trying to get
their equipment according to
contract. Lisa was present.
Chouteau's name was mention-
ed, when Cheek cody remarked
that if he caught Chouteau a
hundred yards from camp he
would shoot him. Cheek" ex-
claimed Lisa, mind what YOU
say"
Il do that" said Cheek, land
Lisa, I have heard some of our
boys say that if they ever
caught you two hundred yards
from camp they would shoot
if they don't I viii.
You ought not to expect better
things after having treated
them with so much meanness,
treachery and cruelty, as you
have.
snow, Lisa" he continued,
you are going to the forks Of
the Missouri; mark my words.
you will never come back alive
Lisa's cheeks blanched at
this bold and reckless speech
from a man who always per-
formed his promises, whether
good or evil. He returned to St.
Louis and sent Colonel Menard
up in his place.
James went on with Major
Henry to Three Forks and
helped build the fort there, and
he remained until the following
spring when, after months of
fighting withe the Blackfeet,
the party gave nu and left the
post deserted. Henry and his
men went southwark and
James end a few others re-
turned down the river to st.
Louis. Cheek and many others
in the party were killed by the
Indians.
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hunter and Interpreter for
Lewis and Clark, and who
knew the upper reaches of the
Missouri. In the spring of 1907
Lisa set forth with a small
party in a keel boat. At the
mouth of the Platte river they
met a boat with a solitary pas
senger, who proved to be none
other than John Golfer, the
dauntless member Of the Lewis
and Clark expedition, who had
left the explorers in Dakota on
their return trip and who had
set his face toward the Rockies
again alone. Golfer, whose ex-
traordinary adventures will
ever live as a vivid chapter IN
the history of those times. was
the man whose services above
all Lisa coveted. He had not
only covered the ground de-
scribed by Lewis and Clark,
but had further explored the
beaver meadows and be%aver-in-
habited streams which Lewis
and Clark had not visited.
Golfer Turns Back Again
Lisa persuaded Golfer to re-
turn with him into the wilder
ness. The party proceeded up
the Missouri to the mouth Of
the Yellowstone thence up that
stream to the mouth of the Big
Horn river. There Lisa estab-
lished a fort known as Fort
Lisa or Manuel's Fort. This
was the first permanent build
ing erected within what are to-
day the boundaries Of Montana.
There he traded with the Grow
Indians, returning to st. Louis
in 1903.
The result of this successful
trip was the formation of the
Missouri Fur Company, Of
which Lisa was the leading
spirit. The st. Louis agent was
Captain William Clark, of the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
The company was composed of
IL members, including Lisa,
Clark, Reuben Lewis, only
brother to Captain Lewis;
Pierre. Chouteau and Auguste
Chouteau, after whom the town
of Choteau and Chouteau coun-
ty were named; Pierre Menard,
Andrew Henry and others.
The capital invested was
about $40, 900. The company
was ambitious in its plans,
which were to forge ahead into
the heart of the wilderness to
the head waters Of the Missouri
river, found posts at favorable
points and thus monopolize the
fur trade.
In pursuance of this plan,
Lisa and a large party set forth
from St. Louis in the spring Of
1909. One of the chief ambi-
tons of the company was to es-
tablish trading relations with
the fierce Blackfeet nation.
Therefore, Major Andrew
Henry, one of the partners who
started with Lisa, chose a spot
at the Three Forks of the Mis-
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Robert W. Service. author, spends
part of his time in Paris and part in
Monte Carlo.
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ering overhead. In each store,
about five feet from the
ground, with a hole Is inches
square, with a strong shutter
fastening inside of the store,
opening into the enclosed space
between the gates. When the
Indians wanted to trade, the
inner gate was closed; a man
would stand at the outer gate
until a number of Indians had
passed in and then lock the out
err gate. He would then climb
through the trading hole into
the store. The Indians would
pass whatever each one had to
trade through the hole into the
store and the trader would
throw out of the hole whatever
the Indian wanted to the value
Of the article received from the
red. When the party were done
trading they were turned out
and another party admitted. In
that way of trading the Indians
were entirely at the mercy of
the trader for they were penned
up in a room and could all be
killed through loopholes in the
store without any danger to the
trader"
Lisa Is BIuffed
The reason why Manuel Lisa
never reached the fort on Three
Forks is an interesting story
told in the recently published
memoirs of General Thomas
James, a member of the expe-
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Stranded High on Shore

efhe ship was swept on rapidly for
a time, but after a while the motion
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Adah Kensington order Easter Star VIII
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the purchase OF new linen and dshe. for
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Empress-Conway Tearle in The
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Much Of Katherine MacDonald's
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Betty Compson recently had an
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Veterinarians to Convene
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Cogad, Neb.. Feb. 27-(Speeial.)
The Central Nebraska Neterinar-
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entertainment OF 100.
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Hamling Farm at Creston
Brings S27.l50 at Sale

Columbus. Neb, Feb. H-tSpe-
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OF loo acres near Creston went un-
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lie sale conducted by Deputy Sheriff
Jaworski.
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