Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-04-04
Heart OF The
Stronger

W. WIZ HNt tthtAFfh NtFfHrfttfAN
freedom
Under these circumstance Al
fred Bruason wrote ~ the Rev
ereaa } - Wright then 81 the
Book Room IN Cincinnati HiatiBg
the oalme Wright wrote 90 article
ln The Western Christian Advocate
appealing for funds fgF Th9mp
seus freedom W that he might AZ.
company the missionaries 10 the
upper aiaslaaippi o. Interpreter
saEh VISA tbe interest af the
Church u the mission writes
Chauaery Hobart Ia bis History
Of Hethodiam, that. early ia tha
Spring ~ 1887 ~ 200 we're ia the
haUda Of Brother Wright fgr the
purchase % Thompson a draft
for 81 200 % REV ) " Wright
Raa madc out and deed II emnh
sipaf.an obtained from Captain
DaY wb9 asserted that he R5uld
not have taann less than $500 fgt
him fof any other purpose and
James was free 50 ~ wtlh Elder
HrunaCa ~ an interpreter 70 the
iudiaua
tn The Spring ~ 1887 tho mia
sigu was established AZ Ltlia
crows village kapoala ten miles
below Port Smelling On the wont
siae ~ the M,aaimippi
~ describing James Thompson
iu hla book zen Pictures and $50
graphical abetthea M8Ig Thomas
mclean Nswean wrote
In pepDnai appearance MI
Thompson raseabled Morton 3
WILKINSON ~ had large aquJlue
nose hlRh rDfebetd aman round
eyes well set musib with
peculiar movement Incident 10 the
late Senator Heslrs be VIVA tai.
slender somewhat angular n hs
movements ard yet eiuasty knil
tH hts physical organization show
lar That with proper care he might
have lived nt lsaat ten years hgng
or tils complexion Nas quite
light Indicating Anglo SAXON
blooa and Hls whole mako un
clearly showed fhat hp was away
above the priIHaty whom a1nih
otn slave. AMI folly equal both "a
he white 81 the inban wheo
~, man
Born " 1850 fhaup had
been sGid fpuf times before bu.
coming q iFer man While a smal
baY he whs brought to fexnglon
Kentucky ~ George Monroe. the
nophew of President Mopree
George became Involved Ia debt
ana bad @ past with als 81 ba
slaves among them waH rhonsp
Han hls brother AMI sister and
srYefal aunta and rouains lie was
then taken % nt iamla and from
there moved "a Fort Smelling a.
the property " Jehn Caibertaun
a sulrr 10 1897 tle waa purchased
hy captain pay u the Port. and
FROM thee putnt went o. the post
AZ Prairie ia Chisn whore ria
ftsesiop was purchased hy Alfred
uNuaan
ipurs thempsea. slu,S inter
prefer. dld great deal 60 al.
vance the nligipn ~ the Meth
odlst church ard Nas encom
aged "a his work hy The grner
BUSINESS and blindness ~ bis nets
missionary tstonds
bHte James lhpmpsan sided
wien hia nyu u8Naa the building
% the itue Methodist Church on
MARKET atrept m st lW tha
ttiya tral protestant church tts
gave two tbwssoi seet "a lWebea
aul from laga lakeH ltun the
uyer invade 1900 shingles far tho
ruar aoA t1ea EHvF o. which
BE awueJ towards paving far tna
ebJtHh rhpmusan alHo alaea tp
erecting aHb constructing this titag
house u 81 rAUl UWgh helaugeI
90 rnelan and tlayg and atp5d
nr8t Steven GNfners he ran the
first Ecyty Boat
IhompNan's father was white.
or neul, wa. and kept a Noted
hptrl tor whatever hts rca
Sous Thompson never rc,eahsl
his fathers llrntits
Nine children were born ga
iams and h iBaan hr,ds ana
lna aurI survived them an sS
,ept $3.50 George Nhn waa Be
YEARS pta abrr s mother sn4
uthaf a.a1 8 NehrHs S. e taN
90 lu snI sam tsst ree4se
m
Tm u ns nfuarh ~ the
mNan ,Hs ghray II ave evaa
Ha 'ov be ra-ng nB Ho
InHar wanat go oelvy h
tHr uwst wa. Father was
wse
The theory eas'a Hnt st5n8 ap
ho@ey nfy Foe abuse sud s.,
uH amb.tlpas er enc traders, the
EmH,r HHHie ere government
en1 ihe aetiea
Timr after itms trraties were
brotrn reservation Boundaries
and land psi,iirkcs ignored, p1S
usvnts refused ard cfipss
against this Indians nv whites
gene Impoverished
Bee isHs l5ig,e crew wha has
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