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THURSDAY. MAY 28, 1901.
EIGHT PAGES.
Established 1858.
ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY.
SVDNEA T. PR ATT, Editor.
FORMER EDITORS.
Jerc Crowley, Ten Evck G. Olmsted,
JOHN MACILF.
AKTHI R’H. ZANOEK. Kusintss Manager.
The Pilot i- published at wlft York Sir
Terms of sal ascription si.,TO a year
payments -trolly in advance. Ad
vrti-ing rates can Is* procured In
application at tin- office. All jo)
vs. ,rk done promptly and care take)
that work will Is* artistically turned
out.
nbs TilsTs and advertisers arc request
ed to remit all checks, postoflim oi
e\pr<*ss money order or register**)
bTt*T and to ad'lres- THE PILOI
CMANITOWOC. VVIS.
\ WICKI.I) I KilSI \TIRf:.
< >ne cannot look hackon the scs-toti o:
the Wi—• iti-ii! legislature whhh ehhei
it'df ait in disgrace la-t we. k witlion
f*-•!i ll angry Snnc important men
snre- whirl) should ’nave become la'.vt
VfQtt willfully <■ i-t ■’* -ri * * to; awal
another -e-sion two years lienee. Tin
r. • a iiir ii'li'i-a- of tin- Tax 'cominir
wj..n f. .]■ in.-tly inn-a-ing tin- taxes o.
rail; 1- an 1 other cmpartitions. war
flung - 'it "1 the way legislator** saying
til* <■ itaiiii-'ioi; • report, the result. ol
two year - work. wax not mature tha'
in an additional two years a Imttci
-rla 111 1 r >tll<l b* 11 *'\ i "i■ 1 hviTVlli nit
know- that tie legislators in Ilia- ileej.l
in/ were nit c ineerne 1 particularly
all :*.• Welfare 111 tie -t.lt** Irel-lll'v
the taxpayer- or the railroad corpora
tion- hit that there was a persona
eon-i h i (tina in tie- derision tliy nuu’i
They knew that ifjjn-t lax legislatim
]ia--eil an f l corporation- were ma le (.
hear their proportionate-hare that lino
nee 1 ].iok for no hoini- from the ■ ta
int having done their duty ; they knew
there wa-no im in of e ting i ilollat
In w•v■ li■ lie!t ■ impeii-a , !iin [from tin
* p ■ r ha, in : r- lieve.l them fruit
inipi-’ import- and they knew that la
pntt:*i/ railn el ami corporate t;i \
wh • 'ill '. I; 11-l lie til • . WollM hi
p : -e,-(1 flu.l : •i| ■ il ■ the; pa
pr: 1 . wa- alluring in more, hni
moie <-srec'l- pa—e- in attraction, uni
wleae n-I omo 11 wa .at ,-tak i • li* 1 tin
rorpi • {ion- li tvi* compunction or -onn
of in !■ gi-lati •* - ij’iaim ■of r iti-eienee
Tin atl-wer tlii-y Iple.tioli wa- tli
ae* of the itself. All 1 in
i tin ; jv pc -t... the legi ilallire was
epl ily wielf l -ini lerjiinlvli-hoiie-t.
I’p an 1 down tin* -tale men liaie
lieen damning tie- fellow- who went to
Mai ■ ■ i for having sd 1 the taxpayers
//ii! hut m the last analysis the fault it
I ’V and aof tile Vole) - theniselve- fur
nd.nc -ilea repp'-* lit iti\ •- to Madison
U im' !v ti r rein" I ha been
for a-- line h ;j,. r nil- from le.'is'n
II v • ■••■n- bit the Vole;-, must learn
.‘.lad will n and glow on biambli
bn nor A in'l an in-ant. roses in
th" 1 1— ol A i/.'iia lienee if just
law must proeee l from tic legislatin'*
pi-' ii n inn -t In • I'Ut a- l' "i -1 a tors
men vvii in rjuiratlon i an eorrnpt
bv lo e hl'ilies and tin re are thou
-and- Ii i"in right here m Wisconsin
Pr, . e . w,lt Is- inno .u-l" vvtml
met H i 'lt;- I their liiilli
MR- M\fcßT/ l> CHAIRM \N.
At r in tin- i- niit v Irtiiini ha- honor*'*.
Mi M. ‘it/ by electing him chairman
to ee.| liinisi It Tin surely, is a
era'"fill tribute to hi- worth as in
e*e lit; VI I itliei r and II sign of II lid 1 IIIiII
I shed eolirldelll e ill lii- illletjrl as I
man All who have been brought inti
association with Mr Maori/ are mail*
avoir- .ftic vnror of his manhood hi
nd. •' 1- ill' -! V hi- illth 'ihle lov alt v
l-. pm iple ami hi - unfailing fairue-s P
|x>lit. . : rmn lor toe It i- a pleasure
In CXt 11 1 •' iII-TMlnllltioiis to'tlie Maple
tir-ive meinh'-r ~* tin- hoard and Tin
pilot bespeak tor him abundant success
u* chairman
It i- re lit,ilm t-. - that in Jtlm ch i
ti*n of Mr Maet!/to the p hairninnshii
In- 1.-. 1 a,- an opponent a ‘■t’uirjc ntol
p ipi ■ i urn ci tin pci "ii■ tl’ .1 t '.,n
way of Meenie Mr <'onvvay is popu
lar not only with hi- 1,-llovv supervisors
hil with In in ighl*or- a'l over tin
< mnty and th aigli In- failed of reach
in" tin chairmanship it was through m
la k of e-leem fir 1 1 1 111 -1 •1 f lint tin
sentiment this time favored tin
candidate from Maple (in ve
U plant mills runnltiK t.jr June la
ckiiu m.
Tin- i'nsbytfrirtTi til in ml A>m-iiil;lv
wl to lay he;<in a debate mi the liji|mu
taut ti<m of ■ nM-tl twviMon At the
ij tii'ial Av uibly a year aipi a li*iin
Kui"hed cuUimillee ii>iuj)M-<l ill mini
ater* and laymen wiw appointed toaw er
tan what wti" tin- Ji'ilri’ of tin church
;n the matter of creed reunion. It
aeeuiH tin- majority ol ttie I'reahvleriaiiM
n;ortn dt < the committee for mi| pie
mental state me nl of doctrine winch
will outline in clear ami emphatic
1 manage the faith of the church on
dogmatical jsiints.
The desire for creed revision on the
part of the Presbyterians springs out of
the efforts of certain of the clerics,
known as “higher critics" to throw dis
credit .m biblical inspiration. 'For some
years the Driggs school of thinkers, has
not swallowed every passage of holv
writ, translation as well, with the
ease and comfort that tlie whale swal
lowed Jonah. It made no qualms about
rejecting incredible and unscientific
statement, but it never doubted that the
bible a> a whoi, was a revelation of
divine will. I3nt tin* old school Presby
terians are still a long way from the
• higher critics” and it will Is* interest
ing to watch what result will emerge
from the deliberations of the General
Assembly.
What a wlMmiortatit iuJw*ly (lon (Irani fs
t l* him '
John Nagle’s Philosophy.
You can bd! a married man these
days. He acts like a boy who
lias done something wrrmg at home
and has visions of the woodshed
and a slipjier put to bad use on his
person. The married man is not
cheerful and hsiks as cold as the
fog which drifts by him unheeded.
He has a hunted look and tries to
escape something by taking lonely
walk*, lb- is restless, morose and
doesn't seem to be affected in the
least by tile opening lipanties of
spring. He wears a kind of ' pick
ed up" suit and his boots do not
match. His clothe- are dotted
here and there with whitewash and
his voice is husky as if catarrh has
been faking unwarranted liberties
with bis larynr. There are burnt
scaly, shiny patches on his hands
as if > <■ had a serious wrestle with
a hot stove pipe, and a crack in
t la* knee of bis pants a if he turn
)d< and off a chair or Jumped through
a window. He is a seedy looking
cuss: unsocialdi*. restless as if he
\va - pursued by a enr < . He does
n't care a (cut whether the conn
cil elected 1)i mocrats or Uepubli
cans to the city office- He does
n't even make remarks about the
weather and forget - In say times
are dull. He is o far forgetful
that he pays Ids subscription to
the pa per and looks as if there was
no happiness this id* of tin* Flv
ian Field- equal to that * I not
having a home to which he must
go. It is house cleaning time.
I% r a iirunt jmy* li
t I* y j ’M
II HMNfi BASIN IMI'KIIVI MINI.
The |iliin miit).'*-Ii i| fur widening tin
ha-in just west of tliu Tenth Htwt
nridtre. allowing u (ton feet turn should
!h' taken 11 ]i with all earnestness hy tin
major ami city ei nncil now that tin
weather is lu re when such work cun he i
piil'-ecnteil with dispatch It i- of verv
.rival lin purl u nee that t*h i|*| ii n bedi |
lie- lie niaile as perfect II- possible, he ;
cause the progre- 1 of this most enter
iriinic • it■ depend* largely upon tin
development of marine hii -iim - ’
The project which hit.-- heell-nhinitleii
tu the council lias been approved h\
sill h tfi| eI Miltll<>ri ties* ns the oflleials lit
llie Northern (train <'o Ihe < 'hicago A
Northwestern Uni In >ml connmny. tin
Wi ci.a-in ( entral Unilrunil companv
ami many of the law- shippers hen j
ami elsewhere
Tie cost ol the proposed improvement
i altogether oat of proportion to lie
al\ milages to be derived the estimated
xpehse not In in ' greater than froii
yonn to ijd ."i.nOll If the turning basin
is widened as projected and the dock
age increa-ed. it will result in Mi pei
cent larger shipping business dnrinu
lie hike sea>on and probably dmildi
tin number of vessels will lie laid 11 ]
lining the winter months. wbicb will
brim,' money to the ship yard, conse
1111 e 11 11 y profit to skilled and unskilled
labor. In consideration of the positive
value Ii the emu niinity of Ma li nn im
pit a eluent the suggestion comes from
many oiiices that it should he innh i
taken in the immediate fnlnro.
T' tin iii-xt li-ul.-lsluri- mmil It< r iiumi
(.IN. ((KANT'S IWADDII
<ii ii I'ictlrick (•nint who is in rharne
of tin- volunteer trnifH In I’ampaniP
province Luzon tin 1 I*liili|| i• islands
has just rrtmill'll tn tin l 1 nil'll Plates
on a thirty days' fnrloiiith. No sooner
hail tin’ put hii foot on hi na
tiv* mil than In ■■ tit fur 11n* n ;>i ili i
innl dictated m, interview mi tin' Philip
pine situation. whii ll til -,l' tin' lr:i--t
imlii -all■ hn has transgressed military
iliwri'tinii by ImlnliJenee j n parti-an nt !
ti-rniiri He start*mit with Ihi'fnllnw '
inii eharmlnK stnleinent of tin- value of
hi own oltservatiolis and ninclusion 1
am trlii I tn !• able tn express an npininn
mi thn I’hilippinii Kitnatinn ami tlm ean*
i- whirh haw made tin* establishment
nf government In tin inthi Imitr de
layed "
Tin'll tin tri-mral immi'iliati'lv pm
11■i'll* tn analyze tin* causes pnivnkinir
thn outbreak anion# Hip Filipinos and
cites a- tlm ihii'f stimulator of "relsd
lion Mr liiyan s sjieech "f acce|tance
at ludiaua|KM* a noble piece of ora
torv, which for its broad sympathy, elo
quent phrasing, philosophic insight in
to the complex problem of the future
destiny of the Philippines and his sng-
I go-stive policy for the permanent good
of the • Irientals of the archijielrtgo call
ed forth the warmest eucouium from
President McKinley. But Tin Soldier
Grant, whose claim to public notice is
that he is the son of his father be
lieves the Bryan speech to have been an
incendiary declamation. Hear, then,
what this pampered and epauletted
nobody has to say: ~
“The greatest renewal of activity af
ter the first outbreak was’directly after
Brvan's sjieech of acceptance of the
Democratic nomination. Every anti
expansion speech in congress was fol
lowed by a similar reaction against the
United States,
“Unless the situation is known it is
hard to appreciate the cause of this di
reet connection between pro-Filipino
outbreaks in the United States and na
tive outbreaks in the islands. The prop
erty-holding class in the islands is com
posed of persons who are rather ignor
ant, and who could not quite understand
(lie situation. They are naturally our
friends, but they have been under con
slant pressure to throw in their fortune*
with the insurgent cause. When thej
heard that a party was coming into pow
er in the United States which was ii
favor of withdrawing the troops and
giving up the government to the in
surgents they did not know what to do.
If they stood out against the insurrec
tion they would be likely to lose theii
lives and property as soon as we turned
onr back.
“All the speeches in favor of with
drawing from the islands, all th* pro
gress of the Democratic campaign
were carefully note.l ami circulate l ! by
the insurgent leaders. The story lost
nothing in the telling.”
Grant's interview is not reproduced
because there is any particular weight to
tie laid on his words, but because j mm y
maybe led to take him at greater that
his actual worth, which is nine cents
Mr Grant says with some show ol
subtlety that it. is difficult to appreciate
the cause of the direct connection he
tween pro-Fiiipino outbreaks in th
Tinted Stat"s and outbreaks in tin
Philippines, lint, complex as this con
neclion is the tin soldier reasons it mr
with admirable cunning when he say>
that the property holding class wen
seared during the days preceding tin
general election in this country, fearitif,
I try,an - election; t lint though they wen
friendly to the supremacy of the Tnitet
stale . yet looking to their own fntnn
safety they threw their physical am
uoiiil tn n th in with the insurgent,
to prevent American subjugation of tin
islands. And Grant cunningly avert
that tin- i- property holding Filipinos
which he claims are the best class, wen
s iinewlmt. ignorant at that time, tint
in the conviction that Bryan s electior
meant instant withdrawal of America)
troop- from the archipelago.
Any ordinary Filipino, even if he Inn
no more intelligence than Gen. Grant
with somewhat less cusscdness. knovvi
that .Mr. Bryan's policy, if elected, wouit
have boon the gradual withdrawal ol
American authority from the Philip
pines, according as the natives showei
their capacity for the organization and
c nlrol of government, lie had no in
million to leave the i-lands to the pre\
it In iigands or the spoil of other powers
And when the tin soldier says Bemocra
li. speeches provoked insurrectioi
among the Filipinos he sees through i
;)a-s darkly. It was the dastardly
greedy, robber policy of the Republican
party which stirred the patriot Filipi
mm to strike with sword the advancing
.1 ggiv sor And though the strike wa
feeble, if lias been sullicicnf to armist
iighteou- iiidigiiatioii in the breasts o
honest men against tin* tyrant powei
which assn tin s the role of Subjugator, ii
the clothes of a “Benevolent Assimila
tor."
Tin* tv* “lit rain* w**iv jint what tin* fannm
STUCK (IAMBI IN(i I All.
In discussing the evil of stock ex
■ hange gambling The Springfield lie
'publican says "Lotteries anil canV
tml most other forms of gambling an
now outlawed throughout the Fnitei
States Mot (ho stock market, with it
margin facilities for trailing, remains
ami it is probably more demoralizing
than any one of the avowed forms o’
enabling which jmhlic sentiment Inn
-ct its face against.
This is tin ffjitnr*> of tin* great speeu
lat t\ craze tlmt ciiint 1 to smash las'
week, whifli most impresses those win
IlilVe li Sliced oil from a distance. It i
eoinmotily siipposed. as is in a measuri
true that the requirement of Home
little money w a e unlit ion precedent h
joining the Wall t eet name conHno
its demoralizing com. queiices to a com
(larativelv small ch. of people On
the other hand, anybody possi ssed of ifl
eoiihl join in the regular gamhh s uf the
Louisiana lottery, and its operations
were accordingly widespread Mat the
margin system has been so far devel
oped in connection with the stuck ex
change us to bring this game within
reach, not merely of the rich and well*
to doqieople hut many of the jsmrest
'Die legitimate hrokeraxe establishment,
with its iiiinimum requirement of say
it no for entrance to the game has N*en
supplemented b> ahucket shop, with its
*lO requirement and the e institutions
| branch out into every city and every
(considerable, village of theJL, conntrv,
and draw to their patronage all classes
of people by die tens of thousands.
Hence there spreads out from the
stock exchange a vast* demoralizing in
fluence, far worse probably than the
Louisiana lottery ever thought of exer
cising. It reaches to the £ricli ii.au,
who stakes -nine of his surplus send
ing money 1 r thejfun of it and to test
his judgment of the market: to the
W -11-to-do, who crave a chance to add
quickly and without labor to their
moderate possessions; to hank clerks,
who are there! y tempted to stake money
not their own. to store clerks who are
able to command *lO to place on the
turn of the wheel, to thousands engaged
in domestic service at very 'moderate
wages, and even to women, who have
been a note" - rthy element in the re
cent craze a developed'particularly in
the large citi*---. where ante-rooms in
connection with some brokerage estah- j
iishments arc 1 specially fitted up for j
them, and where they are invited to
partake of a luncheon, with tea and j
harder drink- <>f gossip, while placing
their money en the market. It is noted
in connection with last week's crash
that the women gamblers are “hard
losers,” ami with their screams and
fainting fits ond general disposition to
“make a sc'-m when told of the ruin
of their venture- they gave the brokers
catering to this class of “trade” an
extra amount • trouble in the trying
hours of We Im-sday and Thursday. It
is among th weaker and poorer
classes, who have been drawn into the
maelstrom of stock speculation that the
losses from tin great crash chiefly fell,
in this wide altering of the effects
Wall street ii -elf so far escapes great
injury.
“J. B. Sa; the French economist,
once declared hat those]legislators who
s motion lotteries vote a certain num
ber of thefts and suicides every' year.’
We do that with our stock exchange
razes, and tlie lists of thefts,' defalca
tions. suicide- ami heart failures grow
ing out '4 ii: > i ut craze is yet to Vic
made up. All tlie holes niadejthereby
in bank and tnv-t. funds are yet to be
exposed, and the misery caused in tin
families of the poorer gamblers will
never be known.
'But we do 'Much more than this with
our stock ganfi'ling and/the prizes it
tosses about. We create untold discon
tent with hard work and slow re -
turns < i legitimate and wealth creating
industry. \V- i dtivate an aversion t<
honest labor, and offer premiums foi
living upon i a< - wits and (the chances
of the gambler's fortune. We hold
up the big winners at the game in the
most enviable light, and thus cause
thousands < ; people to turn from honest
labor and bewail their lot, and ''wonder
why they might not do as well, and fill
their minds with the idea of joining in
the scramble for wealth which must
conic to them from another's labor if i!
it conics it all. The mischievous con
-••queues of such a craze arc simply
beyond calculation, and- would turn
society itself topside down were it con
tinned.
“Soni" dement of chance is insepar
ably connected with business under the
modern industrial organization am.
under any system where industry is
largely h lividu.alizcd. This ni s b*
borne: nut the conditions which mike
po.-sibl' a- ;i perfectly legitimate tiling
so stupendous a popular gamble as tin
country lias just passed through art
obviously not all right, and must hi
open to radical and desirable amend
ment The one thing which made it
possible as may be seen on close analy
sis. is tlie exposure of valuable public
privileges to private sale and exploita
tion. and in the closer public control
and exercise of such privileges and
franchise lies the only practicable way
of abating the evil."
Win wit! the extension on the turning husiii
is* ts'gun
(loud thing tin! legislature is elnseil. It. can
'to im iii' i-ii liiirm.
INDIAN STORY.
( on tinned from page 1.)
•linns miller the leadership of two fur
t radio in sixty hirch hark canoes load
ed with peltries, proceeded from the
this region north and spent the
whiter uning the Indians on Make Su
perior The nextspring they continued
heir nrney eastward, through the
strait - t Mackinaw, along the north
ern shun i of Lake Huron, coasting the
Miinitoiilin Islands into (leorgian Bay,
them • n;i the French river into Lake
Nipissii o. through a narrow passage
into tin ( dtawa river, down which they
floated 1,, the Sr. Lawrence, and at
length reached (Quebec. During such
trips tlie\ became acquainted with
many Indian tribes, with whom in later
years th o allied them elves in the wars
against the whites. Thus Indians who
dwelt in this section of the woods, scalp
ed whites in Western Pennsylvania, and
fought the Fnglish on the Plains of
Abraham.
Many an interesting tale could l>e
written abont the redskins - family life,
the tender passions during tin l intervals
of jieace. the rude arts, the warpaths,
and the struggle fi r existence. The
Indian s w as not always the ideal of free
and easy life ♦hat s-> many enthusiasts
have described. Frugality is a virtue
which the savagi s lacked. Following
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tendency of these old sores and ulcers is to grow worse, spreading and eating deeper into the flesh.
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the prodigality of a season of hunting
and feasting often came a long and cold
winter, when immense quantities of
snow fell, which was often so light that
it would not bear the burden of a hunter
mi snow shoes. His store of corn, rice
and pemiuican was soon exhausted and
starvation stared him in the face.
He was sometimes reduced to tin l ne
cessity of eating boiled skins and ground
bones. On one occasion five hundred
Wisconsin Indians of one tribe died of
starvation
O the long and dreary winter'
0 the cold and cruel winter'
Even thicker, thicker, thicker
Froze the lee on lake and river.
Ever deeper, deeper, deeper
Fell the snow o'er all the ho d-capc;
Fell the covering snow and drifted
Through the forest, round the village.
Hardly from his hurled wigwam
Could tlie hunter foriv a passage.
0 the famine aid the fever!
O the wasting and the famine'
() the blasting I'f till' fever ’
(the wailing of tlie children
(> the anguish of the women!
All tlie earth was sick and famished:
Hungry was the air around them.
Hungry was the say above them,
And the hungry starsabove them
hike the eyes of wolves glared at them.
The first occupants of this (onntryof
; whom we have any knowledge were the
! Mascimtins or Fire Nation. The same
, name y\ *? applied to the r.vcr upon
which they lived, whii h in the course of
time Itecame Mascousin. 1 htiscoits n and
Wisconsin.
But when the first white man v sited
Green Bav the Wimiehagos, a branch
of the Dakotas or Sioux were tstab
lished south and east to the shore of
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(take Michigan. The Fienchmen called
them hi \urhni dm Piumy, the nation
of the Stinkards: not on account of any
unpleasant odor peculiar to them, but
because the Winnebago name, W’hnuju i/
-•'gnifie.- y f i i,l I Hi/ mill but tills was their
appellation for the salt water of the
s.-a. from the shores of which at some
traditional period they had wandered
t > the East. Whether this stilt sea was
t!ie Pacific ocean, or Great Salt Lake is
i .ot known. The exact meaning of the
line of the tribe, is People of the Sea.
1 :t Pnans they were i ailed and the
body of water which carried the traders
and .b-suit missionaries into the midst of
tlie nation tvas known as Lit llui/e dis
Pmiu.'i. At a later date the name was
shortened to l.u lioi/i -, and bv this was
designated not only the bay itself. Vint
all the country lying west of Lake
Michigan.
About Kido tlie Winnebagos declared
war against the Oftawas or Xix iVmv*
(they wore rims in their noses) who
were located on the eastern waters of
Lake Huron. A fierce battle resulted,
during which two of that nation were
captured and afterwards devoured.
The descendants of these Nez Perces
about twenty five years since led Gens.
Howard and Miles a merry chase from
the Oregon river eastward into the
Rocky mountains They were led by
the famous Chief Joseph, whose nobili
ty of character was equal to that of the
best portrayed hern in J. Fennntnore
Cooper's Leather Stocking Tales.
Five years snl sequent to this battle
the WiunvLagi- were themselves
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attacked by the Illinois, from the
prairies of the South, and mearly ex
terminated. No one knows where this
battle was fought, but many spots north
of Manitowoc river bear witness by in
numerable stone arrow-heads and battle
axes that such natth s were not unusual
on this peninsula. After this many of
the surviving Indians withdrew to the
west of Lake \\ innebago. In early
years they worshipped idols, but many,
through the endeavores of the mission
aries became Christians,—in name at
least.
With the exception of the Winneba
gos all other tribes in Eastern Wiscon
sin were Algonquins. The most power
ful and warlike were the Pottawatomies,
who, however, were the friends and
neighbors of ‘he Winnebagos. These
Indians owned and occupied the islands
at the entrance of Green Bay. Their
traditions are the source from which
Longfellow drew much of his material
for his great poem Hiawatha:
Should youm-k me whence these stories'
Whence these legnmls and ‘ raditluns,
With the edors of the forest.
With the dew and damp of meadows.
With tlie enrling smoke of wigwams.
With the rushing of great rivers.
I With their frequent repetitions.
1 And their wild reverberations.
As of thunder in the mountains''
I I should answer. I should tell you
I From the fort sts and the prairies.
; From the gr -nt lakes of the Nortl 1 snd.
In Kill the Pottawatomies left their
ardent home and joined the Chippe
wa* or < )bjiwnys at Snult Ste Marie, but
they returned some years afterward
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