Part 10 (1/2)

One of the greatest pests to the pioneers around here was the thousand legged worms They were very thick around where ere and very poisonous My little sister nearly died fro on a quilt on the floor

Mother used to ar We dried the wild grapes for raisins My, but those pies were good Everybody bragged on ”Aunt Hannah's mince pies”

My father and brother frequently went hunting for deer They used to run their bullets, which were round, bykitchen as they would leave! Ashes fro It wasn't much of a trick to shoot deer, they were so thick and so taht near the house I did not like venison for it see a friend

All six of us families used to wash at the lake in summer We used soft soap that wekettle They were beautifully white

Mr Chester L Hopkins--1854, Hopkins

When I was a little boy we had a grindstone in our yard which was used by us and our few scattered neighbors One night ere awakened by hearing the grindstone going, and father went to the door to see as using it A party of forty Sioux braves on their ponies were standing around, while soround their knives which each in his turn put in his belt It was a bright ht and we could see them as plainly as if it was day The Indians were in full war paint and feathers and after their task was accomplished, rode one after the other over the hill where they stood out like black silhouettes, and finally disappeared They were probably going to a war dance

Miss Florinda Hopkins--Hopkins

When I was a little girl a nu tramp, lay asleep on the floor of the kitchen The party consisted of a chief and seven braves Mydried apple pies When she had finished, she cut two of theave each Indian a piece which he ate with the greatest relish

All of thearded wistfully The chief with a noble gesture motioned them all to leave the house and remained himself As soon as they were outside he reatest relish while the rest of the band looked enviously through theWere these not, indeed, children?

I re by our house, returning fro business as they trotted along and swinging one pitiful scalp on a pole

Their battles were generally like this Ten was a small number to kill one Chippewa When the Chippewa retaliated they would go in the sa a party stopped here They were very tired Had probably trotted a long, long way for their endurance onderful They just said ”Chippewa?” and as soon as they knee had seen none were flying on again

We often traded food with the Indians as well as giving it to the a pair of fancy beaded hnuts

Mrs J W Ladd--1854

I re the Red River carts as they passed through St Anthony The cart was al the sides to hold the furs which were piled high above the cart and roped down in place There was one swarthy man to five or six ox drawn carts

He was dressed in a coonskin cap or broad briht colored sash about his waist and his hat had a bright colored band

One dayabout the rooht seemed obscured We looked up to see a number of Indian faces in theThey s for ht colored tassels which hung from the curtain They also very les in blue, red, black and white When refused they went away peaceably but afterwards often returned trying to make a trade

Mrs C H Pettit--1854, Minneapolis

In 1854 I attended church in the Tooth-pick church This was a sh, narroer I had never seen Indians as we had just h the woods on what is now Fourth street when I was surrounded by yelling, painted Indians on ponies Seeing that I was frightened nearly to death they continued these antics, circling round, and round , until I reached reat pleasure in the fright they had given the Paleface

Mrs Anna Hennes Huston--1854

I moved to St Anthony in 1854 I was only a tiny tot but used to go witha path by the river to find our cow We usually found her in the base of the Falls used to scare ht direction ould be all ith the spray

I remember that at one time in the early days, potatoes were very scarce My s for the same amount of potatoes

Mr Henry Favel--1854