. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. 20 or more degrees below zero. As an equivo-cator he was a success. He would spin out yarn after yarn finer than any gumstring could possibly be stretched. I always gave him provisions sufficient for the round trip, but in Red I-akeVillage he would lay over two or three days, and in the morning when he wantedto leave for Crow Wing he would apply to the resident missionary, Mr. Wright,for grub to take him to Crow \^ing, ha\ing played high old revel with the duskymaidens of the village until his supplies were exhausted. On one occa
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. 20 or more degrees below zero. As an equivo-cator he was a success. He would spin out yarn after yarn finer than any gumstring could possibly be stretched. I always gave him provisions sufficient for the round trip, but in Red I-akeVillage he would lay over two or three days, and in the morning when he wantedto leave for Crow Wing he would apply to the resident missionary, Mr. Wright,for grub to take him to Crow \^ing, ha\ing played high old revel with the duskymaidens of the village until his supplies were exhausted. On one occasion, after getting his supplies from the unsuspecting missionaryto last him to Crow Wing, before he got to the last wigwam or tepee of the villagehe hadnt a mouthful left for the trip. He knew they were cutting a road throughfrom Crow Wing to Cass Lake and concocted a plan to euchre the overseer outof grub enough to take him through to Red Lake Village on his return trip. He iw* JViik*— ■^ -^^SSE^ yfa-:-Y^, i^fJ* VIEW OF MINOT IN 1893A settlement of tents.
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