Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's lake region, with maps and illustrations . squaw was interredin similar fashion except that thebody was placed in a sitting ceremonies in both instanceswere conducted by Indians, whiteneighbors assisting only in bearingthe bodies to the graves. Yellow Thunder is said to have beena man of great respectability amonghis people, and an able councilor inall their public affairs. He was azealous Catholic. In an interview, (see Wisconsin His-torical Collections) Moses Paquettesaid of him that he was a fine look-ing Indian, tall, straight, and stately. 35 BARAB
Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's lake region, with maps and illustrations . squaw was interredin similar fashion except that thebody was placed in a sitting ceremonies in both instanceswere conducted by Indians, whiteneighbors assisting only in bearingthe bodies to the graves. Yellow Thunder is said to have beena man of great respectability amonghis people, and an able councilor inall their public affairs. He was azealous Catholic. In an interview, (see Wisconsin His-torical Collections) Moses Paquettesaid of him that he was a fine look-ing Indian, tall, straight, and stately. 35 BARABOO, DELLS, AND DEVILS LAKE REGION but had an overweening love for fire-water. This was his only vice. Forcibly Removed In 1840 the Indians from this sec-tion were forcibly removed by UnitedStates troops under the command ofColonel Worth, down the WisconsinRiver in boats and canoes to landswest of the Mississippi river. YellowThunder and others were invited toPortage to obtain provisions, but in-stead of that, according to John T. dela Ronde, were put into the guard-. YELLOW THUNDER house, with ball and chain, whichhurt the feelings of the Indians verymuch, as they had done no harm tothe government. It is sad YellowThunder felt the disgrace so keenlyhe wept. They were afterwards re-leased and taken down the river. Yellow Thunder, his squaw, andothers, however, soon returned, walk-ing some 50 miles and arriving amidfamiliar scenes before the troops that had taken them away came back. Thechief secured forty acres in the townof Fairfield from the government andthere he spent much of Ms time untilhis death in 1874. After the demise of his squaw in1868, Yellow Thunder lived but littlein the log house which stood aboutthree-fourths of a mile northeast of thepillar. A few weeks before his deathin November, he located his tent onthe bank of the Wisconsin river abouta mile north of his land in the the neighbors ministered to hissimple wants, death resulting from aninjury to on
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