personally in his negotiations with the agents of the Government.

In 1867 "Hole-in-the-day" took "another wife." He married Helen McCarty,
a white woman, in Washington, D.C., and took her to his home at Gull
Lake (_Ka-ga-ya-skunc-cock_) literally, _plenty of little gulls_.

She bore him a son who is known as Joseph H. Woodbury, and now (1891)
resides in the city of Minneapolis. His marriage with a white woman
increased the hatred of the Pillagers, and they shot him from ambush and
killed him near _Ninge-ta-we-de-gua-yonk_--Crow Wing--on the 27th day of
June, 1868.

At the time of his death, "Hole-in-the-day" was only thirty-seven years
old but had been recognized as Head-Chief for a long time. He could
speak some English, and was far above the average of white men in
native shrewdness and intelligence. He was thoroughly posted in the
traditions and legends of his people.

The Ojibways have for many years been cursed by contact with the worst
elements of the whites, and seem to have adopted the vices rather than
the virtues of civilization. I once spoke of this to "Hole-in-the-day."
His reply was terse and truthful--"_Madge tche-mo-ko-mon, madge
a-nische-nabe: menoge tche-mo-ko-mon, meno a-nische-nabe_.--Bad white
men, bad Indians: good white men, good Indians."

[20] _Nah_--look, see. _Nashke_--behold.

[21] _Kee-zis_--the sun,--the father of life. _Waubunong_--or
_Waub-o-nong_--is the White Land or Land of Light,--the Sun-rise, the
East.

[22] The Bridge of Stars spans the vast sea of the skies, and the sun and
moon walk over on it.

[23] The _Miscodeed_ is a small white flower with a pink border. It is the
earliest blooming wild flower on the shores of Lake Superior, and
belongs to the crocus family.

[24] The _Ne-be-naw-baigs_, are Water-spirits; they dwell in caverns in
the depths of the lake, and in some respects resemble the _Unktehee_ of
the Dakotas.

[25] _Ogema_, Chief,--_Oge-ma-kwa_--female Chief. Among the Algonkin
tribes women are sometimes made chiefs. _Net-no-kwa_, who adopted Tanner
as her son, was _Oge-ma-kwa_ of a band of Ottawas. See _John Tanner's
Narrative_, p. 36.

[26] The "Bridge of Souls" leads from the earth over dark and stormy
waters to the spirit-land. The "Dark River" seems to have been a part of
the superstitions of all nations.

[27] The _Jossakeeds_ of the Ojibways are soothsayers who are able, by the
aid of spirits, to read the past as well as the future.

FINIS