Indians for sport. In 1852, a great game of ball
was played here. Good Road and Grey Iron joined their followers with
Cloudman's band of Lake Calhoun in opposition to Little Six and his
band from Shakopay. Two hundred and fifty men and boys participated in
the game, while two hundred and fifty others were deeply interested
spectators. The game lasted for three days and was won by Cloudman and
his allies. Forty-six hundred dollars in ponies, blankets and other
such property changed hands on the results.

In 1856, the present commodious residence was erected of brick
manufactured on the premises. For twenty-one years it was the residence
of Rev. Gideon Hollister Pond. He was for twenty years, also, pastor of
the white Presbyterian church of Oak Grove. He was a member of the
first territorial legislature; the editor of the "The Dakota Friend"
the first religious journal published in the state, and he was also the
first preacher of the gospel in the city of Minneapolis.

In whatever position he was placed in life, he ever proved himself to
be a wise, conscientious, consecrated Christian gentleman. None knew
him, but to love him; none knew him, but to praise. He was born in
Connecticut, June thirtieth, 1810, and on the twentieth of January,
1878, he passed from his Oak Grove Mission Home through the gates of
the celestial city, to go no more out. They laid him to rest in the
midst of the people, whom he had loved and served so well for four and
forty years and by whom he was universally beloved and admired. None
were more sincere in their demonstrations of sorrow than the little
company of Dakotas to whom he had been a more than father.

III

ANPETUSAPAWIN

_A Legend of St. Anthony Falls_

Long ere the white man's bark had seen
These flower-decked prairies, fair and wide,
Long ere the white man's bark had been
Borne on the Mississippi's tide,
So long ago, Dakotas say,
Anpetusapawin was born,
Her eyes beheld these scenes so gay
First opening on life's rosy morn.

--S. W. Pond.

In the long ago, a young Indian brave espoused as his wife this Indian
maiden of whom the poet sings. With her he lived happily for a few
years, in the enjoyment of every comfort of which a savage life is
capable. To crown their happiness, they were blessed with two lovely
children on whom they doted. During this time, by a dint of activity
and perseverance in the chase, he became signalized in a