cy in his own carriage when a runner
warned him of his danger. He thereupon jumped down and instructed the
driver to proceed. His coachman was arrested by a file of soldiers, who
when they discovered their mistake went to his residence in search of
him, but meanwhile he had sent runners in every direction to notify
his warriors, and had moved his family across the Mississippi. When
the military reached the river bank he was still in sight, and the
lieutenant called upon him to surrender. When he refused, the soldiers
were ordered to fire upon him, but he replied with his own rifle, and
with a whoop disappeared among the pine groves.

It was remarkable how the whole tribe now rallied to the call of
Hole-in-the-Day. He allowed no depredations to the young men under
his leadership, but camped openly near the agency and awaited an
explanation. Presently Judge Cooper of St. Paul, a personal friend
of the chief, appeared, and later on the Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, accompanied by Mr. Nicolay, private secretary of President
Lincoln. Apparently that great humanitarian President saw the whole
injustice of the proceeding against a loyal nation, and the difficulty
was at an end.

Through the treaties of 1864, 1867, and 1868 was accomplished the final
destiny of the Mississippi River Ojibways. Hole-in-the-Day was against
their removal to what is now White Earth reservation, but he was
defeated in this and realized that the new turn of events meant the
downfall of his race. He declared that he would never go on the new
reservation, and he kept his word. He remained on one of his land grants
near Crow Wing. As the other chiefs assumed more power, the old feeling
of suspicion and hatred became stronger, especially among the Pillager
and Red Lake bands. One day he was waylaid and shot by a party of these
disaffected Indians. He uttered a whoop and fell dead from his buggy.

Thus died one of the most brilliant chiefs of the Northwest, who never
defended his birthright by force of arms, although almost compelled to
do so. He succeeded in diplomacy so long as he was the recognized head
of his people. Since we have not passed over his weaknesses, he should
be given credit for much insight in causing the article prohibiting the
introduction of liquor into the Indian country to be inserted into the
treaty of 1858. I think it was in 1910 that this forgotten provision was
discovered and again enforced over a large expanse of territ