{"1": {"fulltext": "-~C^-^^.\\n[-M^ CS[CktmAxl\\\\hid(^l*^ ^^Mm^ttI,\\nF 574\\n.B38\\nS8\\nCopy\\n1\\n5 a\\nB\\nAND ITS\\nEAVER ISLAND mormon kingdom\\nBY CHAS. J. STRANG, ONE OF KING STRANG S SONS\\nEAVER ISLAND, the largest in Lake Michig-ati, lies about thirty miles\\nnorth west of Little Traverse Bay. From 1850 to 1856 this island was\\nthe headquarters of a band of people -who assumed for themselves\\nrig-hts and prerogatives contrary to the spirit of our constitution and la-vvs, and\\nwhose acts made a considerable portion of the history of the Traverse region for\\nthat decade. The rise and fall of the kingdom which then flourished there\\nwill always be a prolific subject for writers who visit this northern countr}\\nThese people called themselves Latter Day Saints, but they were better", "height": "2088", "width": "2524", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "M^ ^TOf tmu? AiJ^uAj I 4rr I\\n7\\nF 574\\n.B38\\nS8\\nCopy\\n1\\nREAVER ISLAND mormoT kingdom\\nBY CHAS. J. STRANG, ONE OF KING STRANG S SONS\\nEAVER ISLAND, the larg-est in Lake Michig-an, lies about thirty miles\\nnorthwest of Little Traverse Bay. From 1850 to 1856 this island was\\nthe headquarters of a band of people who assumed for themselves\\nrig-hts and prerog^atives contrary to the spirit of our constitution and laws, and\\nwhose acts made a considerable portion of the history of the Traverse reg-ion for\\nthat decade. The rise and fall of the king-dom which then flourished there\\nwill always be a prolific subject for writers who visit this northern country.\\nThese people called themselves Latter Day Saints, but they were better", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "im=lNDIAN COMPANY\\n|NE of the interesting- features of the late Civil War was a companj^ of\\nIndian soldiers who foug-ht under Grant from the battle of the Wilder-\\nness until the surrender of the Confederates at Appomattox Court House.\\nCompany K, First Michig-an Sharpshooters, was composed almost entirely\\nof Indians from the Little Traverse Reg-ion. Of the 100 men who left to fig-ht\\nfor their country, scarcely half that number returned. The company was org-an-\\nized at Little Traverse in 1863 by Lieut. G. A. Graveraet, a g-allant young-\\nsoldier, who fell mortally wounded in the battle before Petersburg-, after dig-g-ing-\\na g-rave for his father who fell by his side.\\nLetters received home from superior officers stated that the Indians were\\namong- the best soldiers in the service. They entered each battle with vim and\\nvig-or and foug-ht as g-allantly for that same country under the stars and stripes\\nas their ancestors did when they defended it from the whites under the feathers\\nof the wild American Eag-le.", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "w\\nEOSMA: THE OTTAWAS\\nIN READMOND township, neath the wide spreading- boug-hs of a larg-e oak,\\nis a mound which marks the hist resting- place of one of the noble red\\nmen of the forest.\\nHaving heard that there was a story connected with the one whose remains\\nwere interred beneath the sod, the writer asked an old native who resided near\\nby if he could inform him of the circumstances of the case. Bad story; me\\ntell you, replied the old Indian, and as he lig-hted his pipe I sat down on a log-\\nbeside him while he related the following- sad tale:\\nDuring the palmiest days of the Ottawa Indians, when their arrows broug-ht\\nthe crimson blood spouting- forth from many a wild deer and their war-whoops\\nsent terror to the hearts of the braves of contemporary tribes, Weosma, a brave", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "BEAVER ISLAND 65\\nknown as Mormons. Their leader was James J. Strang-, who called himself a\\nking-, and assumed man}- of the prerog-atives of a monarch.\\nMr. Strang- was born in Scipio, N. Y., March 21. 1813, but g-rew to man-\\nhood in Chautauqua Count} His education was obtained in the public schools of\\nthe county, closing- with a course in the Fredonia Academy. He studied\\nlaw, and was admitted to the bar. In 1843 he settled in Burling-ton, Wis.,\\nand some time before the death of Joseph Smith, in 1844, he visited\\nNauvoo and became a Mormon. After Smith s death, Strang- disputed with\\nBrig-ham Young- the right to lead the church, and succeeded in g-athering-\\nquite a larg-e following- at his stake of Zion in Wisconsin. In 1847 he visited\\nBeaver Island, and decided to establish his people there, founding- the villag-e of\\nSt. James, which was named in honor of himself. On July 8, 185U, he reorg-an-\\nized his church and established the king-dom, and from that day he was\\nknown as King- Strang-. His authority was respected and obeyed by the\\nSaints, and as cheerfully hated and opposed by the Gentiles. He controlled\\nthe Mormon vote, and was elected to the Leg-islature of 1853, and ag-ain in 1855.\\nThe practice of consecration led to many conflicts between the Mor-", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "66 THE OTTAWAN\\nmons and Gentile fishermen in that vicinity. Such expressions as The\\nearth is the Lord s, and the fullness thereof, and, We are the Lord s chosen\\npeople, stilled the consciences and justified the use of property lawfully owned\\nby others, yet it is undoubtedly true that many depredations were committed by\\nirresponsible persons and deliberately charg-ed to the Mormons.\\nMr. Strang- had frequent collisions with the authorities at Mackinac, but\\nwith his knowledg-e of the law, and his readiness in debate, he cleared himself\\nfrom every chargfe. At one time the Sheriff of Mackinac County hunted him three\\ndays in the wilds of the island with a posse of ten whites and thirty Indians,\\nand offered a reward of $300 for his body, dead or alive, but Mr. Strang- eluded\\nthem and avoided arrest.\\nIn the spring- of 1856 matters reached a crisis. A resident of the island,\\nMr. Thomas Bedford, had been publicly flog-g-ed by Mr. Strang- s authority, and\\nhe determined to have reveng-e. He enlisted the support of a few others, among-\\nthem Mr. Alex. Wentworth, and they decided to kill Mr. Strang-. The oppor-\\ntunity came on June 20, when the U. S. steamer Michig-an was in the harbor at\\nSt. James, Strang- was fatally shot, after which Bedford, Wentworth, and some", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "ki;mi i:.\\\\( ok jamks j. stkang on bkavek island fku.^\\nKUM LSSU To l,s5o", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "68 THE OTTAWAN\\nothers were taken to Mackinac, tried, and acc^uitted. After the acquittal,\\nBedford and his friends org^anized a company at Mackinac and other points near\\nthe islands, and returned to St. James and drove from their homes every Mormon\\nexcept a very few who were willing- to renounce their religion. Strang- s house\\nand printing- office were ransacked and robbed of everything of value; the taber-\\nnacle was destroyed, and the property of the Mormons confiscated and divided\\namong- the raiders. Warning- was served on the Mormons to lei^ye the island\\nwithin a specified time. The warning- was heeded, a few going- to Xhe mainland\\nnear Charlevoix, but the main body proceeded to Milwaukee and Chicag-o. Mr.\\nStrang was removed to Wisconsin, where he died July 9, 1856.\\nStrang- s house, which has been raised by recent writers to the dignity of a\\nroyal palace, was substantially built of hewn log s, and after the dispersion of\\nthe Mormons it became the mecca of relic hunters, and so continued until 1892,\\nwhen it was destroyed by fire.\\nOf the present residents of the villag-e of St. James, the majority are Irish\\nCatholics, many of them having- g-one there directly from Ireland. The principal\\noccupation of the people is fishing-, and they live happy and contented in their\\nisland home.", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Q INDIAN LAWSUIT\\nOMETIME during- the year 1830, Dun-a-ag-e-ee, an Indian, killed his\\nniece, a beautiful g^irl of sixteen summers, near Seven Mile Point.\\nThe Indians knew that Dun-a-ag-e-ee had committed a terrible crime,\\nand the friends of the young g-irl wished to punish him as the white people did\\ntheir criminals, but as they had no method in their native customs of disposing-\\nof such cases, except by barbaric forms, they went for advice to Col. Bo3 d, a\\nwhite haired veteran of the war of the revolution, who resided at Mackinac\\nIsland, and who had much influence among- them. Mr. Boyd, fearing- to make\\nenemies of Dun-a-age-ee s friends, told the Indians he would have nothing to do\\nwith the matter and advised them to mete out to the prisoner whatever punish-\\nment thev found he deserved by some proceedings of their own.\\nAfter much consultation, the chiefs decided to hold a lawsuit. So a larg-e", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "70 THE OTTAWAN\\nwig-warn was built on the bluff near Seven Mile Point and all the relatives of\\nthe murderer and his victim assembled and also a number of onlookers.\\nOn either side of the tent were long benches, the relatives of Dun-a-ag-e-ee\\non one side, and those of the murdered g-irl on the other, the oldest member of\\nthe family being seated at the head and so on down.\\nAt the head of the tent on an elevated platform, sat A-pock-o-ze-g-un, the\\ng-reat chief of the Ottawas, his person ornamented with feathers and beads and\\nwearing- his beautifull}^ embroidered blanket, as was customary at g-reat events.\\nIn the center of the tent were g-reat piles of furs, blankets, butts of tobacco,\\ng-uns, ammunition, etc. Outside were horses, cattle, in fact, everything- that the\\nIndians considered wealth, broug-ht there by the relatives of Dun-a-ag-e-ee to buy\\ntheir kinsman s liberty.\\nWhen the time for the trial arrived Chief A-pock-o-ze-g^un arose and made a\\nshort, eloquent speech in his native tong-ue. He said they were not g-athered to\\naveng-e the murdered g-irl, as their priest told them God would do that; but they\\nwere there for the purpose of making- peace between the estrang-ed kinsmen.\\nHe then produced a caluma (long- pipe), from one of the medicine men pre-", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "AN INDIAN LAWSUIT 71\\nsent, and, filling- it with tobacco lit it by a flint and steel. After he had taken\\na long- puff he presented it to the first of Dun-a-age-ee s relatives, his father,\\nwho smoked it as a token of peace.\\nThe chief said, Me-sa-gwa-uck, which means that s right, and passed it\\nto the next man, who likewise took a puff, and so on, to the end of that row.\\nThe chief then passed the pipe to the first one on the other side, a girl,\\nwho, after some hesitation, took it and smoked. All followed her example, down\\nto the first of two of the girl s brothers, who sat at the upper end. The\\nbrother shook his head and said kaw (no).\\nThe chief muttered too bad, and taking the pipe, emptied it of its con-\\ntents. Then he refilled it, and lighting it, handed it to the last brother.\\nKaw! kaw! he said, indignantly, and turning to his other brothers and\\nsisters, who had smoked the pipe of peace, he rebuked them fiercely, saying that for\\nthose few articles they were willing to sacrifice their sister s life, but that he\\nwould not rest till he had killed the villain.\\nThe friends of Dun-a-age-ee advised him to fly lest the brother kill him, and\\nhe accordingly left for the Saginaws, where he remained until the man who had\\nsworn the vendetta was dead.\\n10", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "B\\n^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2^SEA SERPENT\\nESIDES its natural beauties and historical interest, Little Traverse Bay\\npresents another attraction of a peculiar nature which in late 3 ears has\\ncaused much interest throug-hout the countr}-. We hav^e reference to\\nthe famous sea serpent. The Indians have alwa3 s claimed that some g-reat\\nmarine monster inhabited the bay, but, of course, as these people are very\\nsuperstitious, their belief should be g-iven little credence. Yet the appearance\\nof some strang-e creature in the waters of the ba}- may have had something- to\\ndo with the orig-in of their leg-end.\\nSeveral times in late years different persons claim to have seen while in a\\nboat and oftentimes from the shore a g-reat monster in the bay.\\nOn one occasion while a steamer was carrying- a crowd of pleasure seekers\\nfrom Petoskey to Charlevoix, a larg-e number of the excursionists viewed tog-ether\\nwhat appeared to be a long- serpent making- its wa^- at a rapid rate throug-h the\\nwater.", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE SEA SERPENT\\n73\\nMany people, however, disclaim the stories and say it is all iniag-ination.\\nBut if people are subject to optical illusions, the camera is not. The accompan}--\\ning- picture of the serpent was taken from the steam ferry Adrienne while\\ncrossing the bay\\nfrom Petoskey to\\nHarbor Springs in\\nJune, 1895. That\\nit was not a log\\nis vouchsafed for\\nby the fact that\\nit disappeared\\nfrom view as the\\nboat approached\\nit. Whether the\\nobject was a liv-\\ning thing- or not\\nremains a mystery.\\n4^ itfiH ii I iKiii^\\nU", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "74 THE OTTAWAN\\nSome of the people residing- upon the bay, whose enthusiasm g-ot the better\\nof their judg-ment, obtained a distorted log- and tried to palm it off as the sea\\nserpent, but the object seen so many times in the waters of Little Traverse Bay,\\nis something of a far different nature than an ordinary log-.\\nNo doubt imag-ination has had much to do with this sea serpent, but it\\nwould not be very surprising if a marine monster of some description had taken\\na particular fancy to the surrounding-s of the bay and had made it his home,\\nallowing- himself to be seen just often enoug-h to arouse the curiosity of the\\npeople.", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "WEOSMA: A TALE OF THK OTTAWAS 77\\nwarrior and hunter, whose aim was perfect and whose foot was as lig-ht as a\\nfleeting- deer s, resided with his ag-ed mother among- a peaceful clan of these\\nIndians who had pitched their tents where Cross Villag-e now stands.\\nAll the young- maidens of the villag-e vied with each other in trying- to win\\nthis brave young- hunter s hand, but he was heedless to their attentions and\\nlived happily in the company of his mother. But as Cupid was not absent, only\\nsleeping-, the wanting- one at last appeared and awoke the nymph of love to his\\nhig-hest pitch, and Weosma was a victim as helpless as any ever was before.\\nHis enamorate was Enewah, the bewitching- daug-hter of a great chief who\\nruled over the tribe in the reg-ion of Little Traverse. Weosma had first met her\\nwhile on a hunting- expedition and ever after that eventful day his life was not\\nthe same; he was unhappy when out of her company and he exerted himself\\nin performing brave deeds that he might be worthy of Enewah s love. Enewah\\nin turn looked with favor upon his attentions and their wedding day was fixed,\\nand all looked bright and promising for the future life of the happy couple.\\nBut like the adder that stingeth in the dark, an evil one appeared upon the", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS\\n78 THE OTTAWAN 884 3\\nscene, who by the fertility of a reveng-eful brain, forev.er blig-hted their happy\\nlife.\\nAmo, a rejected suitor of Knewah s, had sworn revenge upon the fair\\nyoung- maiden, and now came a glorious opportunity to carry out his vendetta.\\nGreat preparations had been made for the wedding day. As Weosma was a\\nvery popular young man, all the chiefs and medicine men of the tribe were to\\nhold a great feast in honor of his success. The evening previous to the great\\noccasion Amo arrived at Enewah s wigwam in breathless haste and warned the\\ngirl not to marry a young man who was already betrothed to a woman\\nof another tribe, which, to the Ottawas, was a great crime. Enewah only\\nlaughed in scorn at Amo s scheme and turned away, saying that Weosma was\\ntoo good a man to do anything of that sort. Then Amo told the story to her\\nfather, the great chief, who thinking him his friend, forbid his daughter marry-\\ning such a scoundrel as Weosma was proven to be.\\nWhen Weosma arrived eit Enewah s wigwam that evening to finish prepara-\\ntions for the next day, the chief received him very coldly and told him what he", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS\\n78\\nTHE OTTAWAN\\n016 097 884 3\\nscene, who by the fertility of a reveng-eful brain, forev.er blig-hted their happy\\nlife.\\nAmo, a rejected suitor of Enewah s, had sworn reveng-e upon the fair\\nyoung- maiden, and now came a g-lorious opportunity to carry out his vendetta.\\nGreat preparations had been made for the wedding- day. As Weosma was a\\nvery popular oung- man, all the chiefs and medicine men of the tribe were to\\nhold a g-reat feast in honor of his success. The evening- previous to the g-reat\\noccasion Amo arrived at Enewah s wig-wam in breathless haste and warned the\\ng-irl not to marry a young man who was already betrothed to a woman\\nof another tribe, which, to the Ottawas, was a g-reat crime. Enewah only\\nlaughed in scorn at Amo s scheme and turned away, saying- that Weosma was\\ntoo good a man to do anything- of that sort. Then Amo told the story to her\\nfather, the g-reat chief, who thinking- him his friend, forbid his daughter marry-\\ning- such a scoundrel as Weosma was proven to be.\\nWhen Weosma arrived at Enewah s wigwam that evening- to finish prepara-\\ntions for the next day, the chief received him very coldly and told him what he", "height": "2078", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "beaverislanditsm00stra_0020.jp2"}}