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Show THE LEHI SUN. LEH1. UTAH Omni Oe Ball Game that Cost HOW CIHln Bill's Mistake T r-i m ZZ Lives l&evr , .. . . i ,1 y jo--- iy sv -r-Tl I S7 - .i : .... Jitf "jtffertisfrf'Fzs&i m FORT MACKIN ML- H l'UU INDIAN. BALL ' W" H PLAYER dl (aftrCathn) ,W rvni. r I.. onqinal painting Known) I nl I Si SI AH I If BLDCKHODS OTTHE BRITISH R3RT AT MACKINA1 4 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON iukimj the past month there was played In Chicago a baseball game which attracted widespread attention throughout the nation, rlayed by all star teams from the two mnlor leagues, It was hailed as "the eame of the century." At about the same time there wns played In northern Michigan another ball game which dldyiot attract nearly so much atten uou'even tnoucn it recal ed for brief moment one of thn most thrill. lng and spectacular events in American hlstnrv This was the re-enactment of the Indian ball game played outside the walls of Fort MIchlll macklnac on June 4. 1763. a ball came which ended in a swift tragedy that cost the lives of more wan a score ot white men. The occasion lor tne re-enactment of this nam n thA diii cation by Governor Comstock of Michigan of a n-puca or tne lime palisaded fort that once stood on the present site of Mackinaw City, the forerunner of later forts In the Mackinac region over wnicn. during the three centuries of Its his tory, nave nown the flags of three nations. The tragedy which took nlnro at Fort Mihin. macklnac 170 years ago was one of the events we larger drama of the consn raev of Pnn tlac, the famous chief of the Ottawa Indians, to 'drive the hated English Into the sea." Ton tlac's plan was a simultaneous uprising of the confederated tribes, the swift cantura of all tho forts In the West, the massacre of their garrisons gar-risons and a general attack on the frontier settlements, and he all but succeeded In his am bltlous plan. Hecause of Its location on the south Bide ot the Straits of Macklnac between Lnk ITnrnn and lake Michigan, Mlchlllmackinnc for more man a century had been one of the most Important Im-portant outposts of the frontier. Connected with Its early history are the names of Jean Nlcolet, Radlsson, Groselllers, JoIIet, Terot, La Salle, Father Alloues and Father Marquette, who founded the Mission of St Isrnace nenrbv In 1G71. Two years later It was selected by the rrencn as the site for a fort and from that time until 1759, when France lost her empire In America to England, the flag of France floated over a fortress of one kind or another at Mich-Ilimaoklnac. Mich-Ilimaoklnac. In 1703 It was garrisoned by some 83 British officers and soldiers under the command com-mand of Capt George Ethrlngton, Grouped around the little fort were the homes of a number num-ber of French and English traders and It was some of the former who first gave the commander com-mander a hint of the tempest that was brewing among the Indians. Eut .Ethrlngton disregarded their warnings, even going so far as to threaten to send as a prisoner to Detroit the next person who should disturb the Inhabitants of the place with such evil tidings. The final warning, and one which he should have heeded even If he had disregarded disre-garded the others, came from Alexander Henry, aa English trader, who had been adopted as a "son, brother and friend" by Wawatani, a Chippewa Chip-pewa chief. Ilenry, one of the survivors of the massacre, has left ns an Interesting account of the events leading up to the tragedy and of the massacre Itself, of which he was an eye-witness. It follows. fol-lows. In part: "On the second of June Wawatara came to my house In a temper of mind visibly melancholy and thoughtful. He told me that he had Just returned re-turned from his wintering ground and I asked after his health; but without answering my question be went on to say that he was very sorry to find me returned from the Sault: that he had Intended to go to that place himself. Immediately Im-mediately after hU arrival at Mlchllimackinac: and that he wished me to go there along with him and his family the next morning. "To all this he Joined an Inquiry whether or not the commandant had beard bad npwi ,Min that during the winter he had himself been d!s turbed with the noise of evil birds ; and further f'jggesting that there were numerous Indians near the fort, many of whom had never shown themselves within It Wawatam was about forty-five forty-five years of age, of an excellent character among bis nation, and a chief. "Referring much of what I heard to the peculiarities pe-culiarities of the Indian character, I did not pay all the attention which they will be found to Lave deserved to the entreaties and reaaris of Statue of MARQUETTE. AT MACKINAC my visitor. I answered that I could not think of going to the Sault ao soon after the arrival of my clerks. Finding himself unable to prevail with me, he withdrew for that day; but early the next morning he came again, bringing with him his wife and a present of dried meat At this Interview, after stating that he had several packs of beaver, for which he Intended to deal with me, he expressed a second time his apprehensions appre-hensions from the numerous Indians who were around the fort and earnestly pressed me to consent to an immediate departure for the Sault "As a reason for this particular request be assured as-sured me that all the Indians nronosed to mma In a body that day to the fort to demand Honor of the commandant, and that he wished me to be gone before they should crow intoxicated t had made, at the period to which I am now re- terring, so mucn progress In the language In which Wawatam addressed me. as to he hi to hold an ordinary conversation In the language In it; Dut the Indian manner of speech is so extravagantly ex-travagantly figurative that It is onlv for verv perfect master to follow and comprehend It en tirely, uaa i been further advanced In this respect, re-spect, I think I should have gathered so much Information from this, my friendly monitor, as would have put me Into possession of the designs de-signs of the enemy, and enabled me to save others as well as myself; as It was, it unfortunately unfortu-nately happened that I turned a deaf ear to everything, leaving Wawatam and his wife, after long and patient but Ineffectual efforts, to depart alone, with dejected countenance, and not before they had each let fall some tears. "The next day. belne the fourth of .limit tLn D the king's birthday. The morning was sultry. a uwppewa came to tell me that his nation was going to play at bazcatlwav. with the Sacs another Indian nation, for a high wager. He Invited me to witness the snort, addlm? thnt tho commandant was to be there, and would be on the side of the Chlnpewaa. In consenuenra of this Information. I went to the commandant, nnd expostulated with him a little, representing that the Indians might possibly have some sinister end in view; but the commandant only smiled at my suspicions. "The game of basrcatiwav which th Indiana played upon that memorable occasion Is the most exciting sport In which the red man could engage. en-gage. It was played with bat and hall. Tho bat, so-called, was about four feet in length and an inch In diameter. It was made of the toughest tough-est material that could be found. At one pnd It was curved, and terminated In a sort of rack et or perhaps more properly a ring, In which a network of cord was loosely woven. The players play-ers were not allowed to touch the ball with the hand, but caught It In this network at the end of the bat At either end of the irrnnnd a tall post was Planted These rxists marked the sta tion or tne rival parties, ana were sometimes a mile apart The object of each party was to defend Its own post and carry the ball to that of the adversary. 'At the bpsrlnninff of the came the main hnriv of the nlavers assembled halfway between tho two posts. Every eye sparkles and every cheek la aireaay aglow wun excitement The ball Is tossed hieh Into the air. and a eeneral strnctrlo ensues to secure it as it descends. He who succeeds suc-ceeds starts for the goal of the adversary hold- Ing it high above his bead. The opposite party, with merrv veils, are swift to pursue. Hla mnru Is intercepted, and rather than see the ball taken trom mm, ne tnrows it, as tne ooy throws the stone from the sline. as far toward ttwt mal nt the adversary as be can. An adversary in the game eateries it ana senas it whlzxlng back In the opposite direction. Hither and thithpr it goes; now far to the right now as far to the left; now near to the one. now as near to the other goal; the whole band crowding continual ly auer it in the wildest conrusion. until finally, some agile Cmire. more fleet of foot than tho ethers, succeeds In bearing it to the goal of the opposite party. "In the heat of the contest when all are running at their greatest speed. If one stumbles and falls, fifty or a hundred, who are in close pursuit and unable to stop, pile over him, forming form-ing a mound of human bodies, and frequently players are so bruised as to be unable to proceed pro-ceed In the game. "This game, with Its attendant nolso and violence, vio-lence, was well calculated to divert the attention of ofScers and men and thus permit the Indians to take possession of the fort. To make their success more certain, they prevailed upon as many aa they could to come out of the tort, while at the same time their squaws, wrapped In blankets, beneath which they had concealed murderous weapons, were placed inside the enclosure. en-closure. The plot was so ingeniously laid that no one suspected danger. The discipline of the garrison was relaxed and the soldiers permitted permit-ted to stroll about and view the sport wltnout weapons of defense. And even when the ball, as if by chance, was lifted high in the air, to descend inside the pickets, and was followed by four hundred savages, all eager, all struggling, strug-gling, all shouting in the unrestrained pursuit of a rude, athletic exercise, no alarm was felt until the shrill war-whoop told the startled garrison gar-rison that the slaughter had actually begun. "I did not go myself to see the match which was now to be played without the fort, because, there being a canoe prepared to depart on the following day for Montreal. I employed myself In writing letters to my friends; and even when a fellow trader, Mr. Tracy, happened to call upon me, saying that another canoe had Just arrived from Detroit, and proposing that I should go with him to the beach to inquire the news, it so happened that I still remained to finish my letters, promising to follow Mr. Tracy In the course of a few minutes. Mr. Tracy had not gone more than 20 paces from my door when I heard an Indian war-cry and the noise of general confusion. Going Instantly to my window, win-dow, I saw a crowd of Indians within the fort, furiously cutting down and scalping every Eng. Ushman they found. In particular I witnessed the fate of Lieutenant Jamette. "I had, In the room In which I was, a fowling fowl-ing piece, loaded with swan shot This I Immediately Im-mediately seized and held it for a few minutes, waiting to hear the drum beat to arms. In this dreadful Interval I saw several of my countrymen country-men fall and more than one struggling between the knees of an Indian who, holding him In this manner, scalped him while yet living." Henry saved himself from the massacre by hiding in the home of a French trader but he was later captured and eventually was ransomed ran-somed by his friend. Wawatam. Of the garrison Lieutenant Jamette. 15 soldiers and the trader Tracy, were killed inside the fort Captain Ethrlngton, Eth-rlngton, Lieutenant Leslie and 11 soldiers were taken prisoners, S of whom were later killed. A few days after the massacre a party of Ottawa Ot-tawa arrived at Mlchllimackinac. They were furious at the Chlppewas for making the attack without consulting them. So they took English captives away from the Chlppewas and carried them to L'Arbre Croche where thev vo as prisoners until the end of the war when they were released or ransomed at Montreal Durlne the Revolution MlchllininrVInfi. " ai one of the most Important British posts In the West and In 17S0 Major Sinclair, commandant of the post transferred part of his tmnn. Mackinac Island where a new fort was built with blockhouses at the corners to protect the nallsaded walls. Bv the treaty of I7.i - w - n ended the Revolution Mackinac became an Amer- lean post ana tne Mars ana Mnpes became the third national flag to fly over It In 1796 the first American troona under Mat ITonrw r beck occupied the post but early in the War or 1512 it was captured ty tne r.ritish who held it until the close of the war. On Jnlv ia ici. -S Oi.JL Colonel Butler of the United States army took rormai possession or tne ion ana from that time until 1S.. a period of SO rmri v . - - t.u itiaj government abandoned it Fort Mackinac was in Ameruau mrwj poss. 11 u now a SUchljaa state park. (A 7 Waatarm Xtwaptpar Cedes.) By LOUISE LANGDALE V i O by McClura Newspaper Syndicate. , nnu oervice BILL BRADLEY unstrapped his helmet and flung It into the air. "Helghoi" be exclaimed, recapturing recaptur-ing It, "one more flight under Instruction In-struction and I'll be allowed to solo. Wonder who'll take me tomorrow not that It makes much difference," differ-ence," he added, little knowing Just how much difference It was going to make. N The next morning when he reported report-ed at the Middlesex airport run by a retired major from Washington, Bill found a marked absence of activity. ac-tivity. "Where Is everybody f he asked. "Air meet h, in Northport The boss left word you were to go op with Misa WUmott Said she'd be waiting at No. 2 hangar." Bill did not know Lida Wilmott but he bad heard of ber as an extremely ex-tremely capable, fearless pilot In spite of her reputation, however, Bill wasn't keen about taking bis last bit of Instruction from a woman. Strolling down to No. 2 hangar, be found a slim, knlckered, hel-metted hel-metted figure adjusting goggles, drawing on gloves. There was little lit-tle of her face to be seen beyond a slightly tip-tilted nose and a rather rath-er fetching, firm little chla "I presume you are waiting for me," said Bill "I presume I am," remarked the slim figure, gravely impersonally. He took off gracefully. So far, so good. His able companion he felt could have done no better. Little oy uttie. Bill, who was a born flyer, began absurdly, of course to resent the presence of one who was undoubtedly, so he felt .criticizing his technique, and that one a woman. An obsession seized him to show off before her. Lnter. he might recognize this desire as the primitive urge of the male to strut before the female and be properly prop-erly ashamed. But for the moment he allowed himself to be carried away by It Higher and higher he mounted, turned and came up Into the wind, dipped earthward and recovered, pulled a side-slipping stunt hla Instructor In-structor bad showed him yesterday. Suddenly, he felt a touch on his shoulder. His companion was handing hand-ing Iilm a tiny folded note. "Can you loop the loop?" -o she was trying him out, was she? Bill looped the loop for her, not once, but several times. Ah, how he loved it this flying I The great earth spread out below in queer patches that were sometimes cities, sometimes country, sometime ocean. The feeling that he was at ,one with the birds, the winds, the stars, with everything not earth-bound. earth-bound. If ever he met a girl who felt about flying as he did. . . . He remembered that another task was still before him, that of making mak-ing a graceful landing. Nothing more marked the tyro than to come in on one wheel or trailing a wing. Spiralling above the field, he saw several black specks moving about with an activity similar to that ascribed to molecules. The specks resolved themselves Into human beings be-ings and an automobile very much like the one belonging to the major who, Bill fervently trusted, r-as attending at-tending the air meet The major was a conservative old cuss, all for safety and no stunt flying. Bill's Joy in a perfect three-point landing was spoiled by the fact that the major was not at the air meet but beside the hangar, unmistakably waiting for Bill as he taxied to a standstill Bill read in the major's face that be was in for no ordinary reprimand. repri-mand. What a mistake he had made, showing off before a woman be had never seen before. ue stepped out and turned to assist as-sist his companion. The major grabbed his arm. . "WThat In In Heaven's name do you mean " His words were choked by the startling action of Bill's recent flying fly-ing partner who flung her arms about the major's neck. -Don't scold him. You promised me " "I promised yon Td send somebody some-body competent to take yon on not a young whipper snapper without with-out any license. What do you mean. Zermn' by Deariy s,11Ing I didn t know Miss Wtlmott was your niece!" The major became, if possible more apoplectic m countenance! "Who said Miss Wilmott was my niece? Who said ai,i u ' Miss wiimott? MyJeVec.Veson uC irum Washington crazy to fly I bring her out here and ton .. .J wait until i get somebody to take wun a youne fool trvtn her neck." urra" Bill stood abjectly twirling his helmet Suddenly, h- foit m.. , ",cr ki a soft voice whispered, "Andh i ' " c ,, . , , - 'i was won- and said no more. Bill thrilled. She would go azaln with him. She Inrod , .fL -B8?.. 8 And now he saw that beside . Ufhtly tip-tilted nose and a fcl, Ing. firm little chin she had tJt Howe About The Well-to-Do " Emerson Sir Basil Zaharoff . Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. By ED HOWE TT IS commonly said we are all hyoocritea. In no way do we de serve the reputation more than In our constant abuse of the rich, since every mother's son of us is strug giing to become rich. If a rich man is a scoundrel, then the first ambi tion of every man on the face of the earth is to become one. The money power which every man hates, and misrepresents in bis radical moments, is largely an agreement among men that when one of them borrows money from a neighbor, he should pay it back. The money power has never been aa disreputable as the political pow er; the "union labor" power bombs more houses, and shoots more men than does the money power. when we use the word "rich." as applying to men and money, we ac tually mean the well-to-do. In my town of 12,000 I do not know one rich man, but know a great many who are well to do. In the coun try at large the actually rich are scarce, whereas more than half the men are well-to-do. More than half the farms of the United States are not mortgaged, so that more than half the farmers (even the farm erst) are well-to-do. It is further worthy of note (In case the reader of this has reasonable intelligence and disposition toward fairness that those In the well-to-do (or middle) class are the best specimens of men we have, and that those who have failed to reach the middle class have failed to display the average energy and intelligence. Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke fre quently of "His Island" (meaning the secluded retreat where he had a right to privacy). The curious and Impudent overran his island constantly, as they do every man's And when he had privacy, Emerson didn't like it very well Once his wife and little son left him for a few days, and he was wretched because of loneliness. I want the company of polite and sensible people peo-ple on my Island, but in finding them must run the risk of being bumped into by bores. . The average reader of newspapers and books will finally encounter the story of Sir Basil Zaharoff. It Is said of him that although orig inally only a humble salesman of war munitions, he now controls the business internationally. He Is fur ther credited with bringing on the late World war, and with arranging to bring on another (now believed so Imminent that Lloyd George has appealed to the churches to pray for peace). It is not known where Zaharoff was born. Two birthplaces are given for him in Turkey, but his name Is Russian, and there Is much reason to believe he is a Greek. At one time he had an interest In Russian, French, Turkish, English and German armament concerns; it is charged, also, that his power extended ex-tended to the United States. France has awarded him a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor; he is a Knight or the Grand Cross of the British Empire. The Germans hoiWo ho double-crossed them during the war ana put a price on his head. Lord Beaverbrook, British newspaper newspa-per owner has not balked at savin?; "The destinies of nations are his sport ; the movements of armies his special delight"; but a New York newspaper says his chief pleasure is cookery In the eonreous kitchen of his palace, and dinine off solid gold plate. Is there a man who has cor nered the sale of war munition in. ternatlonally, and able to declare war at any time for his personal profit and pleasure? Or is the story of Zaharoff an Invention of newspa pers Intended to rival In interest the radio and moving picture plays, now benousiy reducing newspaper circulation? circu-lation? A man named Lecky is a famous historian, and quotes St Jerome as saying that In olden times one man slept naked In a marsh to court the stings or poisonous Insects. This he kept up for six months, a disciple dis-ciple slept at the bottom of a well, and when he walked about carried on his back a hundred and fifty Pounds of Iron. Lecky fully documents docu-ments these stories; and wonders what the explanation is. Many volumes vol-umes have been written to provide explanations, but I can explain the stories In a few words : They never happened. Most wonders are made P: we pretty generally know wha really goes on. any way. $5 I doubt anyone may make a statement that will not be denied. The truth la always apparent but the disposition of the Iways been to hate It The ancients an-cients made the Uevine a disasrrwnhlo truth nT..v. he got rid of by denying It Instead of ridding It of terror so far as was possihle. Modern men have eontin-opd eontin-opd the mistake to the present day. It Is our greatest folly, but mil- uecianng it is th I u-vr W chS-al phH Thla s the t Owen's 4 ?tfe by American V attention on th play faciiitu. . lle delinquency ,?'! of normal child a mH "The d.C4 0US little tm..i.,;wl,,J "ert 'good' , Parents." Boehm. president J t association srrnnn noj . . J 1001 fj, Play. 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