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By 8y ELMO SCOTT WATSONIIRIG WATSON URIl\G URIl G IIRI\G IIRI UR \ G the past p'1st p1st post ' month there waS waSp1'1yed wasplayed wasplayed p1'1yed p11yed played ' In Chlca Chicago o a baseball game gameIlIeh gamewhich gamewhich \\IlIeh IlIeh which \ attracted vvldc widecpl wldecpie'id wldecpieid : piead e'ld eld ' ' attentionthroughout attentIon attentIonthroughout attentionthroughout throughout the nation Plaved Pla3ed Ph ) ed by allstar all allstar allstar star teams tC'1IDS tC1IDS ' from the two t " 0 mi lli'Ijor lliIjor lli'Ijorleagues majorleagues ' jor jorleagues leagues , , It was W'lS WlS ' hailed ' is 'IS os * ' the game gameof gameof gameof of the century " " At about the came same cametime sametime : ; ametime time tliore there was W'1S W1S ' ph plaved played ed In northern northernMichigan northernMichigan northernMichigan Michigan another bill h\l1 h l1 hall ' \ game g'lme glme ' which whichdid \ whichdid hlch hlchdid did not attract nearly ne\rl ne rl ' \ so " ? o 0 much attcntion ntten atten nttentlon attention tlon tion even e"en een " though It recalled lecalled for abrief a abrief abrief brief moment one of the most thrillind thrlll thrill thrlllnd thrillml nd ml Epectaculai spectacul'll spectaculll spectacular ' e events 'ents ents ' Inmerlcan in . 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Is ( s was tlie the re enactment of tlie the Indian Indl'ln Indlln ' ball ballplared ballplayed balle plaved plared played outside the , walls \ ans of rOl ror Foit t 'Ilchl1l- 'Ilchl1l Ilchl1l lllchlll- lllchlll 'Ilchl1lnRe lllchlllnac ' "Michlll-Undc "Michlll Michlll Undc " - nRe nac on Tune June 4 17G3 1763 , a 'I I o ' ball ban gime g'Ime game ' which whichIn whichd whichn In ! n a II swift S\\lft S lft \ \ tragedy traged3 tint tll'1t tll1t that ' cost the lives ices Ih ] es ofthan of ofthan ; than a n score of white wliite \ l1He men 'the the ' 1 he occasionhe occasion : he re enactment of this tits gime g'lme glme game ' was "as as " the dedlin dedIn dedI n by Governor Go\ernor Go ernor Gosernor \ Comstock Com'5tock Com5tock ' of Michigan Ilchigan of a aca aca aca ca of the little 1Ittle palisaded p\llsaded p llsaded ' \ fort that once onced once3 d on the present site slle of Mackinaw Mack1l1'l Mack1l1l ' " City CltV , the therunner therunner therunner runner of liter hter later forts in tlie the ' 'MicUnic MicUnic 'I\cl.ln'lC Icl.lnlC 'I I cl.ln'lC cllnlC llacldnac ' ' \ . ' regIOn regIOnwhIch regionwhich regionwhich whIch during the thice thlee three centuries of Its Ite ; his.have hishave hIs hIsha hisbase . ha\ ha hae base \ e flown o " n the flags of three nations nationst natIOnse t e ( tragedy traged trageds , irhich iVhlch which took place at Fort rort rortIlchlH Michlll-sinac Michlll sinac \IlchlH- IlchlH Michtli- Michtli Michtliinac : \ IlchlHInac - Inac 170 ' vears 'e\rs 'e e rs tears ' \ n ago o " was "as as one of the e\'ents e 'ents ents events eventsie e'entse eventse \ ' e larger drama of the conspiracy of Pon- Pon Ponthe Pon-the Pon the - . the famous chief of the Otta Ottawa " a Indhns Indians Indiansdrive , drire drive the hited h1ted hated English Cnglish ngllsh into the sea " Pon Ponplan Ponplan Pont plan was " 'IS IS ' a simultaneous slmult meous uplising uplicmg uprising ; of theederated the theederated theederated ederated tribes , the swift s " 1ft capture c'lpture clpture ' of all the theIn thein In the West . , the massacre ll1a 1cre of their gara g1r gar g1rns garas ns as and a general attack att'1ch att1ch ' on the frontier frontierIements frontierlements frontierlemcnts Iements lements , , and lie he all but blot bi.t bit . succeeded In Ills his amus amus am- am amus - > us plan a . . cause caii CJlU of its location IOC:1tfon IOC1tfon : on the south side ot of otStnUs ofStraits ofi , Straits StnUs of Macklnac Iachl/'lc Iachl 'lc lc Mackinac / ) ' between bet " een Lal L11 Lol e Huron Huron.Lake HuronLake . .Lake Lake . Michigan Mlchlan Michlzan : , MichilimacLinac MIc1ullm1chin\c MIc1ullm1chin c Michilimackinac ' \ for more1 worea morea wore more a centurv century had h\d h d ' \ been heen one of the most hat 1m-xnt 1m xnt im- im ha- ha imt - t outpo outposts < ; ts of the frontier Connected with witharlv witharty withsarlv arlv arty history hstor ! arc are the names of Jean Nicolet Nlcolet NIcoletIsson , , lason isson , Gro Gro&clllers Groclllers Groselliers & e1lJers Joliet , Perot , La S111e Salle Salloler , , er Alloue ABoueT Alloue7 ? and rather r'lther rlther r'ltherI'lrquette ' Marquctte \I'lrquette I'lrquette Ilrquette Morquette \ ' who whoded \ whoided ho hoded ded the Mission of St Ignace IgD'lce IgDlce ' nearby nearbv In1 In InTo InTwo Tfto T\\o T o Two \ years later it Itas was \as as ' \ 'selected selected ' ' bv by thench the thech thech ch as the site for a fort and 'lnd lnd ' from that thatuntil thatuntil until 1750 17m 1759 , when ashen \ hen Fiance T'tance Ttance J"tance Jtance " ' lost her empIrecrlCR empireerica empire empiremerica merica crlCR erica to : . Lngland I.ngI'lnd I.ngIlnd IngIlnd ' tlie the lag fhg flag ( of France rr'lDCe rrlDCe prance ' tlo:1tedr floatedr floated tlo:1ted tlo1ted : r a fortres fortress of one kind hind or another : at :1t 1t Mlch- Mlch Mich- Mich Mlchac1.lnac Michackinac MIch-paAInac MIch paAInac - ac1.lnac ac1lnac ackinac . In 17 17G3 1763 3 It W'l Wl was wos ' S garrisoned Wlfflsoned by ome some somerltish ' ) somejBrltish omerlUsh rlUsh rltish rlUsho rltishofficers ofliccrs officers o lcers and 'lnd lnd ' soldiers under th the ( ' corn com- com corn- corned comd cornid - ed id d of Capt George Ethiington Ethrington tlu Ington Groupedpd Gronped Grouped Gronpedd Groupedd d the little fort weie were \ \ el e the homes of a anum- anum anumof num- num numof numof - - of rrcnch rrench rrerich ' and 1nd English n lIsh traders trader ' ) and It W'1S W1S was W'1Se wase waspe ' e of the former " who "ho ho Qrst first gave have 'le le ' , the com com- corn- corn comder cornder comber - ber der a hint blnt of the tempest that was "as as " bre bress brewingong " ing lag ingling lagrig ling rig the Indians Indiansut ! ut Ethrlngton Ethrlnton Ethrington ! ; disregarded their warningstn w " arnmgs armngs , n a eolng going so far hr as to threaten to send as ns atoner a ancr aHer ncr Her to Detroit the next person wlio who \ ho shouldturb chould should chouldrb shouldrb ; rb the Inhabitants of the place phce with such suchtidings suchtidings suchI tidings The final fin\l fin l ' \ "arnln arnln warnln " warning ' and 'lnd lnd one whhclt whhcltshould \ whichShould hIch hIchshould should have h'lve hlve hive ' heeded e\ e even e'n esen \ 'n n ( ' If lie he liad h'ld hld had ' dlsre- dlsre disre- disre dlsreded disreded disre-"ed disre "ed ed - : ded " the others came C'lme Clme ' from Alexander Ale-rander Ale rander - Henry , . , [ Engllsb English HenryEnglish trader , wlio who had h'ld hld ' been ' adopted 'ldopted ldopted as a an aa am n a , , brother and nnd friend ' by 113 113Vacc ' Wawatnm Wm'lmID WmlmID \Vacc Vacc \ : atarn ' , a Chlp-M Chlp M Chip- Chip Chips Chipa - - - s a chief chiefenry chiefenry enry , one of the sur Ivors lvors of the massacre massacrelett , ? lett left us u < ( an interestin interesting account of the e\ents e ents events e\entsplug e entsplug \ ding eentsding eventsding up to tlie the tragedy traged and of the m l'lCre llCre issscre is-sacrep is sacrep & ' ) - ' l'lCreIf issscreif If " , . , of ot " which "hleh hleh he was an e\ e ee ese eyewitness \ e witness It fol- fol folIn fols fol-rt fol rt - s ! , . , In to part part'On ' my"e mye On 'On the second of June Wawatam Wnw'ltam Wnwltam ' came C'lme Clme ' to my mye melancholya " e mehncholythoU6bttui melancholythoudlrtfut In n a temper of mind r \ visibly iSlbly isibly mehncholy melancholy thoughtful thoU6bttui thoudlrtfut ne fie lie told me that he liad had ju&t jut just & reed reed re red ed d from trom his " wintering "Interlng Interlng ground ro\lnd ro lnd \ and I fisheder askeder asLcd fished asked asLcdr.hls > er r.hls rhls myIOD myIon . hIs llenlth health alth ' ; but without nnsn nn nn&werlng nnwerlng & \ \ erlng ering my mywlon veryJ cryrl eeryry IOD Ion he be " went "ent ent Hent on OD to say that th'1t th1t ' he wascry was \ - very \-cry cry eery rl ry thatbad thathad J to find Bnd me returned from the Sault ; that that"U thatU bad had " Intended to go to that place himself hlmelt ! ) , 1m-f"w'7 1m f"w'7 fw7 1m- 1m Im- Im - 1mdlately Imdtately dlately dtately " ' atter after "Is Is his " arrival arrhl nrrI ' ! l at MichilimacLinac Mlchl1ImachlDac Michilimackinac ; 0 d tl that he be wished me to go there along with withand ' " Ith Ithand " morningo and ndhis [ hl'3 hl3 his ' family famny the nest next morning morningt orthe ortba o all thls thIs he I01"011 I01011 joIned " nn an Inquiry Inqulr whether or orl t addingt the tba "e e " commandant comm1ndnnt liad h'ld hld lied ' heard hearl } bad new news ne\\ ne neadding \ \ ' : ! ? , adding addingfLi fLi dlsed dhsbed t durln during thc the \ wlDter winter \ Inter he "ad ad had " himself been dis- dis dls- dls dhs- dhs diswith - bed ed " with the noise of evil blids buds bl1 ds , and further furtherSr furtherCbtlng Sr Cbtlng gating furthergating : Indiansr tbat that thcre there "ere ere sere " cro numerouq numerous " rout IndiansMn Indians r tbe the fort ' , many " " "y y " of or whom ss \ horn had never shownreives shown showntnselves shownulselves 1 fortye tnselves ulselves Tiithin within " thin ! it Wawatjm WaW'lt.lID WaWlt.lID WaWltlID 1Vawotam ' . , was IS : about forty- forty forty'ca - , e tenr'4 tenr4 Sears 'ca ca ' " ' of age e , of an excellent character ch'lracter chlracter ' among " . ' M.t1on Mt1on nation amongM.t1on amongnation . tlon , and a chieff chiefeferrlng chief chiefllarm llarm 'Referring Referring chief'Referring eferrlng g much of or wllat what 1 I he helrd lrd ird to thc the pe- pe - * - Pf peltl'S peiarltits f iarltits "itles itles " ltl'S ltlS ( , ' of the Indian did paye paythe cliaracter character . , I not pay It-ari It ari payItari - too toe the e aucotlon attentlon which "hich hich " they will w111 be found toL to o e desetred deserved " red to the entreaties and anll remarks of m mi my visitor I answered that I could not think thmk ot of otgoing ofgoing ofgoing going to the Sault S\uIt S uIt ' \ so soon after the arrh arrival arrlcal al ot of otmy ofmy ofmy my clerks Finding rmding I'inding Iinding ' himself himselfunable -unable unable un'lble unlble - ' to prevail preaU prevall prevallwith pre\ pre prevailwith \ aU aUwith with me , he withdiew ithll1ew wlthtew \ , for that day ; but earlythe early earlythe earlythe the ne next t morning he be came again ag'lln aglln ' , bilnging bllnglng bringing withhim with withhim withhim him his wife "ife ife " and nnd a piesent present pI esent of dried meat me\t me t ' \ . Atthis At Atthis Atthis this Inten Interview iatervlew lew , after stating that he had h'1d h1d ' se\ se seeral several severalpicks severalpacks \ eral eralp'lcks p'lcks plcks picks ' of beaver bea\'er bea 'er er \ ' , for which he Intended to deal dealwIth dealwith dealwith wIth me . , he e expiessed expressed plessed a second time his hls appre apprebenslons apprehensions apprehenslons benslons hensions fiom f10m from the Ule numerous Indians Indw.ns Indwns . " who "ho ho were werearound \ werearound ere erearound around the fort , and earnestly e'lrllestly elrllestly ' pressed me toconsent to toconsent toconsent consent to an nn immediate departure for tlie the Sault Sault"As . . "As As teAs " a reason re\son re son ' \ for this particular p'lrhcul1r plrhcul1r ' request , , he lie assured as assured assured sured me that th'lt thlt ' all the Indians Indi'1ns Indi1ns ' proposed to come comeIn comein comeIn In a body that day to the fort to demand dem'md demmd ' lIquor lIquorof liquorof liquorof of the commandant , an and that he wished me to tobe tobe tobe be gone before they should grow Intoxicated I Ih'ld Ihad Ihad h'ld hld had ' made , at nt the period to which whleh I am now refcrring re referrlng referring ferrlng ferring , so much progress in the language Inwhich In Inhlcb Inwhich \hlcb hlcb which , \ Wawatam Wa\atam Wa atam , \ addressed me , as to be able tohold to tohold tohold hold an ordinary conversation comers\ton comers ton consersation ' \ ! in the language In Init init inIt it ; but the Indian manner m'lnner mlnner ' of speech Is so ex- ex extravag'lntl ex extravagantly - travagantly travag'lntl travaglntl travagantl3 ' figurative figurath flguratice e that tbat it is 1S only for a very veryperfect veryperfect veryperfect perfect master m'lster mlster ' to follow and comprehend It en- en entIrely entirely en entirely - tirely Had I been further advanced adanced ad\ ad \ anced In this re respect re- re respect respect - - spect , I think thlnl " I should have gathered so muchinfoi much muchInfol muchinformation Infol information motion m'ltlon mltlon ' from this , my friendly frlendlv monitor , aswould ns as nswould aswould would have ha\e ha e \ put me into possession of the de designs . slgnc signs ; of the enemy , and enabled me to save saveothers saveothers saveothers others as \ well \ ell as 111) 111 myself ) self , , as It W'l Wl was ' ' ! , It unfortu unfortu- unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately - - nately happened that I turned a deaf car ear to toeverythIng toeverything toeverything everythIng , leaving leaing leasing lea\ lea \ ing Wa Wawatam " atam and 'lnd lnd ' his wife wire , afterlong after afterlong afterlong long and patient , but hut Ineffectual Ineffectu'll Ineffectull ' efforts , todepart to todeprt todepart dep\rt dep rt depart ' \ alone 'clone clone 11 ' ' one , with "lth lth " dejected dCJected countenance , andnot and andnot andnot not before they had each let fall some tears't'he tears tears"The " ' "The The 't'he " ' nea.t neat ne-.t ne.t ne .t t next : - . . day , being the fourth of June , was wasthe wasthe wasthe the h.lOg hlOg . 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