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THE CHEM A W A
A M E R IC A N
to her husband, C harboneau.
It seems th a t C harboneau him self in his old age died on a journey
tow ard G reat Salt Lake, w here the In d ian s, according to th eir custom ,
burn ed all th e valuable papers he had carried for so m any years.
T hose who knew her rep o rt Sacajaw ea as sh o rt and ‘.mall, lively and
spry to th e last, d y in g w hen about 94 years old. She was often seen
carry in g bundles of faggots on her back to h er tepee, a typical, en e r­
getic, in d u strio u s Indian g randm other.
A t the grave of Sacajaw ea, on W ind River, W yom ing, the D aughters
of the A m erican R evolution have recently erected a concrete m o n u ­
m ent w ith a brass plate bearing th e inscription, “ Sacajaw ea, died
A pril 9, 1884. A guide w ith the Lewis and C lark expedition, 1804-
1808. Identified by Rev. J. R oberts, who officiated at her b u ria l.” H .
K. W adsw orth, th e U nited States In d ian agent to the Shoshones at that
tim e, is now stationed at Chem aw a and is fam iliar w ith these facts.
T he D aughters of the A m erican R evolution of M ontana have re ­
cently m arked several spots m ade fam ous by Sacajaw ea and are d is­
cussing a bronze statu e. Last Fall a splendid Lewis and C lark pageant
was staged by the D aughters at A rm stead, M ont., at the unveiling of a
bronze tablet given by Senator C lark. E very character in th e e x p e d i­
tion was personified, w ith Sacajaw ea for th e heroine. T h e G overnor
and other notables co-operated and the O regon Short Line Railroad
prepared a site for th e m onum ent at an expense of more than $1000,
g rad in g and filling in cem ent for the walls and a cem ent foundation
near their station at A rm stead, the spot w here th e expedition met Saca-
jaw ea’s brother. Chief C am eahw ait. T h e B utte T om bstone Com pany
presented a huge boulder, th at was also tran sp o rted free of charge, and
excursions ran from B utte, D illion and o th er neighboring cities. D u r­
ing the exercises one lady in Indian costum e san g th e “ Sacajawea L u l­
la b y ,” compossd by Miss Zillah H a iris, d au g h ter of M rs. N athan
H arris, of P ortland, Or.
A nother statu e of Sacajaw ea by the sculptor, L eonard C runelle, has
been erected by the women and children of N orth D akota on th e capitol
groun d s at Bism ark. I his, w ith the one designed by A lice Cooper
and erected by the women of th e N orthw est at P o rtlan d , m akes three
statues of Sacajaw ea, and others are u n d er consideration.
R EV ER T TO C A N N IB A L ISM
Of all ab h o rren t conditions of the hum an m ind to us cannibalism seem
th e w orst. In enlightened A m erica such a th in g is im possible and it
would seem th a t any-one who had at any tim e lived here would be in