Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 22

12 COHASSET, ITASCA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. GHIEF BOB-EDASH VISITS CORASSE. He and His Party Came Down from Winni- 7 bigoshish to Gather Wild Rice on Bass Lake and Get Their Pictures Taken. The picture at the top of this page represents old Chief Bob-e-dash and a party of his relatives. At the time the picture was taken they had just = come down from Winnibigoshish to gather wild rice on Bass lake, near Cohasset. Chief Bob-e-dash does not know his exact age, but he and his relatives agree that he is somewhere between ninety-three and a hundred years old. And yet he isin very good on health, and is as lively asany of them. In this region it is no unusual sight to see healthy and vigorous Indians of very advanced age. The healthfulness of the climate is thus shown, especial- ly as the average duration of Indian life in the United States is shorter tame than the average among white people. Chief Bob-e-dash is openly opposed to wearing pants in warm weather, but at all seasons of the year he wears with much satisfaction and pride the token of his chieftaincy, a medal on his breast, which gleams conspicuous- ly in the sunlight, and strengthens the old chief’s determination that his low- er limbs shall not be impeded in their work of carrying the medal about by any such useless hindrance as trousers. THEY GOT A FEW. CHIEF BOB-E-DASH AND PARTY NEAR COHASSET. The middle picture on this page rep- resents Napoleon St. Peter on the left and Ed. Burgen on the right, two young men of Cohasset, just after their return from a short deer hunt. TWO COHASSET YOUNG MEN WERE HUNTING. 4 : Their game also appears in the pict- ~ : ure, and illustrates the kind of hunt- — ing that is found in Itasca county. The juicy game-meats and the deli- cious, flakey fish of northern Minne- sota are unquestionably great promo- ters of good appetite. j ° p GATHERING THE WILD RICE. \ The picture at the bottom of the i page shows some Indians at work | gathering wild rice. The heads of the standing rice are bent over into the canoes and the ripe grain is beaten } out. Itis very nutritious, and tastes { well. Many Indian families gather i enough rice each fall to last them as } one of their principal articles of food I until the following summer. Wild } ducks fatten on it every fall. NORTHERN MINNESOTA INDIANS GATHERING WILD RICE.