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Traverse County, MN |
Obituaries and Death Notices
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Traverse County, MN |
Gabriel RENVILLE
Chief Renville Dead
Brown's Valley, Minn., Aug, 2.
Gabriel Renville, the venerable chief of the Wahpeton and Sisseton tribes, died in his house at the agency.
He was sick but a few days. Mr. Renville was an able man of towering character. During the Indian massacre in 1862 he was a prime mover in defending the whites, and his splendid career subsequently in subduing the hostiles has gone into the history of the Northwest. No man has done so much for his people as he. Endeared both to them and all the whites who knew him, his departure is mourned universally.
[Grand Forks Herald, 3 Aug 1892 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]
Herbert FILHING
CRUSHED
Brown's Valley, Minn., June 27.— Herbert Filhing was accidentally crushed beneath a pile of lumber. He was playing with several other boys in the lumber yard of Dezotell & Smith when a pile of lumber was accidentally knocked down, crushing him beneath it. Medical assistance was called but the child died in less than fifteen minutes after the accident occurred. The boy was five years old. ["The Princeton Union" (Princeton, MN), Thursday, June 29, 1893 - JD - Sub by FoFG]
