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Washington, at the National Capitol, in close communion with the -Smithsonian 

 Institution and kindred societies, three of which include him as an active member. 



He is as good an all-around editor as he is sportsman. In 1866 Kendall, of the 

 New Orleans Picayune, invited him to that paper at a salary of five thousand 

 dollars. Kendall said he wanted a man "who could jump in anywhere." 



Referring to Charles Hallock's descriptive powers as a writer, no tribute could 

 be more convincing than the following lines spontaneously addressed in the year 1901 

 to the author of "The Bison's Paradise," by Dr. Robert Bell, F. R. S., of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey, who is probably the best authority in the world : "Your descrip- 

 tion of Northern Minnesota would be hard to beat. To the mind of one who has 

 seen it, as I have, and the same in the Red River Valley in Manitoba, it is a perfect 

 picture, and makes you imagine you are there again. You" can almost feel the wind 

 waving the tall grass and hear the cries of the various kinds of birds. You must 

 have a good knowledge of botany, as well as natural history, to be able to describe 

 the flora of that region so accurately. The whole is a vivid picture of the Red River 

 Valley as I saw it thirty-five years ago. And at the same time that it is so eloquently 

 expressed it contains no mistakes." The article was published in the Minneapolis 

 Journal first, and afterwards in the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. 



The following bill, one of the most unique ever rendered to civilized man, was 

 presented to the state of Minnesota by Mr. Hallock to cover the installation expenses 

 of his frontier exhibit at the New Orleans Cotton Exposition, in 1884-5 : 



NEW OREANS, LA., November 10, 1684. 

 To Samuel E. Adams, Treasurer State Board Collective Exhibits, New Orleans 



Exposition: 

 To 

 1 birch wigwam complete. 32 large and small photos of scenery, and 



1 Indian baby cradle. portraits. 



4 sets squaw frocks and shawls. 3 large maps of Minnesota and Mani- 



6 lay figures. toba, sundry properties. 



2 rush mats. 3 paddles. 



1 birch maple-sugar mokuk. 1 cedar torch. 

 I 1 birch maple-sugar mould. 1 ball pitch. 



2 mokuks killikinnik. 1 bag seed rice. 



1 bundle red willow sticks. 3 sets shaganappi dog harness. 



1 old toboggan. l Red River cart 



1 leather cariole. l red to( l ue - 



1 good canoe. 2 sets sha S ana PPi ox harness - 



1 pair snowshoes. 

 1 old canoe. 



1 capote. 

 1 fish spear. .. . , , , a . . 



1 pair beaded flannel leggings. 



L bear skm " 4 pair moccasins. 



4 dozen cat-tails. l fdt hat 



1 dry hide. - 2 nor'west sashes. 



2 pitch pine torches. 1 pa j r corduroys. 



3 Eskimo (huskies) dogs at $15 each. 2 store wigs. 



Paid for killing dogs, 1 pair leather (buck) breeches. 



Taxidermist work on same. 1 bundle horsehair for 6 wigs. 



Received payment, CHARLES HALLOCK. 



(Mokuk is a bark basket without handle. Moulds are bark cornucopias, which 



