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The Story of a Wooden Cross on Crane Island
A Minnetonka expedition finds a moss covered aged wooden cross atop a mound on Crane Island. Edmond Dornier, a French settler, built the cross in 1851 to mark a Native grave after unintentionally killing Mehawanta. Dornier's daughter was saved from drowning by Mehawanta but Dornier later killed the chief, causing lifelong remorse. The tale unfolds as Dornier recounts it, noting the cross as a lasting, romantic relic.
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Mohawante
Minnetonks
Crane Island
Edmond Dornier
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Lake Shore
Minneapolis
Mehawanta
Crant Island
Mokawanta
Holy Fathers
Quebec
Crane
Minneapolis Journal