On This Date in Minnesota History: February 6

February 6, 1922 – “Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce, also known as John Smith, a Chippewa Indian reputed to be 137 years old,” died in Cass Lake, Minn., “after a week’s illness with pneumonia.”

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Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce

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