Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-09-30
1LTsgEEL.AITEoUs.
From tao Buffalo journal.

broke ont between the Winnebagoe ludi
ans and ,he adjoining settlements. AT
that period 10 was nv fortune 20 be wl.h3a
.He Indian territory, seeking my way thro'
.le painless forests that divide ihe Portage
ot The Ouiscunsn from the settlement ofthe
whites q, Green Bay The cause Of the
rupture alluded 90 was tho murder Of "a
man by the namo of Bonner, vino was
found dead in ts own house, the body bear
l7E eUcCU, marks OF violence. The muir
dc-s pcr1o.rted lho preceding summer,
by the uleoag0es, on the Mississippi
Immediately fixed suspicion on their t..5.
m tbs instance; aud although the deed
was subsequently traced 90 la3 ps.n-, -i
Bonner, white msu, yet lor q coas.1ogA
bic time carried on o most ccso.at,ug Cy1-
SADIE against these sons Of The igrest--
Those not prepared % repei lhe inyas:o.
which was wholly ua7rovoked, and equal
II unexpected, were driven to seek safely
go fight A company thus fleeing TO the
deeper recesses Of their native forests, ]
.e.l In with, upon the Journey I have men
toned. The party consisted OF about 81
persons, principally women and children,
led by mold mau whose locks were bleach
ed by lac frosts OF some eighty wlu.er7.
he vac a chef and be designated his .t-
.s band by the collective and endcor.ng
ap1e.aaon of "my family After the
suspicious which tac colour of mY s'aa
had reused were alaYcJ, the old ma1 ap
preached me. and his cordial shake of,he
hand. his prefer OF the lighted pipe, and q
portion of his icrked venison, gave me eg-
ary assurance chat I had me. o friend
Our courses lay in thc same direction, and
wc proceeded together On resumug our
much tho couutenonce or th0 old chief
which had been animated. sunk and be-
came detected 40 times tear stole Sd
leu.Iy down his flrrowed cheek; but when
q murmur escaped the lips Of any of his
band. 20 was checked as soon as articua-
ted, bYa glance that could not be mistaken
AS these were ail uttered in the Winueba
10 language which mo- white man ever un
dcraool, I knew them o0ly 20 bs Worda Of
grief
After raye.hag several hours across O
beautiful prairie ac approached q lake, the
bank ofwh.cl was adorned with few large
trees. aud i.s shores presented o series of
regularly uugea mounds, conveying To the
dIsuu, eye the appearance Of formal
town. On entering the cluster of these.
each individual, in ms turn, assembled
quite t1 thc Top of tho highest, prececde'
5y the aged veteran, where he first turned
ms face To- ihe sun, (Which was low in th
vest then towards the Mississippi, and
making violent motion with The right
hand, s f welding lhc tomahawk, he e
Iacuaed few words Boz his native tongue
and immediately reioiacd as by the path
be assembled The nature Of this nYstcri
1us ..c Twas anxious 90 understand. Ny
questions to this pout, however, were
carefully avoided for some time, uut.l "a
small present ovcrcame his scruples, when
he thus accosted me ja the Chippewa Ian
r.age.-~liy friend, uo white man ever
s4w the Wiuucbago ascend that mound be-
fore. nor bias one of our tribe ever disclosed
o. .de whites ihe origin of the mounds you
seear0aud us. You are the Indians friend.
were you n.. you would not trust yourself
wfd meuhca your brothers are hunting my
children like tle Wild deer OF iho prairie.
You have smoked with mo the pipe oil
flrd,l,9. and I viii tel, you a,l.' he
thea look me by the hand, and Ted me tu
tle summit of the principal mound, and babe
me slt down. drew forth ny writing m1-
uraIs 20 assist my memory, but my guide
exc amcd. "uo, no., YOU must n0t-papor
ulcrery body. paper he too. ycurcmem1. e
en0u.h. 81 should here observe that the
Ch.11wa language Is the classical tongue
oraII the North Western Indians and ira.
ders. and the one through which all ,heir
intercourse is carried on. tn This tongue,
with which was acquainted, after wo had
each taken Whit from his long pipe hc
th1s began.
Nlr .uend--the Win0obagocs are not
hike other men. They came not from the
cast. they are the only children of thc Great
Spirit. He put them on one side OF the
GREAT waters Lakes. and his two great
Fob,s on the other. He gave us the But
cIo. lhe moose, the elk and the deer tor
food. and thcir skins he taught as TO use
.o- clothing. lie filed the waters with
fish. and covered the land with choice
fruits. AN these be gave TO US: and he
marked with his finger between US and the
great lights. that we might not approach
.,hcm. Upon the other side OF Us he placed
Ia land Of winters where no Indian could
live. After this tie Long Knives Eng
|rsbf came. not as enemies, but as friends
They took our bows and gave US guns
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