Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-04
INDIAN TALK.

INDIAN lALk.
Tho substance of a Talk held at Prairie du
c,;,u. ed June, 1892, by General STREET. In
dian Agent, with the Sioux, who turned back,
,f,sr starting with Colonel Hamilton to join the
,,m, CON mande1 BY General H. Atkinson.
Grs STREET. wish to know why you have
afr rhe army: Heretofore. under the instruc-
,;o,. Of YOUR great Father, the Presiden I, have
.nJ,ayoured L, keep peace between all his red
sSId,en. When your friends were killed by
.sa S,cs add Foxes, advised you not to revenge;
So,r Great Father would see justice DONE
rna, N the Indians were alike under his pro-
.,n,;on. who. as the Father Of AL, desired to see
,bs,o live in peace and harmony. The Sacs and
Ioxs. had behaved bad; they had killed several
Italians Of different nations; but the President
uas DESTROYS to keep peace, and urged them to
,,i, and he would have justice done. lie wish
al m show the Indians how much better and
Sappier they would be if they would live in
ne,re as brothers, than in a state OF war, one
rrs,epgng his friend to-day, and the other reta-
;,nhs the next. This would be an endless war,
where the nations could feel no security. Your
Great Father wanted to learn YOU to seek justice
and not rsrerge When murder was Commit
ted, to give up the murderer, and let hun be
punished as an example to deter other Indians
from like offences
Your Grea, Father feels towards his red chill
dren as you feel towards yours. lie does not
want to kill, but reclaim them, and make them
guod When they err, ard are bad no chaslises
them; aud il they can be he will make them good
But when YOU revenge, the innocent are more
frequently killed then the guilty. You make no
distinction between virtue and crime, the good
rt,vhT nd V,,nr
,ber wants to save you from the horrors attending
upon retaliation, unite you IN love and restrain
YOU from retaliation or revenge.
This is the reason was directed to restrain
YOU from war, that he might interpOse and
bring about lasting peace between all his
red children. Now you are in danger when
you lie down at night, of being murdered before
morning, or rising TO see your families butcher
ed around you. As yet, the unruly and vense-
ful passions IT the Indians have defeated these
humane intentions from etfecting the desired OBJ
ject and saving the cffusion Of blood amongst his
red children. Still yOur Great Father has for
borne TO use force, until the Sacs and Foxes have
dared To kill some OF his white children. He will
now fuIbear no longer. He has tried to reclaim
them, and they grow worse, Tie Is resolved to
sweep them from the face Of the EARTH They
shall DO longer trouble his children. IL thev
rannot be made guod they must be killed
They are now separated from their friends and
country, and he does not intend to let one return,
to trouble him again. And he directed me no
longer to restrain you from war. And said 90
and be reyensed OF the murderers of your friends,
If you wish il. IL you desire revenge. you have
PERMISSION to take it, will furnish you arms.
ammunition and provisions. and here is the man
who is sent to conduct YOU to the enemy. Fol-
low HIM. Col HamiIton.) and he will lead you
to the murderers OF the Winnebagoes the Memo
mines. and the Sioux.
With one accord, you desired to 90 to war,
and appeared bent on f,lH satisfaction tor your
accumu lated wrongs aud injuries. You raised
the war.song, and were borne on your way upon
the bosom OF the Father OF waters, under the con-
duct of Col Hamilton. lie led you into the
country infested bv the Sacs and Foxes, and
when in striking distance of your enemy, you
mangled the dead bodies of eleven Sacs KILLED
BY the warriors of your Great Father the day be-
fore your arrival and you turued about and came
back to this place. You have neither seen, or
made an effort to see the Sacs aud Foxes. After
coming two or three hundred miles to revenge
yOur murdered friends aud relations, aud the
murderers are before you, you turn and come
hume without striking a bow.-Why is this!
10 ne your COnuuCt Is stdnSt. CdliHut
comprehend it. and want you to explain the rea-
sous that have influenced you to so disgraceful a
course. Your own, and the reputation of your
nation, are at stake. Consider what YOU have
dOur, and what YOU now ought TO do, to redeem
he honour Of your tribe. Answer me truly; why
have. you returned? and what do YOU intend to do!
The Sioux chief Larc, IA half Winnebago.l
said, Nv Father. We mad little piece of land
over there. pointing west of the mississippi
which We wanted to keep for hunting. But you
gave US great deal of trouble about it. We
live BY our Father there. (poInting TO Mr. Rolette.
the trader,) and he told US he wanted Rats, and
not Scalps. The Sacs aud Foxes would not let
US hunt on this land and killed our people. Ynu
told US TO let them alone, and leave il to our Great
Father, and he would settle the quarrel. We
warted TO 90 to war, but YOU would not let u.s.
And now the land is not ours, and what have we
got tor it?
The Sacs and Foxes have now began to kill
white people, and YOU saw, 70 to war, and take
your revenge. (Col. Hamilton.) you said. he
Will conduct You to great Chief. who has many
men, and some horses; ne will shew you the
Sacs and Foxes. We followed him great way