Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-05-11

own protection.
BLACK HAWK and his son-the Pro-
phet and his son, and the other Indian
hostages surrendered under the late
treaty, waited on the President yester-
day, to receive his orders. The Pres
ident met them kindly. He directed
the arti' les provided for them to be
exhibited to them, and told the prin.
cipal chief that the whole would be
delivered to him 10 be distributed with
a view to their common comfort-that
they must repair Immediately to Fort
Monroe, and remain there contented,
until he gave them permission TO re-
turn to their homes-that the term Of
their detention depended upon the COR
duct oftheir respective tribes-and that
{ ey would not be restored to their FAM
lies until il was ascertained that the stip-
ulations Of the treaty had been COM
Piled with by their people, and all the
bad feelings which had led to the
bloody scenes on the frontiers ba-
nished.
ihe prophet replied tA the Presi
dent, and SAID, that they expected to
be permitted to return Immediately
20 their people; that the war in which
they had been involved, grew out Of
their attempt to RAISE provisions, where
they supposed they had right to do
50; that they had lost many Of their
people, is we'll as the whites that their
trioes and families were now exposed
to the attacks of their enemies, the
Sioux aud Menominees, and that they
hoped to be permitted to return to take
care OF them.
Black Hawk added to the remarks
OF the HroPnet, that they considered,
that, like keotuck, they mad come to
visit tue President, and, like him, would
DC permitted to return to their homes.
he entered into some briefexpianation
OF the cause Of the aggresslons On the
frontier.
Ihe President told them in conclu-
sion that he was well apprlzed Of the
wEich he'd 10 the disasters
al uded to-that it was unnecessary
TO looA back to theul--it was his pur-
pose now to secure the observance Of
peace--to prevent the frontiers from
being again stained with the blood Of
its inhabitants, the peaceful and help
less:-'lhat they need fell no uneas-
iness about their own women and chia-
should not suffer from their
the sioux and Menominees. Tie
meant to compel the red men 20 be at
peace with each other, as well as with
their White neighbers. That he had ia
ken measures with this view, and when
it was ascertained that they we're eftec-
tual-when the tribes had learned that
tue power they attempted to contend
with was equally able and disposed to
protect the peaceful, and to punish
the violence Of aggressors; when his
assured him that their peo-
pie in particular, we're convinced Of
TINS, and were disposed quietly and inI
good faith to observe the terms Of
peace granted to them, then they would
be restored TO their families. He, then,
gave his hand to the chiefs and dismiss
ed them. =
Black Hawks not an Unlocking
man. HIS countenanee is intelligent
and not savage. The Prophet, We
think, has more the look of the mischief
maker, and, indeed, he assumed to be
The principal in the interview with the
President. lie was, We suppose, the |
rstigator Of the massacres Perpetrated
On the frontier. His utterance and
manner as well as his countenance.
indicated dark and ferocious charac-
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