Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-12-08


yesterday, and to day, o! course, is one of
-evei aud luxury OF show, of war parades
Ind dances. The whole oil the Sacs s. Fex>
IS are gathered here, and their appearance is
very thrilling, and al the same time pleasing.
These people have sold SD much of their land
lately that they have the luXuries of life 10
a considerable degree, and may he consider,
ed rich consequently they look elated aud |
happy carrying themselves much above the
humbled manner Of most OF the semi-civiliz
ed tribes, whose head, are hanging and droop |
ing in poverty and despair.
The Sacs and Foxes are already drawing |
an annuity of twenty seven thousand dollars, |
for thirty years TO Come, in cash. and by the |
present treaty just concluded that amount
will be enlarged To thirty seven thousand
dollars per annum. This treaty with the
Sacs and Foxes, held at Rock Island, was
for the purchase OF tract of land of two
hundred aud Gity-siX thousand acres, lying
on the loway River, west OF the Mississippi,
a reserve hich was made within the trac, OF
land conveyed TO the government by treaty
after The Sac war, and known as the "Black
Hawk purchase" The treaty has been
completed by Gov. Dodge, by STIMULATING OH
the part OF government To pay them seventy
five cents per acre for The Reserve, (amount-
ing 10 1892 ,000) in the manner and form fol
lowing. Thirty thousand dollars 10 be paid
in specie in June next, al the treaty ground,
and len thousand dollars annually, for ten
years 10 come, al the Same place and in the
same manner, and the remaining siAty-twu
thousand, in the payment of their debts and
some little donations TO widows and half
breed children. The American fur compa-
ny was their principal creditor, hose ac
count for goods adv ,nced on credit, they &c.
mitted, 20 the amount of nearly fifty thou
I,,ll IL 1, II
in the treaty that one.half Of these demands
should he paid in cash as soon as the treaty
should be ratitied-and that five thousand
dollars should he appropriated annually for
| their liquidation until they " ere paid off
! 1t was proposed by Ke-o.kuck in his
! speech (and il isa fact worthy of being
known, tor such has been the proposition in
every Indian treaty that ever attended. that
the first preparatory stipulation on the part
OF government should be 10 pay the requisite
sum Of money TO satisfy all their creditors,
who were then present, ard whose accounts
/ were handed in, nCk now lodged and admitted
! The price paid for this trac, of land is
liberal one comparatively speaking, for the
usual price heretofore paid for Indian lands
has been one and hall or three quarter cents
(Instead OF seventy five cents) per acre for
lands which government has SINCE sold out
for ten shiIlings. Even one dollar per acre
would not have been too much 10 paw for this
tract, for every acre of il can be sold in one
year Tor Ten shillings per acre to actual set
tiers, so desirable, and SO fertile is the Tract
OF country purchased.-These very people
sold To government great part of the rich
states OF Illinois and Missouri, al the low
rates above mentioned, and this small tract
being the last that they can ever part with,
without throwing themselves back upon their
natural enemies, il was no more than right
That government should deal with them a
they have done, literally
As an evidence Of the immediate value of
| that tract al land 10 government, and, as a
striking instance of the overw helming tor
rent of emigration TO the Far w est" ]
VIII relate the following occurrence which
took place al the close of the treaty ALTER
The treaty was signed and witnessed, Gov
ernor Dodge addressed few very iudicious
and admontory sentences to The chiefs and
braves, which he finished by requesting them
10 move their families and all their property
from thus tract, within one month which
time he would allow them, TO make room for
the whites.
Considerable excitement was created a
mong the chiefs and braves by this sueyes,
| ton, and hearty laugh ensned, the cause OF
which was soon alter explained by one Of
! them in the following manner
MY father, we have TO laugh-we require
no time 10 nIoye-we have all left The lands
already, and sold our wigwams 10 Chemo-
kemons (wiiite men)-sOme for one hundred,
and some Tor two hundred dollars, before we
came to- this treaty. There are already -four
hundred Chenokemnns TN the land and sew.
eral hundreds moro on their way rnovin,r in:
and three days before we came away, one
Chemokemon sold his wigwam Ia another
Chemokemon for two thousand dollars, to
build great town"
tn this wise is this fair land settling and
1iiing mp, one hundred miles or more west
OF The hlississiPpi-hot with tarbarians, but
with people from the East, enlightened and
intelligent with industry and perseverance
that VIII soon cali from The soil all the luxu-
RES, and add 10 lis surface all the taste aud
! heauIy OF Eastern refinement
The treaty Of itself, in all IFS forms, was
scene OF interest ard beauty. The Sacs and
Foxes are very beautiful and picturesque In
dIans IN their appearance their beads shay
ed except the scalp lock, OF three or more
inches in size, on the crown of the head, ,o
which IS fastened The crescent of hair from
The deer's tail, colored Of deep red over
ihIs, and attached 10 its centre, waves the cd
Pies quill, tipped with ermine
Preparatory 10 the commencement of The
treaty, about $50 Of their warriors & braves
presented themselves on horseback in form of
n toGr parade their bodies were naked. ex>
cepiiug the flap, and 80 curiously painted
that they appeared, at a little distance. as if
they were richly clad. Their hor.es were
also most Enthusiastically painted and fringed off
with netting and ribbons, and many of them
with sCaips attached 10 their bride bits: the