Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-07-27
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

Copy ct letter from the litor the peofia Req,
Ter aud Noriha eslera Gazettcer \ tonr il
Ninconsia Territory, to the Editor oi the st
Louis Commercial Bulletin, dated
CArrLrsf, Jul, ifh. l=J5.
Dear Sir:-1'ie peeani,ry cnbaria~snlenis Of oa
national government are likely Ia affect fnosl eiicv
opsy the repose al tins frontier III stiriin. ~ ia,
Ind ans 10 acts al hostility. i'll explain. Bs ia,
treaty -! 1882, IN which the Sacs and Foxes oelr,
their lands bordering nn the Mississippi Ia the L
niied States. generally known the Black I!d~k
Purchase, government pledged ITSELF 10 pay thcu
SO 600 annually IN specie aud 10 furnish Them it
certain quantity OF tubdcco aHi at. Il The uelty
al 1880 ce.hna The loaay rr,cr, ~nlli stipulaliouS
Nrfc tuHdc. Iinhelta government has la1hlus per
formed IL coltiaels, aud the Indian, liae bernpc-
rtilV satisfied and oteonrsc entirely friendly towards
th"ir "liitc m ,hbors.
This yeIetlnet repaired to Rock Island. IN June.
as usual, To the number a. four hundred. receive
fhef annuity amounting 10 900 on the Fiact
Hawk Purchase, "a. o00 on the loway Reserve. aud
$1,000 undcf oftacf treaties, Together with IL krgs
at tobacco aud 10 barrels ui>at la the lowat lrca-
II tlaS Neat) Wasalso provision. bndina the Uni
ted State, To furnish 900 worth of efsrs IL BE-
ready Roch i>irnl the same time. Juice OF
their surprise, reaching Rock lsland 10 lind iliu
10 prcparAtons had been nude To rect i've then aud
that not even The agent was there. gentleman PIE
sent. at his own risk. chartered steamboat Ia pro
eeed to frane dn tinen. To The residence al GEN
Street, the agent, aud lirs" hs immediate attendance
trn. Street replied thai IT va. needless Ia 20 dow IT,
a sorcrnncht had provided means ior paving the
aunHlN, lie however returned IA the boat, aud al
tempted to explain the Indians the oas, ot lie de,
lmqncncN' arislng from the suspensions oil specie paw,
meuts hy the hanks. The chiefs replied that the
Pfesidtni had promised Them the sprrie-sad tllal
thtY had bcea tod that II all bis, aml ila lac
cuuld pay them II he CLOSE. The agent further al
tenprrd to explain, but could not satisfy rlem.-
d" " ell, where II Tie tobacco aud salt and where
nc the luara lot nnf summer hunts - SAID they.
Unfortunately these had not been provided, and the
disappointment ot The Indians WI, manifested b,
inuiiciinHS loud aLd sroug Gen. Street Offered to
accompany them 10 St LoHis to see Capt Hutch
eoeh the discussing agent, and satisfy thehl that The
money would soon be pad. Twenty of the chiefs
and head men repaired thithcr accordingly aud YOU
doobtlcss, saw iiem IN your city last week without
perhaps knowing the object of thr.r visit. They.
however obtained nothing, aud retained IN tlr steam
boat Pavilion, passing ulnaha On saturday last,
where thea Vas.
ia not lac SURPRISED # something serions should
eiow oul 81 tins. Nj Phelps, OF oqnahi, who
knows tie Indians IS well as ANY man living on the
Mississippi, told the hc had never known them 80
hiEhly mGaned without breaking out into open nos
tdh>. Indeed they have alr,ady committed some
depftd'lluns on Saank incr, (bcloW Burlington l.,
driving oil t"o Of lhiec wllc lancs and they have
also killed >omc cattle belonging to settlers u the 10.
W - o0r whore GoW wriic you. It's thoughttluu
h'phuN WILDE able In restrain the Sacs Oh The Dcs
Nm'c>; III the foScs. on the IoWny " II BE- more
difficult to cortrol.
Should It be asked, why doe, not the Government
take the specie from the land office, aud pay the In
diam reply. II bas no specie IN lhnsc offices, az
eou'lat3iNcly n"Ae II Was deposited III the banks
ltior the late Suspension specie payments, and eau
- lunIr be- ol tuned hy the Government than can
b. obtained 10y private individuals.
have written Yen tbs letter, III ulder that should
frontier war grow oi this affair, the cause OF it
MY b" property understood There two ., 'hrcr
olhrI circumstances, growing ou' of the wc-lneanI
though ujlsuudcfste ad enc uusIar,s Of our govern
mont towards the SiouS, the natural enemies Of the
Sacs and Foxes and al which kcukuk spoke with
bttrr uouN Al a., last meeting, Which - 10 fr.tatc
sill mo'e th" dtsal,eetcd. sincerely hope houc,
cr, that the annuity Will be speedily oaid, y at the
apprehension oil danger which nov prevails ma,
speedily pas, i"aN. remain &c,
SNMurL II. DAVIS.