The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-09-02


The Sacs and Foxes and the Sioux are hereditary
enemies Of each other, and their depredations are fire.
quent. The following account is from the Gaena
Gazette and Advertiser of the 10th inst, received by
steamboat yesterday
INDIAN LODGE Rock ISLAND, Aug. 10.
DEAR SIR: enclose you talk delivered to me by
two braves of the upper band Of Fox Indians by the
request of their chief Wau-cosh-au she, who has
been MORALLY wounded in late encounter with the
Sioux tho Sac and Fox hunting grounds, requesting
to forward it to General M Street; to you send
a copy publish if you think proper. The government
ought Immediately to do justice to these Indians by
faithfully fulfilling the stpulafons Of the different trea-
ties made with them. Government has purchased Of
these Indians twenty six and half millions of OF
land, the best in Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin Ter
ritory including all the lead mines, for tho Of three
cents per acre The Sacs and Foxes have most
esty requested the government to plough and fence for
them two sections Of land, TO enable their women 10
raise corn, they have removed from their old fields,
which took them many years break up with the hoe.
Justice and humanity demand that something should DO
done to better the condition Of these Indians. They
truly friendly to the whites, and no danger need be APP
pretended by our frontier settlements Giving them
assistance agriculture will better their condition, and
if the frontier settlers would enter into association to
prevent whskey being sold given to Indians, they
would find them orderly people and good neighbors.
Respectfully, your friend, \
GEORGE DAVENPORT.
S. NJ. BARTLETT, Esq, Galena, Illinois.
The following talk received from Waucosh-au-
she by of his braves the Agency, Rock Island,
August 8, 1897.
To General j. NJ: Street:
MY FATHER send you two OF my young men to
tell you the news. When returned from ST. LOUIS
found people STAYING at the village divided all the
provisions had received from trader among them,
and the powder and lead to enable make hunt to
supply our families until our ripe, or that our
Great Father had paid our money enable traders
to furnish US divided the upper band of Foxes. (of
whom | am now spcaking) into two parties: one to adj
vance along the dividing country between the Iowa and
Red Cedar rivers; the other party TO proceed up the
right bank of Cedar river Of the latter took charge
they consisted of about forty men, and about one hum
dred and thirty women and children.
AS we advanced, we found the game very scarce and
had to depend on fish, which were caught from the
Cedar, to keep people from dying of hunger; but
III hopes that when we reached strip OF wooded
country between the Wapescpneca aud Cedar, we
should find plenty Of game. sent OIL party Of hunters
i'll advance to provide supply for against the women
and children got mp but the party OF hunters
turned, and reported that party Of Wnnebagocs
hunting the ground this bad news in stary-
ing condition, and could return, for had
nothing to return TO; and tho nearest point that We
could find game about the month Of Otter river.
proceeded with my starving party TO that point, aud
encamped about midday, and sent party of hunters
to hunt They soon returned and reported that they
had fell upon large Sioux trail and doubt the Sioux
had taken possession Of our hunting grounds but wha,
to he done My number Of fighting men was
small, bat TO retreat impossible. for must have
been discovered by the Sioux and followed and when
turn your bach on enemy you to be
defeated My braves agreed with that we should
Immediately star, on the trail that had been discovered
leave women and children at the camp-ahd as
certain where the Sioux encamped, and II not too
strong party, drive them out OF our hunting grounds
We started and soon fell IN with the trail and followed
il across Otter river, and then took direction into the
prairie towards where ttle sets About n,dnyh,
discovered something that rescmbed Sioux lodges
rushed up TO- them making CRY, hut when NC
up them nothing but sand hills instead OF
lodges The Sioux were cncampcd III the hollow, and
were uow their guard, having discovered by
bad management AT this tune we could have retreat
ed, but rejecting situation, that our families were
starving and hunting grounds taken possession Of
by the Sioux and the remembrance of friends and
relations that they had killed last winter, determined
10 follow them as far as the line.
We had not proceeded far when the Sioux fred on
US, l. with parry, rUs.lri iato their camps, aud