Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-08-04
From the St. Louis Commercial )
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Copy OF letter from the rd;., LAM.
yer and Northwestern Gs,o,, vr o. The Per-.
WISCONSIN Territory, 10 ~, e nov On
Is Commercial Bulletin. d. d., EDITOR Of d.
DEAR SrR:-The pecnn;,, July 4A, N
oil our national goverbmen, y s,mllbarss,
most grievously the reposs az a,e l,Ieely i
stirring up the Indians 10 ac,s =, .9s fM,
explain. BY the treaty Of Is y aSo''lNs
Sacs and Foxes ceded ibe;r l lsSs, 10 Viii
the Mississippi TO the United s Sl bOdss
known as the Black Hawk pa "'a's, ~
ment pledged itselrto nav ,h su'chas 4,
any IN specie, and to furnish tb \ SslN
tam quantity Of tobacco and , 81, TA
" OF 1885, ceding the Iowav v', ~. h&
stpulatlons were made. H;iban'ss eNs 1
has faithfully performed its co "u,'o goa,
Indian Indians have been perfectly ssii's.,
course entirely friendly towards to- rrI,', y
This year they repaired to No.,
June, as usual, to the numbe, " wy Vi
to receive their annuity. amoY. ,cuAa
500, CO. on . ..e .o"ay Reserve, and Slim
former treaties, together with XIV
salt. In the Ioway treaty (Ias, ~ BAN
a provision, binding the United t y. IN
Ish $4,000 worth of horses ,s o's'e' b
Rock Island at the same time y Il = "a
surprise, on reaching Rock island S' ,,
no preparations had been m.i. " ~
them, and that not even the ," raue %
A gentleman present, al his o, s.". y. nsAa
60 a steamboat TO proceed to prai,;.. !. ',s
the residence of Gen. Street. tbs " w.
urge his immediate ATTENDANCE ' ss's
replied that it was needless 70 10 osa'
eminent had provided no means sSvnltl
annuity. He however returned !. alf
and attempted to explain n II. \ "
cause OF the delinquency, arising Go ,' y
pension ofspecie payments bv ~ b.%x
chiefs replied that the Presiden, b .,na
them the specie-said that thew had J ~
that IT was all his, and that he eonn -
II he chose. The agent further s,,INg.
explain, but could not satisfy ,bam
where is the tobacco and sail and :,
the horses for our summer hints ~ ss
Unfortunately these had not been -.
and the disappointment of the I,k,s
manifested by mutterings, long aDd ~.
Gen. Street offered to accomnsnv ,L'~
Louis, TO see CAPT. Hitchcock he AL
agent, and satisfy them thatthe monsvs
soon be paid. Twenty Of The chief MI
men repaired thither accordingly. al !
doubtless, saw them in your ciiy hs n
without perhaps knowing the ob,er, 4
visit. They, however, obtained 1otb,, !
returned in the steamboat Pavilion, nam3,,i
quauka on Saturday last, where ibsD n
Do not be surprised If something II
should grow out of this. Mr. Phelus n G]
uka, who knows the Indians as well a 4
man living on the Mississippi, told U.k \
never known them 50 highly inaamel viIh-)
breaking out into open hostility. JpdesI n
have already committed some depredali. !
Skunk river, (below Burlington) bv dnriri
two or three white families; and they h,rn
killed some cattle belonging to settsu on
ioway, near where I now write YOU i,
thought that Keokuk will be able 10 mn
the Sacs on the Des Moines; but The I'm
on the loway, will be more difficult 81
troll.
Should it be asked, why does no. Ii. 81
eminent take the specie from the land 81
and pay the lndians' | reply, il has no %
IN those Offices, or comparatively none: i Il
deposited in the banks before the late suz.|
sion Of specie payments, and can no nos
obtained by the government than il can h |
tanned by private individuals.
| have written you this letter, in order q
should frontier war grow out Of this sS1
the cause of il may be properly understood
There are two or three other Circumstance
growing out of the well-meant, though misul
ierstood advances of our government DEIi
The Sioux, the natural enemies of the Sac al
Foxes, and of which Keokuk spoke with Giin
IRONY at the last meeting, which 20 to fri1
still more the disafected. sincerely hn
however, that the annuity will be speediyPld,
hat the apprehensions of danger which DOW
Prevail may speedily pass away.
remain &C.,
SAMUEL II. Dim