Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-24

GAZETTE AND ADVERTISER
MORGAN S HEM. .''lToRs.
BURLINGTON, s.fI'R. p. 1912.
To the He.4er.--To make room for the
speech .four Honorable Delegate in
Con..ess A C DODGE, on the subject Of
az Southern Boundary, we have been
to omit, this week, our usual
variety Of political, agricultural and mis-
Cellaneous matter.
OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
We are proud and happy to say that
our subscription list is daily increasing
in length by the accession of new sub.
scribers. We feel more than thankful to
our friends for their generous support,
and viii! labor with renewed zeal to mer-
it 1t. Ambitious to make our journal
every thing that its best friends could de-
sire, we shall relax in no labor that may
tend to such result. And desiring the
universal dissemination Of useful knowl.
edge and sound political truths, we hope,
with the kind assistance Of our friends,
soon to make the Gazette weekly and
we trust welcome visitor to every town,
and almost every cabin in the Territory
THE INDIAN PAYMENT.
The annual payment Of the Sac & Fox
annuities was made at the Agency. on
Friday and Saturday Of last week. The
principal part Of the week was consumed
in taking the census oftne nation, prepar-
atory to the payment. A party Of the
Missouri Sacs had come to the Agency
aud mingled with the Sacs Of the Misss
sippi few days prior to the taking
Of the census, for the purpose O
receiving share Of the money; and on
enumeration it was found that there were
about $500 souls, being an increase o
about 200 since the payment Of last year
4 This led at once to the detection Of tn.
fraud, and occasioned the necessity Of an
other enumeration. We have been in
formed that the whole matter was rus.
4 ofKeoknck and his band, and that he hae
induced the Missouri Sacs to come to the
Agency and claim share ofthe money
and had laid plan by which he and his
band were to attack this party, after they
had received their money, and take il
from them-thercby securing to hlmsel
and his band, greater share Of the an
nuity than he would be entitled to. The
Missouri, Sacs it is said we're led into III,
: matter by Keokuck, under representation
from him, that the Mississippi sacs were
rich. and were willing to divide with tn.
Missouri Sacs, who were very poor, as a,
act ofcharity and good will.
4 The second enumeration showed III,
Sac & Fox nation 10 consist ofabout 100
souls, among whom the sum Of Sal ,OOt
was distributed, by paying the same Il
the head OF each family.
There were about 1900 whites at tn.
} payment some Of whom came there 10
the purpose Of securing debts due then
from the Indians, others for the purpos,
Of trading and traficing, and others agar
J. from motives Of curiosity, but the princi
pal part came with the espectatation tina
a treaty was to be held, and to see the
country, in order to secure good claim
, should treaty take place.
The whites seemed generally to con
duct themselves with propriety, and will
the exception Of the overbearing ant
naughty insolence Of tho Dragons, eve
rylhing passed off we'll.
] 1t has always been matter Of surpris
to us that the General government shoult
be so little acquainted with the character
of our population, as to require thesat
tendance ofthe military, whenever trea
ty or payment is made; but still more
docs it surprise US, that the Dragon.
] Should be permitted to treat our oldes.
and some Of our most respectable citizen.
with insolence, merely because sehair Gu
riosity, or perhaps their interest may
have led them to visit the Indian country
I Tho Indian encampments, being abou
$50 in number and stretched along tn
sdye Of a beautiful little prairie, present
ed an imposing spectacle, and to the look
Ter on savage life was pictured forth il
all its varieties.
Rnmor.-lt is confidently asserted
that Mr.. WEBSTER will Immediately re.
sign tbs office Of Secretary Of State-an
event most essential to the fair fame Of
President TYLER, and radiance mos,
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