The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-16


Dor in the schooner Swallow.
! shall pass to where mail facilities cease and
where the reduction of postage affords no beneht;
and it may be some days before you can get another
letter from me.
During the late war, the Americans, under COM
mand Of Major Holmes, burnt down the Hudson
Bay Company's fur agency, or factory on the oppo-
site side Of the river
Almost the only tribe Of Indians visiting or living
about the Sault, belong to the Chippewa tribe
which, on the average, ere good-lookng Indians,
and apparently comfortably clad, &c. Many of the
hafbreeds are really beautiful; and in regularity of
features figure, and size of hands and feet would do
credit to more civilized life. They seem to
me to be more industrious than more south
em tribes of Indians among whom have trav-
eed, and far more inofensive and civil to the
whites. Some of the men are exceedingly tall and
fne-ooking fellows ! saw yesterday the son of a
chief from the Canada side, who stood between six
and seven feet high, and was straight as ar
row. He could not speak syllable Of English.
saw him examining, with much attention, the new
schooner building at the head of the falls.
The names Of Indians are often very curious,
and, in a measure, put at defiance the power of the
English language to express them. / saw tall
man Of the Chippewas at Mackinac, as he stood
gazing at the United States steamship Michigan. Mr.
Biddle, an old resident trader of the place, who
spoke Chippewa, was standing near him. he
wished to know of MIR. Biddle what sort of vessel
to ''his great father, the President who, if neces
sary, would use it against his enemies" This In
dams name, translated into English, was nothing
less than "a Corpse,n or "a Dead Man''-an unu-
sual name, should think, even for an Indian
The Indians always keep an abundant supply Of
dogs, which, about the Sault seem uniformly 10 be
cross ofthe common cur with the wolf, and seem
of little use except to keep up eternal barking at
night about their bark lodges This is remark
ably fine climate for the Newfoundland dog, some
fine specimens of which have seen in the posses
sion of the whites about the Sault. At Macknac,
and other places in the northwest, the half-breeds
especially make draught animals of dogs, in drawing
water on trucks, and in performing other labor.
The dogs used by the Indians about Hndson's
Bay said to be larger and more savage and used
to greater extent animals of labor.
The Chippewas, it is said, make no scruple of
eating dogs, which they often esteem as delicacy.
This, however, cannot vouch for.
Yours, very respectfully,
GALVESTON, July 3, lS45
To the Editor ofihe Union:
The steamer M'Kim leaves this port today for
New Orleans. send you some items Of news. Our
Congress adjourned on Saturday last, goth June;)
very little business of local nature was transacted.
Resolutions annexing Texas to the United States,
passed unanimously. Hon ID. Kaufman, it was
generally supposed, would be sent charge to the
United States General Thomas J. Rusk will most
probably be elected president Of the convention
about to assemble at Austin, without opposition.
He is one among the most popular men in the
country, and deservedly It was generally
thought at Washington, that President Jones and
the cabinet would, in short time, remove to Aus
tin Resolutions had passed Congress, restoring
Post Captain C. w. Moore to his former station,
DC. in our navy; which were vetoed by the Pres
dent and laid on the table, without further action
Commodore R. F. Stockton had, through Dr..
Wright, surgeon of the Princeton, made PROPOSE
tons to the government, asking that the major
general might be authorized to call out the militia
to take possession of the country between the Nue.
ces and Rio Grande, &c. &c. His own sponta-
neous and generous propositions were finally de-
clined.
Information of the death of General Jackson not
having been received at Washington at the time,
a preamble and resolutions in honor Of him were
unanimously passed on the 18th Of June.
Tomorrow (the 4th of JULY has been set apart
by the citizens of Galveston for celebrating the
funeral obsequies of General Jackson. As people,
we should be among the first to pay respect to the
memory Of that great man who has filled the meas
ure of his country glory, and who, at the time,
has not beer unmndful Of the interest Of the people
of Texas, ceased to regard them, and especially
the hero Of San Jacinto, who has led us safely and
triumphantly through all troubles, with pater
nal affection.
Very respectfully,
R. d. J.