Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-06

~ mo N00CTOnCO Wa1 NUI0uFlru UT tO-mOfrOW af To-
O'Clock. The natives were painted and feathersd ia tho
most gtoiesqus style aud as they marched down the Ave-
nue., erect as old Hickory, and all in their red blankets,
they looked more like the gonuiac princes Of the praiies.
than any detachment Of Indians Nc have ever seen. Poor
fellows! they don't know where they are going to, nor
what they arc going TO got for the lands they abandon;
bu, as they passed The White House. they looked a, h. a,
though their last and only hope was in their Great Father.
and their eyes heightened with the thought that they had
him pledged to stand by them.
WAXnSeroS. Oct. 1, lsI6.
Soe-d .uetiSg Of as Vis-ss-E.ss wnA us U-if.I stat. c.--s,
ss--rs--s- h-s'as Dsis -aAst o. IA NIL
The Winnebsgo deles alton had n second conference with
the United States Commissioner to-day. in oue Of the build.
ing over the way attached to the War Department.
MAJOR Andrews having stated to the delegation at The Las,
conference, tina. IL was understood BY their coming TO the
seat OF the government. that they had a proposition TO sub
init in reference To the exchange OF the lands upon which
they now reside in Iowa, for other lands belonging TO tho
United States government
Litle Hin. the principal orator. opened the talk TODAY.
by saying that they did not come on to offer any proposition
at all, but to hear what proposition would be made 10 The
on the part of their Great Father. The agents Of the 10.
States had told the tribe. that, would be the object Of tho
VISIT OF The chiefs to Washington, to hear, aud not to sub
init propositions. n
Mr.. A. X. Paris, Zone OF the commis.ioner.) with
some general remarks, said that the Great Father Of the
red men had bought a fine territory Of the Kanzas nation
for the Winnebssoes of Iowa. IL was said 60 be a good
country. IL lay southwest Of Missouri, aud west of the
lands accepted by the Pottawatamics, who. coming origin
ally iron tue same neighborhood. would be good ncighbors
in their new country. That country was said TO be a eoun-
Try well wooded aud watcrod. aud plenty Of buHaloes-
MAJOR Andrews, who was now before them, had been out
there last summer, and had seen the county-and ne said
II was n very fine country. I
Little Hill was indignant. His eyes dila,cd-his frame
seemed to expand. tho oehre and yermilion upon his face
actually appeared TO brighten. lie spoke rapidly, and
with great enorgy--his gestures, aud his whole bearing
drnOung the native orator. The brave OF the Great Fa-
Their need not say anything moro about that Missouri
country. Their young men had seen il; aud the commits
soncrs must DO mistaken for the Young men of the uibo
had represented that Missouri country was a poor county
and a sickly country-the natives were siekiy and poor.
IL was a bad climate for the Winnebagoes. Their own
country. which they now had been called to give up, they
could not exchange for such a poor country as the Mia
sour country. They had been offered that Missouri coun.
Try three, yes, four umos before, and they had refused II.
And bad they known before they started To Washington,
that this was the country to DO given TO them, they would
have saved themselves and their Great Father the trouble
OF the journey. They had refused il four times before
but perhaps their Great Father had not heard of it-per-
hsPs the papers we've lost or torn upon the way; IAN inyol.
untary hit at the Postmaster GENERALLY Now they had
spoken out in tho village OF their Great Father, and they
hoped ne would bear their words. They did not want to
have anything TO do with that Missouri country.
Mr.. Paris, IN a coneiliaiory spirit, replied BY tho trea-
~ oi 80 the Wlnnebagoes were not given the Iowa coun-
Try 10 hold 1t forever but only for a time. And il was
thought by their Great Father that il would be better for
them TO be given another country, farther away from the
evil influences OF the white man. With this view, their
Great Father had bought them the Missouri country. MIR.
Z. thought they must be mistaken about il, for il was said
10 be a line county, SC.
Little Hill said he did not want 10 hear any thing NOR,
about that Missouri country. Il was a poor county, and
not suited to the Winneba5oes, who were all their lives
used TO a good country. lie had heard that their Great
Father respected the Great Spirit il was TO be houed that
no would not offend him in this matter. The Tribe had,
perhaps, offended the Great Spirit in giving away 50 much
OF their fine country to the white man, as they had given.
The little surP they had let, they did not want TO surrender
for a mere 'e0t IN the Wilderness among the poor and sick.
~ people OF the Missouri country. Ii was useless to say
any thing more 10 ihem about the Missouri country ; and
they did not want 20 offend the Great Spirit by accepting
OF such a country in exchange for their own fine country.
The Missouri country was a poor country, and they did
not want to talk about IL. They could not agree 10 take IL
and they wanted their Great Father To hear vi this talk.
Mr.. Paris told them that the commissioners would see
their Great Father, the President, and have a talk with
him, and that the commissioners would meet the tribe
again at the same place at ten o'clock on Saturday morn
ing.
The announcement was received by an unanimous
grnnt OF appreciation on the part Of the delegation, and the
meeting was adjourned till Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock.
The speaking of Little Hull was digni6ed and impress
sive, but at the Same time full Of energy and feaiessness.
He stood up the orator and the oracle OF his people and,
like a man eontending for his household gods. his gardens,
and the graves of has sres, he conlended for the superiori-
ty OF the country the Tribe were now called upon TO leave,
over that poor, sickly Missouri county," IL was proposed
TO give them IN exchange. A number OF ladies were pre-
sent, and expressed themselves delighted with tho spirited
department. of Little Hill. At the adjournment, with the
utmost gravity OF the race, the delegation emerged into the
street, walking out with the heavy masziye. tread and ma
Jesuc gait OF file Of %grenadiers. As usual, they we're trick
cd out with paint, beads, bells, necklaces, medals and fea-
theTs, IN a style OF grotesque magnifeence becoming the
Importance Of the occasion.