The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-09

bsors We got along much faster with our business We
have told You our minds me Saies nave sSoml"ea
Father He'd b. On permitted TO be near him, our bust
mess would PSa mne sT we are Und
tnlk TO the point We hope we shall be enabled TO
our Great Father and 10 get through with our business
We repeat that underst that dispose
OF your lands. We have understood it through Your
father AT Burlington In relation to your treaties with
your great father heretofore will only say that what
purchases he made made full and open
and fair equivalent You receive from the Treasury
500 900 per annum, which at five per cent equal to
you 10 make good Of this money, and 10 own
advantage and Tot Of the whskey dealers who wish to
you are the whiskey dealers will among YOU as
they do now. We cannot keep them away, and you DO
keep whikey dealers, aud instructed Ill in our
thority keep them cut but they VIII got in among you
oIlowed-ths shiskey the secret of their being
auced in six years, from 3UC0 10 some 1000 PEG
Pile They hs3 crossed the Mississippi to the Black
River ana The uiltary had TO be calel out 1t was
possible that they could live where they are Their
Great Father sieG hem away from the whiskey deal
He wishco get them out of the way of all these
difficulties, g. country mort of the 81 Peters You
may select - YoII.gves This region in suited 10
your condition "a hounds in game wild rice, and fish,
and is the country which the United States wish TO
purchase 70, SG j icy can get it at reasonable rate
are ready TO bring the matter to end without further
psrey if you choose We will give 800 600 acres north
Of ST. Peters River, to be selected by yourselves and
OF the United States and pay you $3.50 OOO
the Interest thereof heretofore proposed for the
lands you surrender in Iowa. This Will give you AGO
acres for every woman and child OF the tribe, IL
you disposed cultivate it. If not the fish and
game will supper you his is the price which
the Sacs and Foxes whose lands adoined yours receiv
ed for their lands As to the modification of former
treaties have objection them far it shall
be to your interest Your Great Father would
leave pay you in cash as goods II you would
make good of it but he Is unwilling to
pay you in cash il it is to he flched away from you
by the whskey dealers. Brothers, havo moro 10
say except TO repeat that have heard pro-
position We will give YOU 500 900 North oil ST.
Peters, and S5U0OO in the proposed, and ready
TO make treaty Cow upon those terms, Will SUBJ
nit proposition Great Father suggested
by my brother my light
peating the propositions made before The red children
have no one TO appeal to yet they have only mind
You hear IT In hat We now. We have been talking
together ferds hope brothers and friends
may be for god 10 Us The Great Spirit has heard
to-day We ATE in his presence. We appeal to him Tor
the sincerity Of what say Brothers. might have
finished this business long ago, II we had not taken
long to think about II W o have and chill.
dren at home The Great Spirit has placed them under
our care. They look Tor return Brothers, for the
value OF land refer TO treaties with the Sacs and
Foxes we refer TO treate s3wh We only say,
offer yon what have offered before. We will sell
600 for the settlement OF debts &c. with the right
TO select our own country north OF the st. Peters.
Mr. PARIS = Brothers! agreeably to your wish
shall submit your proposition to great father We
limited ~ Sl5O,O00 and have reason to believe
from conversation with your great father that those L.
mits will not be much extended.
And the council adjourned.