Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-24

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ted States would pay them a just con-
sideration for any advantages they
might loose by leaving their present
location.
Little Hill replied. He said that
his brothers It The commissioners =
promised what the President could
not perform. There was great
scarcity Of wood and water on the
country offered on the Missouri, and
it was entirely inadequate TO supply
the wants of the Winnebagoes. Be-
sides, he said, their great father here
had already sent them officers four
times to make treaty with the Win
nebagoes for an exchange Of their
country, and every time this Missouri
country WIS offered in exchange
Gov. Doly, Major Harvey, Governor
Chambers and General Dodge had all
made this offer. and his chiefs in
grand council, refused 10 listen TO such
propositions. He thought it strange
that they were now brought this long
distance from home to have them re-
peated, and that he would now tell the
commissioners plainly, that il was a
waste of time to talk upon this sublec
After some consultation, Judge Par
ris, on behalf of the commissioners.
again spoke. He said he thought the
chiefs and warriors did not understand
the propositions they had snbmltted.-
The country now offered on the wa
tiers of the Missouri, was not the coun-
try heretofore offered. This was
tract of fine land purchased from the
Kansas Indians, in consequence of its
good quality, upon which TO settle
some OF the tribes east Of the Missls-
sippi. One Of the commissioners.
NJ jor Andrews, had r cel ty cen on
pant Of it, and he believed it to be
country well supplied with wood, wa
ter, and every thing necessary to make
it desirable home for an Indian
tribe. lie again urged the importance
to the Winnebagoes of getting beyond
the limits of the States, where they
would no longer be surrounded by the
white people; and referred TO the brit
tie tenure by which they held their
present lands-that the treaty Of 1897,
made il only temporary residence for
them.
The Indians here consulted some
time in low whispers among themselves
and Little Hill again spoke. He APP
peared more vehement than ever in his
gestures; and, after referring to much
that he had said before respecting the
Missouri country, he said that the
Winnebagoes knew all about The
country offered to them, which had
Just been described. The native In
dians, who were now there, were in
starving condition. How, then,
would it be with the Winnebagoes,
who would be removed from rich
country and healthy climate. He then
spoke of the immense country coded,
at various times by the Wirnebagoes,
embracing the richest farming and
mineral lands in Wisconsin and North.
ern Illinois. They were now driven
on a small strip on the west Of the
Mississippi; but still they were con-
tented to remain there. and would re-
main. if their great fathcr had no land
to offer other than that so often propos-
ed. He said that the chiefs and braves
around him thought the President
could not have hoard tho answor, al
ready so often given to the proposition
made To their nation about this Missou-
ri country. They thought their | + ,th-
er>, sent by The President to talk with
them, must have torn up the papers,
and never sent them TO him. But he
hoped that his brothers now present
would tell their great father what they
said, and that they would not be again
asked TO exchange their present coun-
trv for lands on the Missouri river
He also spoke with much warmth and
feeling, about the change made in their
title 10 the lands they now occupy. by
the treaty of 1897. which the commits
sioncrs said gave them only a tempo.
rary home He said that they OBJ
tanned the neutral land long before
the treaty Of lSS7--and when the u.
States wanted their large and valuable
country, they were told that they
were then getting permanent and
last home.
Alter some more talk betwcen the
parties, the commissioners asked the
delegation to designate some country,
at the disposal OF the United States,
which they would agree to move TO. =
To this the delegation replied: that