New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-18
Fort snellng-The Indian Difficulties Murder
Eonr SMELLING. July ]. lsl


FoRr SMELLING, July lsis
DEAR REvEmLE After avery pleasant tfipi we ar
rived this morning AZ the Fort There were runOrs OF
trouble with the Winnebagoes when eft aud learned
after nv arrival Wabsshsw Prairie and here At the
Fort that at one time outbreak was apprehended-
Gen Fletcher held council al Fort Atkinson, at when
the Indians appointed day for departure but when
IL arrived they refused leave but sppOnted another
day when that arrived they deferred anotherun
Ill the agent under the impression thit they were r
ing with him. ordered them peremptciy to move iortn
with To this they demurred, showed some hostility
and some fed from the camp aud dispersed IN NlscOn
sin and On the route 10 Missouri large portion Vi
them were finally collected end sent up to Fort Smelling
on the DR.. Franklin
Al Wabashaw Praires the siOuX used all their arts
to persuade them not to move, for they rightly sup
posed that their situation in the Chippewa country
would from the very influence OF locality unite tncm
with that tribe and thus strengthen their sioux enc
mics The latter may blame Themselves Tor this. IN
ders,snd that Government offered TO buy 20 mile strip
from the sioux tor the Winnebsgoes but the former
would not sell until they found that the Government
agent had made purchase rom the Cnlppe"ays.-
About SOD Winnebagoes and Sioux are now encamped
within sight Of Fort Smelling and 300 Of the former are
al 81 Pauls, 6 miles below They are truly pictur
esque sight. was with Capt Eastman today wnhe
he held talk with several OF the Chiefs OF the WINNIE
bagoes The interpreter was little barelegged hall
breed about ~ years Of age and the spokesman OF the
Chiefs was Little Hll' q celebrated Winnebago The
Chief informed the Captain that strange gun was
found on the other side OF the fort upon the hill when
they supposed Chippewey gun, ana that tney
were afraid the latter tribe was lowering near them
with hostile intentions After their fears were quleted
upon this point they informed the Captain that ney de
sired 20 20 on fishing excursion to the Falls ana re-
quested to have guard Of soldiers detailed 10 accom-
pany them. The Captain kindly consented and they
prepared well pleased 10 depart Twelve or fourteen
/ athletic Indians, armed, and mounted on horseback
started of under the protection Of three l. : soldiers
From all that can learn the sioux have alarmed the
Winnebagoes with stories Of the hostility OF the Cnlppe
ways toward their tribe, when such Is not the isct-
the latter named tribe are, however deadly hosue 10
the Sioux and last saturday night war party oil
them killed two Sioux within mile OF the Fort fiVe
hundred of the latter tribe started in pursuit. but their
dread of their ancient enemy prevented them from con
nuingit into any dangerous proximity TO the pursued
/ The Winnebagoes are tmid as children Ihey say
that il Is so long since they have been al war that ney
arc not III 10 sight They would not land at ~ Paul >
but insisted on being encamped the Fort under the
protection ofthe guns The troops apprehend considea'
lie ,ruhla before they will be enabled 10 gather the
scattered of the tribe and gethe started on
/ their way West -,
As an example of the progress Of degeneracy in this
tribe brought about by their with the whites
may cite few facts stated 10 me by an old trader
/ Twenty years ago they were temperate people ana
traded from $1,000 10 $4,000 worth OF furs per an
num- at Prairie du Chen Last year their stock OF iur'
amounted abount 50 800 worth. There was twenty
wears ago but one woman in the tribe known 70 DC
harlot and her they drove from among their wo-
/ men, Now, there Is not one yirtuOus female IN tne
/ whole tribe Disease and intemperance-tne eVlis
which civilization entail upon the rcd men are mere
most sorrowiully manifest. soLIrAhE'