The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-21

Ger, tothis eaect-4i1at when iss Major 6sst met
the Indians at fer Smelling. he introduced him.
sci to their acqpainsa nee as fellows: frell them,
Mr. Paeheoit, din.ersse,efl, that am sher father
THAT ] am Majo- Murphy. the Big Pota,oc. :"
Mr.. ePssseett. accordingly sad 10 ihss Isdiaas,
'ihis is your father, .Meado Tdaka." rbig pota-
tool The gu,liaas granted ont an admi,ing utghs
and shook The Major very cordially by the hand.
When Major Mclean, Murphy successor, was
introduced to the Indians, Mr.: Prescott sv;is not
instructed TO inform the Indians what Mclean $
nams was; but they, t.,iiing1it f5r granted tina,
he top mast be, one of the Peti;ee family, sent TO
supply their necessities, called hit,---probal,iy
with reference 10 has personal contrast TO Major
Murphy--their g father, Meade Clastiaa,''
lsn.all petatoe] land the Sioux, in Dskota, now
uniformly call him ''the Small Potaiee." 5ue
The other evening. near the Upper Landing,
we saw a revolving speciacIe-a Sioux sqnaw,
evidently furnished. gnawing the head Of a dog
! she had ionnd dead, and which she had been en-
deavorius 10 make more savory. by roasting j, in
the ashes; hut without Sc much sprinkling Of
salt, pepper, sage, or any Of those condiments
which the people Of our town generally deem IN
dispensabse to reader any portion Of the animal
pala,abic. Jadgeof the suiTerings Of these poor
wre,ches, destitute Of money and Of provisions,
, and thus slo,ing over the very ofIal and refuse
Of our bu,cher shops. as.a ~-sr...ysf ,sf.
To make a good index TO book is a work Of
much skill and il is a thing very seldom done as
il should be. II requires good taste, a careful
analysis Of the book, and the same habit of me-
ifies Librarian TO make goo catalogue, Sir
William Blackstone or John q. Adams would
have made good catalogue, or a good index
but while others Of equal learning might only
make failure, we do not believe that moro
philosophical and lucid Index can be made than
Mr.. JOSEPH II. BRowN's Index to the Council
Journal. a,9-
On Friday morning last, we had about an inch
of snow. On Saturday the weather had mode
rated some, but not enough 10 melt the snow.
Last Friday a company of United States dra-
goons galoped through our town. They conduct
ed the prisoners, arrested in the late war Of the
Winnehagoes, for selling whisNey in Benton CO. ,
TO Sank Rapids wlIere they are to be tried. &c.
We hear of some Expectations lately commit
tod TIM fhippa,x,a .,,f,
reduced TO star,atio by the shameful negligence
Of the government, in delay ms month after month,
their anDuiiies, they armed themselves and drove
off and butchered three yoke Of oxen belonging
10 government. Are those poor wretchcs to be
put to the bayonet, or to be rode over by armed
troopers, because they are not willing to be
starved to death Let their payments be made
promptly, according TO treaty stipuIations, and
there viii be no taking away Of cattle by VIC
ience. ...s .t.aa4 81 s..sss eI.e:4
Two squares Of ground, in the edge Of thai,
little grove, in the rear Of the Presbyterian
Church, Saint Paul, are selected with the appro
baton of The Bishop Of Saint Paul, for the cree
tion va u suiCtV Cdtit'uuis ttiU Rothhu YUM
oiics but the Catholic Church, for which a
part Of the building materials are already upon
the ground is to be erected on or the site Of
the old Church between Third and Bench streets,
overlooking the lower plateau of the town
The daily increase Of business between Saint
Paul and the Aourisl,ing town Of SAINT Aubony,
renders daily more apparent. the necessity Of con-
struc,ins that plank road, 6 nosa railroad, with
out delay, between the two towns. 1885,
Good cigars are about as scarce in Saint Paul,
as good Christians; but ihey-not Christians, bat
cigars-may befound at Eifcll's, or sswe wouldn't
say it." ~. . ii.
Messrs. Pauison & Benson, who keep Livery
Stable at the upper end of town, have now being
built in the State Of New York, several omni-
buses, which cost $500 each at the manufac-
turers, to run between the Upper and Lower
Landings, and between Saint Paul aud Saint
Anthony. ..s-s4 rb ,.e.
Mr.. Kennedy continues his line Of daily stages
between St, Paul and Saltwater, thereby greatly
facilitating the increasing intercourse between the
two sister towns. l1 'la f"fA
Fine pickercl are frequently brought into our
town for sale, the price varying according to size
and fatness, from ten TO twenty-five cents. We
might have plenty of catfish, but bait is too ex-
pcnsive. sg75 rf .He.
We would earnestly invite the attention Of our
town authorities, to the importance of widening
some of the streets of Saint Paul; and especially
Fourth Street, ought TO be widen ID at least 20
feet. forthwith. before the expense accrues, as it
inevitably soon will, Of accomplishing the same
thing by removing a whole row Of buildings from
each side Of it. Fourth street ought also to be
immediately graded through the bluff which now
separates the upper from the lower plateau; and
il ought also to be graded, Of god width and
at All easy grade, from where it crosses Roberts
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