The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-24
COMMUNICATED.
The Journal of lie Sueur's Voyage mp
the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers
in 1900. 4erl
NUMBER III.

On the 81 Of October they received at the
Fort, several Scioux, among whom was
Wahkantape, chief of the village. Soon
two Canadians arrived who had been hunt
ing, and who had been robbed by the Scioux
Of the East, who had raised their guns, to
ayenge the establishment which NJ. LIE Su-
eur had made Oh Blue River.
, On the l7th, the fort was finished and
named Fort L'Hui!lier, and on the Goth two
Canadians were sent out to invite the Aya-
vols and Otoctatas to come aud establish
village near the Fort, because these Judi
ans are Industrious and accustomed 10 cul-
tivate the earth and they hoped to get pro-
visions from them and to make them work
i'll the mines.
! On the Oath, six Scioux Ouialespoitons,
wished to go into the fort, but we're
told that they did not receive men who bad
killed Frenchmen. This is the term used
when they have Installed them. The next
day they came to the lodge of lie Sueur to
beg him to have pity OH them. They wish
ed according to custom TO weep over his
head and make him present Of packs Of
beavers, which he refused. He told them
he was surprized that people who had rob
bed should come to him. TO which they
Frenchmen had been robbed, but none from
their village had been present AT that wick
ed action.
LIE Sueur answered that he knew il was
the Neutrality-suspicious. and not the OHfales-
poitons, hut continued he "Y ou are Sc,oux
it is the Scioux who have robbed me, and if
| was to follow your manner Of acting,
should break your heads; for is il not true
that when a stranger (it is thus they call
the Indians who are not Scioux) has insult
ed Scioux; Mendeouacanton, Oujalespoi-
tons or others. all the villages, revenge up
on the first one they meet:"
AS they had nothing TO answer 10 what
he said TO them, they wept, and repeated
according TO custom OuaechiSsou ouaepan-
imanabo!S
lie Sueur told them to cease crying aud
added that the French had good hearts and
that they had come into the country to have
pity on them. AT the same time. he made
them present saying to them, "carry back
your beavers and say to all the Scioux, that
they will have from me no more powder or
lead, and they vii! no longer smoke any
long pipe until they have made satisfaction
for robbing the Frenchmen."
The same day the Canadians, which had
been sent off on the 22nd, arrived without
having found the road which led to the
Ayavols aud Otoctatas. On the 25th Lee
Sueur went 10 the river with three canoes
which he filled with green and blue earth /
1t is taken from the hills near which are
very abundant mines Of copper, some of
which was worked ut Paris in 1896 by L.
Hitler one of the chief Collectors Of the
King Stones, were also found there which
would he curious if worked.
On the 9th Of Nov, eight Manianton
Scioux arrived who had been sent by their
chiefs 70 say that the .Nendeoucaatons were
still al their Lake on the East of the Miss
issippi, aud that they could not come for a
long time, and that for single village which
had 10 good sense, the others ought mot to
! bear the punishment, and they were Hilling
to make reparaton if they knew how. lie
Sueur replied that he was glad they had a
disposition to do so.
On The l5th the TWO Mantan,on Scioux
who had been sent expressly to say that all
Of The SciouX of the East and part of those
to the French because they had heard that
the Christanaux and the AssinipoiIs were
making war on them These two ,iatons
! dwell above the Fort on the east sides more
than 80 leagues on the Upper Mississippi.
The Assinipoils speak Scioux AID are
certainly of that nation. 1t is onl u a few
years since they became enemies. The en-
nifty thus originated. The Christianaux
having the use Of arms before the Scioux,
through the English ut HudSon's Bay, they
constantly warred with the Assinipolls who
were their nearest neig hbors. The latter be-
ing weak sued for peace and TO render it more
lasting married the ChristauauX women. -
| The other SciouX who had not made the
compact continued TO war, and seeing some
Christianaux with the Assanipols broke
their heads. The Christianaux furnished the
Assanipoils with arms and merchandise.
On the 18th the Scioux returned to their
village land il was reported that the Ayavois
aud Otoctatas were gone to establish them
selves towards the Missouri river, near the
| Maha who dwell in that region. On the
Goth the Mantantons and Oujalespoi,nos ar
rived at the Fort and after they had en-
camped in the woods; Wahkantape came
10 beg lie Sueur to go to his lodge. He
there found I6 men with women and chill
dren, with their faces daubed with buck
I In tue middle of the lodge were tcveral
buffalo skins which were sewed FOR acarpet
After motioning him to sit down, the v wepr
! Tor the fourth Of an hour and the chiff gave
him some wild rice to eat Gas was thsir Gus
tony, putting the first three spoons full to
his mouth. After which he said t;lat all
present were relatives Of Tioscate, whom
LIE Sueur took to Canada in 1876 aad who
died there in 1896.
! AT the mention Of Tioscate they b;gan to
weep again and wipe their tears and head up
on the shoulders of LIE Sueur. Then Wah-
kantape again spoke and said that Tioscate
begged him to forget the insult done to the
Frenchman by the Neutrality-suspicious. and
take pity on his brethren 10y giving them
powder and balls whereby they could de-
| fend themselves and gain a living for their
wives and children, who languish in coun-
try, full Of game, because they had mot the
means of killing them.
"Look" added the chief "Behdld thy
children, thy brethren, and thy sisters, it is
to thee to see whether thou wishes, ,hem to
die. They will live if thou give@t them
powder and ball; they will die, if thou re-
fusest.''
| lie Sueur granted them their request but
as the Scioux never answer on the spot, es-
| pecialy in matters of importance and as he
| had N Suaak m fhr,p ahout his o,tobl;.b